When it rains it pours - inside this woman's MG car!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A young Thai woman went on Facebook to complain about her MG car that she bought in Pattaya.

 

Before she had her vehicle ten days it was letting in the rain.

 

Orn-uma, 27, paid 800,000 baht for her red MG 1.5X back in May. But it was always soaking wet inside after the rain. And she wondered if it was even safe to drive with all the electrics.

 

Requests to MG to refund her money or change the car fell on deaf ears according to Orn-uma who was contacted by Sanook.

 

Now she is preparing to go to trading standards to get justice.

 

She said the car had caused her and her family untold grief. She even complained that it was under-powered for overtaking.

 

MG promised Sanook a response in the case by 3pm today.

 

Source: Sanook

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-07-12

I had the same problem with all my MGB's and BGT's.

Chinese crap.   They bought the MG brand and their business plan is to market off British sports car heritage.   But they are pretty shabby build quality (maybe that was part of British sports car heritage too !!)

36 minutes ago, drbrit said:

Chinese crap.   They bought the MG brand and their business plan is to market off British sports car heritage.   But they are pretty shabby build quality (maybe that was part of British sports car heritage too !!)

Isn't MG Indian owned now?.

She might also ask for a refund regarding her sofa.

 

Perhaps move to the motoring forum....Info is good there for folk looking for a ride..

2 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

She might also ask for a refund regarding her sofa.

 

No, that's her car back seat....

1 minute ago, transam said:

Perhaps move to the motoring forum....Info is good there for folk looking for a ride..

 Trans trust you to bring sex into it. 

I have a similar problem. My LGBT also leaks and is very underpowered. I'm going to trade it in for a newer, sportier version.

I've bought a new MG5 just over 2 years ago.  Never had any problems, and my wife absolutely loves driving it. 

1 hour ago, drbrit said:

Chinese crap.   They bought the MG brand and their business plan is to market off British sports car heritage.   But they are pretty shabby build quality (maybe that was part of British sports car heritage too !!)

No, MG has renown racing heritage, in fact most stuff was exported to the USA...Do a google..

PS..My 1964 MGB soft top did not leak water.....

Her misery will be compounded when she comes to sell it as second hand they ain't worth a cup of cold piss .. Should've stuck with a safe option like a Vios or Jazz or similar .. The dough she put out on a make believe MG would have bought a decent 2nd hand Jap motor .. 

2 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Her misery will be compounded when she comes to sell it as second hand they ain't worth a cup of cold piss .. Should've stuck with a safe option like a Vios or Jazz or similar .. The dough she put out on a make believe MG would have bought a decent 2nd hand Jap motor .. 

Must confess I don't like the name buying....Today's "Mini Cooper" has nothing to do with the names fame, just lucky that BMW does supply near faultless engineering, but it is a bought name for the masses that they can make money on..

1 minute ago, transam said:

Must confess I don't like the name buying....Today's "Mini Cooper" has nothing to do with the names fame, just lucky that BMW does supply near faultless engineering, but it is a bought name for the masses that they can make money on..

Totally agree, the new Mini is an abomination that has nothing to do with the classic one, its name being used as a cash cow.

 

1 minute ago, transam said:

Must confess I don't like the name buying....Today's "Mini Cooper" has nothing to do with the names fame, just lucky that BMW does supply near faultless engineering, but it is a bought name for the masses that they can make money on..

Indeed Tran's ( nice to hear from you ) buying Brit' marques as did the Germans with Mini , RR , Bentley was always likely to produce good motors if a little Germanic in character .. But the M G brand and it history is sullied being attached to these things .. Needless to say you don't see many of 'em on the road in Britain ..

6 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Indeed Tran's ( nice to hear from you ) buying Brit' marques as did the Germans with Mini , RR , Bentley was always likely to produce good motors if a little Germanic in character .. But the M G brand and it history is sullied being attached to these things .. Needless to say you don't see many of 'em on the road in Britain ..

And who will buy this name I wonder...☹️

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, transam said:

And who will buy this name I wonder...☹️

 

 

 

As far as I can tell the Chinese Nangjing motor corp bought the Austin Healey name back in the 2000's sometime but its unclear if it can be used or maybe is marketable as the younger gen' may not be so familiar with who A H are or that the 3000 was one of the sports cars of the 50/60's .. ( best colour scheme also the one above )

1 hour ago, nev said:

Isn't MG Indian owned now?.

No - you are thinking of JLR

4 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

As far as I can tell the Chinese Nangjing motor corp bought the Austin Healey name back in the 2000's sometime but its unclear if it can be used or maybe is marketable as the younger gen' may not be so familiar with who A H are or that the 3000 was one of the sports cars of the 50/60's .. ( best colour scheme also the one above )

I did have a ? as to why BMC did not use the MG brand with the Mini...After all MG marked rides of the time were using BMC engines...

But suppose they went off to a tangent as Cooper were doing well...To me with the Mini winning streak it would have really brought the MG badge to the fore once again..

BMC did use it again though...

22 minutes ago, transam said:

I did have a ? as to why BMC did not use the MG brand with the Mini...After all MG marked rides of the time were using BMC engines...

But suppose they went off to a tangent as Cooper were doing well...To me with the Mini winning streak it would have really brought the MG badge to the fore once again..

BMC did use it again though...

Indeed they did .. Though fair to say the Metro never managed to achieve greatness like the Mini did .. It can be viewed as a testament to a marques  reputation that corp's are willing to buy and revive a name hoping to relive past glories .. Norton and Brough Superior have both been recently resurrected and both seem to make bikes worthy of the badge that folk are willing to wait and pay big money for .. But when a badge such as MG's is stuck on a dodgy motor's like Metro's , Maestro's and the latest abomination at the top of the post then the marque can be reduced to joke status .. 

2 hours ago, drbrit said:

Chinese crap.   They bought the MG brand and their business plan is to market off British sports car heritage.   But they are pretty shabby build quality (maybe that was part of British sports car heritage too !!)

If you have any plans to buy a Harley made in Thailand, think twice!

3 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Indeed they did .. Though fair to say the Metro never managed to achieve greatness like the Mini did .. It can be viewed as a testament to a marques  reputation that corp's are willing to buy and revive a name hoping to relive past glories .. Norton and Brough Superior have both been recently resurrected and both seem to make bikes worthy of the badge that folk are willing to wait and pay big money for .. But when a badge such as MG's is stuck on a dodgy motor's like Metro's , Maestro's and the latest abomination at the top of the post then the marque can be reduced to joke status .. 

A time when BMC (BL) was heading south and never recovered....☹️

4 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

If you have any plans to buy a Harley made in Thailand, think twice!

Ducati, Merc and BMW put stuff together in LOS....

2 hours ago, webfact said:

.....But it was always soaking wet inside after the rain.....

"And now I can't close the sunroof."

17 minutes ago, transam said:

A time when BMC (BL) was heading south and never recovered....☹️

Too right .. Fancy Allegro's , Princess's were called Vanden Pla's , Honda Ballade's were Triumph Acclaim's ( though a little soulless that was as a good motor ) and B L then had the effrontery to stick the MG badge on Monty turbo's .. Sacrilege ..

There is a good reason why they are cheap to buy in LOS, they are rubbish.   If it's cheap, regardless of what product it is, chances are it's no good and wont last, a lesson I have yet to teach my wife, who buys shoes at 500 Bhat and wonders why they don't last a month. 

1 hour ago, Just1Voice said:

I've bought a new MG5 just over 2 years ago.  Never had any problems, and my wife absolutely loves driving it. 

Ditto.  My wife loves hers and I enjoy driving it when home too.

Seems to have plenty of power and much easier to park than her old Vios.

our cousin bought one and its great, she loves it, have to wonder if this female closes the sun roof properly if at all, maybe she is really a blonde. Small motor so naturally they dont have a lot of power and they have to be run in from new, sounds like she lacks just a bit of the smarts

 

3 hours ago, nev said:

MG Indian

No-Chinese.

1 hour ago, JoePai said:

No - you are thinking of JLR

Or Royal Enfield.

 

2 hours ago, transam said:

And who will buy this name I wonder...☹️

 

 

 

Just look at that AH.  Better than sex , well it is the way I do it.