MG4 x-power

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ChrisCh86

861 posts

45 months

Thursday 15th February
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Downward said:
What company ?
Tusker have it for around £320 for 9k miles, Insured for 2 people, serviced and fully maintained.
Zenith.

TBH they look expensive in all the quotes that I've seen, but I don't have a choice if I want to use salary sacrifice.

drgoatboy

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1,631 posts

208 months

Thursday 15th February
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ChrisCh86 said:
Zenith.

TBH they look expensive in all the quotes that I've seen, but I don't have a choice if I want to use salary sacrifice.
We have zenith at work. That's why I leased privately.
Last time I looked it had come down quite a lot though...

clart

52 posts

113 months

Thursday 15th February
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I ordered one of these. Will be around £250 per month for 15k miles pa fully maintained after i give my fuel card back etc.

They're saying 28th June delivery date. Seems like a long time tbh

Downward

3,650 posts

104 months

Thursday 15th February
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clart said:
I ordered one of these. Will be around £250 per month for 15k miles pa fully maintained after i give my fuel card back etc.

They're saying 28th June delivery date. Seems like a long time tbh
Mmm Is that off the leasing company ?
Said on mine about 7 months. I got a call from the dealer saying it’s going to be 2 months.

clart

52 posts

113 months

Thursday 15th February
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yeah that was an estimate from the lease company

ChocolateFrog

25,664 posts

174 months

Thursday 15th February
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clart said:
I ordered one of these. Will be around £250 per month for 15k miles pa fully maintained after i give my fuel card back etc.

They're saying 28th June delivery date. Seems like a long time tbh
Mine is coming tomorrow, I ordered in early Jan.

Downward

3,650 posts

104 months

Thursday 15th February
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ChocolateFrog said:
clart said:
I ordered one of these. Will be around £250 per month for 15k miles pa fully maintained after i give my fuel card back etc.

They're saying 28th June delivery date. Seems like a long time tbh
Mine is coming tomorrow, I ordered in early Jan.
Blimey, Not waiting for the 24 plate ?

clart

52 posts

113 months

Thursday 15th February
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ChocolateFrog said:
Mine is coming tomorrow, I ordered in early Jan.
was that through a work ev SS scheme?

ChocolateFrog

25,664 posts

174 months

Thursday 15th February
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Downward said:
ChocolateFrog said:
clart said:
I ordered one of these. Will be around £250 per month for 15k miles pa fully maintained after i give my fuel card back etc.

They're saying 28th June delivery date. Seems like a long time tbh
Mine is coming tomorrow, I ordered in early Jan.
Blimey, Not waiting for the 24 plate ?
It's a lease, I'm not that bothered and if in the unlikely event I might want to buy it at the end of the lease it'll work in my favour.

ChocolateFrog

25,664 posts

174 months

Thursday 15th February
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clart said:
ChocolateFrog said:
Mine is coming tomorrow, I ordered in early Jan.
was that through a work ev SS scheme?
Yes. Tusker.

ChocolateFrog

25,664 posts

174 months

Thursday 15th February
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clart said:
I ordered one of these. Will be around £250 per month for 15k miles pa fully maintained after i give my fuel card back etc.

They're saying 28th June delivery date. Seems like a long time tbh
For a X-Power?

That's incredibly cheap. I'm paying £330ish for 12500 miles.

clart

52 posts

113 months

Thursday 15th February
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yes x power. the net cost is 475 with the charger and i take off the 200ish for the fuel card and NI

plus my tax code will go up and free charging at work.

drgoatboy

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1,631 posts

208 months

Sunday 18th February
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Another tiny mod. The MG4 comes with a wireless charging mat with a rubber covering like this (picture blatantly stolen off the web)



Which is fine, and very handy, until you accelerate anything like a little bit hard at which point your phone goes flying off somewhere towards the back of the car (normally to a completely inaccessible spot).

A fellow owner came up with a 3d printed bumper bar thingo.



Lift the rubber mat put in the bumper and then clip the mat back down.



No more flying phones!! It's not the best finished thing in the world but it looks ok

In other news I decided to decontaminate the paint on the bonnet to see what sort of state it was in. Difficult to get in a photo but surprisingly large amount of iron fallout considering the car has done less than 2000 miles. Must have picked it up on its trip from China?



Whilst doing the clean I spotted the first stone chip, slightly disappointed and hopefully not a sign of fragile paint...


Seasonal Hero

7,954 posts

53 months

Sunday 18th February
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A friend has just got one of these via his company and it's a hilariously quick car off the line and for his daily grind a very very good solution. Complete bargain via salary sacrifice but I can't imagine there are many private buyers.

ChocolateFrog

25,664 posts

174 months

Sunday 18th February
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I reckon a stone chip per 1000 miles of typical highway driving isn't far off the mark.

Plastic bumpers when they're well painted are remarkably resilient but you can still see where the impacts are.

I touch in the ones on the metalwork, stops them drawing the eye too much.

ChocolateFrog

25,664 posts

174 months

Sunday 18th February
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Don't want to hijack the thread too much but mine turned up with the piano black trim pieces behind the rear window scratch like they'd had a 100 trips to the local scratch and shine.

It's almost a parody, like I don't know how you could get it that bad from at most 1 or 2 washes.

drgoatboy

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1,631 posts

208 months

Monday 19th February
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ChocolateFrog said:
Don't want to hijack the thread too much but mine turned up with the piano black trim pieces behind the rear window scratch like they'd had a 100 trips to the local scratch and shine.

It's almost a parody, like I don't know how you could get it that bad from at most 1 or 2 washes.
Mine aren't too bad but not sure how wise the inclusion of piano black plastic on the outside of a car is! Did think about putting some sort of pot on them but I'm yet to do anything about it....

ChocolateFrog

25,664 posts

174 months

Monday 19th February
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drgoatboy said:
ChocolateFrog said:
Don't want to hijack the thread too much but mine turned up with the piano black trim pieces behind the rear window scratch like they'd had a 100 trips to the local scratch and shine.

It's almost a parody, like I don't know how you could get it that bad from at most 1 or 2 washes.
Mine aren't too bad but not sure how wise the inclusion of piano black plastic on the outside of a car is! Did think about putting some sort of pot on them but I'm yet to do anything about it....
Terrible design decision, I'll try and get a picture later.

If you're keen I'd imagine the best bet will be to polish them and then PPF them, it's going to bug me I know it is.

The plastic finish is supersoft and even diligent washing will result in swirl marks.

ChocolateFrog

25,664 posts

174 months

Monday 19th February
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Very difficult to photograph but if you assume it looks 10x worse in real life you get the idea.

11 miles old biglaugh


Seasonal Hero

7,954 posts

53 months

Monday 19th February
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Bloody hell