How brave do you feel?

[Steve H]

It’s obviously an ex Minicab, but the Stellantis dealer in West London has taken in an MG5 Exclusive at 2 years old with 70,000 miles on it.

It’s up for just over £15k and I’m very tempted!

Brave, stupid, or a bargain?

 

[Lguk]

Bargain if the state of health on the battery is still in the high 90s (indicating it wasn't purely charged on rapids) that kind if mileage is possible without using rapids and if the previous owner treated it well will continue for another 150-200k miles.

This mental barrier people have when cars near 100k miles really isn't founded these days. For EV I would say the drive train and battery will outlast the rest of the car.

 

[weedavemac]

Check the battery is okay. Also is it LR, or SR?

 

[Steve H]

It’s SR…

How do you check the battery?

 

[Alb]

Brave bearing in mind it has no cover from Mg warranty.

 

[weedavemac]

It’s SR…

How do you check the battery?

Have the battery showing 100% charged, reset both trip meters, and put the car into eco mode.

Then check the miles left.....I think on an SR it should read 214 miles. Any figure less than that, and you can work out the SOH%.

 

[Jomarkh]

You could buy a OBD reader, plug it in and see what it says on an app like Torque lite.

 

[Deep purple]

If you buy it change the gearbox oil too.

 

[MGBok]

Have the battery showing 100% charged, reset both trip meters, and put the car into eco mode.

Then check the miles left.....I think on an SR it should read 214 miles. Any figure less than that, and you can work out the SOH%.

Depending on the weather at moment its likely 204-214 for balance, don't discount if its 213!

 

[okryder]

It’s obviously an ex Minicab, but the Stellantis dealer in West London has taken in an MG5 Exclusive at 2 years old with 70,000 miles on it.

It’s up for just over £15k and I’m very tempted!

Brave, stupid, or a bargain?

James of Cleveleys EVs and the James & Kate youtube channel has a lot of user experience with these cars. He can advise I imagine.

 

[martintheb]

Brave bearing in mind it has no cover from Mg warranty.

Why wouldn't it have? It's not seven years old yet. The warranty transfers with the car, as far as I can tell.

 

[Alb]

Warranty expired 10k miles ago if this vehicle is ex private hire as stated by the OP.

 

[Kevster]

I bought a used 27Kwh Nissan Leaf three years ago for £4.2k Nissan Leaf's are kown for their battery degredation I took a risk and three years on its still as good as the day I bought it. It costs very little to run and maintain I had it serviced by Cleevely EV's at 60k miles all was good they changed the air filter! the gear oil was fine. Battery health OK.
Since then I have had to change front suspention ball joints for the MOT (the roads are not so good these days).
Yes I would say its definitely worth it