The Old & New - side by side

[FiferMG4]

The family and I had a fantastic trip down to the Lake District this week, despite the weather doing its best impression of a miserable British “Summer”. When I pulled into the car park of The Fat Lamb Country Inn in Ravenstonedale (beloved by classic car enthusiasts), I couldn’t resist parking alongside a brand new MG3 and this beauty:

It looks tiny by comparison, doesn’t it?!

For those out and about in the area, I can recommend the Tebay Services Northbound rapid charging station. Also, out of interest I used the BP Pulse rapid charger on the way home at Harthill service station Eastbound. I was at around 40% charge after having driven for around two and a half hours and I got a maximum charge rate of 134 kW! I set the charge limit to 80% and by the time we got back from the M&S shop it was almost ready. Fastest charge I’ve ever seen.

 

[Coulomb]

It looks tiny by comparison, doesn’t it?!

It looks like a 1/2 scale model!

 

[FiferMG4]

It looks like a 1/2 scale model!

It certainly does. I’m guessing it’s an MG Midget?

 

[Ian Key]

It certainly does. I’m guessing it’s an MG Midget?

It is. You forget how big cars have become.

I used to have a 1750 Maxi and it was a big car in its day. I saw one recently and it was smaller than my MG4.

 

[salty]

The family and I had a fantastic trip down to the Lake District this week, despite the weather doing its best impression of a miserable British “Summer”. When I pulled into the car park of The Fat Lamb Country Inn in Ravenstonedale (beloved by classic car enthusiasts), I couldn’t resist parking alongside a brand new MG3 and this beauty:
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It looks tiny by comparison, doesn’t it?!

For those out and about in the area, I can recommend the Tebay Services Northbound rapid charging station. Also, out of interest I used the BP Pulse rapid charger on the way home at Harthill service station Eastbound. I was at around 40% charge after having driven for around two and a half hours and I got a maximum charge rate of 134 kW! I set the charge limit to 80% and by the time we got back from the M&S shop it was almost ready. Fastest charge I’ve ever seen.

Great pic! ??

 

[NickHeynes]

I'm bigger than I used to be too

 

[OriginalBigAl]

Who says Chinese takeaways don't make you fat ? But more seriously have parking bays increased in size over the years and even road lanes? No wonder we now need LKA etc , and there's me thinking it was down to bad driving standards, perhaps the infrastructure is now not big enough to accommodate this ever expanding trend for bigger vehicles which would reduce our reaction times and lessens the possibility of avoiding collisions by our own hand by not having an escape route due to lack of available road. Imagine chasing the MG midget down a country lane , around a blind bend to be confronted by a tractor, Chelsea or otherwise, Midget squeezes down the available gap.........
Still, great photo!

 

[MEH]

It certainly does. I’m guessing it’s an MG Midget?

It is. You forget how big cars have become.



But parking spaces haven't

 

[salty]

I'm bigger than I used to be too

Belly-wise, I presume, Nick? ?

 

[siteguru]

That's a function of age - you become shorter and wider.

 

[fnegroni]

I’m driving a Fiat 500 these days while waiting for my mg4 to be fixed and omg it’s tiny don’t worry if you miss the road noise, engine droning noise, wind noise, tyre noise, and discomfort, that the car for you

 

[dsimpkins]

The MG3 looks to be about the same size as the MG4. I thought it was meant to be a supermini?

 

[fnegroni]

The MG3 looks to be about the same size as the MG4. I thought it was meant to be a supermini?

It is about the size of my Kia Stonic which is based on the Rio: the mg4 is not a big car

 

[Martinonline]

50 years ago I had the Austin-Healey version of the Midget. No way I could get into and out of it now! Simple car to maintain and a thrill to drive being so low to the ground. And other owners waved as you passed.

 

[securespark]

I inherited my Granddad's 78 'sud in 1985 and that got me loads of waves from other Alfa drivers.