Help please!!

[johnd19]

Im thinking about buying this as im doing to many miles in my saxo.

Just wanted some opinions and what they are like as a car?

Heres the one im thinking of buying.

http://www.virtual-showroom.co.uk/Images/Vehicles/7970_5478.JPG

Its £6000 and it only has 9000 miles on the clock.

[MK2SLAG]

my mate had 1,he got rid of it after 2weeks,says it all really.....

[johnd19]

my mate had 1,he got rid of it after 2weeks,says it all really.....

Why did he get rid so quickly?

[kristel10589]

My bro just bought one :y: it's all about the looks tbh. With the K-series engine they're un-reliable. Headgaskets are CR*P unless it's all ready been fitted with a land rover one. Electrics are crappy and are common faults too

Here's my bro's....

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z302/Kristel_Taylor/IMG_3396.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z302/Kristel_Taylor/IMG_3395.jpg

[Quick]

The vehicle details for SN06 KLP are:

Date of Liability 26 03 2008
Date of First Registration 02 06 2006
Year of Manufacture 2006
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1396CC
CO2 Emissions 164g/Km
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour SILVER
Vehicle Type Approval M1
The information contained on this page is correct at the time of enquiry.
Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate £79.75
12 Months Rate £145.00


1.4 engine.

[Scattle]

Headgaskets usually, not bad looking cars thouhg and handle pretty well.

[johnd19]

[QUOTE=kristel10589;2163668]My bro just bought one :y: it's all about the looks tbh. With the K-series engine they're un-reliable. Headgaskets are CR*P unless it's all ready been fitted with a land rover one. Electrics are crappy and are common faults too

Lovin the yellow one mate very smart. I would have thought it would be alrite with it only being 2yr old and doing that many miles.

[gozzy-vtr]

lol look at quick doin all his vehicle checks lol

[kristel10589]

[QUOTE=kristel10589;2163668]My bro just bought one :y: it's all about the looks tbh. With the K-series engine they're un-reliable. Headgaskets are CR*P unless it's all ready been fitted with a land rover one. Electrics are crappy and are common faults too

Lovin the yellow one mate very smart. I would have thought it would be alrite with it only being 2yr old and doing that many miles.

They tend to go at around 40k. No matter how well you treat it the headgasket will go. Something to do with the cooling system being shite and a ball bearing seizing up so the water/coolant stops flowing!!

[MK2SLAG]

Why did he get rid so quickly?

slow,crap build quality,handled rubbish,overpriced tbh

[VtsTom]

Head gasket will only go if your a noob and thrash it with cold oil.

A mate owns a MG/ROVER garage, they depreciate SO fast. Not worth your money mate. If you sold it the next day you will loose about a grand, its that bad

[kristel10589]

oh yea forgot to say £6k is waaaaayyyy overpriced and silver is the wrong choice of colour imo. Probably worth £5500 MAX

EDIT: forgot to mention that the 1.4's are slow, if you're going to get one get the 160!!!

[lisaloo1]

i love the zr in posi blue or whatever blue they use but as i mentioned it to 4 different ppl they all said nooooooooo dont buy one seamed odd so didnt lol
freinds was never out of garage was 12mths old and everything kept going on it
on said do not buy an mg rover due to the money situation and being bought out still dodgy

[lisaloo1]

yeah her head gasket went it was only 3mths old lol

[johnd19]

oh yea forgot to say £6k is waaaaayyyy overpriced and silver is the wrong choice of colour imo. Probably worth £5500 MAX

EDIT: forgot to mention that the 1.4's are slow, if you're going to get one get the 160!!!

How much did you bro pay for his?

[MK2SLAG]

i love the zr in posi blue or whatever blue they use but as i mentioned it to 4 different ppl they all said nooooooooo dont buy one seamed odd so didnt lol
freinds was never out of garage was 12mths old and everything kept going on it
on said do not buy an mg rover due to the money situation and being bought out still dodgy

mg trophy blue is the colour!

they have alloy heads which melt before long lol

[Ibiza_Rik]

i like the look of these in blue, but they are un reliable as fuck, mate had one and was forever taking it to the garage, then he wrote it off...

[lisaloo1]

bloody glad i asked about 1st nearly bought a mint 2003 one for £1000 fel in love with it but asked a few ppl first and didnt like what i was told s went for vtr lol

[kristel10589]

How much did you bro pay for his?

Just over £5k i think. It was in absolutely MINT condition as well!! (inside and out) not a scratch or dent in sight :y:

[MK2SLAG]

Just over £5k i think. It was in absolutely MINT condition as well!! (inside and out) not a scratch or dent in sight :y:

mega bucks for a shitty car like that tbh,id rather a ek9 for that money

[kristel10589]

bloody glad i asked about 1st nearly bought a mint 2003 one for £1000 fel in love with it but asked a few ppl first and didnt like what i was told s went for vtr lol

2003 for £1k? :err: what was wrong with it, was it a right off? that's bloody cheap tbh

[Scattle]

105bhp from the 1.4's iirc...thats actually not too shabby from a 1.4

[mat_106]

my mate just bought a 53 plate (mark1) in xpower grey, nice to look at and it handles pretty well but tbh everytime he goes to start it, it takes longer to start lol only done 29k and he paid 4K for it

and its 1.4 pretty nippy for a 1.4 too

[johnd19]

I think the MG is out the window now like. Thanks for top advice.

Well my 2nd choice was this

http://www.jenningsforddirect.co.uk/cars/view.aspx?cr=NU05JWX&rf=%2fcars%2fresults.aspx%3fpg%3d1%26mk%3dSEAT%26m d%3dIbiza%26pf%3d0%26pt%3d0%26kw%3d%26tr%3d0%26ml% 3d0%26ag%3d0%26fd%3d0%26of%3d0%26st%3dprice

[johnd19]

Anyone know out about these?

[kristel10589]

Anyone know out about these?

:fcuk: waaaaaaaayyyyyy better build quality than the MG!!!!!

[littleracer]

its just a nova,eeerrr rover sorry.
crap TBH

[danbills]

Not fussed on either of those cars mate

...but if your buying 2nd hand which I'm guessing you more probably will be it might be a good idea to text the reg of the vehicle to 83600 costs a couple of quid and then you get a text back with the history of the car. (Crashes, stolen etc...)

[immense]

I see so many of these about, like 20 to every Saxo I see in Northampton honestly............ look nice but aren't all that tbh, you could get something much better for that money mate.