Warren Works... TWO TIER KIA.... IS NOW FOR SALE!

[grogee]

9 hours ago, warren t claim said:

I'm no psychic but my sixth sense is telling me that there's already a secret behind the scenes AS WhatsApp group running a sweepstake as to how long it is before I post a bonnet up, hard shoulder pic on this thread.

9/2 FAV No start, no code

5/1 Limp mode after radio on

7/1 Whiny gearbox

10/1 Catastrophic fluid leak

14/1 PAS failure

16/1 Misfire + code for component that doesn't exist

 

By the way, are the child locks switched on - rear doors locked problem? 

[warren t claim]

Swapped insurance over. Broker asked me to repeat the reg number as "that number's coming back as an MG"  

[big_al_granvia]

That isn't the mega miles from the taxi fred, is there no skodas or mondeos on Merseyside for cabbies

 

[warren t claim]

6 minutes ago, big_al_granvia said:

That isn't the mega miles from the taxi fred, is there no skodas or mondeos on Merseyside for cabbies

 

Yeah but where's your sense of adventure?

[Lacquer Peel]

10 hours ago, warren t claim said:

I thought that too but according to someone on here apparently not.

There might be some confusion as MG Rover did trial fit Fiat JTD engines to Rover 75 prototypes, maybe a stopgap as they worked on their own common rail G series which ended up in India after the collapse. 

This diesel is definitely a Chinese effort and seems to have been available for just a few years in the MG6 in limited markets, maybe UK and Thailand alone. 

Good luck. 

[warren t claim]

If I get a chance I'll plug the Snap On machine into it tomorrow so you can all enjoy a game of fault code bingo. 

[warren t claim]

If you're wondering why I'm not out playing with it now the reason is that I was enjoying alcohol responsibly last night and I have a strict 14 hours from bottle to throttle rule after treating myself to a rather excellent Shiraz. I was told of this trick by the train crews I have to take back to the station. 

[catsinthewelder]

I'd drink if my financial future was provided by SAIC.

[tooSavvy]

2 hours ago, motorpunk said:

A taxi driver relying on an MG6 seems like using an Aldi inflatable kayak as an arctic icebreaker to me, or perhaps an airline just strapping fireworks to their passengers and pointing them skywards.

Following with trepidation. Good luck!

😮... Japanese have tried fireworks, did not end well 🚀🔥

[SiC]

38 minutes ago, warren t claim said:

If I get a chance I'll plug the Snap On machine into it tomorrow so you can all enjoy a game of fault code bingo. 

If it can talk to it 🫣. Hopefully the engine ECU will just be some generic setup of an Bosch EDC series.

Is there any MG6 diesels going cheap on Copart/FB? Might be worth having a whole spare car to strip for parts when you need them quickly, if you have room for one (wtc_garage?).

[SiC]

41 minutes ago, warren t claim said:

If you're wondering why I'm not out playing with it now the reason is that I was enjoying alcohol responsibly last night and I have a strict 14 hours from bottle to throttle rule after treating myself to a rather excellent Shiraz. I was told of this trick by the train crews I have to take back to the station. 

FAA in America day 8hrs strict minimum between bottle to throttle for pilots. So your average pilot taking a Boeing full of passengers to their holiday might be more sloshed than you as a taxi driver taking them to said flight!

(FAA recommend 24hrs and many airlines have 12hrs or more as an absolute minimum. UK CAA have no minimum time just that you need to blow less that 0.2 if tested)

[GrumpiusMaximus]

The 2024 'Massive Bollocks' award has already been won by this thread.

[camryv6]

I quite fancied a MG6 till i read this thread, but i think i will live my dream through @warren t claiminstead

[warren t claim]

3 hours ago, motorpunk said:

A taxi driver relying on an MG6 seems like using an Aldi inflatable kayak as an arctic icebreaker to me, or perhaps an airline just strapping fireworks to their passengers and pointing them skywards.

Following with trepidation. Good luck!

Am I to gather that the engine in the MG6 has the life expectancy of a chronically depressed lemming being forced to watch Noel's House Party?

[warren t claim]

It may surprise you to learn that I've not no previous history of self harm. At least until this evening anyway. 

[Bren]

I bought an insignia with 182k on the clock so I am in no position to laugh at anybody.

[camryv6]

21 minutes ago, Bren said:

I bought an insignia with 182k on the clock so I am in no position to laugh at anybody.

Wanna buy an MG6 ?

[Pieman]

I saw a Honda Jizz being used as an Uber in Birmingham the other day, so there are those just as mad as you.

[DSdriver]

The Dusseldorf cab company we used to visit the Christmas market has a fleet of 7 seater VWs, bout the same footprint as a Golf. They were very handy for six of us to get about in as cheaper that way than using buses or trams. As it was mainly dark/raining and alcohol was involved I never thought to check what they were.

I just needed to share this in case you realised the error of your ways.

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

😮... Japanese have tried fireworks, did not end well 🚀🔥

Too soon ffs.

[wuvvum]

14 hours ago, warren t claim said:

So let's just take a moment to put things into perspective here.

I'm going to work and put my entire short term financial future into an eight and a half year old MG6 and subject it to at least 1000 miles a week of pretty demanding taxi use.

The things I do for you lot.

Aye, certainly beats paying 1200 quid to rent an electric Maxus for a year...

Are clutches for these still unobtainium?

[Rod/b]

14 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Google says that's a Fiat JTD in it, is that right?

No

[BorniteIdentity]

Top, top work. This is proper masochism and genuine jeopardy; the likes of which has been missing for some time. Reminds me of when I picked up that terrible Sierra and immediately pressed it into an ‘against the clock London-MK stampede’.

Nothing like gambling your future financial viability and mental state on a car so shit that nobody wanted them even brand new.

Top banana. 

[chancer]

@warren t claim is this to replace the E7 or a replacement you have bought? Dont listen to the naysayers here, i was laughed at when i rocked up with a proton persona when all the other guys had 406 Hdi's and TDCi Mondeos. Oh how they stopped laughing when they required expensive shit like fuel pumps and DMFs while the proton just soldiered on. Wee motor lasted about 4.5 years being double shifted

[Split_Pin]

45 minutes ago, Rod/b said:

No

Most helpful.

Anyway, I don't know what happened to the MG6's around my way. Frasers of Falkirk used to sell them which is 4 miles from where I live but I rarely see one now. I have always quite liked the look of them but the stories above regarding parts availability  is repeated throughout the MG/Rover pages I use on Facebook.

[PicantoJon]

Do your cast iron bollocks make a clacking sound when you walk, like a metronome? 

Bravo. 

[wuvvum]

34 minutes ago, PicantoJon said:

Do your cast iron bollocks make a clacking sound when you walk, like a metronome? 

Bravo. 

@warren t claim's testicles, earlier.

 

[tooSavvy]

^ ^ ^ .... Well, yes, likely he'll have TWO pair + a spare 🤣🤣

🚙💨

[Timewaster]

58 minutes ago, PicantoJon said:

Do your cast iron bollocks make a clacking sound when you walk, like a metronome? 

Bravo. 

Don't. 

He will try cabbing one of those next.

[hairnet]

7 hours ago, grogee said:

9/2 FAV No start, no code

5/1 Limp mode after radio on

7/1 Whiny gearbox

10/1 Catastrophic fluid leak

14/1 PAS failure

16/1 Misfire + code for component that doesn't exist

 

By the way, are the child locks switched on - rear doors locked problem? 

can i vote for a clockwise moment when ftp happens?