Well, you all know by now that I bought a MG TF at the auctions the other day when I was supposed to be just looking. Obviously I didn't look at it first, but couldn't resist the way no-one else bid at all.
It's a late 2003 SunStorm 135 special edition. It should have a factory hardtop but seeing as they go for £400 on ebay it doesn't. It does have fancy 16" alloys, AP 4 pot calipers and NO spare wheel.
So, I collected yesterday. Almost fell through the floor at paying over 50% on top of the hammer price but I should have checked first. Time to find out if I got a lemon or not, and I know a bit too much about these to be fully confident it was all OK - someone traded it it for some reason, and it's due a test in 6 weeks time. Checked the oil, checked the coolant, found a suitable CD and drove it to Sunderland to collect my son from college. (OBV I insured it first, and it still shows as taxed...)
Mr Blue Sky..... It was raining, but I didn't care.
last night I did some research - I found out how to zip up the window when you put the hood back up, read up on some specs and checked likely VALU on ebay. Looking ok so far. Today I took it to the MoT station and had a good look... exciting* part 2 to follow soon.