I admit, that is the one issue I have with the MG. I have to drive to South Gloucester with mine, which is about an hour away.
Luckily... I've only had to return it for it's first service.

Rover were a forerunner of this feature with the P6 Triplex roof. ;)

As someone has previously remarked I felt it necessary to reply ... I didn't buy my 75 because it fell into the nice cheap affordable motor category, there are endless choices along those lines, I chose the 75 purely because I liked the overall lines, the fit 'n' finish, the spec, the drive train and so on.
Price or affordability didn't come into the equation when choosing a used car.
Over the years I have had a few brand new cars, each and every one I picked because I liked it based on how it looked and performed and generally looked to the motoring journals for it to be 'rubber stamped' as a good buy.
The problem I have with new cars is this ... none of them excite me in the way my Capri 2.8 special, Sapphire Cosworth, RS 2000 mk2 did at the time. There really is nothing under £30,000 that I would consider spending my hard earned on, sure ... the modern car is loaded with tech and creature comforts and ticks a lot of boxes for the modern buyer but for me ... they just fall into a kind of 'grey' area for choice, imo most modern Euroboxes could wear any badge and most buyers would be none the wiser! When I owned an 94 XJ6 it always got admiring glances because it was instantly recognisable as a Jaguar, the modern Jags need to be pointed out, they are just not individual enough imo.
I suppose it also has a lot to do with the fact that I like to tinker with cars and their mechanicals, it's a deep rooted hobby of mine and modern cars just don't allow you to do it.
If all I had to do to my car was wash it and drive it ... I think I would be very bored with motoring in general.
This is all Just my opinion on modern motoring which counts for nothing here but ... the 60's 70's 80's and 90's imo were the best decades for motoring and choice of chariot and I was so lucky to be a part of it and now it's just all blurring into insignificance.

Thanks MGJohn, you've hit the nail squarely on the head, my 75 ticks pretty much all the boxes for me being a decent level of refinement, reliability, looks etc but can and probably will keep me busy with the spanners, and if at any time in the near future it decides to empty my wallet to any real extent I have the option sell it or scrap it and not worry in the slightest about it's residual value as with a multi thousand pound new car.

My MG6 was very good, felt solid, reasonable on fuel, looked good, well equipped.

It just didn't feel like a ZT and felt a little under powered - that is the main reason I sold it and went back to a ZT.

The person who bought it appears to have moved to a house nearby, so I see it very regularly now - the new owner loves it and says it is the best car they have ever had.


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Well, for what it's worth. We have a new ZS and it is superb.

Other groups out there value the height and ease of access as well, parents getting kids in and out of car seats, an aging population means that the numbers needing cars that are easy to get in and out of are increasing.

I think another knock on are people who never really think about having a high up car until they try one and who are then converted.

Fully endorse the comments so far.

I had atrip to the opticians a couple of weeks ago and needed some new glasses. The optician asked if I did a lot of night drivingand explained that the new car bright headlights are now causing eye problems and that they supply anti glare glasses as standard to try and minimise

I must be cut from the same grumpy cloth as you.........I've just unearthed a set of Cibie Super Oscars and was considering setting them on one of the roof cross bars.

Many moons ago I had a pair of Cibie Airport 35 quartz iodine driving lamps bolted to the rear parcel shelf, and when you had some pillock behind on main beam, a quick flick of the switch was all that was required to "remind" them of their folly.

What really gets my goat are cars fitted with super bright led rear lights, especially SUV type cars, where the inconsiderate person driving insists upon standing on the brake pedal while stationary at night.

How hard is it to apply the handbrake??, I use mine as a matter of course if stopped for more than five seconds at a set of traffic lights.

Super bright led headlamps, xenon gas discharge lamps, to be fair if you think any of this is necessary to enable you to see in the dark, your licence should be restricted to daytime driving only due to defective night vision.

I drove one of the Marinas last week, 7" Lucas sealed beam headlights, in the rain, after dark along an unlit road..........do you know what happened?? nothing at all, I made the journey in complete safety without any anxiety that I couldn't see the road ahead safely, nor that I didn't have a complex that there was no airbag, nor servo assistance to the brakes, nor power steering, or ABS.

The point I'm trying to make here, sometimes technological advances are for the good, but considering some of the current "Mini" range is now the size of a 75, and "supersizing" cars gives the driver a false sense of security when on the road.

Many moons ago, I sold my first XW Rover to my then boss, a 1989 G reg 214SLi.

He gave it to one of his sales reps who had complained about his Passat TDi estate not being the "red i" model, and refused to wash or vacuum it in protest.

After driving the Rover for a day, this character came into the office complaining the car he'd been given as a punishment was dangerous........the reason it didn't have PAS, nor air conditioning :eek:


I don't think he was too impressed at being called a "soft puff" by the gaffer though, especially when he was told I'd managed to clock up 45,000 miles in the same car over a ten month period :D

Brian :cool: