Left the Fold

vanishing days · 17-07-13, 12:30 PM

well unfortunatly today i traded in my ZS 180

for a diesel megane wasnt something i wanted to do but with cost mounting up and doing 18,000 miles in 8 months it wasnt economical to keep it any more so had to bite the bullet

Just wanted to say thanks for all the help over the years you guys are an ace bunch

stamford · 17-07-13, 12:47 PM

Shame but totally understand, I rack up around 18k a year so know how much this hits the pocket hence why I have the Vectra for work and the ZS for fun. Stay around though.

ZRed · 17-07-13, 01:14 PM

Completely understand. MG's are dying on their arse.

peterzs · 17-07-13, 01:42 PM

As Stamford says, stick around.

Best of luck with the Magane.

daytona365 · 17-07-13, 07:49 PM

Glad I walk to work............Life without the ZED...................(Pistol to the head!)

Dan1971 · 17-07-13, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ZRed

Completely understand. MG's are dying on their arse.

Bit harsh perhaps .... They aren't made any more so they'll faze out for sure.

A v6 petrol's expensive to run whether it's a ZS, Mondeo or anything else for that matter where money's tight - so fair play for running it for so long. Looked at a Megane diesel myself but then thought - I'll spend £3K on a car to save £80 a month. That means I need to run a slow noisy diesel for 3 yrs ish to break even - decided against it.

Stick around and you'll buy another one soon enough...

Out of interest though - what sort of money did you get trading in the ZS ?

vanishing days · 17-07-13, 08:17 PM

The car I bought was 4k 2008 with 41k miles with all the gadgets and I got 1k trade in for the zs which I thought was a fair offer my zs had done 112k miles on an 02 plate

Im going to look at a 80s v8 corvette as my weekend toy next weekend

ZRed · 17-07-13, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan1971

Bit harsh perhaps .... They aren't made any more so they'll faze out for sure.

A v6 petrol's expensive to run whether it's a ZS, Mondeo or anything else for that matter where money's tight - so fair play for running it for so long. Looked at a Megane diesel myself but then thought - I'll spend £3K on a car to save £80 a month. That means I need to run a slow noisy diesel for 3 yrs ish to break even - decided against it.

Stick around and you'll buy another one soon enough...

Out of interest though - what sort of money did you get trading in the ZS ?

Nope not harsh at all. Less money being spent to maintain them, prices dropping like stones, more and more being scrapped when any type of repair comes up, spares are not making as much money, tight fisted owners won`t spend money and expect you to do things for nothing.

I love MG, but be realistic, they are dying.

I`m an MG specialist garage, and I`ll tell you how many MG`s I`ve worked on since the start of July, 2 and one of them was my own. How many in June? 3, again one of them my own. The harsh reality is, the majority of MG`s are sub £1000 cars. Why does anyone want to spend half their value repairing or maintaining them? A head gasket failure or timing belt service and they get shot. Christ discs and pads all round on a 180 and they put it up for sale!!

An 02 plate 180 is a token gesture trade in. It`ll go to auction and struggle to make £500.

daytona365 · 17-07-13, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ZRed

Nope not harsh at all. Less money being spent to maintain them, prices dropping like stones, more and more being scrapped when any type of repair comes up, spares are not making as much money, tight fisted owners won`t spend money and expect you to do things for nothing.

I love MG, but be realistic, they are dying.

I`m an MG specialist garage, and I`ll tell you how many MG`s I`ve worked on since the start of July, 2 and one of them was my own. How many in June? 3, again one of them my own. The harsh reality is, the majority of MG`s are sub £1000 cars. Why does anyone want to spend half their value repairing or maintaining them? A head gasket failure or timing belt service and they get shot. Christ discs and pads all round on a 180 and they put it up for sale!!

An 02 plate 180 is a token gesture trade in. It`ll go to auction and struggle to make £500.

Harsh words. Spoken like a unbeliever.....I love my MG. It may be worth £500 book guide, buts its priceless to me. I just forked out £200 for discs and pads allround. £200 for the wheels to be refurbed. £10 per valet. All you have to do is see how many turned up to the MGSD meet at Duxford....

Ritchy · 17-07-13, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ZRed

Nope not harsh at all. Less money being spent to maintain them, prices dropping like stones, more and more being scrapped when any type of repair comes up, spares are not making as much money, tight fisted owners won`t spend money and expect you to do things for nothing.

I love MG, but be realistic, they are dying.

I`m an MG specialist garage, and I`ll tell you how many MG`s I`ve worked on since the start of July, 2 and one of them was my own. How many in June? 3, again one of them my own. The harsh reality is, the majority of MG`s are sub £1000 cars. Why does anyone want to spend half their value repairing or maintaining them? A head gasket failure or timing belt service and they get shot. Christ discs and pads all round on a 180 and they put it up for sale!!

An 02 plate 180 is a token gesture trade in. It`ll go to auction and struggle to make £500.

I have to agree i'm afraid, thats not to say there isnt the enthusiast base still, although perhaps smaller than it was, but stuff doesnt shift like it did, had a full brm interior sitting for about 3 months at 100 and no one has even been to see it, we are seeing far less MGs at work and rovers also.