[Mgs] MG pickup

[Barrie Robinson]

Hello folks,

If you really want boring how about the current offerings of car 
radios.  I put a one into my MGB GT V8 and got a Pioneer because it had 
a remote USB at the end of a cable so I can put the flash drive in my 
glove box.  I only listen to 91.5FM and 99.1 FM because they have NO 
adverts (CBC).  When I drove out with my newly installed radio I found 
to my horror that because these stations had a weak signal /I could not 
get them! /But when I got back to the car radio install company they 
could not understand my problem pointing out that I now had Spotify, 
Pandora, Sirius, Bluetooth, ability to use my cell phone into the radio 
(WHY???), have different colours for the display, etc, etc,etc.  There 
was only ONE page in the 33 page manual devoted to radio !!!!!!!    So 
my MGB is now a mobile communication centre with a *iss poor radio.   
But to end this all, I bought a cheap portable for my garage (listen to 
non commercial stations of course) and for fun tried it in my MGB - it 
worked perfectly !!!!!!

On 8/11/2019 10:52 AM, Charley Robinson via Mgs wrote:
> My daily driver during the last few years of my working life was a 
> 1970 MGB.  I don't recall it ever getting ho-hum to drive. Shouldn't 
> have sold it.......
>
> CR
>
> On 8/11/2019 9:32 AM, Rick via Mgs wrote:
>> Paul, my wife drives a livingroom (lounge) with a steering wheel. My 
>> daily is a 16-year-old Land Rover Discovery with 153k miles on the clock.
>>
>> On Aug 11, 2019 9:09 AM, PaulHunt73 <paulhunt73 at virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>     With you there.  One of the things I hate about modern cars is
>>     that they are so 'competent' aka boring.  Our daughter had a new
>>     MINI and if it hadn't been for the scenery going past the window
>>     I wouldn't have known we were moving.  I blame the manufacturers
>>     for reducing the driving experience to that of sitting on a sofa
>>     watching TV, and of drivers paying the same amount of attention
>>     to their driving.  Time and time again car shows where they have
>>     any number of modern exotics the presenters occasionally get into
>>     a classic and rave about the experience.  One of the things
>>     that surprised me with the ZS180 on a test-drive at launch in
>>     2001 was just how involving it was.  It'll have to go one day,
>>     and I'll be sorry when that happens.
>>
>>         ----- Original Message -----
>>            Why, you (didn't) ask, would I own cars like that? Because
>>         they're quirky and fun. So further to the point; Valuable by
>>         its very nature is a subjective term. Its dynamic, and I love
>>         dynamic systems.
>>
>>
>>
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