MGF to buy or not to buy

[jay-vtr]

Im in a little bit of a predicament

Theres a 2000 MGF with 58000 miles for sale, its tax runs out in 2months, and MOT in NOV.

its only 500squid and reckon I could get it down to 400

Trouble is.... I have an astra at the moment which I was thinking of selling anyway...

Is it wise to buy a car before selling mine? Ive never had 2 cars at once, double insurance, double tax etc

My mum said she'd insure it so thats that problem out the way.

Trouble is I dont know much about MG's and 500squids sounds too cheap but market value is worth about 800 in good cond'

Ahhhhh decisions!

[Baz]

Personally wouldn't buy it, mates mum had one, nothing but problems! They like to overheat too....

[MiniGibbo]

My brother had two TF's from new with the 120hp engine and big brakes, fun cars but you sit on the car not in it..

MGF is gay as fuck.. buy an mx5.

[Prickle]

Why not? I bought one whilst i already had one.. i changed the insurance over and sornd/got some dollah back.

[Barry123]

They're great along side a Saxo, makes a saxo look bullet proof.

[jay-vtr]

I had an MX5, thought it was a nightmare, credit where credits due it had 104k miles and everything broke at once lol

[graham22211]

personaly id leave well alone as posted they overheat head gasket is a commen fault and as there mid engined its a ball ache putting it right and expensive if you cant do it yourself ..

[BertieG]

my dad has a TF 160 (technically his GFs), and he said its by far the worst car he has ever owned. horrendously unreliable, rusts whilst you are looking at it, shockingly bad gearbox, very steep servicing considering

having said that, its undoubtably a pretty car, and the 160 certainly shifts

[LSOfreak]

i think theyre gay as fuck

[MiniGibbo]

The rover bandwagon always makes me laugh..

If i bought a £50 saxo that had never been serviced, could i then slag off every citroen becuase theyre fucking shit and always brake down?

[BertieG]

The rover bandwagon always makes me laugh..

If i bought a £50 saxo that had never been serviced, could i then slag off every citroen becuase theyre fucking shit and always brake down?

no, but if, like my dads gf, you bought it brand new in 2004, had it replaced within 6 months due to engine failure, then have spent in excess of £5k since on servicing work despite doing 20,000 miles in it since new, i think you have a right to complain

[Cam]

The rover bandwagon always makes me laugh..

If i bought a £50 saxo that had never been serviced, could i then slag off every citroen becuase theyre fucking shit and always brake down?

You do anyway?

[MiniGibbo]

Read my first post in this thread..

My brother had two, his two beats your dads one.. now bow to my greatness faggot :homme:

[MiniGibbo]

You do anyway?

Whaa...?

[jay-vtr]

bought it :homme: even my mum said i look gay as fuck driving it

[Giraffe]

bought it :homme: even my mum said i look gay as fuck driving it

To be fair, you do look gay as fuck anyway.

[jay-vtr]

To be fair, you do look gay as fuck anyway.

thanks, it's nice to know your turned on by my fragile shit pipe

[saxo-parts]

mgf's do break well tbh, some parts are getting a bit scarce

[lyndon]

You don't have a vagina, Don't get one.

[f13sta]

no, but if, like my dads gf, you bought it brand new in 2004, had it replaced within 6 months due to engine failure, then have spent in excess of £5k since on servicing work despite doing 20,000 miles in it since new, i think you have a right to complain

and that is why i brakes.

just like them all. every rover/mg we have in at work hasn't even done 50k yet. driven by old people. who fart more times than drive their cars.

the biggest thing is they never got warm.

and saying that had a 206 with 40k on the clocks and the headgasket had gone on that.
and correct me if i'm wrong but the 1.1/1.4 alloy engines in the saxo are common for headgaskets.

i'll admit the TF isn't a brilliant car in it's own rights. love how they converted it to RWD just by putting some old metro cv joints in the hub and bolting them up.

we've had alot more french cars with problems in at work than rovers. even more bmw (mostly 3 series) so can't be that bad

[blackie_2k5]

get an mx5 if you want something small and girly :p

[BertieG]

and that is why i brakes.

just like them all. every rover/mg we have in at work hasn't even done 50k yet. driven by old people. who fart more times than drive their cars.

the biggest thing is they never got warm.

and saying that had a 206 with 40k on the clocks and the headgasket had gone on that.
and correct me if i'm wrong but the 1.1/1.4 alloy engines in the saxo are common for headgaskets.

i'll admit the TF isn't a brilliant car in it's own rights. love how they converted it to RWD just by putting some old metro cv joints in the hub and bolting them up.

we've had alot more french cars with problems in at work than rovers. even more bmw (mostly 3 series) so can't be that bad
if it was a good car they might have done some miles in it

[f13sta]

if it was a good car they might have done some miles in it

why keep it and spend 5k on fixing it then??

[chris_82]

Hope u enjoy the car mate but personally after driving one I would never ever buy one gearbox is awful,always break (apparently),head gaskets are common and the engine is a pig to work on I would have a mx5 over one any day.

[Cam]

I remember i was at a garage with a few blokes me old man knows, some bloke pulled up in one music blearing thought he was the dogs bollocks, he left it with them as it needed new pads or something. They was ripping the piss so much dont think i ever laughed soo much :homme: