why did you buy a mg

trying to understand why t bar members bought their mgfs tfs was it because they are cheap now, catching up on their forgoten youth,(leigh) if mg rover was still in production would they still consider buying a mgtf. did you consider a mx 5 .
i bought mine as i loved the mgtf/tf and worked at austin/rover mg/rover and it brings not only memories flooding back when i work on the engine but it brings a smile to my face every time i drive it.

rayb wrote: trying to understand why t bar members bought their mgfs tfs was it because they are cheap now, catching up on their forgoten youth,(leigh) if mg rover was still in production would they still consider buying a mgtf. did you consider a mx 5 .

All of the above! Had a Spitfire 18 years ago. Wife said she fancied travelling round Europe in something similar when the kids leave home (at least 8 more years!). I flicked through the internet bored one day looking at MX5s and the like and noticed the price of MGFs. Saw one local 3pm on a Sinday, garage closed at 4.30. Got there at 4 and drove out at 5!!! So not necessarily a wise choice... £1400 including hard top and new HGF repair including water pump, may have taken more care if I'd found the T-Bar first!

Wishing I had £10k for a new TF or £17k for the new "no 1" TF...

I bought my first F because........................

I wanted some thing different, some thing that would look a lot more expensive that what it cost and I had always liked them from the day they were first released.
After all a mid engined sports car, wowwww what's not to like????? :broon:

my god dont you sleep red devil :lol:

I must admit that the MX5 came up as an option when I decided I needed to have a soft top again. And from the research I was doing the MX5 seemed to be the 'safe/sensible' choice. Fortunately, I usually go with the heart and I think the TF was always going to win.
My choice was summed up one day when I was showing it off to an old chap I know and was telling him that it was this or the Mazda.
He said something along the lines of 'But where's the romance in telling someone you drive a Mazda'

I know it has it's problems, but oddly, I think that's all part of it's appeal.
I know I made the right choice.

i brought our second one to throw money down the drain

kept the first one though

Was riding a motorbike for years but then decided to get a cheap economical car for the winters.

Started out looking on Autotrader and eventually the "economical" bit vanished and started looking at BMW E46 coupe. Even made a few enquiries but then I think I looked at the price of a Z3 and at the bottom of the page was a "vehicles you may like" thingy with the TF, a new MR2 and the Vauxhall VX220.

Had a browse, researched a bit and then decided I was only young once and to go for the TF as I found a few in my budget.

Have not looked back since, the only thing I might be tempted by would be a Z4 as they're coming down in price quite rapidly. I used to think a Honda S2000 would be good but the mpg is ridiculous!

Thing is its now got to the point I have spent half the price of the car in mods, its a modern classic, if I ever got something else it wouldnt take much to save up the extra cash I'd get if I sold it so would probably garage it for special occasions. Would give me the opportunity to strip it, clean it and put it all back together (as ex forces that sentence just set my heart racing!!).

I bought my MG to show off, to be seen in, to be envied. Its exactly the same reason I bought the Ducati. You only live once, why hide away where no one can see you?

My Mother died, and I needed to have a bottomless pit to throw all the money in she left me

well i wanted something to satisfy my mid life crisis ( and replace my vectra), i wanted a either a scooby or evo but the ex wife blocked that idea.
Saw a good TF for sale locally whilst browsing autotrader but it was already sold, thought well if i cant have the power may as well have a convertible even if it is a hairdressers car, took one for a test drive and realised what a blast it was to drive and that was me hooked :broon:

Brian and I bought George, our Mk1 F in lieu of a foreign holiday. Bri had always wanted an MG of some sort...wasn't bothered what sort, as long as it was a 2-seater convertible. We both loved him from the start...a car that begged to be driven, not just pointed along the road.

George took us on a long journey in that first 12 months, and then, after Bri died, he led me to the MG community, many, many friends and a new chapter in my life.

I now have Ophelia, as George blew a rear tyre on the M6 last year and ended up as a wreck. It never crossed my mind not to have another F/TF, and a lot of George lives on in Ophelia, though he has, sneakily, infiltrated many Fs and TFs both in the UK and abroad!

As a teenager I always loved open motoring, but I kept falling off my motorbike! I couldn't afford to insure a sports car, but promised myself that one day...
Needed to buy something special for Sheila's mumbltey mumble birthday, researched all the available and decided to get an MX5. And hey presto... We got the F. :lol:

rayb wrote: my god dont you sleep red devil :lol:

Only when I am at work :lol: