gary333
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No idea tbh, maybe mine doesn’t like being driven fastCan't say I find that happens with mine.Is this another SE vs Trophy thing?
No idea tbh, maybe mine doesn’t like being driven fastCan't say I find that happens with mine.Is this another SE vs Trophy thing?
It has improved for sure. But it isn't what I used to have. In my previous car I could do recirc at 18C with a normal ventilator speed during the winter. No fogging up at all. The MG4 is nowhere, particularly when it's below 0C outside.I too just leave it set to 21C Auto and it works perfectly for me all year round. I occasional nudge it up or down 1 degree with the right hand joystick, but very rarely. I’ve never had a car where the cabin heating works so well.
This is in my 74 reg Trophy and since the software upgrades I had early last year.
Perhaps it depends on where you live. I’m in the uk and leaving it on auto I have very few problems with fogging up. I occasionally use the front and rear window demist functions, if necessary, with the physical buttons.It has improved for sure. But it isn't what I used to have. In my previous car I could do recirc at 18C with a normal ventilator speed during the winter. No fogging up at all. The MG4 is nowhere, particularly when it's below 0C outside.
Reasons: no airflow to the rear windows, small side window oriented vents, lack of power of A/C unit to humidify.
You can try and solve this with fresh outside air in winter because when heated the humidity will drop a lot. But then the A/C struggles with keeping the T up...
Mines always fogging up, and always on auto. Especially when all the kids are in.Perhaps it depends on where you live. I’m in the uk and leaving it on auto I have very few problems with fogging up. I occasionally use the front and rear window demist functions, if necessary, with the physical buttons.
Good point. There’s normally only 2 of us in the car. We sometimes have the grandkids as well but perhaps that hasn’t coincided with adverse conditionsMaybe that's another factor re. perspective ... there's usually only me in the car, occasionally 1 other, rarely more than that.![]()
I'm pretty much on my own in the car. Nevertheless...Good point. There’s normally only 2 of us in the car. We sometimes have the grandkids as well but perhaps that hasn’t coincided with adverse conditions![]()
But yours is a heat pump version ... we don't get that in the UK.I'm pretty much on my own in the car. Nevertheless...
So is DonBattino. Two different stories though ....But yours is a heat pump version ... we don't get that in the UK.![]()
Related to fogging up? The default version. Just had a new one. Same as one or two years ago.The next question would be: What kind of air filters are you using? I’m the type who replaces it every year. When we last checked under the hood after the service, we unfortunately discovered that it hadn’t been replaced. It was dirty and slightly wet.
This time, I kept it pretty simple: I complained right away, insisted on a refund/credit, and then bought a filter myself from a local auto parts store. Despite having the same dimensions according to the manufacturer’s specifications, it didn’t fit perfectly. I solved this by using a 3D-printed frame. Now the filter fits perfectly and seals properly.
I’m using a standard air filter, nothing with activated carbon or anything like that.
Here is a blog post in German that describes this issue and how it can be solved with a bit of “DIY” using scissors and glue (the blog post is not mine, and it can easily be translated using Google Translate).
Thinking about this some more, that might explain why my X Power's temperature seems so random - one morning it'll be super toasty really quickly, so much so that I have to turn the temperature down to 20 or less, and another morning when the conditions seem very similar I end up freezing and having to whack it up to 23+. It certainly seems more of a random number generator than the sort of climate control I'm used to in previous cars.I also use the recirculation function in Auto mode. What has always puzzled me, though: Before I got the MG4, I did some research on the additional features. Allegedly, the MG4 is supposed to have an intelligent recirculation function.