I love the look of an F in Amaranth. The colour really suits the car.

Once you get the suspension pumped up (365mm at 17ºC) you should have a fun little car.

It looks like it might be a VVC. Look for a red line of just above 7K RPM.

 

£300, well done that man!

You need to invest in some hood straps they only cost about £10 and stop hood lock.

the middle bar on the hood, lift that as your lifting the front of the hood :broon:

 

yeah its a poorly vvc. redlines at 6k...

ah bugger. knew I should have checked something else..

 

Man that's lower than a snakes ass,:woo:if only you could leave it like that.:naughty:
I WOOD love to see the inside:facepalm:

 

Bargain @ £300 loving the purple hope you have better luck with this one

 

cheers, but i doubt it. looks like the HG is already on its way out :facepalm:

so its now a £600 pound car and looking like less of a bargin. lol


what did i expect :hgf: :crying: :dunno:

 

Still a lot of car for your money, good buy.

When i read the post title, i was expecting a yellow car

 

Really that sucks but even £600 ain't that bad be good for when the weather warms up, I want a TF but with a wife kid and my dog it will be a bit of a squeeze lol

 

and no. im not posting pictures of the interior. its been wooded...

think 80s wood paneling and you'll be close.

Go on, give us a

 

I second this, I'm imagining wooden deck chairs and tounge and groove for door cards lol

 

Show me the wood

 

You know, that's a lot of car per £!!! Come on though, get the wood on show .....

 

wasn't their a thread the other day about some wood fablon I side a mgf?

heres some wood.

and I'm not showing you my wood you bunch of dirty gits.


and my engine doesn't seem to settle down when its warm. sits at 1500/2000 rpm u till I blip the throttle...

ill take some pics tomorrow when try and get the roof down...

 

iacv or tps reset

 

I was expecting a yellow car too :lol:

Even with the addition cost of repairs, it's still not a bad price for a car that can bring you a lot of fun :broon:

 

and a lot of bills too.

anyone here see the hassle I had with my streetwise? not happening this time. regardless of how much I like this car I'm not spending large amounts of cash on it.

 

Gorgeous, i love the purple F's

 

Amaranth is nice

Mine cost me £900 4 years ago and was much more of a shed - now she is restored to former glory

 

Good buy..... Here's hoping you don't have to spend too much on getting it sorted. :broon:

 

This is mine, £530 from ebay one month ago....

 

Thats a bargain and looks just as good in the flesh. Did you get around to doing the interior upgrades yet?

 

turned out its a wood kit...

as I type this freezing my arse off in my car. with a flat battery..

waiting for green flag..


this is the first time I've had to call them out to get me going ever...

not impressed mg. my rovers never left me stranded. just cold.

 

turned out its a wood kit...

as I type this freezing my arse off in my car. with a flat battery..

waiting for green flag..


this is the first time I've had to call them out to get me going ever...

not impressed mg. my rovers never left me stranded. just cold.

I don't wish to be funny but you started this thread on a downer I.E the title,most buyers of a secondhand car have to spend money initially to bring a car up to scratch particularly when it was as cheap as your?

try to become an optimist rather than a pessimist!

(posted by Jerry seriously ill in bed with Man flu!)

 

come on dude. I've had the car 2 days and it leaves me stranded.

did you think I was going to sing its praises? hard to when its freezing but you can't get the blanket out the car because the floors wet..



if you look at my past posts, I used to be optimistic.


then I spent 3k in a year trying to run a streetwise diesel..

 

come on dude. I've had the car 2 days and it leaves me stranded.

did you think I was going to sing its praises? hard to when its freezing but you can't get the blanket out the car because the floors wet..



if you look at my past posts, I used to be optimistic.


then I spent 3k in a year trying to run a streetwise diesel..

Maybe the seller seen you coming and knew it wa on the way out?

What was wrong with it?

 

the battery was flat. spoke to the guy from greenflag. he said if I'm not driving for at least half hour the battery won't charge.



I think it had some charge put in it to see. the clock should have given it away.

 

well had the suspension pumped up.


oh my great god...


these little cars are epic.


and only cost me 36 quid

how often should the suspension be topped up? and the front of my car sits slightly higher (theirs no spare, ironically I have 7 wheels off a zr here. and they won't fit...)

is this normal?

 

well had the suspension pumped up.


oh my great god...


these little cars are epic.


and only cost me 36 quid

how often should the suspension be topped up? and the front of my car sits slightly higher (theirs no spare, ironically I have 7 wheels off a zr here. and they won't fit...)

is this normal?

Thats better!:bgrin2::bgrin2:

 

Got to admit Forrest thats epic slamage !

 

yeah I know.

ironically I grew out of lowering cars for looks with the streetwise. the f was just bouncing on the bumpstops. literally no suspension travel.

a left a nasty chunk out of a mates drive....

and it was too low to get a jack under to see..


will have a look tomorrow.


oh andthe head gasket getting done over the weekend

 

This was mine:

This is Gordon now:

He was abandoned at work car park only for me to rescue him rather late but saving him form the crusher. Change of plates (to Spanish) and two trips to England (FRL2011 and FRL2013) so far and he's still alive and kicking.

It was given to me FOC but it did cost me quite a bit to get to this state.

Get that suspension pumped up, check out the mobile mechanics or have a look at the Hydragas Register. Them 50quid pumps on eBay also work fine, I've one and used it a few times.

 

took the car over to someone who knows what their doing.

turnes out the garage only pumped it up halfway..... so he fully pumped it. (oh the difference)

gave the car a checkover, turnes out its already got a mls head gasket, and it doesnt look like its gone.

the only problem is the rear trailing arms are worn. so new bushes maybe.

 

More pics!!

and who was it that wanted to see my wood?

before suspension pumped up

 

More pics!!

and who was it that wanted to see my wood?

before suspension pumped up

Looks a million times better now thye suspension is pumped up, It's a lovely looking car!

 

Nice wood! Although if you did want to change it i have all the original MGF parts that you would need in black. Send me a PM if you're interested.