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12V batteries from any car maker are classed as "Consumables" as are wiper blades for example. I've had my ZS EV 3+ years and never had an issue. But that doesn't mean others won't have. once a battery is fitted to a new car and is then OME any warranty on the label of the battery is irrelevant...

Hi, I also have a Gen 1 ZS and have looked at these Engineering screens some time ago when they first came to light. I was able to enable the mode and activated the 'Climate Control' (display screen), which allowed set a temperature to be displayed rather than the UK Default blue to red colour...

It has ever been that way. It used to bother me but I was surprised how soon I stopped noticing them. I used to think O would paint them or tape them up but I so quickly got used to not noticing them 3 years on and I've not touched them. After all, it's not as if they are an unique MG thing...

No I wouldn't have thought so. The Nominal 12V Lead Acid would have an actual fully charged voltage of a little over 13V and the charger would output (open circuit) close to 14V to achieve that charge level. The Charge Level indicator would always have a scale with a range extending above and...

And how is it performing? what are the Positives of making the swap and any Downsides other than the expense?

But the AC has a small motor and is intermittent and there is a DC : DC converter feeding the 12 Volt battery all the while the car is in its READY mode, so it ought not to drain for days. Earlier this week I sat waiting for my daughter for over an hour parked up with radio and AC running (it...

When you look at the use case for a 12-volt battery in an EV car, a Li-Ion doesn't seem like a good idea as a replacement tech for Lead-Acid. I'd only consider replacing the OME Lead-Acid with a Li-Fe since the Li-Fe chemistry likes to be charged and held at 100% which the car's charging...

Images didn't load for me until I clicked on "Reply" to Comment on the detailed description now images OK, but only while I've "Reply" open to edit for some reason.

I suspect it would be regarded as a "Spotlight" from a UK vehicle legislation point of view and if memory serves correctly Spotlights can be only used in adverse weather and shouldn't be able to make the vehicle appear to oncoming traffic to be narrower than it really is. For example, a single...

I've been thinking of adding additional sound proofing myself because the 2020 ZS isn't that quite really compared with many other EVs I've driven and the 2022 Facelift proves the point. I don't tend to listen to much music when driving so the transmission noise is very noticeable to me and this...

While I think OME Frunks are a great idea I'm incredibly concerned about any makeshift or 3rd party frunk which might catapult a projectile through the windshield into the passenger compartment in a collision. Filling the space beneath the bonnet could significantly affect the effectiveness of...

To quote the opening paragraph of Wikipedia CAN bus is a "robust ... standard" Hal frauds had better wise up that ICE cars are going extinct like the Dinosaurs whose Fossil Juice they burn. : "A Controller Area Network (CAN bus) is a robust vehicle bus standard designed to allow...

I fitted a DashCam hardwired kit for my DashCam I moved from my previous car and picked up a switched 12v fuse position with one of those piggyback fuse adapters. Last time I had the car in for some warranty work involving the Headunit (radio DAB kept switching back and forth to FM)the dealer's...

I would speculate that because there are so many badly designed bulbs, which when fitted particularly in reflector headlamps cannot correctly focus a beam and cannot effectively be dipped, that the powers that be for the sake of road safety have made it illegal to fit LED bulbs to headlights not...

Checking out India's version of our favourite EV the ZS and you find they have a much more connected Infotainment system Follow this link to the brochure and ask yourself HOW COME? https://s7ap1.scene7.com/is/content/mgmotor/mgmotor/documents/mg-dc-pdf-0184.pdf

Interesting project. And I don't want to come over negative because gas struts seem a really great idea, but having read the concerns about "modifications affecting insurance under some of the other recent streams on this forum I wonder if fitting struts would be considered a modification to the...

When the change in reg came out I believe it specified that cars with LED headlights had to be self-levelling and have an operational headlight washer system. It is not a matter of notifying your insurance company it is a matter of being road legal. You can fit higher output hb3 "Halogen" such...

Wow, that looks so much better! I must (not) reach for my screwdriver ASAP

I have to admit the sound from stock ZS EV is thin and light compared with the Honda CR-V I sold