Ecconomical "sporty" cars

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tbourner wrote: »

I am. What's the problem?

Describing an MG as a " proper sports car ".:rotfl::rotfl:

It will be broken down most of the year, hardly sporty.

tbourner

Inactive wrote: »

Describing an MG as a " proper sports car ".:rotfl::rotfl:

It will be broken down most of the year, hardly sporty.

How many have you owned? How many owners do you know?
I had a 5 year old K series Rover 414 for 2 years - it never broke down. I had a brand new MGZR160 for 2 years, it never broke down (the guy who bought it off me had no trouble for the 3.5 years he had it either). I was a moderator on themg-zr.co.uk and a long time member on mg-rover.org so know (over the net) and have met LOTS of MGR owners, and they all agree that the HGF thing is a media hyped piece of rubbish - you change the gasket, problem solved, and they are not unreliable rust buckets, in fact they tend to be more reliable than a lot of rubbish on the roads!!
So seriously; it's a myth, they're no worse than any other car of the same age. They're more reliable than french cars and less reliable than jap cars. Take your pick.

motorguy

tbourner wrote: »

How many have you owned? How many owners do you know?
I had a 5 year old K series Rover 414 for 2 years - it never broke down. I had a brand new MGZR160 for 2 years, it never broke down (the guy who bought it off me had no trouble for the 3.5 years he had it either). I was a moderator on themg-zr.co.uk and a long time member on mg-rover.org so know (over the net) and have met LOTS of MGR owners, and they all agree that the HGF thing is a media hyped piece of rubbish - you change the gasket, problem solved, and they are not unreliable rust buckets, in fact they tend to be more reliable than a lot of rubbish on the roads!!
So seriously; it's a myth, they're no worse than any other car of the same age. They're more reliable than french cars and less reliable than jap cars. Take your pick.

Have to agree with you on all of the above.

:T

motorguy

Inactive wrote: »

Describing an MG as a " proper sports car ".:rotfl::rotfl:

MG is one of the longest standing sporting brands with one of the best heritages.

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So all of the owners that post on here with problems are making them up?


Yeah right.

They thankfully went out of business for very good reasons.

I haven't owned one, nor would I.

motorguy

Rossy. wrote: »

I know.

had 3 years in the 182 and 2 in the 197 so i've got to grow up sometime lol.

My missus hates scoobys/evo's with a passion and anything that's remotely fast tbh... Hense why im rolling in a Laguna diesel pmsl

My missus HATED Scoobys, then the hatchback came out and she fell for the WRX-S and bought one in black with anthracite Prodrive rims.

Needs must with cars. We just built a new house there and at one point i was driving a £200 Fiat Punto - down from a new X5 two years ago :eek:

tbourner

The MGTF is a 'proper' sports car due to the fact that it's RWD, 2 seats and mid engined, you know; the same as Lambos. It's reliability if anything make it less 'sports car' ish. Try owning an Alfa if you want an unreliable car.

Inactive wrote: »

So all of the owners that post on here with problems are making them up?

People don't post about good experiences with cars, go to any car forum and look through the problems they have and it'll scare you off buying it, because people don't start a new thread saying "My cars running well again today, yippee". It's confirmation bias, you're assuming what you believe to be true and gathering as much evidence as you can to cover your theory, but you're not getting any of your own evidence or trying to disprove your theory. Very bad scientific basis that.

almillar

OK OP hasn't given enough info, but has said Audi TT and Mazda RX8, so I'm looking at sports cars and not hot hatches, no matter who has overtaken who in what!
TT 225 gets 30 mpg in my wife's hands, and is an immensely practical car, seriously, she treats it like an estate car and you'd be amazed at what she can fit in it. Strictly 2 seats only though.
RX8, which I'm lucky to own, is not an ecomonical car. I do far too much town driving and short journeys, and don't quite get 20mpg. With better driving patterns you can have 25mpg at best. So much fun, so much feel, revs to over 9000rpm, rear wheel drive with an LSD and 230bhp. Doesn't feel as fast as a turbodiesel because it's not torquey, but neither is an F1 car....
So my suggestions for an economical sports car would be the TT, 1999 onwards Celica (yes it is fast BTW, buy a 190!) which will do 30mpg all day long, and as above a BMW 323, 325 or 328, all of which will again be 30mpg ish, but not as distinctive or unique as the preceding cars, but far more practical. MX5 also recommended, another suggestion would be a Ford Puma 1.7 (please, not the 1.4!) Ford Cougar, Honda Integra.
I decided to play the depreciation game instead, and it'll be a long time until my fuel costs catch up with the money I saved on purchase...

tbourner

Ooh Integra, good choice! Get an import DC5 if you can in white - lovely piece of kit.

tbourner

almillar wrote: »

1999 onwards Celica (yes it is fast BTW, buy a 190!)

I don't know what the one was I drove, but I was certainly expecting more from it, felt cramped and notchy and hard but with no power or control. Maybe it was a bad one.