Hello from accidental MGF Owners!
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Hello from accidental MGF Owners!
My wife just passed her theory test... as promised I went diligently hunting for her first car. High mileage Yarises and that sort of thing.
Then I got utterly bored of soulless superminis, and bought a '96 1.8i sight unseen on ebay for £410.
Having now collected it, my instinct (without knowing what I'm talking about) is that it's fundamentally ok, but highly sheddy. I have covered about 100 miles in it since Sunday without anything significant happening, other than I think it's riding a bit low and the noise over speed bumps sounds like worn bushes. Will be getting it looked at by a local specialist (Rover Centre in St Albans) next week for a proper opinion.
In the meantime, we're going to be spending the Easter long weekend doing driving practice!
First of these practice sessions was a short one today. Petrifying.
Then I got utterly bored of soulless superminis, and bought a '96 1.8i sight unseen on ebay for £410.
Having now collected it, my instinct (without knowing what I'm talking about) is that it's fundamentally ok, but highly sheddy. I have covered about 100 miles in it since Sunday without anything significant happening, other than I think it's riding a bit low and the noise over speed bumps sounds like worn bushes. Will be getting it looked at by a local specialist (Rover Centre in St Albans) next week for a proper opinion.
In the meantime, we're going to be spending the Easter long weekend doing driving practice!
First of these practice sessions was a short one today. Petrifying.
- Bazzajay
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Re: Hello from accidental MGF Owners!
Hello and welcome to MGF ownership. I'm intrigued by your description of the driving experience as 'petrifying ', I can only presume that your wife was doing a test drive, as most experienced drivers would describe it as stimulating.
Barrie
2000 MGF Wedgwood SE 1800i
2002 Peugeot Partner Quiksilver
2000 MGF Wedgwood SE 1800i
2002 Peugeot Partner Quiksilver
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Re: Hello from accidental MGF Owners!
Exactly. It was her first time in a petrol car (seems like driving school cars are mostly diesel now, presumably because idle away makes them hard to stall) and my first time supervising a learner!
It's great fun when I drive
It's great fun when I drive
- Bigfootmgf
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Re: Hello from accidental MGF Owners!
Welcome! They are great fun little cars and hope you have plenty of fun filled trips!!
Feel free to join in with any of the events and trips that are organised by the f register areas!
Enjoy
Feel free to join in with any of the events and trips that are organised by the f register areas!
Enjoy
Paul
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- Barbour
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Re: Hello from accidental MGF Owners!
I wish more people did this.davidandsophie wrote:Then I got utterly bored of soulless superminis, and bought a '96 1.8i sight unseen on ebay for £410.
Instead of buying the car equivalent of a washing machine (it just needs to do the job) we need to listen to that little voice that says "I know this is not the sensible thing to do, but I don't care, I want the nice shiny toy"
You might regret it, but at least it won't be boring
Last edited by Barbour on Fri Apr 19, 2019 10:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Cheers!
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- nigelandjo
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Re: Hello from accidental MGF Owners!
Hello and welcome to the MGF Register Forum.
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- Bazzajay
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Re: Hello from accidental MGF Owners!
Interesting, when I was taught to drive, in the '50s, we were taught clutch control by learning to pull away on tick-over. No diesel cars in those days though.davidandsophie wrote: presumably because idle away makes them hard to stall) and my first time supervising a learner!:D
Barrie
2000 MGF Wedgwood SE 1800i
2002 Peugeot Partner Quiksilver
2000 MGF Wedgwood SE 1800i
2002 Peugeot Partner Quiksilver
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Re: Hello from accidental MGF Owners!
If you think the suspension is low it might be the hydragas spheres need re-charging. Congrats on your purchase.
- talkingcars
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Re: Hello from accidental MGF Owners!
Hi and welcome to the world of MG and to the forum.
Good luck with the driving tuition and test.
James
Good luck with the driving tuition and test.
James
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