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bull. if you taķe your time you will get there I'm 61 just a tad behind you. took me 2 years but got there in the end

Alby135 wrote: wrote:

….This thread makes me think I'm way too old to be doing this sort of stuff....

Hi and welcome to the forum.

I struggle to accept that I will be able to draw a pension in June, but I am tempt to do so to give me time to play cars.

James

I changed my TF160 when I was 78 & now have a ZR160. {+ a E320 Merc.}
Must admit at 81,after having lung, nose & nail cancer I only do simple jobs on the cars, but still enjoy driving them. Going to Spain in the Merc. in May.

Enjoy while you can.

Way to go forrester. ....different era we live in....I believe when forresters generation were bought up..they were fed with baby milk containing titanium...and word of the day was get on with it and don't moan...just like a couple I know in there late 80s.....hard has nails.and a lad who started our works at the age of 27 is another era ....he complains he is worn out each day.....just for the record has at the beginning of this post we were asked to surrender our ages..I'm 53 this year...absolutely love working 6 days a week and think mg cars are the best....can't wait to wake up to see the start of each day and I'm a total pain in the neck to all my friends and work collegues...my neighbours hate me.....but I carry on regardless.

I love this forum already but I obviously need to get used to it. I put Lol (Lots of laughs) at the end of my post to make it clear I was joking based on the previous posts about age but plainly that wasn't enough.

So please forgive my odd sense of humour.

Just to make my feelings clear, I've been a car nut all my life, have owned over 100 cars including various competition cars and exotics and have no plans to stop anytime soon. I'm blessed with quite reasonable health and fitness at this stage of my life & as long as I can keep getting in and out of them, interesting cars will always have a place in my garage.

As for MGF's & TF's, my only regret is that I didn't find them years ago. What fantastic, under-rated cars they are. I drove 5 of them before buying one, ranging from a standard 1.8 MGF to a TF160 and loved everyone of them. The engines, steering and handling are great, they look terrific and they are comfortable, very usable sports cars. I've own a Porsche 911 & 924 Turbo, 2 Alpine Renault A310's and a GTA, a mid-engined Renault 5 Turbo 2 and a Toyota MR2 Turbo amongst many others. I wouldn't prefer any of them to the TF I now have!

I expect to have it on the road this month, probably about 2 or 3 days after my gasket kit arrives from the UK. I'm just as excited about this as I was back in my teens and twenties when a new car was in the wind. Absolutely can't wait!

Cheers everyone, Alby

Alby135 wrote: wrote:

I love this forum already but I obviously need to get used to it. I put Lol (Lots of laughs) at the end of my post to make it clear I was joking based on the previous posts about age but plainly that wasn't enough.

So please forgive my odd sense of humour.
Cheers everyone, Alby

mgtfbluestreak wrote......
You don't need to be forgiven for anythinge. ...you done nothing wrong...I think this is the best mg forum ever....agreed😃

And during a days logging in staffordshire we had time for a prattle about photo shoot...so here is a photo of myself....just to put a face to the picture so to speak.

Starting to sing 'I'm a 'Lumberjack ' ala Python .

Absolute CLASSIC.
John

The Mghty Scots Pine ! Brilliant