MG ZS EV - 72.6kWh Facelift

You've 2 months to get all the fiddly things figured out before I hopefully get my car!! Please and thanks.

Re android auto, make sure you have a good cable. I have it in my current car, it's great but does need a good cable and connection.

I was looking at those adapters too. May grab one down the line, current phone doesnt have wireless charging.

Saw my first facelift in the wild today, blue on the M50,was great to see.

Has anyone else gotten dates of delivery in August or September? The last update we had was October.

On the screen if you bring up the charging screen (picture of the car and a big green bar). There is a line that says 80% if you just press the bar at 100% it will move up.

They reckon fully charging batteries isn't great for long term health. If you are only pottering around you can leave it at 80, if you have a long journey you can charge to 100.

I'm dubious about how much it protects the battery. I've also heard different things. There is two types of battery. The short range one uses a different tech that handles 100% charges better. But our one has the longer range but they recommend 80%.

The autostart tip actually solves an existing issue for me with Android auto on my current car. nice one

My Boards usage is very intermittent at the moment, so I'm just catching up.

@Grumpypants - my KERs doesn't reset - I stuck it on 3 fairly early, and it stays there (I'm getting used to the semi-one pedal driving, but still have my foot hovering over the brake!) I've kept MG Pilot on, I particularly like it in traffic jams. If a hypothetical person was driving faster than the posted speed sign, the speed sign flashes in the display, so that hypothetical person can slow down by themselves (or tip the stalk down to the new speed in CC).

I just got my home charger installed today, and it seems fine so far. In general the default is to charge up to 80%, unless you're planning a long journey, in which case you can up it in the car or in the app to "long journey"/100%

I've had problems disconnecting the charger at ESB and at an office destination charger. I haven't quite figured out what I'm doing wrong. Charging has stopped, and the car is unlocked, but I couldn't pull out the plug, then suddenly after a few minutes I could. Haven't needed to charge much yet (the main charging has been for test purposes), so I presume I'll get used to it.

Android auto is a bit hit and miss for me - again it may be a cheap cable. What I've found is that I'll be following google maps directions, and the next thing the phone will just completely disconnect (and won't reconnect with bluetooth either). If anyone finds a suitable dongle I'd love to know!

I've got a Samsung S20+, and for the life of me can't find anywhere to set "auto start".

Still loving the car, though the silence still takes me by surprise.

This is it beside the finish charging button.

No point me contacting them so. Supposed to have an October delivery, Ill believe it when I see it.

February this year. Was always for an October delivery, with a couple of follow ups all indicating no delay. Last contact was a month ago.

YouTube is handy. So the part of the handle that doesn't pull out when you open the door is just a cap. You can pop this off and find a key hole in case you need to open or close it with the little emergency key.

Cheers for the update GP. I've still very jealous of you having your car. Interesting re the rain annoyance, I had planned to get wind deflectors anyway primarily to leave the window open occasionally for the dog.

Have you thought about getting a frunk?

I think it you go into vehicle settings, MG pilot and turn off "lane keep assist". Lane keep warning will just beep at you. But assist steers you in.

Ya, I plan on getting one for cables and for the compressor/12v jump starter tool.

Got a taxi one of these home last night after a few pints. Very impressive. Wasn't the premium model, but quality was excellent.

Obviously silent (but for the synthesised spaceship noise), and took the bumps and ruts of the road really well.

Congrats to anyone that's gotten one, 'cause they're probably the best cars on the road pound for pound.

How do you know that?

80 kmph seem very easy on the battery. I was doing lots of back roads that were 80k and it lasts ages. Motorways as expected eat battery.

But in general I'm getting 16.5-17kw per 100km. So that's about €3.50 per 100km.

For the radio I've got into the habit of pressing mute in the steering wheel in place if an off button when I'm turning off the car. When I get back in later it is still muted.

Cruise control has a knack, but it's not too hard to get to grips with.

Pull the stick towards you once to turn MG pilot on (yellow light with the car between two lanes) Pull it twice quickly to turn on traffic jam. (Yellow light with three cars comes on). This will stop/start for you in traffic.

Press the Set button to set the speed. It will set it to the speed you are going. And the yellow lights go green.

Push the stick up to speed up by 5 km, down to reduce the speed by 5. It will go to the nearest 5 on the first press. So if you are doing 92 and tap up, it will go to 95 rather than 97. If you hold the stick up it will go up in one's.

To reduce the distance between you and the car ahead you twist it back towards you. Or increase it twist it forward. The light on the dash has three little white horizontal bars. Go down to one bar for not too much room, up to three for a nice distance.

You can leave the stick alone, no need to push it forward to get back control, unless you want to turn it off completely, if you just want temporary control (for a roundabout or something) just touch the brake or accelerator and it gives you back control. When ready, pull the stick towards you again to engage it once more.

I'll need to double check but I think it's around 20cent. Might be a bit more as it went up recently but I'm on a 28% discount too.

Do you mind saying which dealer? I dropped Linders a mail last week and there was no such indication. Feb order for October delivery.

On a separate note, what's the NCAP rating for the facelift? Pre facelift is 5* but can't find the LR anywhere.

Cheers GP, is that stated anywhere do you know?

I've found the same on short trips around town. I was nervous of KERS3 for the first day or so, but use it exclusively now, and have found that I sometimes get home with more charge than I left with. This doesn't work on longer trips. I may need to slow down a bit if I'm doing particularly long journeys, but so far I haven't changed my driving style on dual carriageways/motorways.

Cheers gripcasey - Linders are very slow and tend to require chasing, so if you get any information please report back here.