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Last thursday at 8am I left the comfort and safety of my home and ventured out into the world of public transport, taking the train down to Norwich.

I survived "mixing it" with the general public and arrived in Narfark at around 2pm.

Phoned the number of a man I had met via the internet and he came and picked me up in an LE500 and handed me the keys.

I drove it back to the Renault garage that he works in and handed over some cash.

I then drove 8000 miles along the A47 to the A1 (Those who've driven the A47 will know what I mean) and headed oop north, arriving home at 9.30pm.

One problem was I had to drive hundreds of miles on a sunny day with a hard top on. Luckily, I had a balaclava on and nobody saw me.

So, I am now the proud owner of 346 of 500.





and she only had 1600 miles on the clock. She has a few more now.

Technically, it is a lot better car as it is newer, softer and a more relaxing ride than the TF160, but I'm not sure how much of that is down to my tinkering, so a comparison isn't really relevant.

It is a true MG as the oil gauge has stopped working and I had to reseat a bit of trim yesterday on the run. But, while some would see that as a problem, I see it as the true MG character and didn't enter into this relationship blindly.

so is this a replacement for deep blue?

That was the idea, but she may now be a younger sister for her.

Very nice Clive

Its nice Clive but your the last person I would expect to down grade in power

have you managed to find AJ10CJJ yet? lol

SUPER DUPER LE 500, lovely colour and nice black wheels. It is a small world in MG circles, one of our Epsom club members has 385 of 500, bought new on a 59 plate, traded in a Rover 200 cabriolet under the scrappage scheme for it and ended up getting about £3k off the list price. he is very pleased with the car, the front suspension ball joint rivets problem has been done and the creaking tie bar under the dashboard has been re-welded. the gearchange is still a bit stiff but is easing with use (i know that some of these have been replaced by MG under warranty)

Beautiful car, congratulations Clive.

Never say never .... I don't know.... "Don't like glass rear screens, would never have a hardtop" Oh how times change.

Having been introduced to the newcomer yesterday, I was surprised but impressed, I was a little concerned about Deep Blue's feelings. though.

Do we need a new group for people having two or more MG sports?

David Aiketgate wrote: wrote:

Having been introduced to the newcomer yesterday, I was surprised but impressed, I was a little concerned about Deep Blue's feelings. though.

Do we need a new group for people having two or more MG sports?

That is a good idea for an elite group, but where do we stop? will they be graded? i have two MGs, MartinW has, well a lot, John Newey, has a few, Madmax and Kimshros have two each, Alan Bradley has three B GT, TF & Midget , Dazlightyear, has soooo many and should i go on???? I think it would be a good idea to put a number on each persons avatar (if they agree)

Lovely jubberly. Does this mean that I can have your ticket for the orange raffle car now then?

Leigh Ping wrote: wrote:

Lovely jubberly. Does this mean that I can have your ticket for the orange raffle car now then?

Cheapskate, buy your own, unless you know that Clive's is a winner

It is amusing that John has already had three WRONG answers to the question and i gather that someone has said that it is none of the questions!!!!!!!!! people are strange

I won a competition a couple of years ago run by MG Enthusiast and the answer was in the article they had written. Speaking to Madeline Lillywhite, their advertising manager, she said that some of the answers given were wildly wrong, out of about 60 entrants only 12 got it right