My Cherry Bomb MG3

Hello all,



Have been lurking on this forum for a while reading others' experiences before taking the plunge and getting a MG3 Style (Cherry Bomb) of my own, so thought it was only fair to share my own updates.



Ordered in mid-Feb from SMC Woking and was a couple of months until collection, so have had the pleasure of the car for around a fortnight now. MG for some reason apparently delivered it with leather seats (which I didn't want) so that put an extra few days until collection while that was sorted out.



(Apparently if you want a Cherry Bomb 3, it's a wait until August, but plenty of white ones available at much shorter notice!)



Pros

• A general like of driving the thing.... the handling, and especially the feel of it pulling into 2nd and 3rd; and a satisfying noise when cruising in 5th


• Parking sensors doing their job well


• Carried four passengers on its first day - all commented how surprisingly spacious it was inside


• Averaging almost 40mpg according to the computer despite being early days for the engine

Downsides/niggles:

• A week after buying, some **** decided to key all the way down the driver's side :mad: so need to get down to a repair shop to sort that


• The phone connectivity kit seems a bit odd (I ordered the iPhone 5 kit). You can't fit a USB cable with the cradle in place; and to use the cradle you need to put the iPhone in a third party case (which was provided - Griffin I think). No issues hooking it up via Bluetooth though, that all works a treat.


• The 1st/2nd over-rev thing. As others have noted, not an issue at very low or very high revs, but its taking a while to get used to.


• The stereo 'rattles' the passenger side speaker at some frequencies


• Auto-wipers are ever-so-slightly slower than what I would choose if they were being manually operated. Not enough to be unsafe, but enough to annoy me slightly :)


• According to the other half, the horn is a bit wimpy...

Happy to answer any questions... if you see a Cherry MG3 around SW London/Sussex/Surrey that may well be me so give a wave!

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