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[turbojolt]

Anyone on here ever own one (or your girlfriend lol), ive seen a fair few going cheap on gumtree and ebay and was wondering what there like to drive, live with and work on?


do they really suffer from lots of overheating problems or is it a case of people never fixing them properly and looking after them?

[conza123]

they have the head gasket prone rover k series engine in them thats why there so cheap

[novait]

dont even bother
there no better than your normal rover 40k and the head will go and if you do any thing with the cooling system your have more trouble than you want there is 3 bleed screws that you have to undo to make sure you get all the air out of the system there a paint in the butt...

[AndrewJenkins]

there a absolute nightmare doing the gear change cables on one still gives me nightmares lol everything is just a real pain in the **** haha

[mowgli]

they were under-developed. the gaskets fail due to crap o rings.

what's wrong with an mx5 instead... bombproof mucky bits & more street cred.

[turbojolt]

true the only problem i had with my mx5 was the rads top hose letting go, but that could happen to any car really


was just wondering what its like to drive a mid engined rwd car and there cheaper then mr2s etc..

[meritlover]

My boyfriend had one.

[turbojolt]

My boyfriend had one.

did he give you one (double pun)

[meritlover]

did he give you one (double pun)

No! But you know it's a bad pun when you have to announce it.. obviously theyre not gay cars if he had one because he was a hair dresser.

[turbojolt]

your face is a bad pun

[turbojolt]

burneddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd dddd

[meritlover]

your face is a bad pun
I don't understand

[Jack]

http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/mar/gaydar.jpg

[John]

lol

[mowgli]

tj, find a garage that is selling one. try it. its a lot cheaper than buying one then finding out.

[Stuart]

Freelander headgasket kit and a remote thermostat kit, problem solved.

The only big swine is the coolant pipes under the car are mild steel so rot fast and leak. ******* of a job apparently.

[Andy]

Seriously under rated cars.I would have one,as stu said,head gasket kit and theyre a great engine.
But everyone hates them coz da internetz ses so
VVC is the one to go for.
Very good fun.

[Stuart]

Poor mans Elise (well 85%of one for pence)

[8valve-craig]

Get one with leather and AP 4 pots. At least then when it does break you can make some money back on it.

[turbojolt]

Seriously under rated cars.I would have one,as stu said,head gasket kit and theyre a great engine.
But everyone hates them coz da internetz ses so
VVC is the one to go for.
Very good fun.

same as the mx5 i had got loads of stick for driving it but it was one of the best cars ive owned, so much fun

the vvc is the 1.8 isnt it?

[kevster]

Freelander headgasket kit and a remote thermostat kit, problem solved.

The only big swine is the coolant pipes under the car are mild steel so rot fast and leak. ******* of a job apparently.
Really ?

[Stuart]

well the early ones had mild steel pipe work (or gippo stainless) that rotted.

[Royston]

I've recently bought a '97 VVC MGF, not on the road yet.

I used to test parts for them, last drove one in '96!

Engines are fine if the headgaskets are done properly with a multi layer gasket.

Parts aren't too bad

They have issues, but are cheap

Should be a hoot on the road soon

Could also bee eating my works soon!lol

[Benn]

Any job is a nightmare too do. Whole car is an after thought..

[L14MNP]

What about and MR2 Roadster. Can also be had for buttons. Albeit a few more.

[turbojolt]

can get a mgf for under a grand all the mr2 roadsters are over 2 from what i see, thats a big diffrence lol


i bet i end up buying a 1ltr micra anyway lol

[L14MNP]

1.0 Micra is a superb little car (for what they are).

I've seen early X plate Roadsters for a grand. Depends where you look.