A 2016 UNDAMAGED CAR FOR £500 BUT WHATS THE CATCH ???

[@chasleask8533]

I love to hear you two discuss things . " I'm not gonna pull the trigger on it " , " Not too spiteful" , " 'Ee looked after us " , Lahvely .

[@chasleask8533]

@Rob Smith Racing We got a noice noo fwahnt bampah ,

[@paulbeecham8313]

Cheap as chips lads make a good budget runaround for someone or maybe a giveaway to a needy person 🤔🤔👌👌

[@raymondlockett8654]

wivit

[@dogcatdogable]

"it 'as come up laaavely"

[@c11yan]

“It’s quite mucky”

[@KMorse-toughnut]

You guys made my morning with your Banter, I absolutely love your work, so refreshing to hear 2 guys enjoying each others company, and it comes across as the real deal, not a Put on for the camera, well done!

[@johnpritchard2772]

hello both, great to hear you go through the possible cause of the water leak, and show that the car needs only the heater matrix replacing. This will be a good car for someone. Best wishes from Lincolnshire

[@zantar666]

Feet up lads.. Its a sunny weekend

[@itsmephil2255]

Chris got his little tool out 😂😂😂😂 My coffee spat everywhere 😂😂😂😂

[@debragoodger4972]

😅😂

[@stevegray5709]

Hahaha... Me too. I'd just put my glass of wine down thankfully. Oh my gosh, hilarious. 🤣😂😂🤣

[@makemoneyonline9279]

😂😂

[@itsmephil2255]

@@stevegray5709 I think Chris knew what he was saying 😂😂😂

[@thefamilyrobbo]

Followed by: "Chris, start pumping". 😄 Thought I'd got the wrong channel 😂

[@jimhutton4352]

Saturday afternoon sat in me garden in the sun with the BBQ going watching Chris n Rob! What could be better ?😊Have a great bank holiday weekend lads 👍🏻

[@mikeclifton7778]

If that heater matrix was only £82 is it worth replacing that damaged dash trim too? Great video gents, as ever, enjoy your weekend.

[@stevo4649]

a smashing little bargain,and a decent runaround for someone,looking forward to part 2,thankyou gentlemen,have a great safe weekend ,,,,👌👍

[@davesclassicgaragetours]

My brother has had one of those little MGs for about six years now. Never heard a single complaint out of him. Nice cheap runabout for someone. As for the brand, it was the fastest growing car brand in the UK in 2022 and the HS was the biggest selling car earlier this year. MG is definitely on the march and I suspect you'll be doing a lot more in the years to come.

[@peterdnreynolds777]

Love the camaraderie between you but also the great work you both do just investigating the problem and solving them. Looking forward to seeing the next video. Hope all is well, take care

[@cornishrider]

This one's a bit different! Great value car for a learner or someone who just needs inexpensive transport! Good that the main dealer is on it, you can see why they are one of the the UKs fastest growing car brands!

[@Lizzard-t]

That's an absolutely beautiful car and well worth saving for the princely sum of £82.00 Much underated . And Chris's small tool really did save the day .

[@Alan-ln3ls]

And 2p. Don't overlook the 2p - Chris wo'n't.

[@markswift1477]

Lovely little car, well done on the diagnosis fellas, going to be a nice car for someone who has just passed their test or a little run around. Glad you took a chance on the nice little car, feet up fellas !

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Just got to love Chris, rob is telling us all about the car’s history and what the problem might be and as soon as the door is opened Chris,s eyes get straight to the point, plenty of shrapnel in here, brilliant, also a great post guys, there’s always someone who wants a little runaround

[@DaDa-David]

Smart repair! Jeez if they didn't have a couple of screws around they'd nail it back together!

[@chriswilkes4350]

Very nice video, Rob and Chris! Really enjoyed this one. Even my wife liked it!

[@Garffey]

'Smart repair'...had me in stitches when you pointed it out.....Surely that gonna be cheaper than a bus pass for someone!...keep up the good work chaps!

[@terryramsey1470]

Great diagnostics as always fellas 👏 not a bad little motor for 500 quid and can't complain for the price of the heater matrix 😊 take care and stay lucky and healthy 👍 have a great Bank Holiday weekend 😀

[@marksutherland774]

yep, I knew within a couple of minutes of the intro it'd be the matrix, had one go in an old ford escort. Most people will not even think about a heater matrix. You usually do get a sweet smell of the coolant if you pay attention when it starts steaming, though it can look like smoke to some. Nice car you got there at a fantastic price, great find guys.

[@Shaun30-3]

Great video £500 for a 6-7 year old car definitely a bargain there are quite a few of these MG's around there not a bad looking car but what they like to the MG of old I don't know £82 for a matrix that's cheap This would be a good car for a first time driver or a second car for a family cant wait for pt 2 take care see you on the next video

[@ged3680]

Hello Rob and Chris, nice little car for £500 and cheap parts. Will be a bargain when its finished. Thank you for taking the time to upload another video. Have a nice Bank Holiday. Ged

[@alessandroceretta2603]

Great little car, definitely worth saving it! Keep up the good work! Greetings from Milan, Italy!

[@EverydayLife621]

What a wonderful little car for £500 - well done already - love the workaround to test your hypothesis - dead chuffed for you both

[@roypowell3450]

What a lovely car for a first timer or run a round. Hmmm! Chris has got his little tool out 😲 getting a bit personal there Rob😉. Thanks guys, enjoy the rest of your long weekend.

[@lordbungle6235]

Mrs Bungle heard that and also Pump it Chris and wondered what I was watching.

[@roypowell3450]

@@lordbungle6235 👍😉

[@craigthurston7731]

"Because a kink is just going to cause you problems" 😂

[@ourtablet3028]

Don't forget it's all wet and dripping 😁

[@NiallLynch]

Had this before, undo centre console panelling on the drivers side and right up behind the clutch pedal you will see two metal pipes, these come from the engine bulkhead to the heater matrix. There is two joins, both use O-Rings that fail similar to the Ford Focus Mk2-3 heater matrix leaks. Replacement set of O-rings and its sorted. Add some heat resistant silicone for good measure. No need to take the dashboard out!

[@sruk]

There’s no joints in the pipes bud or o rings 👍

[@marciabaldwin2506]

.Nice little motor Chris and Rob will do someone a turn well done excellent work and video as always ❤

[@neilkay159]

Rare cars are those gents..just rang a mate and asked him about them.."Bloody rare are those" was his words.. A note to Chris for his holidays...East Lancashire Railway might be worth a visit it's my local town just north of Manchester so he could base himself here at a campsite or hotel and tram into Manchester for the transport museum..We've just had the Battle of Britain Memorial flight do a fly past for the 40's weekend. Rather you than me for that dashboard Rob!

[@redsidebiker]

A tidy car for someone looking for a beginner runaround. Good rescue guys.

[@paultaylor9652]

Robbing barstools The Phoenix Consortium, it was criminal what the did to Rover, not to sure how they got away with it. Could be a great little turnaround Chris and Rob, hope it cools a little before you take that dash out.

[@leesmith6750]

That'll definitely do someone a turn. Great little car to do the school run and trips to the supermarket. Easy fix for not a lot of money. Profit in it for you both.

[@johnshaw8481]

Sweet as Rob , looks like a good little car , with A/C for the summer that will live a few years more , fair play ladz , have a good weekend you 2

[@michael5089]

Just an enjoyable video you two!! Love these no frills diagnostic ones!!👍🤘😎

[@normanstephens5391]

That is going to be a very good car for somebody who needs a car and has a very a tight budget. See you both in the next one. 👍👍

[@nickdavis8467]

Hi Rob & Chris, lovely little motor, that`ll do someone a turn, keep up the great content, all the very best to you both from Nick in Wolsingam.

[@jefferyhamilton8099]

That’s funny, I’m here visiting in the Philippines, and saw the AMG logo on an SUV, and was wondering if MG was back in business, but you answered that question by saying the Chinese purchased the name

[@stevenjones19-m8i]

Hello Rob and Chris,this was a cheap car to buy,when you cleaned it looked totally different,when the new heater matrix is in it will be a great car.

[@malcolmford6017]

These were made just around the corner from me at Longbridge , I think they’ve closed the factory down now, all new models built in china. Love the work you lads do.

[@sruk]

This was built in China bud it’s 2016 👍

[@malcolmford6017]

@@sruk They were building in Longbridge sort of kits made in china Rob, and selling direct from the factory, however not sure which models it was. Thanks for the reply, have a grt bank holiday both .

[@mcjordi]

​@@srukthey were assembled at Longbridge till mid 2016 so this one probably was :)

[@Simon-ry1lw]

Heater matrix, sort the smart repair, brakes and service, job done. Back in 1976 me and mate followed the RAC Rally in MK1 Cortina GT with no heater, just blankets on our legs. Cortina was red too 😀

[@mcplindgren]

Those MGs seem to be fairly well built for being Chinese owned nowadays. Cant believe someones done that to the bumper but I suppose it won't take much to sort out and those parts prices are cheap compared to more mainstream brands. Look forward to the next one 👍🏻

[@davetlane]

Cracking bargain! I had a 3 some years ago, considering it’s a 1.5, it was so asthmatic. Dealer service was diabolical. Stuff went wrong with it that you wouldn’t expect from a new car.

[@johndring3291]

Had one of these mg3s for about 10 months in that time was reliable little car mine was blue with a Union Jack on the roof .. that was a 2014 all I can say it needed a six speed gearbox was a bit loud on the motorway apart from that nice little runaround.

[@damo336]

That's a little bargain at,£500,a heater matrix and a quick service and sell it on,it will make a good cheap little runabout,A/C Leather seats, very Posh!!, wishing you all a great weekend 👍🇮🇪.

[@Nevakonaza.]

We have one of those MG3s and they're cracking little cars to be honest,For £500 its a steal,They tend to go for around 2.5 - 3.5K these days depending on mileage and of course condition so an absolute steal :) ,Btw that back parcel shelf is by factory a lot lighter than the surrounding plastic,Not sure why they did that. :)

[@terrywilkins5266]

Lads, my friend bought a brand new one but had the same problem. The dealer didn't tell him what the problem was but cured it.

[@martinthompson54]

Hi rob and Chris great wee car, looks like a easy job for a change. From marty in Belfast northern Ireland God bless

[@williammatthews35]

Nice to see the traditional midlands "that'll do repair" on the rear bumper

[@stuartdenty3163]

Cracking content Chris and Rob and what a lovely find. All the best

[@fiestasiphil]

cracking little car for the money, nice to see a different make of car being repaired, great video 😎

[@teamemusrcreviews3225]

Yeh nice save, just shows you how one little tool can confirm and diagnose an issue so quickly 😜😜 good work🚗🚗

[@split_pin]

Lovely weather for it! MG looks like it's going to be a nice little bargain right enough. There's an MG dealer about 5 miles from my house so there's quite a lot of these on the road in my local area. Have a great weekend guys.

[@tomtodhunter1776]

I've not seen too many of these new MG's about, but they look like a nice wee car. It'll be a great runaround for someone. 👍

[@williamdonly7966]

Fantastic buy guys, should be a quick flip, after Rob has done some work on it. As always fantastic video, on this beautiful bank Holiday weekend.

[@ttatimbo5830]

Whenever I have to buy parts for later MG’s, pattern parts aren’t available. But, because they are Chinese or whatever these days, the parts from the main dealer are surprisingly cheap! 👍🏼

[@stephendeadman7131]

There has got to be a cheeky profit in that one!! great find , decent first car for someone .

[@paulhayes1683]

Nice cheap car for someone one completed .How easy is getting that dash out ? I'm looking forward to part 2 .As always great video 📹 once again😀 👍

[@richardmounfield7822]

Old school joining the heater pipes , the difference is years ago that was the fix . Just do without the heater . From the dealers the price aint half bad, will make a decent motor with a buff.

[@Lousteer2349]

Love videos like this! Love the diagnostic work and will be a good little profit init.

[@Wiganpilot]

I owned a Rover 400 SLi saloon years ago with the K Series engine, and yes the head gasket did go on it.

[@garygray4640]

£500 for that wee car what a bargain. I can see another decent profit coming your way Rob and Chris.👍🏻

[@jeffshaw4553]

Brilliant well done guys me and wife looked at mg while ago can’t remember what it was was as they all have long numbers to them it was hybrid version but wasn’t mega money for what you got for your money

[@johndavey72]

Oh Matron ! ....Rob , at 7 mins 23 sec" Chris is getting his little tool out " msde me chuckle Rob. And how unusual for a matrix to fail .. Thanks boys .

[@jamescostigan7436]

Great video as always boys thanks for that really looking forward to seeing the 2nd video on it 😊 absolutely love watching your channel 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@S3ni0rCit1z3n]

Having owned a slew of MGs from the ZR to SZ and even a ZT I never really saw these as an MG but, after seeing this I would be more than happy in driving something like that. Not too bad of a motor to be honest.

[@cosworthization]

Fascinating and you don't see many of them MGs anymore. Looking forward to the next video on the MG. Have a great bank holiday weekend lads.

[@simonabbott7323]

Great motor! The sort of thing my lad would love. He's driving a tired 52 plate Mitsub Space Star at the moment.

[@manzdoingbits766]

Not always the case the dash has to come out to do heater core had 4 people tell me ya have to remove dash for mk7 golf no no no I done it without 😅😅👍

[@charlesallanstewart-kl2op]

Yeah sounds like something that happened to me when l drove around in a company van it was a Kia 2700 had lots of problems with it needing parts took 2 days 7 days for heater core Dashboard had to come out ,work van b4 was Toyota Dyna 100 was the best van ever & l loved it. Nearly bought it too for myself privately, oh MG Chinese made Chris 🙄🙄

[@mandymoo7406]

Wouldn't it be nice if the heater matrix just slid in like on the old corsa b,kettle on pipes off pull old one out slide new one in,put teabag in cup and let it brew ,reconnect pipes drink tea top up radiator eat a biscuit and raise a receipt

[@trevorjarvis3021]

Did the same thing back in the 80s for a friend on an early Vauxhall cavalier, their heater matrix was flooding into the footwells of the motor. They couldn’t afford the cost to replace the matrix but ran the car for the summer and passed it on before the cold weather arrived!! Great video Rob and Chris it brought back old memories!!😂

[@martinlacey1975]

What a lucky pair you to are well it's hard work but an easy fix for someone with your experience and know how it is great content lads really enjoy your videos

[@paulrichards7587]

Nice little car there Rob and Chris. Last time I went to MG Maidstone years ago it was in the Parkwood trading estate. I just thought you wanna know I don’t know if it’s still there or not ok

[@thedeadstig123]

You say there isn't many MG's out there but for the last 3 months MG have been number 1 for new car registered in the UK, 13,000 cars a month!

[@terenceoconnor1584]

Nice little motor for someone starting out. Looking forward to the fix.

[@jmaximus1uk]

Good honest car for a couple of honest guys. Great content...!!!

[@leonb2637]

I was following a UK website back in the 2000-teens when these China-MG's came out. They sold poorly, parts from the maker and dealers was very difficult to get, I think they evolved into more of an EV brand now. Still, at 500 Quid, plus may another 200 in parts, fluids, the car wash, you will get back your 'sweat equity' doing the replacement of the heater core and other work and still make a profit. I guess it will go for 1300-1500 ?

[@davemurton736]

There’s a drink in that, and will do someone else proud for a couple of years hopefully, great little episode. Thank you 🙏

[@ywainprior1043]

Great video guys. Very interesting the method of tracking back to find the fault 👍

[@richardjones5255]

A fair chunk of labour for you, to get the dashboard out, but a reasonable price for the spares on top of the £500. Yes, it is 7 years old now, so not a shiny new car, but once the water leak is sorted it will be a little honest, inexpensive means of transport for someone. It was something with the air of a small gamble, but with plenty of upsides to the deal. I can only say, you have a nice one there.

[@RobRegan-ty2mk]

Rob and Chris we all know that Rob enjoys removing dashes out of the vehicle's and rob will get it done straight away, can't wait until the next video in this build both of you keep up with the good work from Rob the Welsh boy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🖐️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@williamfence566]

a couple of dings and scratches is fine on a cheap commuter / shopping run around as it'll get more anyway . Cracking buy.

[@rondillon4136]

Watching you while on holiday in Turkey..I need my fix of sruk...Big Ron from Belfast

[@chrisstyles4630]

A nice quick turn around & I'm sure it won't take Rob long to remove the dash & have this one fixed 👍👍👍👍

[@stevedane787]

I had a RWD Vauxhall Cavalier many years ago - my heater matrix went - guess what I did? Short length of hose and a couple of Jubilee clips, but at least I did it without having to remove the dash! Oil pump went shortly after, so scrapped it.

[@thejackofalltravels8267]

Boy that red jumped out with a wash. Love the cheep ones 485.67 with change in the jar. Thank You Gentlemen

[@matthewstevens7486]

If it’s not got a temp gauge, then connect and use your autel obd to get live data on temp whilst driving.😊

[@josephoshaughnessy7571]

That’s got to be the bargain of the year so far lads well done as always. Someone is going to be getting a nice little reasonably priced run around car 👍👍

[@puntomk1uk64]

I did spot the MG in your recent video, but just figured it was someones actual car lol For £500 seems a right bargain, with a little bit of work it'll be a cheap 2016 car. If you're taking the dash out, might be able to get the broken bits sorted.

[@eggy1962]

Nice to see some budget motors featured guys ps while at dealer pick up a paint touch up stick

[@simonlloyd8424]

Great video that will allow someone to have a decent little runaround at a bargain price!!

[@thomasfrancis5747]

Loved the Birmingham comment - might have been better to mention the area in Birmingham it came from... Do you ever use a mobile paintless dent repair guy - might still be worth getting one in here on the nearside dents if just to show how he works. FWIW SAIC in China re-engineered the K series as the N series, curing most of the historic issues, although IIRC the MG3 engine has its origins in a GM/Vauxhall/Opel unit. FWIW Foursome Vehicle Heaters of Redditch, established over 40 years, themselves make in the UK a lot of replacement heater matrices but the MG3 one is not listed by them.

[@geckopubg]

Crazy that someone was going to scrap that for a heater matrix

[@niged]

Cracking little car for £500! Should turn out well. Worth spending a bit on as bought cheaply.😊

[@johnhooton8299]

Looks like someone's first car will be ready soon, great stuff keep them coming lads👍👍

[@martincowie4277]

See if you can get a fix for the dash crowbar hole damage. .also look at the cowboy fix on the back bumper,I think it would make good content and be more of what us everyday motorists are faced with solving the gremlins of keeping a car on the road. 😎😎

[@mikewoodward5765]

Enjoy the sunshine guys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

[@andrewentwistle515]

What a great little car. I can't believe that it's last owner was going to "Bin" the car. It would be a Great car for a 1st time Driver or a Learner. It definitely needs fixing & putting back on the road again.

[@byronmills5952]

What a bargain - insurance on these is very very reasonable for first time drivers - should fly out of the door. 👍👍

[@klobucarpa]

Heater matrix.... what we yanks call a heater core. Not a big deal, if you don't mind pulling the dashboard.... and Chinese vs. Korean is "L" vs. "K" on the first digit of the VIN.

[@vernonmatthews181]

Yes, just buy a new heater matrix, anything else could go down the same line. All the usuals as you mention should turn around a nice profit 📈 👍

[@maljef2026]

Had one of these for a while. There ok but very cheap built also for a 1.5 they are extremely gutless. For that money its great value