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PatrickIngham
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« on: November 24, 2011, 09:21:13 PM »
Back in September i bought a Rover 416i after my MG Maestro's Head Gasket went and i couldent be bothered to fix it.
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The Rover had a dodgy clutch and revved high when motorway cruising. I had a 4 day trip planned around the UK (South to North, North to London etc) So i went on my trip, and did 560 miles or so, but the head gasket went on the last 50 miles! so i had to upgrade to AA relay and get towed the last little leg of the journey. I had not gone above 70 either and had regular stops, so was not down to me abusing her. So i'd had a spell of bad luck with cars

Using My Austin Ambassador as a daily after the Rover blew up was never going to be long term, and after a brief stint with a Ford Escort 1.4 Freedom
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which was ok but not really my kind of car (had a tinny sounding weedy engine that did 0-60 in ten years) so i went to London and purchased this lovely Carlton for £500, long tax but with with short MOT (Nov 16th was mot day) i took a gamble, but it paid off as she flew through mot with only track rod end and brake adjustment!

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Car is the 2 Litre CDX Auto Model, has 125,000 on the clock and drives very nicely indeed! Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2011, 09:44:50 PM »
Nice looking. Good catch, I am sure you will enjoy it. You will find plenty of help here if needed.
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1993 2.0 CDi Auto Estate (Rioja Red with a little tin worm but tatty paint).
1992 2.0 CDXi Manual Estate (Spectral Blue with too much tin worm but better paint).

Old age means wondering: Do I really have to struggle to become an expert in something I might never need to do again ?.
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« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2011, 09:48:20 PM »
You have made the right choice, buying a Carlton. But then I'm biased. Tidy looking one, as well.
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« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2011, 10:28:35 PM »
VERY nice Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2011, 10:30:22 PM »
cool car dude and a bargain!!
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« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2011, 10:39:21 PM »
Nice tidy example there, make sure you look after it Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2011, 11:44:53 PM »
Lovely example!
More pics of the Maestro.. 1.6 or 2.0?
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« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2011, 03:22:47 PM »
Great looking car matey Smiley
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PatrickIngham
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« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2011, 07:13:25 PM »
Many thanks for the kind comments

In reply to Murph, The Maestro details are;
MG Maestro
1987
2.0 EFI
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And no dont worry i dident scrap it, i just dident fancy paying the garage £700 to fix it and i couldent be arsed to do it myself. It had HG failure and other associated problems

I sold it on to a classic car enthusiast who planned to slowly fix it up
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« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2011, 11:07:13 PM »
very tidy carlton,the maestro is something else also, a mate of mine used to have a red one this brings back lots of memories Grin
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« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2011, 02:24:22 PM »
I had to ask... those MG's are getting rare and were the only Maestro worth having.
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« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2011, 05:40:03 AM »
What about the Vanden Plas with the talking dashboard? I was always irritated that you couldn't have the 2.0efi in the VP. My uncle had an early 'B' reg MG montego efi as a company car but I remember him saying that he wanted a VP efi as the MG wasn't available with PAS.  I think the ultimate Carlton would be a 24v diplomat saloon but you have the have the estate for that spec. Some of us want it all!
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« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2011, 12:59:24 PM »
My dad had a 1.6 VP - that talking dash was great, for about a week!
After that it just got on our nerves.
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« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2011, 05:09:10 PM »
I couldn't handle a talking dash.
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« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2011, 02:22:54 AM »
Lovely Carlton & as said above, a bargain & should serve you well.
The MG Maestro's were a great car, I had the early version. 1.6 & a talking das, which did get on your nerves. Cheesy
It went like stink & i only got rid of mine because back then the insurance went stupid because of hot hatch joyriders.. Undecided

Enjoy the forum, loadsa help on here. Smiley
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