MG4 door locking is a useful feature. MG4 as a taxi.

[Bam Bam]

Had a potential incident today thankfully averted by the automatic door lock feature.

Not an attempted car-jacking, mind you.

Parked up at the local shops and a young woman skipped up to the car and tugged on the back handle.

Luckily for her it did not open because our dog does not like unknown humans at the best of times, let alone when they invade his "safe space" of the back bench.

We've got the tinted rear windows so she got a big shock when he gave her the full nine barks through the glass.

I assumed she was getting a lift from a fellow MG4 owner but it turns out she thought I was her taxi.

It wasn't us who was at risk, but rather the woman was at risk from my dog. If the door had opened there wouldn't have been anything I could have done (he is strapped in but has some freedom of movement so it would be a case of which of them reacted the quickest).

Turns out the auto-lock feature is good for hapless pedestrians and not just for those in the vehicle.

So anyway, what do we think, would be MG4 make a good taxi?

Taxis seem to be mostly Mercedes E-Class or Toyota Corollas and Prius hybrids around our way perhaps because of their reputations for reliability.

 

[siteguru]

@nexia201 here does (did?) use his as a taxi in Malta.

 

[Rolfe]

I see the utility, but I also wish they would fix the bug in the SE software that prevents it being switched off.

 

[Everest]

So anyway, what do we think, would be MG4 make a good taxi?

I guess the vote would be positive from @spence7788...

Post in thread 'Highest mileage MG4 owner'

Jan 12, 2025

96k Miles? MG4? how has it held up, please tell us more.

Yeah, it’s a tango trophy I’ve had since Nov 22 doing school transport, it’s held up very, very well, I had the early cars leaky breather problem on day 1 which was changed to the revised version very swiftly, I’ve since changed the diff oil roughly every 20kish as preventative maintenance (on the diff thread).

I changed discs & pads all round recently (they weren’t even half worn really but very scabby (especially the rears & I'm conscious to do a few hard stops weekly) I couldn’t have any silly taxi MOT fails so for me...

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[Roger001]

They make good Uber cars as the Uber platform allows the driver to detail what the car can handle. So you should not end up with an MG4 showing up when a family of 4 are looking for a ride to an airport for a 2 week holiday.