I've just been out for a drive in the countryside, with the roof down, the sun shining and the lovely burble of a sporty exhaust pipe attatched to a carberetured engine.

I hope the next time your driving down the motorway trying to inch your mpg up by a tiny fraction you can sit back and feel equaly smug :-p

Ohh, did I forget to mention the noise it makes on the overun going down from 4th to 3rd in a tunnel?

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pop!pop!pop!

Ah, but I can be smug every day of the week, not just when the sun is out.

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thisisnotaspoon yesterday

semi 😯

in all seriousness, what you driving?

(swoon) my hero (swoon)

go and spaff off over clarkson…

rattle rattle rattle=mpg 😉

but i must say V8 convertible=lob on! 8)

Same model/colour except my roll bar is in the garrage, my sills are original and so mach the rest of the car and my interors black.

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WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (turbo whistle)

TRAACTOR! (206 HDi)

I bet my diesel sounds better than your old shed….. 😆

ohh and the roof on mine folds down neatly behind the deats, that one appears to have borrowed an overgrown concertina.

Your push bike is making a funny noise??
Ohh no u drive a convertble subaru impreza
Do u put a lolly stick in the rear wheel as well ?

mine runs on petrol and a supercharger

whiiinnneeeeee
boooorrrrpp
bwwwooooorrrrrpp
wheeeeeeeeehhhhzzzz

no gay roof though.

tinas – I do both, I get my economy when on the motorway using my diesel bike carrier and I get my fun using a petrol engine with nice turbo wurble and pops 🙂 No point in compromising!

Oh dear MG anorak
watch out for him in the pub
in the corner with a jumper on smoking a pipe

at least we diesel drivers don't drive around constantly worrying that the smell of leaking fuel from our Midgets is the prelude to a conflagration.

gosh – where might I purchase such a vehicle ? 😉

at least we diesel drivers don't drive around constantly worrying that the smell of leaking fuel from our Midgets is the prelude to a conflagration.

actualy that turned out to be an oily rag I'd left in the footwell getting blown on by the heater 😀

Oh look a Midget with a "reliable" and "speedy" Triumph engine……….

Chrome and round arches with a 1275 twin carb, now we're talking….

Nowt wrong with the smell of petrol lad.

Dunno, might be selling it though, fancy a new project, this one doesnt need enough fettling for my tastes, thinking either a JP15 or fisher fury.

thank you all for poisioning the children of our world.

and some dumb **** wants to ban smoking in public
*shakes head*

Not a patch on a V8 landrover burble!!

wish i was old enough to get excited about bimbling around in an old convertible.

but i'm not, and i can't.

my Nova Merit+ with a bean-can exhaust used to make that noise

Dunno about unreliable, only faults while we've had it (3 years now) have been

Brake hoses,
Worn propshaft
Electrical gremlin.

Nothing else has needed touching (apart form serviceing). In the meanwhile everyone else at workk who went out and bought modern cars had had problems rangeing from central locking not working (renault) starter motor sticking on (pug) various sensor woes (VAG diesels). At least my problems have all been fixable with a bag of spanners and a multimeter :0)

my sills are original and so mach the rest of the car and my interors black.

I thought the black paintwork on the sills was standard on the rubber bumper version, are well.

Find a tunnel to drive through with the roof off, backing off the go-go pedal to make it bark 😉

That's what I loved to do in mine anyway 😉

thisisnotaspoon – Member

Same model/colour except my roll bar is in the garrage, my sills are original and so mach the rest of the car and my interors black.

That's not an MG………

This is an MG……..

How've I poisoned any kids?

Its 35 years old, does 40mpg, runs on the same unleaded as any other car and is made almost entirely form steel* which is less energy intensive to make than aluminium?

*ok, so the stering wheel is aluminium and theres some foam in the seats, theres carpets, a few bits of glass, and errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, thats about it. Ohh and some wood.

Think I'd rather do my 120 mile/day commute in my Ibiza TDi, thanks all the same, especially with fuel prices going up at the rate it currently is!

Diesel, petrol. Who cares. I'd drive a tractor, a golf cart, anything.

I get all the burbling I want AND 75mpg.

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A 22 year old Honda VTZ250. Wish mine was still as shiny as this one.

I thought the black paintwork on the sills was standard on the rubber bumper version, are well.

hmmmmm, I know stainless pannels were an aftermarket thing, I think the black must have been an option as quite a few have it.

N.b, technicaly they're not the original sills, its a herrritage shell with (naughty naughty) the original VIN plate.

"doesnt need enough fettling for my tastes"

mg owner in total lie shocker!!! 😆

especially with fuel prices going up at the rate it currently is!

I buy the expensive stuff out of choice, fuel is still cheep (or at least very affordable).

On a similar note, when did 'ultimate' unleaded drop form 99 to 97 octane? Its not been entirely happy ever since.

I thought a zimmer frame was a needed if you were old enough to drive something like that.

Is your bike a Penny farthing????

Thisisnotaspoon on a recent ride.

tracknicko – Member
wish i was old enough to get excited about bimbling around in an old convertible.

Wish I was young enough to get excited about driving. full stop.

google: mg owner

classic

Yes I did a reccy run first, and no it was not as fast as it sounds.

PC Brigade dont watch it.

Posted before but a V8 at 9000 rpm under a bridge, fooking marvelous 8)

It made me twitch driving it anyway… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qou_JAvVYxk

"doesnt need enough fettling for my tastes"

mg owner in total lie shocker!!!

Fettling (and resultant near bancrupcy) was all done by previous owner (heritage shell, full engine rebuild, gearbox etc) who did one big tour of Europe in it then put it away in his garrage. All I have to do is keep it going. I'm looking for a kit car so I can indulge in some proper tinkering without having to notify they insurers every time I breath near the engine.

For those of you thinking you need/have to be old to want a classic car……….

Just try insuring anything at 23, start with your gran's 1.0 nissan micra.
It'll be £800 with a £500 excess.

Now try insuring a 2 seater sports car,
Its £330 fully comp with a £100 excess, just becasue its <20years old 😀