What’s the point of having a Tourer if you don’t go touring? The trouble with an ever expanding family is luggage space, so we need a dreaded roofbox. And for a roofbox, we need roof rails (or coffin rails as I’m sure we used to call them, when Tourers were estates). Before, during… Thanks to… Continue Reading
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Indecent Exposure
Or problems with flashing. Midgie’s indicators stopped flashing but they all happily lit up. Relay problem. Replacing the relay is easy. If replacing with the original Lucas “8FL” type then it a tool free job – head under the steering wheel, pop out the old, pop in the new. Why have two terminals… A more… Continue Reading
Rarity
According to http://www.xpower-mg.com/mg_prod.htm, there are only 41 ZT-T 180 2.5 Plus Sport V6 Auto Tourers registered and taxed in the UK. Meg is a little more common, 248 of her original specification. The world just gets smaller every day. JAG Continue Reading
Power to the steering
She’s back, fixed. New pipe, new power steering fluid and Gertie is back on the road. JAG Continue Reading
No sense of direction
Disaster! Phone call from damsel in distress – Mrs JAG. Power steering failure in Gertie. Turns out to be a burst pipe. Awaiting arrival of replacement. JAG Continue Reading
Creature Comforts
Not so much a luxury nowadays, a proper ‘plumbed-in’ hands-free car kit is almost a necessity. I hate bluetooth headsets with a passion! So, instead, a pair of Nokia CK-7W bluetooth hands-free kits for the zeds. I have been through many hands-frees, and have to say that Nokia make the best kits, worth a little… Continue Reading
First outing of 2008
The sun was shining, I was in an MG mood today. So I took Midgie out for her first run of the year. Despite not being used for a while, she started straight away and ran like a dream. A nice run out to warm her through before popping into town. As she tends to… Continue Reading
…breathe out
After a good run out, a purely subjective opinion was that, yes, with the K&N CIS the car does feel a little more responsive. But that was just the start. Today was service and MOT time. The exhaust has been making awful noises so I prepared for this by getting hold of a nice new… Continue Reading
Breathe in…
Now that Meg is my ‘daily’ driver, I cannot help but be tempted to tweak. So, first on the list is a K&N Apollo CIS induction kit. Cough, wheeze Nice and easy to fit. I will have to wait until tomorrow for a proper test run to see if performance has changed. As for the… Continue Reading
New Identities
It’s not vanity, it’s advertising. Meg and Gertie now have new registrations – HDG for our company name (and Mrs JAG’s initials), J for my name and 14 for my birthday, 20 for Mrs JAG’s. Complete with company url on each plate. New Gertie So as we drive around Whitstable we can spread the word… Continue Reading
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