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Eight years ago I ran an unscientific survey regarding the age of MGA owners, and several weeks ago I performed a follow-up survey. The result: we've aged, and younger enthusiasts just have no interest in MGA's. Its generational and demographic issues which are at play; survey results are attached.

I'm still (barely) under 60 and regularly spend time on several social sites. BBS is different in a good way. This is where I come to learn about my car from a community that KNOWS the MGA. Sure, I could go check on Barney's site, or read the shop manual (both of which I do), but those are static sources with one opinion each. This forum gives me a range of opinions based on years of real expe...

The whole of this BBS seems to have gone very quiet.

The Midget and Sprite general section is the only one that still gets posts virtually every day. The TD-TF seems fairly active, followed by MGA.

I wonder how long it can keep going.

I’m only early sixties, but I’m not inclined to head over to facebook, so I will stick around here for as long as it lasts.

I had a copper brake line fail at the rear slave cylinder.

It was one of the few times my ex-wife drove the car (with me as passenger), she dealt with the sudden lack of brakes very well, but the three hour wait for the recovery vehicle less so!

We started divorce proceedings six months later.

It may have just been a coincidence, but not worth the risk. For the good of your m...

OK, I'm an old fogey (80) and right darned proud of it and I find this old technology much easier to use that modern stuff. That's possibly because I've used this for a long time and have never become comfortable with the newer stuff. I'm sure the age thing is a big part of the issue but, interestingly, over the past three years the membership in my local British Car club has grown from about 60...

🤣🤣🤣.

Well that didn't last long

More safe legal routes?

3000 quid to leave voluntarily? And MORE for families?

She means well, but she's paved her road to hell with her good intentions. Because they'll fail.

Back to the drawing board. Lol

1) This forum's software is about 20 years out of date.
2) Social Media sites are easier for many people to use.
3) Other forums have taken a lot of people, partly because of modern features they offer.
4) The age thing.

This forum used to be the only place to go for MGA discussion!

Washers don't spread the load on the nuts, they spread the load on the head. On a cast iron head washers don't really help anything but on aluminum they can help to prevent the nuts from digging into the soft metal. If you plan to put washers on an otherwise stock engine, I would consult with the manufacturer about how that will affect the recommended torque of the nut. It can make a significant d...

Even The MG Experience numbers are down compared to their heyday.
If you look at the bottom of the "Forums" pages you will see the participants and therefore the number of people currently logged on. It also shows on the page the "Record Number of Users: 252 on January 30, 2014" .That was over eleven years ago now. They never get anywhere near those numbers at any one time now.

I t...

Sad. Looks like it has been eclipsed by the Autoshrine Forum.