MGF Going spare.
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I bought this car as a cat' C write off with the intention of fixing the old girl up and using her this summer. Got the car ready for M.O.T and V.I.C check only for some local hoodlem decided to try and steal it. Not the usual knuckle dragger break into you house and take the keys; oh no. While I was at work (night shift) he/she/they/it smashed the drivers window opened the boot and bonnet. Discovering the car had no bettery decided to dent some of the pannels instead. As I have no documentation for the car the Police are doing nothing about it and as the car was not insured it's a total loss as I can't find the motivation to fix it again.
Anyone want any parts let me know (via email). Hopefully this car will help others to stay on the road.
Anyone want any parts let me know (via email). Hopefully this car will help others to stay on the road.
MGF £600
Parts £415
Time two months time during days off.
Sold for £400 to mgbreaker.com (based in Peterborough) because every thing I fix something else goes wrong and I've spent more than the car is worth already.
I will never ever buy another Rover (bodged) built MG ever again!!!!!!! They are all a complete waste of time, money and effort.
Parts £415
Time two months time during days off.
Sold for £400 to mgbreaker.com (based in Peterborough) because every thing I fix something else goes wrong and I've spent more than the car is worth already.
I will never ever buy another Rover (bodged) built MG ever again!!!!!!! They are all a complete waste of time, money and effort.
Robert060379 said:
MGF £600
Parts £415
Time two months time during days off.
Sold for £400 to mgbreaker.com (based in Peterborough) because every thing I fix something else goes wrong and I've spent more than the car is worth already.
I will never ever buy another Rover (bodged) built MG ever again!!!!!!! They are all a complete waste of time, money and effort.
What do you expect for 600 quid..Parts £415
Time two months time during days off.
Sold for £400 to mgbreaker.com (based in Peterborough) because every thing I fix something else goes wrong and I've spent more than the car is worth already.
I will never ever buy another Rover (bodged) built MG ever again!!!!!!! They are all a complete waste of time, money and effort.
Robert060379 said:
Damaged repairable allegedly. I'm using the money to treat my proper MG to a new set of wheels.
People actually wonder why MG/Rover have folded. Build quality, reliability and parts availability perhaps.
So you bought a damaged car and expected ...what? That'd it'd cost peanuts to sort out...damaged cars are cheap for a reason....what were the issues with it?People actually wonder why MG/Rover have folded. Build quality, reliability and parts availability perhaps.
It's not just this one. Every single Rover/MG I have seen has had something wrong (sometimes seriously) with it. Three year old Z's being scrapped because they will never pass an M.O.T, F's with sub-frames so rusty they fall off after a speed hump, oh and have I mentioned "head gaskets" yet?
I paid £350 for my Fiat Coupe and haven't a single problem with it. Only cost £150 to get the car through the M.O.T and nothing has fallen off it (yet).
I paid £350 for my Fiat Coupe and haven't a single problem with it. Only cost £150 to get the car through the M.O.T and nothing has fallen off it (yet).
Robert060379 said:
It's not just this one. Every single Rover/MG I have seen has had something wrong (sometimes seriously) with it. Three year old Z's being scrapped because they will never pass an M.O.T, F's with sub-frames so rusty they fall off after a speed hump, oh and have I mentioned "head gaskets" yet?
I paid £350 for my Fiat Coupe and haven't a single problem with it. Only cost £150 to get the car through the M.O.T and nothing has fallen off it (yet).
If you're that against "modern" MGs then why stress yourself and bother with the 'F ?I paid £350 for my Fiat Coupe and haven't a single problem with it. Only cost £150 to get the car through the M.O.T and nothing has fallen off it (yet).
I wasn't until I bought this one. My old MG Maestro was one of the best all round cars I've ever owned. I thought that under BMW management the MGF would be a good car. This one needed a wing, headlight, front bumper and I replaced the radiator with a dual core Aluminium one because some of the early Geofs had overheating problems that lead to head gasket failure or vice versa. Anyway for how much I have spent on this car I could have bought one with at least a partial history, Tax and M.O.T or more important spent the money on one of my B's and be well on the road by now. This has been an expensive lesson but I will never buy "Salvage" again or anything with a Rover badge because Rover have done to MG what British Leyland did in the 70's. Taken their racing heritage and pedegree, bent them over and shafted them for what they're worth, then stuck MG octagons on second rate shopping trollies that will fill the scrapyards with cars less than five years old.
MG/Rover have folded. Build quality, reliability and parts availability perhaps.
???? parts availability? they went bust nearly fives years ago what do expect? build quality? reliability? does your run? is it not a damaged £600 car how well put togther do expect it to be? how old is it?
What did Rover do for MG? kept them going you moron, how many MGB's do you think they would be selling in 2009? Euro V B series anyone?
???? parts availability? they went bust nearly fives years ago what do expect? build quality? reliability? does your run? is it not a damaged £600 car how well put togther do expect it to be? how old is it?
What did Rover do for MG? kept them going you moron, how many MGB's do you think they would be selling in 2009? Euro V B series anyone?
The MG B was going to be phased out and replaced with a new mid-engined model just after the rubber bumper model, but British Leyland pulled the plug in favor of a Rover coupe based on the P6 chassis. They stopped the new MG from being built just in time for them to shelve the Rover coupe because how much the SD1 cost to develope. Prototypes for the MG and Rover coupe are at the British Motor Heritage Museum.
Chances are the MG F I bought was towed into whatever caused the front end damage because the quote to get the engine fixed was more than the car so the owner did a job of it. The engine has only ever run by having a new battery and a jump start. Whilst turning over the engine would stop, turn over slowly and then go again. This is because of water getting into one of the pots, due to the head gasket being Rover'd. The gears either work in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th or 3rd, 4th, 5th and reverse typical of all Geofs. Some twot smashing into it was the last straw, not the cars fault I know but have a look on ebay at how many Geofs are on there for less than a grand.
Chances are the MG F I bought was towed into whatever caused the front end damage because the quote to get the engine fixed was more than the car so the owner did a job of it. The engine has only ever run by having a new battery and a jump start. Whilst turning over the engine would stop, turn over slowly and then go again. This is because of water getting into one of the pots, due to the head gasket being Rover'd. The gears either work in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th or 3rd, 4th, 5th and reverse typical of all Geofs. Some twot smashing into it was the last straw, not the cars fault I know but have a look on ebay at how many Geofs are on there for less than a grand.
Robert060379 said:
The MG B was going to be phased out and replaced with a new mid-engined model just after the rubber bumper model, but British Leyland pulled the plug in favor of a Rover coupe based on the P6 chassis.
That'll be ADO 21 then, started as a concept in the late '60s and refined through to a full model by the late '70s, but then killed off by the Triumph Bullet (because BLMC was awash with ex-Triumph people at the top) which became the TR7......MG Mark
Triumph getting their own back for Rover throwing their toys out of the pram when Triumph announced a 2000/2500 Saloon and Estate would be fitted with the Stag V8 making the Triumph 3000 and P6 worthless. Three Triumph 3000 prototypes were built two saloons and one estate. One saloon was destroyed and nobody knows what happened to the other two cars.
Robert060379 said:
It's not just this one. Every single Rover/MG I have seen has had something wrong (sometimes seriously) with it. Three year old Z's being scrapped because they will never pass an M.O.T, F's with sub-frames so rusty they fall off after a speed hump, oh and have I mentioned "head gaskets" yet?
I paid £350 for my Fiat Coupe and haven't a single problem with it. Only cost £150 to get the car through the M.O.T and nothing has fallen off it (yet).
I bought my Fiat Coupe knowing it had a misfire which turned out to be broken/melted ring lands on one piston. A strip down revealed a very knackered turbo which I refurbed. The radiator was rotten as a pair, and the valve guides were quite worn so had the head rebuilt. Since then the list of parts I have replaced would probably frighten most people (including two sets of front wishbones in 25k miles), but I bought it knowing it wouldn't be a cheap car to run, and I still love it to bits.I paid £350 for my Fiat Coupe and haven't a single problem with it. Only cost £150 to get the car through the M.O.T and nothing has fallen off it (yet).
The previous Civic VTi was the first I car owned that actually left me stranded on the side of the road (failed distributor). I had to replace the exhaust, numerous suspension bushes, the shocks, both rear wheel bearings and the ludicrously expensive rear drop links whilst I owned it.
The Toyota MR2 turbo before that suffered from god knows how many faults, all the wheel bearings were replaced during my ownership, new dampers, head gasket failed due to cracked heater pipes letting all the coolant out. Fuel pump failed, alternator failed, several broken wires in the wiring loom. The rear calipers would stick at the first sign of humidity. The intercooler fell apart(running standard boost). Every M6 bolt holding the numerous covers on the bottom of the car was rusted solid and most sheared off. The turbo was smoking badly when I finally sold it.
The VVC MGF that my step mum has owned for the last 5 years has suffered from...sticking calipers and a misfire due to a soggy coil pack.
By your logic I should never again buy a Honda, a Toyota or a Fiat as they clearly only manufacture unreliable piles of crap.
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