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Cheap run around car
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Hi. Have £3000 to spend on a reliable run around car. Want it to be a small engine so cheap for fuel n tax. Will be used to shuttle to work n back (40 miles round trip) down the motorway n little else. What car n engine size wud you ABers recommend? Thank u.
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An MGF is just an updated MGB with a Japanese engine ... so more reliable.
I love mine. It's roof off weather at the moment.
You must be tempted.
I do look like a scarecrow at the moment, because of the wind/hair issue ...
... but I guess that won't be such a problem for you, gadgetgeek.
An MGF is just an updated MGB with a Japanese engine ... so more reliable.
I love mine. It's roof off weather at the moment.
You must be tempted.
I do look like a scarecrow at the moment, because of the wind/hair issue ...
... but I guess that won't be such a problem for you, gadgetgeek.
So are head gaskets a known problem?
I don't know why I'm asking this ... I wouldn't know a head gasket from a Mars bar.
But ... I did have one blow (they told me).
My car had to be taken to some place in the wilds of the frozen north (Baldock??) to have a new engine, and it cost me £3,500 - which is probably more than the car's worth now!
I don't know why I'm asking this ... I wouldn't know a head gasket from a Mars bar.
But ... I did have one blow (they told me).
My car had to be taken to some place in the wilds of the frozen north (Baldock??) to have a new engine, and it cost me £3,500 - which is probably more than the car's worth now!
The K series was a definite move by rover to try and step away from their Honda reliance and produce their own engine and was designed and built in Birmingham (it's up near Scotland somewhere...) you may be getting confused as a lot of rover cars were available with either the K series or a Honda engine.