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Pete M wrote:
Carl Gibbs wrote:
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I *want* one of these, badly. Nauseously. Enough to consider
flogging both the Rangies, the Tatra, and my toy 106.

Not spectacularly Überfast, but /niiiiiice/ to drive. Really nice..
Really rather nice indeed. This one is an 05 plate, black, facelift
one with all the toys. Facelift job and I'm rather bloody taken by it.

The soundtrack is fabulous, the steering is fabulous, the handling
is fabulous, the seats are excellent, the aircon rocketh mightily,
the brakes are ****ing brilliant, the ride is firm but /so/ well
damped, the grip is excellent unless you want to be a total nutjob,
it pulls well from low revs and gets better in the midrange - not
much at the top end, but the soundtrack makes that worthwhile.

It feels like a proper car to drive, a bit heavy but all the
controls are *firm* and very well weighted. The gearshift can't be
rushed, but it feels absolutely bombproof, really monumentally
over-engineered. Interior isn't that special, and the BMW nav and
stereo are pants, but driving the thing I honestly didn't give a
****. A couple of times I looked at the dash and thought "****in'
ell, this is a bloody MG, they're not meant to be this good".

The boys at Rover / MG who built these things should be saluted for
building something this good. I imagine the one-off "swansong" ZT
V8 they built with 600 odd BHP must be one of the best giggles ever
made out of an old saloon car and some ingenuity.

I *will* be buying one for myself in the next couple of years.

Damn, now I want one even more. Reckon it'll look good on my drive
with the SD1!!!

Unfortunately, unless I get a pretty stonking payrise, I'll have to
wait a few years too.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/492526.htm ;-)

Jeez, that was good value.

I'll still have to settle for my little V8 for now though. This
home-owning lark takes a lot of money!!

Should still make a tidy markup though.
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Carl Robson
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