Sparky2
Standard Member
Just as playing golf is a good walk ruined, the MG4 Trophy LR is a good car ruined by flaky software and the associated cameras and touchscreen. Unlike my previous BMW i3, this is not a car you can just get in and drive. Assuming the touchscreen is alive on getting in the car (it is sometimes asleep), the first thing you need to do is check what HVAC settings it has remembered (not always the ones you had before) and what radio station it has selected for you (again, not what you had before).
Then you must disable the wretched ELK to have manual control over the steering and prevent the car swerving all over the road. While you are at it, go into MG Pilot and turn off the totally useless speed limit signs warnings and the front collision thingy if you don't want the car to slam the brakes on randomly for no reason at all. Then you will have to pair the car with your mobile phone because it will have forgotten that you did it yesterday and every day before that
Once you set off, if you happen to drive under some trees in broad daylight, the car turns the headlights on. You can switch this annoying feature off but you have to do it every time. I very nearly collided with a car which came out of a side road after some trees caused the headlights to come on. The other driver thought I was flashing him to exit the side road. This is typical of the bonkers 'safety' software which makes the car so dangerous to drive. If you switch off the ELK you cannot use the cruise control. If you park with the front wheels at an angle, when you select reverse the car tells you to straighten the wheels even if that would result in colliding with cars behind you. Bonkers.
If you try to use the satnav, not only will the big blue bar obscure your route but every so often the car will warn you of a "rock slide area" or a "school zone ahead" even if the school in question was knocked down 30 years ago. Turning slowly at a junction causes the touchscreen to show you a fine view of the tarmac at the side of the car, presumably as an option to looking out of the window!
I could go on about the lack of rear interior lighting and the creaky tailgate but that's enough for now
Then you must disable the wretched ELK to have manual control over the steering and prevent the car swerving all over the road. While you are at it, go into MG Pilot and turn off the totally useless speed limit signs warnings and the front collision thingy if you don't want the car to slam the brakes on randomly for no reason at all. Then you will have to pair the car with your mobile phone because it will have forgotten that you did it yesterday and every day before that
Once you set off, if you happen to drive under some trees in broad daylight, the car turns the headlights on. You can switch this annoying feature off but you have to do it every time. I very nearly collided with a car which came out of a side road after some trees caused the headlights to come on. The other driver thought I was flashing him to exit the side road. This is typical of the bonkers 'safety' software which makes the car so dangerous to drive. If you switch off the ELK you cannot use the cruise control. If you park with the front wheels at an angle, when you select reverse the car tells you to straighten the wheels even if that would result in colliding with cars behind you. Bonkers.
If you try to use the satnav, not only will the big blue bar obscure your route but every so often the car will warn you of a "rock slide area" or a "school zone ahead" even if the school in question was knocked down 30 years ago. Turning slowly at a junction causes the touchscreen to show you a fine view of the tarmac at the side of the car, presumably as an option to looking out of the window!
I could go on about the lack of rear interior lighting and the creaky tailgate but that's enough for now
