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Much the same as others, but I have taken out several friends and neighbours in my MG5 pre FL Excite and they have all been very surprised and complimentary about (a) the performance, (b) the lack of noise, (c) the comfort of the fabric seats, and (d) the value for money. I have taken a...

I saw "No Jammy Dodgers are left in this van overnight" the other day....... And a couple of admittedly non-road related but they amused me. Many years ago (40+) I saw a notice in a harware shop that read "Ears pierced..... while you wait!" (Yes it really was a hardware shop) And another from...

Young child out shopping with mother. Child grizzling and moaning "I want to go to McDonalds" Mother repeatedly says "No". Mother eventually relents "OK but only if you can spell McDonalds" Child pauses for a little while then - "I've changed my mind. Can we go to KFC?" :) :)

I have today received a final reminder to tax my MG5, which was due on August 1st (albeit at zero cost). However, I did not receive an earlier reminder letter to say it was due, which I have always had in the past. My wife has also received a final demand for taxing her ICE car, having not had...

I live on the Isle of Wight..... I think your best bet is the 2x50kw Instavolts at Ryde McDonalds, on the edge of Ryde coming south towards Brading. I have tried these once as an experiment with no problems. ZapMap shows a number of other chargers in particular several Mer chargers, mainly only...

Yup, just coming up to 11k in 2 years....

Until recently I was on a well-priced 2 year fixed tariff so couldn't be bothered to investigate changing. Also I don't have smartphones and apps and my 5 is the original spec, so I can't schedule charges in the middle of the night anyway. I balance charge about every 6 weeks, and charging up to...

When I bought my MG5 2 years ago I was new to EV ownership. I started to keep a charging record out of curiosity mainly and so that I could monitor roughly how much I was paying in comparison to my previous diesel car. Since then I have kept up with the records and have actually found the...

I bought my MG5 Excite original version (WLTP 214 miles) nearly 2 years ago (August) and have driven 10000 miles. At the time my 8 year old Toyota Diesel was costing an arm and a leg to fill up (and rising) and was beginning to cost a bit at services (brake discs etc) and its value was rapidly...

A good point, and each to his own I suppose. All I can say is to repeat my earlier comment that I have never had a problem, but then I don't run up a bill anywhere near my credit limit.

Why is charging life so fraught?? It seems to me that many of the issues surrounding public charging have some element of having to download apps and set up accounts of one sort and another (all right - some chargers don't work when you try them as well) before you can start charging. Why make...

Thank you, but unfortunately they don't take credit card and I don't have a smartphone.......

I am probably worrying unduly, but ........ I am due shortly to visit Wiltshire and will need 2 top-ups (probably). Unfortunately the hotel I am staying at does not have charging facilities. MFG and Instavolt both offer suitable locations for my proposed itinerary, -but - should there be issues...

There are 2 Instavolts at McDonalds in Ryde - near Tesco. I have not used them myself as I charge at home, but I assume that they are working.

I have one, and there are 3 to my knowledge being used as taxis, plus at least one more here on the Isle of Wight. Plus as you say plenty of ZS's. There are 2 dealers and I don't think they can get supplies at the moment. At least one of the dealers has an empty showroom, apart form a hybrid(?)...

That is very reassuring, thank you.

I am shortly to visit Okehampton for a few days (no I am not playing golf at Ashbury/Manor), and intend to charge at Gridserve Exeter on the way there and on the way back. However, I think I read somewhere that some people have had issues with the Exeter Gridserve, but I now can't find where I...

It really is simple..... Buy an electric car...:):):)

Banbury will be an ideal charging place when I make a longish trip soon. What I would like to know is how busy the Instavolts get (I see from Zapmap that there are now two lots of 8 chargers at Stroud Park - is this correct?) at around midday on a Saturday, and also what facilities (toilets...