mradamjames
Standard Member
Ok, so lets do good stuff first.
We got the orange trophy edition, all bells and whistles.
This car is a dream to drive, excellent handling and goes like
of a shovel. Have driven a LOT, in all kinds of weather (blizzard weather in Sweden too) and it’s been great. Really can’t fault it in that regard. Also, of course it looks rad.
The bad.
Windscreen wipers for some reason don’t jet water to a large central part of window, leaving a persistent dry patch. Excessive amount of wiper wash gathers on driver side and seems quite inefficient. Have taken to dealer, more or less fobbed off.
Infotainment. IMPOSSIBLE to have a second phone access or work with it. Can be charged via lead but car simply won’t accept a second phone - despite having done everything imaginable, really. I’m not a tech newbie, it just refuses. So, for one year my partner has had to listen to Swedish radio when she drives. This is crap. Reported to dealer, fobbed off.
Also, the infotainment system is just super glitchy, intermittently unreliable and generally a bit annoying.
Can’t switch off aggressive land keeping assist. Every time you get in the car, every SINGLE time, you have to go through a few menus and turn off. This is just infuriating and actually quite dangerous as you often do this whilst driving.
Hearing system. Intermittently doesn’t work. Believe me when I say this is c r a p p p y. We have had to cancel a couple of trips simply because driving 45 mins in -12 with cold air blowing at you feels idiotic and is extremely uncomfortable. Have reported to dealer, they have installed update. Still occasionally doesn’t work.
The app. WHY CAN ONLY ONE PERSON LOG IN? This app is just terrible. Slow, glitchy, unreliable.
Rubber floor mats. Less that 1 year in, more like 8 months in fact the driver one has a hole where my heel goes which is about the size of an apple. All the water drains through. The mats are made of an obviously cheaper rubber. Reported to dealer, they sent pics to MG… waiting on possible warranty.
Ice in the charging port. Sometimes liquid freezes in there and you can’t charge the car. Thats fun.
Charging port door. Lock has broken and now it won’t shut. Which means you get an annoying alert when you drive. Fun. Reported to dealer, new part sometime coming.
Shoddy build quality on fabric behind flip down seats. They literally just cut a hole with a knife in fabric to let latch fit through.
Lights. They just don’t seem to have a far enough throw when dimmed, not good.
Visibility out of rear with child’s seat behind passenger = next to zero.
So, yeah.
Love driving it. But Jesus wept, did they cut corners or what to keep cost down.
We got the orange trophy edition, all bells and whistles.
This car is a dream to drive, excellent handling and goes like
of a shovel. Have driven a LOT, in all kinds of weather (blizzard weather in Sweden too) and it’s been great. Really can’t fault it in that regard. Also, of course it looks rad.The bad.
Windscreen wipers for some reason don’t jet water to a large central part of window, leaving a persistent dry patch. Excessive amount of wiper wash gathers on driver side and seems quite inefficient. Have taken to dealer, more or less fobbed off.
Infotainment. IMPOSSIBLE to have a second phone access or work with it. Can be charged via lead but car simply won’t accept a second phone - despite having done everything imaginable, really. I’m not a tech newbie, it just refuses. So, for one year my partner has had to listen to Swedish radio when she drives. This is crap. Reported to dealer, fobbed off.
Also, the infotainment system is just super glitchy, intermittently unreliable and generally a bit annoying.
Can’t switch off aggressive land keeping assist. Every time you get in the car, every SINGLE time, you have to go through a few menus and turn off. This is just infuriating and actually quite dangerous as you often do this whilst driving.
Hearing system. Intermittently doesn’t work. Believe me when I say this is c r a p p p y. We have had to cancel a couple of trips simply because driving 45 mins in -12 with cold air blowing at you feels idiotic and is extremely uncomfortable. Have reported to dealer, they have installed update. Still occasionally doesn’t work.
The app. WHY CAN ONLY ONE PERSON LOG IN? This app is just terrible. Slow, glitchy, unreliable.
Rubber floor mats. Less that 1 year in, more like 8 months in fact the driver one has a hole where my heel goes which is about the size of an apple. All the water drains through. The mats are made of an obviously cheaper rubber. Reported to dealer, they sent pics to MG… waiting on possible warranty.
Ice in the charging port. Sometimes liquid freezes in there and you can’t charge the car. Thats fun.
Charging port door. Lock has broken and now it won’t shut. Which means you get an annoying alert when you drive. Fun. Reported to dealer, new part sometime coming.
Shoddy build quality on fabric behind flip down seats. They literally just cut a hole with a knife in fabric to let latch fit through.
Lights. They just don’t seem to have a far enough throw when dimmed, not good.
Visibility out of rear with child’s seat behind passenger = next to zero.
So, yeah.
Love driving it. But Jesus wept, did they cut corners or what to keep cost down.
