£600 MGF, fun or folly ?
Discussion
Was at my local friendly garage this morning, father/son outfit and they always have a car to sell, this time it was a very tidy 96 MGF, decent tyres (tread wise, but budget, could be fun in the wet 
), good condition save for a small ding or two, new brakes, full mot, Green with red leather, no sign of HGF and he wanted the princely sum of £600 for some open top motoring, sounds to me like a good deal for sub SOTW money.
So, hateful shed or some open, mid engined, Metro based fun for summer then sell potentially without losing any money ?
), good condition save for a small ding or two, new brakes, full mot, Green with red leather, no sign of HGF and he wanted the princely sum of £600 for some open top motoring, sounds to me like a good deal for sub SOTW money.So, hateful shed or some open, mid engined, Metro based
fun for summer then sell potentially without losing any money ?The Crack Fox said:
Get 'em to stick 6 months ticket on it and go for it. I'm no fan of these, but for some cheapo summer fun, it will be perfect 
Do you mean VED/Road Tax or MOT as it already has the MOT, or it will do by the end of the day, dont think he will have room to offer six months tax as well at that price, it had a load of work for the last mot like suspension stuff so should be, assuming the HG holds out, not need much, he did say the remote locking was a bit iffy but as I dont really bother locking cars I wouldnt worry unduly about that.Though the wife has declared it girly, the sexist pig
I have an MG (all be it a ZS) and am not a fan of the F in pretty much every way. The engines however are fine if the issues are sorted, or preventative measures are taken (not that you should have to do this sort of stuff to cars these days, but then they are cheap!).
But for £600? Yes it's cheap, but MR2's go for that, with MX-5's a couple hundred more. I know where I'd put my money.
But for £600? Yes it's cheap, but MR2's go for that, with MX-5's a couple hundred more. I know where I'd put my money.
Justayellowbadge said:
Mine was £900, BRG with cream leather.
Have done 10,000 miles in 8 weeks and it's been a hoot. Non-VVC doesn't have the electric PAS, so it's a better drive.
That is serious mileage!Have done 10,000 miles in 8 weeks and it's been a hoot. Non-VVC doesn't have the electric PAS, so it's a better drive.
I've always fancied an MGF for a runabout, test drove one a few years ago and preferred it to an MX-5.
EDLT said:
Just be prepared to throw it away when a big bill comes along.
Also, INB4 MGJohn claims they are perfect and nothing ever goes wrong with them ever its all Clarkson's fault.
It is convincing the wife thats the problem, she is asking whether I would get my £600 back but we have spent that on her Fiat 500 (again) this year, running now at getting on for four grand, 2 to buy it and pretty much the same again to get it roadworthy with me doing most of the work inc an engine rebuild !Also, INB4 MGJohn claims they are perfect and nothing ever goes wrong with them ever its all Clarkson's fault.
Would just stick my Saab to one side for a while, transfer the ins and tax and see how I get on.
Assuing the Head Gasket doesnt die, cant see much else to go wrong and I am fairly handy hough my last Rover HGF repair didnt go well
it worked but the liners had sunk so it just pressurised the cooling system.interesting that you say its more fun than an MX5.
J4CKO said:
interesting that you say its more fun than an MX5.
It's very different to an MX5, but whether it's more fun is personal taste. It's not as well balanced, with more of a tendency towards understeer and less controllable oversteer, but it has considerably more traction and better steering. The driving position is odd, but not uncomfortable unless you're tall. Check that the weird hydrogas suspension is OK, I don't know but I'd imagine that's not particularly easy to fix if it goes wrong.
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