have that germans!

[LJ]

Sorry its sideways won't let me rotate it on photobucket even though it's the right way on my phone

[gearinator]

Get that vanos checked out cableguy

[Cableguy]

This was the view from my bedroom window a few weeks ago , If I can break a 60 plate with 18k on the clock I'm prepared for a 90k 10 year old car;)

Sh1t happens

[gearinator]

This was the view from my bedroom window a few weeks ago , If I can break a 60 plate with 18k on the clock I'm prepared for a 90k 10 year old car;)

Sh1t happens

[Cableguy]

That was the third attempt.

First they sent a dolly, for a 4wd stuck in park that wont start.

Then they sent a flat back, for a 4wd stuck in park that wont start.

Next one will be a manual.

[34DAN]

What a carry on.............

Is it me or is the front near side of that Transit across the road smashed in? It looks like it's missing half the front

Perhaps I have snow-blindness

[southside]

Has anyone not noticed that MG-R was no.1 most unreliable?

[Din]

Why was it stuck in park Dan ?

Trans failure ? steering column issues

Manual release can be done on early ones iirc, under the front of the center console (cup holders etc) there is a square drive thing that works with the tool in the toolkit, but only some...

Either way im willing to bet an electronics failure of some kind.

[34DAN]

Has anyone not noticed that MG-R was no.1 most unreliable?

Hmmmm.........But it is like anything really. Cars are more likely to breakdown if they are mis-treated, poorly maintained or mechanically neglected.

I have owned my 1992 220 GTi NASP for 14 years and it has been serviced and maintained regularly. The only times I have had it breakdown was when the fuel pump seized and when the original clutch gave up at 70,000 miles. Other than that, she has never let me down and has covered 107,000 miles in my ownership.

Perhaps it is a case that the later models (as I presume these results are based on) are not made as well as the older cars.

How reliable have your cars been guys? Do you think MG Rover cars are unreliable? I personally would say no.

[ptomo]

Both my diesels have been spot on part from the 200 needing a tank as it leaked on the join and new lca's an discs an pads can't fault it even tho it does get abused

[Dave_ZS]

I find this "list" funny, as all our cars are getting on at least 8 years old and everyone other car manufacturer have them coming out the factory today. So its understandable if an 8 year old Rover breaks down, but a (hypothetically speaking) vw, BMW, Audi etc. breaking down after 8 weeks reminds me of the mk4 golf my grandad had that used to chew through 5 starter motors a YEAR. Reliable my arse and for a 1.4 it was incredibly slow compared to my 214

[southside]

I find this "list" funny, as all our cars are getting on at least 8 years old and everyone other car manufacturer have them coming out the factory today. So its understandable if an 8 year old Rover breaks down, but a (hypothetically speaking) vw, BMW, Audi etc. breaking down after 8 weeks reminds me of the mk4 golf my grandad had that used to chew through 5 starter motors a YEAR. Reliable my arse and for a 1.4 it was incredibly slow compared to my 214

Brand new cars would have atleast 3 years manufacturer warranty though so wouldn't be using warranty direct until they're atleast 4 years old.

[LJ]

I actually have somewhere in my town a 06 plate rover 25 so that would make it mot even 7 years old till march-august haha.

But how many people actually own a mg-rover that new nowadays so I'm guessing the study on the mgrs was actually done on early 2001- on models before mgr went down.

[big_g]

How reliable have your cars been guys? Do you think MG Rover cars are unreliable? I personally would say no.

iv the the heads off 4 out of 5 rovers that I have owned. M series, T series and K series. In the defence of the M, the timing belt tensioner failed, lol.

On the whole rovers are pretty soft tbh. Just so happens they are easy to fix and cheap!

[Dave_ZS]

Reliability wise my last sei done well, took it 15 years till it HGF when I bought it. only had 42000 on the clock aswell, which means it must of been grannyed about

[Stealth213S]

Yes, this will be on post-manufacturer warranties, so for most manufacturers it will be on 3 to 10 year old cars. Since the youngest MGR products are now 8 years since manufacture, give it a year for the survey to have started recording the MGR sample will be cars 7-10 years old.
The fact is though that sticking in MGR, who are no longer around, means that no current manufacturer has to be worst.

It wouldn't matter if MGR had the best record at 7-10 of all manufacturers, against the sample of 3-10 it would still be worst overall. An example of how you can misuse statistics.

[Cableguy]

Why was it stuck in park Dan ?

Trans failure ? steering column issues

Manual release can be done on early ones iirc, under the front of the center console (cup holders etc) there is a square drive thing that works with the tool in the tool kit, but only some...

Either way im willing to bet an electronics failure of some kind.

The release is only on the x5 and early x6, There is one on this but you have to take the covers off the bottom of the car, and its something these monkeys ( employed by BMW ) weren't willing to do.

Think it was just a sensor tbh, The first time they did it i am convinced they just cleared the fault code, as i showed up , chucked all my gear in it and then went to start the car with the same gearbox fault !!!

Took them 8 days to "repair" it.

Imagine if i was on the top floor of a multi storey ?

Should have just sent a bm tech out with a laptop to clear the fault and drive it to the nearest station.