[Mgs] MG6 Review

[Barney Gaylord]

Why not Sat Nav?  I can answer that question.  I hate Sat Navs in 
every car too, along with LOTS of other unnecessary gadgets that make 
new cars too complex, expensive, and difficult to maintain.  Sat Navs 
in particular are subject to regular technological updates like cell 
phones.  Even if they never break down you may want to replace them 
periodically, and that's hard to do when it's part of the dashboard 
in the car.  That device should be a strictly optional accessory that 
can be installed or removed or moved from one car to another as 
easily as a cell phone (assuming someone thought they actually wanted 
one in the car).  I have a really nice rally computer that I use a 
lot, but I wouldn't build that into the dash either.

One of my favorite past times is to walk into a new car dealer and 
ask, "What car do you offer that has only the minimal legally 
required equipment to be allowed on the road"?  (Smart Car, 
maybe).  You might be looking for a 2-wheel drive Jeep or a bottom of 
the line compact pick up truck with rubber floor mats and manual 
window winders (if there was such a thing any more).  I will park my 
MGA in front of the showroom window, point to it and ask, "How close 
can you get to that in a new model"?  Then wait while all the sales 
people roll on the floor laughing.

The thing that impressed me most about the MG6 report was that the 
reporter spent most of the page space chatting about exterior 
styling, interior styling, accessories (".. even in its basic form, 
its a very loaded car"), Sat Nav, cruise control, entertainment 
system, on-board computer, and "rear parking aid" (which it probably 
needs when you can't see low down out the back window), electrically 
adjusted and heated seats, boot space, rear bumper, and a maximim 
speed limiter.  It was already on to page 4 of 4 talking about key 
fob and push to start before it finally has a half page about how it 
drives. Then it promptly gets back to talking about mass market, 
dulled down, not quite up to MG expectations.  I was surprised they 
didn't mention how many air bags or cup holders, or the fact that it 
will likely never get to the North American market, but then I 
suppose the article wasn't written for us yanks.

Barney (stuck inthe 50's) Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude (and nothing that is not required to make 
it go down the road).
http://MGAguru.com


At 11:39 AM 3/27/2011 +1000, Murray Arundell wrote:
>Why is that Mike? I love Sat-navs when traveling in unfamiliar territory.
>....


>On 27/03/2011, at 11:05 AM, Mike Eldred wrote:
> >....
> > I do hate to see those damn Sat Navs in every new car, though.
> >....


> >> From: paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk
> >> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:17:15 +0000
> >> Subject: [Mgs] MG6 Review
> >>
> >> http://www.mg-rover.org/articles/1/1097/mg6_road_test_review/index.htm?
> >>....