Delivered and installed yesterday.
Quality control was less than perfect though.
The tyre was not fully seated on the rim but it did pop into place once I inflated it to 60psi.
Feels much better knowing this is in place now.
Wise move !.
I really don’t know why anybody would not purchase a spare, given that the ZS EV is one of the few cars that can accommodate one with ease !.
I think some owners have taken up the option, because when I bought mine in early 2020 - they where priced at around £130.00 ish ?????.
They are MUCH more expensive now !.
MG where soon to see the trend and saw an opportunity to increase the price.
I can’t see how they justify such a large increase myself, but it’s down to supply and demand I guess ?.
If you want one, you have to pay for one, type thing.
A bit of profiteering going on me thinks.
On the face of it, it’s a lot of money to spend for something that sits out of site and getting a free ride every single day.
But when you need one in a remote place, you would spend the money twice over I guess folks !.
Why do you never get a puncher on your drive, is what I want to know ?.
Our friends in the “Yellow Van’s” could take hours to reach you, for 20 mins worth of work.
I did read somewhere, that some recovery companies will NOT attend a vehicle with a flat tyre UNLESS you have a spare to replace the faulty tyre !.
IF this correct, then you are totally reliant on the “Gung” and the inflation pump.
Which means, you could be up shit creak without a paddle BIG time !.
I have one of them extendable wheel brace bars, fitted with a socket in my boot also.
My “Doggie” knee replacement ( and other health issues ) would make it difficult for me to change the wheel myself, but I would get there in the end, with a little help from the wife.
Don’t laugh, but I had strongly considered putting a impact wrench in the car to aid with removing and replacing the wheel bolts due to my knee.
I have a trolley Jack n the garage, but that is taking it WAY to far ?.
The under floor boot space in the car is an absolute “God’s Send” in my opinion.
You can get all your “Get me out of the shit” stuff hidden away without the boot space being affected.
Oh ….. In my previous VW - In the tool kit, it had a long ( 80mm ) mild steel tapered stud, with a short thread ( about 29 mm ) turned on the opposite end.
When the wheel with the flat tyre was removed, you screwed this stud into one of the holes in the hub.
You then turned the hub, so the tapered stud was at the twelve o’clock position.
Then when you offered up the spare wheel to the car, the steel wheel could be located on this stud to take the weight of the wheel.
Then you could easily line up the remaining three holes of the hub and the wheel without the wheel falling off the hub all of the time !.
Very simply, as are all of the best ideas, but very affective for somebody like myself !.
I need to try and track one down one of these for my car.
We already know that the wheel bolt thread pitch for the VW and the MG is the same, so the VW part would work a treat I recon.
Another piece of equipment for the “Get Me Out Of The Shit” kit ? !.
As a LONG retired Tech myself, I have forgotten how many wheels I have removed and refitted in my time, but now it is all so much of a different story.
Old age sucks
@Joe 
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