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Old 2nd November 2019, 18:13   #13
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In my youth I had a Midget then an MGB GT.
The Midget was great fun but the first car I lost money on as it was rusting before my eyes so I sold it with only a short MOT. I'm 6'3" and fitted ok. But yep, don't have an accident in one. A friend did in his Sprite and had a steering wheel shaped dent in his chest for a while - no collapsible column.

The MGB GT was great. I had it for 9 years and its the only car I've ever sold and bought back. I'd do it again if I could find SEA 307L. But again, it did rust. It had the sills replaced when only 12 years old, and needed them doing again a few years later (to be fair, don't think the first job was that great).
Lovely car to drive, I can confirm they'll do 105mph :¬) and will average 25mpg in normal use. The handling is safe, predictable & fun. They are dead easy to work on. I did the big end at about 100k in the road with help from my 7 year old.
Personally if I was to buy another I'd just use any rust (check the inner sills & spring hangers) as a bargaining point then budget to spend the money. The mechanics are easy to maintain (grease the king-pins regularly) and they don't depreciate.
Having said all that my last two MGs have been MGFs. They lack the classic vibe but are enormous fun round corners (get decent tyres) are easy to live with, again don't depreciate and do 40 mpg :¬)
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