Problem selling nearly new MG4

I had zero interest in my cupra born when I was mooching around a few dealers a few months ago. It's a 2022.

Some.people got prices in around 23k for cars that cost them 40+ a year previous

Just out of interests what is the 35k figure you are referring to? What a dealer could sell it for?

You are trapped, best option is to keep the car and live with its deficiencies.

Or, lose a lot of hard earned trading it,,,

Or, offer it to somebody here at €2k over trade in and suck it up.

Very hard to get what you want at your door, people either don’t have it ir are very wary

tough lesson, I’m sorry you are going through this.

Sorry for your trouble pal, funny enough (as you probably know) the MG4 forum on here says mostly that they're the dogs bollix - Strange. Personally i’d try and live with it for another while and see what's around next year.Good luck👍.

Sounds like a woman to me!

You’ll sell it no bother once you price it correctly on DD. Ignore the Tesla offer, it’s just low ball crap to make you sell it yourself. Another option might be to try a trader like Graham Walker cars. He usually stocks some nice fresh Teslas and might take your car as a trade in. Life is too short to keep it if you don’t like it. Test drive a Model 3 also if you haven’t already as you don’t want to make the same mistake twice. Best of luck with sorting it.

You know about the new model 3 highland I take it?

Yeah good value motor it seems?👍

It's hard to shift an EV right now, not just MG. I shopped my ZS around after 6 months and again at the 1 year mark. Usual Tesla silly numbers. But they don't even want used Teslas now either. Only one that gave me decent money was MG.

For the annoyances.

You can turn down the Lane keep assist. Stick it on medium or low. It will then just gently guide you off the lines if you cross over them unintentionally instead of throwing you into incoming traffic 😂

The windows need a good clean inside with window cleaner spray. That helps. It's common enough on new cars.

You can turn on the heating and set the Aircon temp from the app. The car just needs to be locked, and you can lock it from the app too if you left it open. App got an update recently too and can do much more.

I'll usually hit the demister as I'm finishing up my coffee in the morning and then when I sit in it is nice and cosy.

Yup that was me that got a price of 23.5k on a 15 month old born with only 10km done ,cost over 41k bad timing indeed

Correct.

First ones only landed in Ireland and got to dealers this time last year, and went out to customers in January. The only 222 ones are ex-demo cars. Even then, there were only a few shiploads in the first half of 2023, the vast majority sold last year were from June onwards.

Have you had it booked in and got all the latest updates for it?

There was an update for LKA that made it less sensitive. It still comes on by default as that's a EuroNCAP requirement for 5-star rating for new car models submitted for testing since mid-2022. You can set the Welcome greeting when you start the car to say "Turn off Lane Keep" or something to remind you. I programed the left star button on the steering wheel to go straight to MG Pilot too. Complain about it to the dealer and see if they'll update it.

The latest software version for the Excite actually has the ability to turn LKA off on a single icon, when you pull down the homescreen, see images in this thread: https://www.mgevs.com/threads/the-mg4-se-1100r33-infotainment-thread.14571/

I wouldn't be surprised if the next software version for the Exclusive has this ability too. Clearly it's someething MG have been getting feedback on if they've added it to the Excite software....

Pre-warm when plugged in and not charging has been fixed in a recent module software update, I saw people mentioning it on the mgevs forum.

I think I saw someone mention the aircon reading being adjusted in the most sotware update too, but can't be sure as I just always have it around 25-28 when it's cold.

The most recent Infotainment software update version for Exclusive is R46. Check on the head unit in the settings/about section, the last 3 digits of the Entertainment software version number. If it's not, complain to the dealer about Bluetooth unpairing, radio stations forgetting the favourites, along with the LKA sensitivity and pre-heating not available while plugged in but not charging,, and they should book it in for updates. Just make sure they actually update to R46 when they do it (note that is just the Infotainment version, LKA updates and other updates can be done without the Infotainment number changing). If you still have UK road sign speeds showing by default, compain about that too as that is solved with an update.

It seems that unless you specifically list issues for the dealer to fix, they can't/won't do all required updates, as they get paid by MG to do whatever needs to be done, and anything else is at their discretion and are essentially doing it for free on their own time....

Linders and FK Dublin seem to be kind of hopeless at updating to the latest versions, unless you specifically list your issues. They just hook the car up and check for updates on some central MG server, and then assume everything is up to date, even when it's not. Sheils Limerick seem more competent, with their service centre doing Infotainment updates via USB key, see this person's account for instance: https://www.mgevs.com/threads/mg4-software-update-thread.7699/post-250069

If your aircon screen is still the one below, then it's not on the latest infotainment version (new one is a lot more basic looking, but arguably less fiddly and easier to use)

I took out my ZS to test the lane keep assist just to make sure I wasn't dreaming and it's perfect. Beeps up to the line and then the turn in is gentle. I do remember it being a OTT at the start but recent updates have fixed lots of the initial issues.

Can't imagine there's much interest at that price when 3k more will get you a brand new one from a dealer....

OP, buying any brand new car then trading it in shortly after is always an expensive game. Sounds like you now want to buy another brand new car so again you are buying a very high depreciating asset at the worst time for depreciation (the first minute you walk out of the showroom).

You can sell cars on done deal but should be clean, good ad, ideally located in Dublin and available to view 24/7. If you don't want the hassle as suggested get it professionally cleaned. A friend or relation may put up.the ad on done deal for you and deal with all the calls and messages. Throw them 2 or 3 thousand if you don't want the hassle.

Think twice before buying a brand new car. Normal depreciation is 20% in year one, 10% all following years but in today's market it's likely deprecation may be even higher with a car market crash likely in the next couple of years, lots of supply, high prices, crazy high interest rates. You could easily lose 10k euro in 6 months if you buy new then sell straight away.

Valuation of cars in the preowned market has change a lot since the covid induced scarcity. As others have said the prices asked for other cars of your model are not realistic also. If you really want to sell it you need to drop your price expectation, and shift it before others also discover the issues that have lead you to sell it on.

Done Deal is used for high value vehicles also, once trust is gained between buyer and seller.

There is a big car dealer with showrooms across munster who won't touch any second hand Electric Vehicles

The reason is they have serious problems with the batteries and they do not want to offer any warranty.

But they won't tell that to the public as they are also.trying to sell new Electric Vehicles

I know a chap who knows ford Electric Vans they can't give them away due to the resale value coming down the road in 3 to 5 years. Replacement batteries are just too expensive to make EVs anything but a waste of money

Doesn't make much sense as there aren't that many EVs outside of manufacturers battery warranty so wouldn't affect the dealer. Dealers don't generally sell older cars that are out of warranty of any drive train.