Tigger wrote:

Exactly the same colour as one of my Montegos and one of the MG's, so it was hard to ignore! As an aside, the first MG Maestro still holds my own personal record for outright speed on 4 wheels, at 126mph.

I've been faster than that in a diesel golf, Thirsk bypass August 20 2002 6.16 pm ish At work
At home

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Tigger wrote:

You must have been one of the very last to visit Longbridge, didn't they enter administration in April 2005?
I'd be interested to see any photos of how the MG is coming along.

was that down hill or was the speedo dodgey  rainy-city
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126 mph in an MG Maestro? Okay, so it's a bit pathetic by modern standards but, at the time, that was heroism of the first order It took very nearly a three mile run up on a slightly down hill section of autobahn.

My own (non work) car is capable of achieving very nearly another 40 mph on top of that, but that fastest I've ever driven it is 100.08 mph at Santa Pod. I like the idea of my own personal, all time, 4 wheel, land speed record having been achieved in a humble Maestro

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Tigger wrote:

100.08 mpg at Santa Pod.

Very impressive - wish I could achieve economy like that

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2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
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2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
1996 Nissan Primera 1.6 - Gone
1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

Totally legal - 145mph in a factory tuned BMW 5 series. After 120, it didn't seem much faster.

Executive Valeter wrote:

Tigger wrote:

You must have been one of the very last to visit Longbridge, didn't they enter administration in April 2005?
I'd be interested to see any photos of how the MG is coming along.

MGR entered administration on Friday ( I believe as I was in an MGR showroom in Coventry at the time) 8th April 2005. I went on my last tour on the 18th March 2005 exactly 1 hour after I collected my new ZR-Express van - a vehicle that is very sentimental to me as I was lucky to have a few options not listed on the Van spec & MG Sport & Racing supplied me with a genuine chrome mesh grill for the Express as I hated the black stuff they put on the Facelift (Mk2) thus to say I have the only customer ordered Mk2 Zed of any description with a factory chrome mesh. The only other vehicle to have it was the ZR-X motor show car in Biomorphic green which was the car I mentioned in the last post. MG Sport & Racing were still running (though running down) for approx 12 Months from the main factory closure hense why it was May when I was there (amonst other times).

Here is a link to my photobucket albums & the MG Montego is in there but I havn't added any photos this year yet & have several in the camera.

http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii11/Ex...20Montego/

I have just this month replaced the centre console,gear gator/knob & ashtray, speakers including genuine new door tweeters,shocks & powdercoated springs going on at the weekend, new front bumper & Wood & Picket Grill ( I have complete W & P kit but will cost too much to prep & paint it!), repaired old Harry Moss alarm & powdercoated the fitting bracket, painted inner wings under bonnet, powdercoated bonnet stay, battery tray,air filter box mount, wire wooled block,rocker, throttle body, new oil + filter (though this was done only 1000 miles back) correct thermostat, new oil pressure switch, new coolant sensor, took off all sensor switches to injectors etc & cleaned terminals etc. New healining is due when I can earn a few more pennies. The car will hopefully be displayed at MG's In The Park at the Cotswold Wildlife Centre on Sunday June 5th.

I see there's a certain red theme in the fleet! We were do annoyed that they'd dropped the metallic red just before we'd ordered our Freelander

That's a real labour of love on the MG and what's a real shame is that we won't be far away from the Cotswold Wildlife Centre on the 4th, but not the 5th, otherwise we'd have dropped by Is it a good event?

simont wrote:

Tigger wrote:

100.08 mpg at Santa Pod.

Very impressive - wish I could achieve economy like that

What's your secret - 2SO

dunroof wrote:

Totally legal - 145mph in a factory tuned BMW 5 series. After 120, it didn't seem much faster.

Impressive, but I bet it was no where near as "exciting" as 126mph in a Maestro

Tigger wrote:

Impressive, but I bet it was no where near as "exciting" as 126mph in a Maestro

"exciting" = death defying

Yes, 125mph in a Maestro would be like the Star Ship Enterprise going into a Black Hole and entering another paralax universe.

dunroof wrote:

Yes, 125mph in a Maestro would be like the Star Ship Enterprise going into a Black Hole and entering another paralax universe.

Don't sell the event short, it was 126, not a mere 125 mph!

Junior wrote:

Tigger wrote:

Impressive, but I bet it was no where near as "exciting" as 126mph in a Maestro

"exciting" = death defying

Scottie - I am giving it all she's got Captain, she can't take this for long! Warp drive on the Maestro will blow!

dunroof wrote:

Yes, 125mph in a Maestro would be like the Star Ship Enterprise going into a Black Hole and entering another paralax universe.