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Nah, no reason to stay with brand. Pick whatever has the best price.

Nah. I've just got a quote from AAMI for about $850 based on their standard settings. Increase the excess and bring it down to about $600.…

There are some dealer demos on carsales. The dealer got the $3500 and took it off the price. Means the discount for buying a demo is…

I don't think that is quite right. From the [warranty page](https://mgmotor.com.au/owners/warranty/): For vehicles retailed on or before…

Interesting point. Not sure how much of the inefficiencies scale with power and how much is constant. Where did you get your figures from?…

If you mean that they usually come with 5 battery health bars out of 10, and a range closer to 60km than 100km... Yes, there are newer…

Of course, with new cars going on crazy specials, used ones will drop in price as well. Pick your timing. But every car loses value…

What do you mean? The car has 10 years warranty. There are exclusions, but those tend to be easy to get consumables like tyres, brake pads,…

Only if you tend to have a lot of accidents. Otherwise with 10 years warranty, getting spare parts is someone else's problem...

Yes, agreed. Year 4 is over the top. With more EVs on the road (and hence hopefully more qualified mechanics) you will very likely get a…

The 51 version is LFP. The bigger ones are NMC. Now that the 51 is on special, we will do a test drive to perhaps convert my partner's…

My "realistic" was looking at the driving that forms part of the WLTP test cycle. And yes, the range of any EV will be significantly below…

It is model year. Not year that car rolled off the factory floor. Just means they haven't released an updated version yet.

Yes, usually a fair bit. You get about 6km from 1kWh. At my regular grid price that would be 5c / km. With an off-peak tariff that could be…

All of the AC charging methods are pretty much equal in terms of battery life. Whether you plug into a power point and draw about 2kW or…

Many people use the included charger that plugs straight into a power point. You'll get about 10km/hour. So coming home 9pm, leaving home…

But the large batteries are NMC, while the small one is LFP. Take this from an MG owner that had the first version of ZS EV (with NMC) and…

Yes, and quite realistic at that. My ZS EV with the same battery size regularly gets the 320km they claim for that. This car is more…

Yep LFP for the win. I'm waiting for the MG4 51, with LFP batteries, to join the discount party. Which Dolphin did she get? The 70kW of the…

It's model year 2023. Meaning the car is being built unchanged since that version was released. No feature updates / changes. There is no…

Great deal. 2 transactions, both tracked after about 30 minutes. Bonus rewards points were credited today, and one of the 2 orders has…

Depends on what type of car you're after. MG4 is a hatch, ZS EV is a SUV. Both have their place. You are right in the sense that the ZS EV…

These are prismatic LiFePO4 cells. LFP. And not pouch. 4S of a different chemistry would give you way too much voltage to be used as a 12V.

These are 4 x 3.6V. LFP. The BMS should protect from over-voltage. I just measured: too big to be a drop-in replacement. I'll have to look…

Yep, penny pinching. SLAs are cheaper, or at least were until very recently. Neverthless I believe Tesla switched to Lithium a while ago,…

Did it come with warranty information? Even on the VoltX website there is some confusion, at the top they say 3 years, in the specs they…

The main EV battery (high voltage) is usually disconnected for safety reasons when an EV is not 'running'. A 12V batter is used to start up…

I ordered one and will let you know when it arrives. I don't see why not if the size fits. If not, I've got a good alternative use for it…

Got your wish, eh?

Ah see, you think everyone is like us here. See a bargain, claim it right away and actually use it. In practice: Many people will see it…