[Gary Gee]

*Actually, sorry, no he doesn't.



TBH not a single good thing to say :slap::shake:

I've actually booked to borrow one for an afternoon in a few weeks time too, hope I have more luck!

The way 2nd hand prices are plummeting a 2nd hand early one, possibly next year WAS almost appealing. Some of the items in the article take the edge off this appeal though...

 

[Gary Gee]

Have you seen the above article (its been posted up on .org), worrying thing to me is the crash protection - apparently the airbag doesn't inflate enough to stop you smashing your head on the wheel and there's a fair chance of hip / gentlemen's undercarriage (ahem!) damage in a crash! :agh:

Its all the stuff you can't see like this that bothers me tbh, along with the adverts trying to pass it off as British - I'd like mg a lot more if they actually admitted its Chinese.

I suspect a ZS given the same sort of test wouldn't fair much better, but then its a 15 - 20 years older design.

Gotta love the "stop / stop" technology fitted to the one JC had.

I don't doubt that you are having a great experience with yours, however I saw somewhere the other day the suggestion that the good ones will be good and the bad (Fri afternoon, as they used to be called) ones will be terrible.

From what I saw, "he who shall not be named" bought a crashed one to put back on the road but then actually gave up when it came to getting running right as mg were the wrong side of useless.

 

[Gary Gee]

Just had a look on .org and I see the usual suspects are all saying the test is a completely put up job and total BS on JCs part.

Mmmm, I wonder how likely it is that the Sunday Times would print a complete fabrication?

Also they ask if he was briefed on using the stop / start - any cars we've had with it haven't required a night class to use it correctly, is mg any different?

I may have to allow a full day for my trial - AM to have a crash course in use of handbrake, key and stop / start, possibly over running into part of PM, then PM (or remainder of) to actually drive it. Maybe I should have asked for a seven day trial?

 

[Gary Gee]

"If there is little or no truth in it then it is up to MG to sue for damages, if they don't....................."

No smoke without fire.
Not sure that JC or the Sunday Times would risk the wrath of one of the largest car manufacturers on the planet*
JC has really upset some over on .org but tbh a lot of what he says is bang on IMO.
£21k for top of range, unknown Chinese car is just ridiculous - hence why they "try" and push it as British in "all" the advertising.
If you were to change his review from the 6 to, say, the Titanic, the .org guys would just want him to mention accommodation and food, simply mentioning he arrived in the US "a little wet"! Just brushing over the slight sinking / loss of life issue totally. LOL

I'm hoping that test drive will go well, as a £5K, couple of year old runabout, the 6 is almost appealing. As a £18k (petrol TSE) its simply not.


*Windy, 2011

 

[Gary Gee]

Got to admit, the front cover made me LOL - didn't see it for a bit as the Times comes in about 37 sections and didn't realise I was looking at a part inside a part! :bh:

 

[Gary Gee]

Genius, pure genius!!! PMSL

:unworthy:JoCoLo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFpjdpJxr8I

 

[Gary Gee]

It might be slow in comparison, but I've gone 100 plus on the twisties keeping a 911 at bay. And I'm more than happy with it.

Seriously?
I'd think the 911 was ill or not trying tbh

 

[Gary Gee]

I think for "keeping at bay" read "holding up".
Sorry but even Windy wouldn't put a 6 and a 911 in the same category.
Just because someone isn't stoopid enough to overtake on the "twisties" doesn't make their car slower or inferior.

 

[Gary Gee]

Well, I did write a scathing response but then thought hay-ho, I don't really care what you think, I'm happy with the purchase, got a good deal and not regretted it one bit. Also thinking about buying a 3 when that's released.

People thought I was mad to buy two zs180's, tarted up 45, but we all know better, now if I had bought a 120 then that would have been bonkers!

Why scathing?

Not having a go at all, just that there's no way a 6 and a 911 are in the same league and you're seriously deluding yourself if you do think that.
Pretty much everyday I have a Bentley behind me - does that make my £5k Suzuki a better car than a £150k+ GT?

No need for the insults re the 120 though, besides, aren't you now just driving round in a cheap (well, not so cheap), Chinese, 120 knock off?
In 10 years the only major problem was hgf (despite the protestations of MGJohn elsewhere, yes, they do all do that!), please do report back in 2022 to let us know how your Roewe is doing.

 

[Gary Gee]

Gotta agree with him on lack of headroom - stopped me buying a nice 2nd hand blue one from pinkstones

 

[Gary Gee]

Heard this one before, but is it just on the s and se models?

I am 6'1" and miles away from the roof, although in the passenger seat I do feel like I'm perched up high.

It is worse on Se but I didnt think it was hugely better in the TSE TBH.I am 6'2" and it felt like I had to duck to see out. Shame as in all other ways the interior of the 6 feels a lot bigger than the ZS