my "new" old car
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When I was marshalling a race day at Thruxton the other week there were several Maestros (the MG ones) bombing round in the MG series, competing with MGFs. I hadn't realised there were many left - guess they were all there that day. 
It gets better though... there were Montego estates on the track at the same time as well...
It gets better though... there were Montego estates on the track at the same time as well...the MG maestro still fetches around 1500 upwards depending on condition and whether you can find one for sale, on paper its supposed to be really quick i wouldnt mind bombing around in one of these they are really wide and take speed humps with ease! Pretty good around corners as well considering its size.
mean micra
www.mightymicra.co.uk
this one's a TYPE-AAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
replaced passenger side cv boot today with a new universal cv boot kit, this stuff is awesome!!
Its a box with a rubber cv boot with a split down the middle, you cut it to the size required then use the epoxy to glue down the centre once you have filled it full of grease everything comes as a complete kit was great! did the job perfect!!
Its a box with a rubber cv boot with a split down the middle, you cut it to the size required then use the epoxy to glue down the centre once you have filled it full of grease everything comes as a complete kit was great! did the job perfect!!
fraz_micra_88
Ex. Club Member
lolol looking ..............nice
Pete
Site Supporter
A Meastro, Legend. I have to come see this. Gran had one in black.
If your looking to drive it rapidly you've got to keep them mid-revs, don't get swamped with first and second, unless you stop I wouldn't bother with first and only go down to second if you have to. God I didn't think there were any rover diesels going.
I looked at one of the 1.3 Maestro's when that firm in Ledbury started selling new ones a few years back.
You could if you were that sad, create a Metro 6R4 look alike using the maestro, they were based on the maestro floorpan rather than the metro.
Grrr what a motor.
For all of you who don't know what a 6R4 is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF4TktrYvL4
500bhp metro, has to be limited to 300bhp in order to compete these days.
Grrr.
If your looking to drive it rapidly you've got to keep them mid-revs, don't get swamped with first and second, unless you stop I wouldn't bother with first and only go down to second if you have to. God I didn't think there were any rover diesels going.
I looked at one of the 1.3 Maestro's when that firm in Ledbury started selling new ones a few years back.
You could if you were that sad, create a Metro 6R4 look alike using the maestro, they were based on the maestro floorpan rather than the metro.
Grrr what a motor.
For all of you who don't know what a 6R4 is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF4TktrYvL4
500bhp metro, has to be limited to 300bhp in order to compete these days.
Grrr.
Once you get going and are in mid range its nice to drive and throw around corners and roundabouts. Standard handling is excellent due to it being so wide, would be amazing if it was lowered a bit.
Its only got 60 odd hp but it seems to be enough to pull the old dog around, great on the motorway i get around 55mpg return very smooth and cruises with motorway traffic no problem.... i wnt mention at what speed! These days everyone seems to be travelling pretty fast on motorways i was doing 70mph in the middle lane and everyone was flashing me out the way 80 mph seems to be the national speed limit
Its only got 60 odd hp but it seems to be enough to pull the old dog around, great on the motorway i get around 55mpg return very smooth and cruises with motorway traffic no problem.... i wnt mention at what speed! These days everyone seems to be travelling pretty fast on motorways i was doing 70mph in the middle lane and everyone was flashing me out the way 80 mph seems to be the national speed limit
Pete
Site Supporter
Thats the ticket. My old 205 was like that. The 306 Panda cars we use are like that too, but get them out on an open road and your overtaken by all the petrol and grown up diesels
Kudo's dude.
Demarest
Ex. Club Member
Pete
Site Supporter
Yes please don't. NA diesels tend to have quite a limited top end as they don't rev that high naturally and a lot tend to peter out with the available rpm in top gear.
maestro owners club hate me with passion!! 1st of all i decide to paint the car black! Maestro owners club is full of old men, who get faint hearted when they see my posts, especially ones which involve me driving my maestro in muddy fields!!
they claim maestros are rare and classics and should not be treated like this, maestros are old and rusty in my opinion.
they claim maestros are rare and classics and should not be treated like this, maestros are old and rusty in my opinion.
the maestro is near its death, ever after the field trip its not being quite right, got too much mud stuck in the cv joints which had no rubber on them.
tranmission sounds proper rough, im getting a new car tommorow.... its exciting.... nissan.... and old skool....
tranmission sounds proper rough, im getting a new car tommorow.... its exciting.... nissan.... and old skool....
