Rover MG MGF in general

My mother got her first MGF three years ago and within two weeks both wing mirrors had fallen off and the rain had leaked inside the drivers door. At 9000 miles both front tyres had worn to below the legal limit due to to a suspension problem. But, all credit to Rover, they sorted all these problems out and the attentiveness of our local dealer was nothing short of brilliant and the best i've experienced. I think the design of this car is spot on and it's a great car to look at but its build quality is atrocious and bearing in mind this can be a 20K car, that's not a good thing. Sadly, all my experiences with Rover Group cars have been unfavourable so I ...

Since we brought the mg in winter 98', it has leaked with the slightest amount rain, leaving you annoyed and confused why it does this. One reasons can be found in the sleaing of the hood. The front clips are often postioned wrongly, and thus a little gap is left. The spec of ours was the 1.8 lt This is the current specification for the MGF : 1.8i 1.8i Steptronic 18.iVVC Type: K Series Position: Mid-mounted transverse Head/Block material: Alloy/Alloy Main bearings: 5 Cylinders: 4 Configuration: in-line cc: 1796 Bore x Stroke (mm): 80.0 x 89.3 80.0 Compression ratio: 10.5:1 ...

I took an interest in the MGF as soon as I heard of it and went to Silverstone for a classic car meeting in 1995 when I learned that a pre-production model would be on display. To my engineer's eye that car was very close to production spec and I resolved to buy one. I waited until I could sample a demonstrator before placing an order for a VVC, with the consequence I had to wait 11 months for delivery! I collected it in January 1997, was instantly besotted and still am to this day. A hopeless case! However, all was not sweetness and light and whereas I never suffered any of the usual problems one reads about, it did like to visit my dealer's ...