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No More Oldsmobiles 07-30-2005 06:27 PM

Saw an old MGB
 
No pics, but I smiled when I walked past a nice looking MGB in a parking lot the other day. Not far away was a Miata, and the MGB made the Miata look like an SUV. I had forgotten how small those old British sportscars were.

Speed-ER doc 07-31-2005 12:29 AM

One of my buddies had one when we were in high school. Fun, but troublesome.

nzarnow 07-31-2005 05:13 AM

One of these suckers? Pretty fun cars I would think to abuse through turns. :cool:

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7109/mgb4hd.th.jpg

Coop '04 07-31-2005 08:10 AM

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Still have mine, it was my first car, they just need a little more attention that regular cars to be reliable. They are a blast to drive.

Straight8 07-31-2005 01:39 PM

I used to have an old Midget. Was fun as hell to drive cept that only amounted to every other week since that seemed to be it's breakdown frequency. Worse electrical system in the world.

No More Oldsmobiles 07-31-2005 04:14 PM


Originally Posted by nzarnow
One of these suckers? Pretty fun cars I would think to abuse through turns. :cool:

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7109/mgb4hd.th.jpg

No hard top on the one I saw. It was more like what Coop '04 posted, and yeah, they look like a lot of fun -- especially because I hadn't realized how much smaller than a Miata they were. I remember a time when just about every college campus had a bondo-ed up MG or two in the parking lot.

Me, I like the looks of this, though: Too bad British sportscars had such a bad rep for reliability.

http://www.triumphspitfire.com/image.../MVC-724F1.JPG

midlife crisis 07-31-2005 04:28 PM

Fun Midget
 

Originally Posted by Straight8
I used to have an old Midget. Was fun as hell to drive cept that only amounted to every other week since that seemed to be it's breakdown frequency. Worse electrical system in the world.

I thought it would be fun riding with a friend on a 250 mile round trip run during my college days. That little midget was great on the 10 corners we encountered (this is Nebraska after all) but the rest of the trip was pretty close to Hell. :(

Coop '04 08-01-2005 08:32 AM

So Midlife it was the little midget that shouldn't? :D

Sorry couldn't help it

Magic8 08-01-2005 11:04 AM

Nanjing MG Automotive Company?
 
Old news but MG is now a division (maybe?) of Nanjing Automtoive Company

MG Rover sold to Nanjing Automotive

GotBass 08-01-2005 01:10 PM

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This is my friend from college racing his TR4. His dad bought it new. It runs great and has had no major work done to it.

No More Oldsmobiles 08-01-2005 10:16 PM

I looks like he's laying down some rubber, too.


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