Thoughts on warning noises

There’s no ride adjustment - standard passive dampers fitted.

Steering is changed to Sport mode with a separate selection - weights up the steering.

Throttle response is much sharper. Fuel/energy consumption only changes over Normal if you press your right foot down more!
I think it stays in the lower gear longer in sport mode as well.
 
Had mine for nearly 2 weeks now and I can honestly say the only warning sound I turn off is the speeding one. I live in London with lots of 20mph areas and it gets irritating, but the other bings and bongs many reviewers have gone on about just don’t happen.
 
Had mine for nearly 2 weeks now and I can honestly say the only warning sound I turn off is the speeding one. I live in London with lots of 20mph areas and it gets irritating, but the other bings and bongs many reviewers have gone on about just don’t happen.
Do you wear glasses for driving?
 
Hi Amun, no I don’t, occasionally sunglasses but even then I’ve not had any problems.
It seems that glass wearers can have the most problems - certainly it makes a huge difference in mine. It doesn't like my polarised sunglasses at all, but copes a bit better with my plain ones. Seems a total waste of time to me, so it's turned off every drive, along with the speed warning bongs. As the car can't reliably recognise the speed limit signs, it's pointless.
 
It seems that glass wearers can have the most problems - certainly it makes a huge difference in mine. It doesn't like my polarised sunglasses at all, but copes a bit better with my plain ones. Seems a total waste of time to me, so it's turned off every drive, along with the speed warning bongs. As the car can't reliably recognise the speed limit signs, it's pointless.
Definitely the speed limit recognition can be a “little” off sometimes. But I’m not sure if these problems are common with other manufacturers too. It’s still an absolute pleasure to drive and a lovely place to be, hopefully I’ll be saying the same in 12 months time.
 
Definitely the speed limit recognition can be a “little” off sometimes. But I’m not sure if these problems are common with other manufacturers too. It’s still an absolute pleasure to drive and a lovely place to be, hopefully I’ll be saying the same in 12 months time.
I'm not denigrating the HS - we're very pleased with our PHEV. The speed recognition problems seem common in MGs - our MG5 used to be the same and our current MGS5 is a bit better, but not reliable. It may be better in towns, but we live rurally. I doubt that they're any better in other makes, though.
 
First of all, keep in mind that I have been married over 26 years, and one of my wife's many fantastic qualities is her amazing ability to find fault with every single part of my driving. In other words, I am used to being told off for being 3 miles an hour above the speed limit, being too close to the car in front etc. Experience has taught me to simply obey her will for a 'quiet life'. In truth, this has made me into a rule-obeying driver, who does not mind being warned when I could drive 'better'.

So, with the above caveat in mind, my honest view on the alert noises is:
  • The least obtrusive noise is the 'keep your eyes on the road' reminder. It's very quiet and gentle, with an accompanying small text message on the dashboard. Very rarely occurs (unless you are looking for a radio station for too long, or whatever) and (let's face facts) it's good advice anyway. But (as I say) the 'bong' is very quiet and actually (weirdly) rather likeable (nice tone)
    • Also, if you wear sunglasses it will give a very quiet bong to warn you that it can't see your eyes very well. But it's quite a pleasant noise in my view!
  • Compared to my old X-Trail, I find the MG's "warning that the car in front is stationary and you are about to hit it" noise is a little too quiet for my taste! My old Nissan used to have a high-pitched bing that really jolted you alert. So therefore I would say that the MG alert for 'getting too close' is not annoying
  • However, to be honest, I would say that the speed alert is a little annoying!It will start binging at approx 2-3 mph over the limit (e.g. 32-33mph in a 30mph zone), which (in my view) is a little aggressive. I think that 4mph+ over the limit would be more sensible.
    • That said, I compared the speedometer accuracy of my old Nissan to the new MG and (in fact) 70mph in the Nissan is about 68mph in the MG, so therefore driving to the speed limit in my MG is a little faster (in real life) than in the Nissan, so I don't mind too much
However, all of the noises/alerts are fairly 'gentle' in volume/pitch, so it is not something ear-shatteringly awful
  • I certainly don't bother to switch off the alerts before I set off to drive, because (overall) I don't mind them at all.
In fact, I reckon that the reason why 'professional reviewers' mention these audible alerts as a 'problem' is because they have to complain about something, otherwise all car reviews will just sounds like "this is great, this is great....". Same with armchair 'keyboard warriors' who will criticise (e.g. in YouTube comments sections) Chinese cars like the MG without ever actually having driven one. Sure, if you own an MG and don't like it, then feel free to tell everyone. But if you've just got a 'bee in your bonnet' about not liking a type of car/brand etc. (but without ever owning one) then I'll choose to ignore your views.

That's my two cents anyway!
Hi, i have had my HS PHEV for a couple of months now and in all honestly I don’t find any of the audible safety warnings to be intrusive , l honestly think that some people just lookfor any little thing they can moan about, the clue is in the name, they are audible SAFETY warnings, they are effective and not intrusive, to ignore these features that the manufacturer has developed at considerable cost would be stupid.
Why do so many pick on the smallest things , this is a brilliant vehicle and is probably one of the best examples of value for money out there.
 
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