I decided to treat myself because I had a significant birthday this year, and I
rented an MGB for most of last week in Provence. My daughter lives in Marseille
so my wife and I usually visit in September.
I could have had a Healey (BJ7) but I wanted to try something different, and
the MG was a little cheaper.
I missed the grunt of the Healey at times, but I loved the steering and
handling of the MGB, and the roads are terrificâ?¦the rental agreement states
that youâ??re not allowed to venture onto the main motorways and the speed is
restricted to 60 mph, but who cares? The BMC 1800 BMC engine feels like itâ??s
revving quite high at 50 in 4th gearâ?¦too bad only 20% of them came with O/D.
The stable my car came out of also had a few other British sports cars, and a
couple of genuine Porsche Speedstersâ?¦I would not want to be responsible for
the flawless black paint on one of those Speedsters! Youâ??re bound to be
threading some narrow village streets with local drivers coming the other way,
and giving no quarter.
Anyway, a great experience, and much cheaper than shipping the Healey over, I
highly recommend it!
Stephen, BJ8
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