MGF - A Hobby Taking Over My Life!

Early last year I was feeling a little down and bored. I am at that age when you are too young to retire and too old to be "that interested" in work, careers etc. I am not far off sixty, some days I feel it, but most days I act a lot younger!

I bought a Suzuki SV650s as a way to get my kicks. I loved it, went out to meets and shows and had a great time.



Then the summer turned to winter. A bike is not so practical in ice and snow. A new plan was needed. Now I had always liked the MGF but never considered buying one because of the horror stories of quality and reliability which had put me off.

More as an act of the heart rather that of the head I saw an MGF advertised locally, took it for a test drive and before I knew it had it sitting on my drive!

Now I still have the bike but I have no desire to ride it. The MGF now gives me the excitement the bike once did. I really do not understand why. I have had many cars including 4x4,s, hot hatches and so called up-market motors.

What is it about these cars? They are not particularly fast and somewhat noisy but I love driving it. It is twelve years old and is supposed to be my second car but there is something about it I can't describe. I even spend too much time on MG forums finding more information about them.

I follow the weather forecast intently hoping for a dry day so that I can drive "topless"

What started off as a bit of fun and backup transport for the bike is taking over my life! Is this a normal part of MGF ownership or do I need help?



Oh, I just love this car!!!!!!

tell me about it its hard enough for us to understand so imagine how foreign a concept it is trying to explain it to "normal" people :lol:

Indeed, you are an addict.
The first step is to admit it; so well done!:yesnod:
Remember, you can always find help here at Mg addicts anonymous.:hyper:

David Aiketgate;12063 wrote: Indeed, you are an addict.
The first step is to admit it; so well done!:yesnod:
Remember, you can always find help here at Mg addicts anonymous.:hyper:

It's good to know I am not alone! :winkgrin:

AyB;12065 wrote: It's good to know I am not alone! :winkgrin:

No, never alone - :hyper:if you're like me :crazy: I always have an invisible friend to discuss things with. :argue::tease:

Or is that just us....err... me?:dunno:

:lollol::lollol:

Yes they do that to you:lol: After we got the MGF I suddenly lost interest in my newish Golf GT TDi and sold it so I can drive the F every day, 3 years later, well it was the best thing I ever did.

very nice car ,you may aswell sell the bike now you have got the mg bug enjoy.

youngbill;12073 wrote: very nice car ,you may aswell sell the bike now you have got the mg bug enjoy.

lol i sold my bike a while ago but as much as i enjoy biking for some reason it came to "buy bike or buy honda engine for TF"... never mind i'm sure i'll get back into biking at some point! lol


and yes the MGs have taken over my life and i'm much happier for it!

youngbill;12073 wrote: very nice car ,you may aswell sell the bike now you have got the mg bug enjoy.

Yes, you are so right..........I may well do that. :yesnod:

''My name is Swerving and I drive an MGF''

There I have said it!

Seriously AyB, if you are going to sell your bike, and if it's anywhere half decent my story is....

I had a Yamaha FZ6 very low mileage ( due to last summer's weather ). I put it on the old 'bay one saturday at what I thought was a sensible price and it sold within 45 minutes, for my 'Buy it now' price.

The buyer came from Holland and picked it up the following monday, paid cash, and said he was picking up 14 other bikes on a trip round britain. The rate of exchange £ to Euro was then so good he got bikes cheap, and we were happy with the price. I know the Euro's had a bit of a knock recently but still worth it for them to come over here i am sure.

Deal ended with me having more than enough cash to buy, insure and tax the MGF, he had what he deemed a cheap bike to retail on.

Job's a good'un!

I can see that I have a difficult decision to make. :confused:

Car or Bike.........

Which is best.........

There is only one way to find out...........








But wait a minute...........


Could this be the answer? :dunno:

Looks great.... but I bet it handles like a pig and you can't lean it into corners or weave through traffic!