Age is just a number...or is it?

kev321 · Post by **kev321** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:55 pm

Hey all just wanted to know what the average age of an mgf driver was

i will start it im 27 and feel the youngest on the road hehe maybe its time to get an evo lol

tanamana · Post by **tanamana** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:14 pm

Well - I'm 61, but since my bathroom mirror has 'Residual Image Sustainment (TM)' I look about 18.

arsvs · Post by **arsvs** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:16 pm

i had my first at 29 now im 32 mate. but in that time ive had imprezza's and porsche's and now a disastra at the same time so maybe get a spare

kev321 · Post by **kev321** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:24 pm

just trying to justify the fuel costs lol my best mate had a WR1 and was nearly doing £50 of fuel every two days ouch!Cant ever give up the MGF tho its so much fun to drive

Green Squirrel · Post by **Green Squirrel** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:01 pm

Average age ? Well my first (as an owner) an MGBGT was when I was in my thirties since then another MGB then the F - bought new in 1995, delivered in 1996 - loads of others in between - now in my seventies!

Drove MG back in the fifties BUT not mine couldn't afford one on RAF pay !

Mike H · Post by **Mike H** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:09 pm

Much closer to 60 than 50, although my fifties seem to have brought me cars that I have both wanted to and enjoyed owning

Post by **Rob Bell** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:19 pm

I was 25 when I bought mine. That was 15 years ago

Not a day older now in outlook (except for the bambinos of course

)

Post by **Mykel** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:41 pm

I was actually infected with the British sports car virus at the age of 5, when I used to be driven round my beloved home town (Hamburg) in a red Spitfire. Our neighbour owned one and when he was home (naval engineer) he took me to the harbour to inspect his ship.

Guess it's just another early childhood trauma that had to be paid to. Now I am just 40 years older and after a short stray to the Jap side (Suzuki Swift Cabriolet to confess

) some ten years ago, I now finally made it: Lilibet came into my life last December and we are now looking forward to living happily ever after

.

Stan_B · Post by **Stan_B** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:19 pm

Not telling, but I was 25 when I bought my MGB and as I still own that car I cant be much older can I? Well mentally anyway. I just wish the years ahd been as kind to the driver as to the car. The TF is my second MG ever and I know several MGCC owners with similar histories, it makes you sorry for the MG Sales Director, they sell you a car you really like it and keep it and it doesnt go out of fashion, it just becomes a classic.

artful.codger · Post by **artful.codger** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:35 pm

I'm enjoying my first MG(F) in my mid-life crisis years (50s) . Started on motorbikes when I was 16 and had one or more bikes all my life except for a couple of years when our sons were really young.
I recently sold my Royal Enfield Bullet and my Suzuki 1200 Bandit after becoming disillusioned with the police force's attitude to bikes and bikers. I was sick of being pulled into lay-bys for "a chat" when the cars were being waved past.
Must say I'm not missing the bikes at all, mainly due to having the MGF. The missus thought I was barmy when I stuck on a personalised 'plate with the words "Mid-Life Crisis" below the reg no.s.

ElectroSoldier · Post by **ElectroSoldier** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:12 pm

I think Im in the upper part of the lower end at 33... fast coming up to 34...

Its not the first VVC engined car I owned, the other was a 200Vi, same engine different amount of smiles for your miles though ))))))))))))))))

Im getting about 22MPG out of my VVC, which makes it the most econimical car I own now, the others being a 2.4 5 cylinder, 3.2 v8 and a 3.3 v6 liters...

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:50 am

Oh wow, I guess I'm one of the youngest at 18 then?

Not so many years ago my dad had an MG Midget (amongst other interesting cars) which I loved, so I guess that's part of the reason why I'm currently undersealing my F and not sticking a massive exhaust on a Saxo

tanamana · Post by **tanamana** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:54 am

You're just a child, Ryan

- but a child with a great deal of sense.

talkingcars · Post by **talkingcars** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:24 am

46 - got the F last year, had ARG/MG cars of some sort since I was 18.

James Curgenven · Post by **James Curgenven** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:07 am

I bought mine at 24. They say youth is wasted on the young, but I made the most of mine with a suitable car to enjoy it in

Post by **nigelandjo** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:04 pm

I bought an MG Maestro at 21. Does that count?

artful.codger · Post by **artful.codger** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:32 pm

I had one of those but I didn't think it would count. Was yours the 2.0ltr EFi?
Went like a rocket ship, but the rust had set in at 5 years old.

Canalsman · Post by **Canalsman** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:03 am

I have had 6 MGs thus far.

It started with an MGC GT back in 1973, which I took to South Africa with me.

This was followed by a B Tourer in 1976 or 1977, and then a Midget around 1981. This was bought to keep my Stag company ...

On returning to the UK I bought a Metro Turbo in 1983, and in addition a Montego Turbo in 1985

These had both left 'the stable' by the end of the 80s, there then followed an interregnum of almost 20 years before I acquired my TF in 2008.

Now just short of 60, this one's here to stay

ElectroSoldier · Post by **ElectroSoldier** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:52 am

my god we got some real die hard MG fans here alright!!!!

tanamana · Post by **tanamana** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:53 am

Die-hard.

I like that.

Good film, too.

For the record, Dad had a Midget back in the 60's - customised, British Racing Green,
lovely little mover - and that was my first MG drive.....illegally, of course, me being 'slightly'
under the age limit.......but did we care ?

Did we S*"^%$*"!?!

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