Middle aged crisis - looking at a MGF

Aug 25, 2008 11 Replies

A rather nice looking MGF has come up for sale locally to me, 1.8vvc, P reg (96/97) for £1000. I'm sorely tempted. A quick look around the outside shows the cosmetics in reasonable order, some rust bubbles at the front of the OS door, otherwise no corrosion. A google shows they are prone to head gasket failures, and a few other faults, like the exhaust header pipe decaying, and suspension falling.



Any other thing I should definitely look at before I take it for a drive? [Oh, and are there any 25yo blonde bimbos free to sit alongside me? Food, drink and sex provided on a regular basis to the right applicant - come on, I do need an accomplished assistant for this car!)



Ta Alan.


An MX-5.

Might cost a bit more, but that's because they're an infinitely better car.

An older, slightly more expensive MX-5 would be an infinitely better idea than a shagged MGF.

Mike P

forget it they are a pile of s**te, i work/worked on these & they are glorified mini metros, have a look at the front hubs, they couldnt even be arsed to remove the outer cv joints, they just removed all the guts and left the housing there & its metro front subframe. if you ever get a gearshift cable brake they are a right barstard to fit.

I've never understood why anyone would buy an MGF when the MX5 exists.

Buying some wellies, and umbrells, and a bumper pack of head geaskets?

Price for the most part. Then coming up with some idealistic crap about the MGF being mid / rear. And yes it is, but then I raise the game of MR2....

...but then what can golf clubs fit into?

Avoid roads with speed bumps - the ones that don't go all the way across the road.

Andrew

you have a unanimous answer then, MX5 it is ! Perhaps when the 'summer' ends though ? Personally I think a Z4 is nice, but try getting one if those for a grand.. don't think so !

Depends whether your taste in headgear is tweed cap or leather cap, surely. Same bristly moustaches in both cases, mind you.

Ian

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Move along please, nothing to see here.....

Time to dig out your old metro manuals....

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