Guilty pleasure....

[Roverdose]

Hopefully this will settle the MG debate...

http://youtu.be/uUSa0UhbccU

ive never been a fan of the mk3 until i drove one, its in no way comparable to a mk2 but i get why it is the way it is, all the mk2 owners grew up n had kids.

drove it, bought it, converted!

although the bottom pulley did fall off and that was the end of that.

[snifferdog]

Oh dear, Tiff Needel doesnt like the ZR! 

He seems to like the other MG's though. 

Hes wrong anyway, although the driving position is too high and it does suffer a little bit of understeer.

Its still winning rallies now though.

[Wayne]

You may get lucky and get a reliable one but you need to be really lucky, diesels are a better bet as they avoid all the engine and head gasket problems but no matter what happens they still look like the result of a ram raid on Halfords plus other gremlins are never far away.

They are hated in the trade and worth next to nothing, the 75 based ZT is the best choice as it is built around a newish chassis the ZR and ZS have chassis's that you can trace back 20 + years.

[snifferdog]

Fair enough they are worth next to nothing in the trade and are based on ageing chassis' but I know plenty of people with Rovers and Mg's that havent had any trouble with reliability. I dont think you need to be really lucky to get a reliable one.

The thing VAG nailed that MGR didnt is the perception of quality. People just presume that they are getting a reliable, quality product when they buy a VAG car. Dont get me wrong, to some extent they are, Ive loved all of my golfs and polos but they have still had problems.

 Ive still had head gasket failures, clutch failures and numerous sensors etc. on all of my 'superior' cars.

[Dannygood]

I had an mg tf160
and it was bloody mental i loved it just couldnt get in the bloody thing being 6'3".
was fun for the summer

[Jack3559]

Is this the Rover/MG thread?

[Roverdose]

You may get lucky and get a reliable one but you need to be really lucky, diesels are a better bet as they avoid all the engine and head gasket problems but no matter what happens they still look like the result of a ram raid on Halfords plus other gremlins are never far away.

They are hated in the trade and worth next to nothing, the 75 based ZT is the best choice as it is built around a newish chassis the ZR and ZS have chassis's that you can trace back 20 + years.

i dont see how any of that matters, end of the day i dont have a problem with it every week, and personnally i dont care what the local garage think of it!

have you ever driven one??? Tell ya what, tell me what shows your going to and at some point i'll meet up with you and you can have a rip in it.

[Thom89]

I had a Rover SD1 once, Rovers half arsed attempt at a last ditch attempt at making something good like they used to, although the car was doomed, it was actually a great drivers car, well the Twin Plenum Vitesse V8 was anyway...
The whole Rover/Honda deal was a complete joke, and a blot on British engineering landscape... BMW had the right idea, when they took over Rover, and killed it off, but hung on to the Mini brand/name, it was a shrewd move.
The Rover 400/MG/Blah Blah Blah was, and still is nothing more than a mediocre car, If you enjoy that sort of cheap and boring build quality, buy an old Imprezza instead!

Thom

[Wayne]

have you ever driven one??? Tell ya what, tell me what shows your going to and at some point i'll meet up with you and you can have a rip in it.

Yes I had a 1996 P 420d hatch for 6mths once  :embarassed: , was good on fuel but dull to drive, the MG is the same basic chassis.

[mk3.owner]

Pulsar GTI-R.

Hate the shape, The interior, The bonnet, The ar5e end.

Then i drove one.  Oh MY God someone hand me a tissue.  :embarassed: