the build quality on or F is better than our Z cars

 

I buy Volvo nowadays

 

Went and test drove an LE500 and found the build quality to be just as bad if not worse than my current TF.

Sat in an MG6 too and found that to feel poorly made with squeaks and creaks from the dash when on the road.

Ive also seen a used 09 TF with head failure.

 

I owned an MG ZT 190 V6 for two years (2002), and the build quality on that was very very good.
I now own an '97 MGF and the build quality is not so good.
My mum over the years has owned two MGF F's and a TF and the build quality on those was not so good.
They're great little cars and I love mine to bits, but I knew what to expect when I bought mine.
Its about how they look, go and feel for me. My wifes company car, a Kia C'eed is our everyday runabout car, and that has exeptional build quality and an exeptional spec believe it or not!! Because of that, I tend not to worry about the flimsy ish feel of my F.

 

ive stopped listerning to the squeaks in the ZS after 8 years it squeaks like a bed in a brothel :lol:

 

Seems the f/tf was engineered and ahem thrown together by the remnants of british leyland.

All my other rovers were cast of solid iron in comparison..

 

The build quality on my F is fairly good... Now lol

 

build quality? what is this? :lol:

My ztt seems preety well screwed together, and my old f was the same really. Apart from the dial pod nothing really squeeked or rattled. Replaced a few roofs because of magic holes appearing.

Got to remember these cars are getting old now. My Ztt is 8 years old now. My metro is coming up to 15 :err:

 

My dial pod/instrument binnacle has come loose at the front, near the windscreen and it seems to be the only rattle in my cabin. Did you manage to fix yours?

 

There is no doubt that the build quality went down hill will Project Drive (dive?), many of the parts that have stopped working on later TF's are still fine on my early 02 TF. Having said that the F and TF were largely hand built so build quality can always be best described as variable. The was also something of an after hours Scunkworks type project with a very small budget and so in best MG tradition the parts bin well and truly raided.

My Dad's 04 Rover 45 has better build quality but it's not as good as his past 45's and 400's etc - again Project Drive...

I've never been too sure about the build quality of the MG Motor TF but the MG6 seems allot better.

 

Pretty much what Chris said.

My 96 F was a solid car well screwed together and the cheapest car to maintain I have ever had.
My 02 TF on the other hand always felt like cost savings were already very much in evidence and later TFs seem a lot worse.

Worth also remembering that if the car you own was not bought by you from new, then how well was it looked after before you got it - especially since its 7 years since the OEM went under.

 

Just bought a 2001 "F" !
Build is better than my mate's 98 "F" !
And......its now 11 yrs old & done 89K miles !
"F" build is much better than "TF" I think !!!!.....
.....I know I will now be shot !! Ha Ha !

 

ON that note from chris has anyone got a chinese takeway TF?? is it vely good indeed.

 

I know I will now be shot !

Bang!

 

I have personaly found TF's loof more rusty on the suspention and engine bay componentd than an MGF but that could be down to milage and the area its kept.

 

At one of the Longbridge talks that Ian Pogson did I remember some discussion over the development budget for the F. I can't remember which specific car part of another manufacturer he said it was equivalent to but suffice to say they didn't have a lot to play with, which probably explains why some parts are cheaper than we'd all like..

 

I cannot really comment on build quality too much, as most of the MG's I bought were from brand new and lasted about a year before part exchanging - but I never experienced any particular problems (apart from the side repeaters falling off when washing my brand new MGF 1.8i for the very first time..). At least MGF's (and one TF160) seemed pretty solid, this is from 2000 to 2002.

The 2001 Trophy we have has never had any real problems, quality wise, and the undersides are still quite clean. What I have found shocking is some pics of the state of later cars, especially underneath - some look a lot worse ( TF's in particular, for some reason) than what we see on Wheeler Dealers on cars that are 20/30 years older! I would never invest in a TF from 2003 onwards for that reason, imagined or not.

 

+++1 on what Chris & David have said

The build on my 52 plate seems far beter than on my 05 but suprizingly a motoring journalist drove my car on Monday and he was pleasantly suprised and I witnessed the big grin factor..... he commented on how planted it felt and the responsive handling also how good the brakes are, now all this is probably down to the mod's Ive done, but I'm expecting quite a good review to be printed, if he covers the drive :broon: