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@Badger
Yep the running costs are pretty low, there’s a chap on mgevs forum who’s found free rapid chargeing near him so 950 miles in 10 days for nowt but wear and tear.
We’ve only used a dc ccs charger once and was £4.90 fo 21kwh which Is pricey
As said, we tend to charge at home as it suits or needs, but if out and about and there’s a free charge and free space then why not!
As for the Hybrid route, imo the only proven reliable hybrid out there is Toyota and Lexus, so I would look at the Rx 400;450h
The main week spot with reliability that I can see being a problem moving forward will be the software, which sounds crazy, but there’s nothing to the mechanical side! So I cant see that being a problem, but they’ve only been out for less than a year! Yet to prove itself with reliability, but as you so rightly put there’s a seven year manufacturers warranty to take there of that!
Let’s face it, leccy cars are in their infancy, so I would be surprised if there’s no problems at all.
All told the MG has been the correct decision for our needs, so will be staying with us for the foreseeable.
I must admit I keep driving my s211 dreading how much it costs to fill up now! And dreading the next time I have to service the thing. But it is a very comfy place to be.
Yep the running costs are pretty low, there’s a chap on mgevs forum who’s found free rapid chargeing near him so 950 miles in 10 days for nowt but wear and tear.
We’ve only used a dc ccs charger once and was £4.90 fo 21kwh which Is pricey
As said, we tend to charge at home as it suits or needs, but if out and about and there’s a free charge and free space then why not!
As for the Hybrid route, imo the only proven reliable hybrid out there is Toyota and Lexus, so I would look at the Rx 400;450h
That's a great price and with 7 years warranty too! I can't help thinking that a pure elctric will be much more reliable than all this hybrid stuff which gives you all the disadvantages and potential costs of a modern engine with the added pleasure of battery pack worries too - and of course even the premium manufacturers will offer only a 3 year warranty on the whole thing.
Say at 10 years and 130k the battery pack goes completely (and there's no eveidence to suggest it will) and you have to spend 5k on a new one - what could a new C300h or even conventional c220d cost to run in that time - yearly oil change at mercedes and other consumables the motors don't need , new turbo, and a couple of injectors, a few MAFS and a gearbox ECU, and some DPF issue...all things we see all the time on here and add them up and at under 130k miles and you could easily have spent 6k on maintianing the drivetrain already before the MG's warranty even expires!
Although a 5k one-off repair bill on a drivetrain sounds crazy, as long as it is the only drivetrain repair (which the evidence suggests it will be) and will happen once every 8-10 years it actually works out very cheap when correctly amorticised
The main week spot with reliability that I can see being a problem moving forward will be the software, which sounds crazy, but there’s nothing to the mechanical side! So I cant see that being a problem, but they’ve only been out for less than a year! Yet to prove itself with reliability, but as you so rightly put there’s a seven year manufacturers warranty to take there of that!
Let’s face it, leccy cars are in their infancy, so I would be surprised if there’s no problems at all.
All told the MG has been the correct decision for our needs, so will be staying with us for the foreseeable.
I must admit I keep driving my s211 dreading how much it costs to fill up now! And dreading the next time I have to service the thing. But it is a very comfy place to be.