Yes.
My biggest regret after getting my MG4 SE SR is not going for the Trophy instead. I was an idiot. I was a little intimidated by the Trophy but now although I’m super happy with Maggie the MG4 SE SR I wish I had given the Trophy a bit more consideration. Just for the rear camera and heated bits n pieces really. I’m not fond of the spoiler but I could’ve maybe taken that off and sold it to someone on here. I’m good with Maggie but if I did it all over again I’d go Trophy.
Aw, what a shame. I knew I didn't want the Trophy when I went to the dealer, and although he gave me my test drive in a Trophy (the boss's own car!) he didn't persuade me. 5,000 miles in and I'm really happy with my decision.
Now, if they brought out an X-Power in the SE spec with an LFP battery, I could be tempted...
To be fair, he's set up a career moaning about his Taycan.... I personaly question his validity, if he's THAT dis-satisfied with EV motoring, why perpetuate his trauma , trade it in for an ICE and stop plaguing youTube with moan videos
I more than question it. I think he really likes that car and wouldn't go back to a petrol car on a bet. His cover story is that the car has suffered massive depreciation and he will lose a packet if he ends the lease early but he's running out of road on that one.
He had a moderately successful YouTube channel based on reviewing fish and chip shops. I didn't know that was so profitable but he bought that Taycan and loaded it with all the extras in the book, which is a good way to get massive depreciation. £120,000 purchase price.
At some point, either before or after buying the car, he realised that anti-EV propaganda sells. The internet is crawling with Luddites whipped up by the Daily Mail and anti-EV articles get huge numbers of clicks and comments. What better way to increase the reach of the channel than to take advantage of that, and the format of having the frustrated EV driver complain about his terrible car was already well established.
It has worked. He's getting four times the views for the anti-EV videos than for the fish and chips. He keeps saying that he isn't sponsored and so he's unbiassed and telling it like it is, but he must be coining it.
But the only thing he actually has to complain about is the poor public charging infrastructure. His stock in trade is to pretend that there is no other way to charge a car, but he has a wall box. He also makes much more of a meal of the charging than necessary. He misses the good modern hubs with plenty of chargers and homes in on the slow, broken and busy sites. His car satnav can more or less do what a Tesla's does, but he moans about all the planning and pretends he's flying blind.
He has also misrepresented the car, complaining about the way it functions and the layers of menus on the infotainment screen, concealing the fact that the car has full voice controls and the driver doesn't need to touch a thing.
It's all an act. The mask slips occasionally, but the Luddite acolytes don't notice. He loves the car. He mentioned moving house next year and getting an Octopus tariff. (No idea why he doesn't have one already.) Not the plan of a man desperate to move back to an ICE car.
I would take a fair bet that he'll either keep the car at the end of the lease or move to the new model with the 2.6 second 0-60 time. It will be interesting to see what story he dreams up to explain that to the acolytes.
No dyed in the wool petrolhead buys a £120,000 electric sports car. It's an act to monetise the channel, and it's a good one and he's laughing all the way to the bank. It's hard to say just how much real damage he's doing, but he's certainly not helping.
