'Your Best Friend Will Hate You' - 1983 MG Metro 1300 & Turbo

Red seatbelts? Yes please!

Today, I'm looking the reincarnation of the famous Mini Cooper and my favourite small hot hatch of the 1980s, Austin Rover's MG Metro Turbo, alongside its little brother, the MG Metro 1300.

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[jamesharris]

This lad should be part of TOP GEAR. His enthusiasam and knowledge or at least drive to go find the information is unlike most folk that just seem to want to poke fun at history. We need to start a movement to get him noticed.

[peterthwaites]

Great to see a young guy like yourself enjoying the cars we all thrashed around in back in the 80`s !...Along with XR2`s and XR3`s etc etc i also had an all white MG metro..

[keithmartin]

Those cars look fantastic. Hats off to the people who have kept them in great condition for nearly 40 years.

[mkproductions]

How refreshing to listen and see somebody so passionate about the cars of my childhood. Hard to believe a lot are 40 plus years old. These were the days when a registration change actually meant something I remember every August 1st looking out for the new reg and wondering why my dad could never afford a new car not like these days just sign on the pcp dotted line and there you go.
This young man is a miracle I never thought I’d see such enthusiasm and respect for motoring history. Well done 👍

[MC-nbjx]

Loved my MG Metro Turbo... Used to love keeping the boost lights lit😳😳

Overheated like a pig when stuck in traffic, but I still loved it🤔🤔😁😁

[andrewstones]

I had forgot how much I missed my MG Metro till I saw this!

[andrewstones]

Just discovered your channel... I love it! This is what makes youtube great. I had a MG Metro back in about 1992, it was black with red seat belts. It was cheap to buy, cheap to run and very reliable. It went well enough and looked good.

[darrensmith]

Great Video young man! This is my first visit to your channel and i am very impressed you obviously know your Austin Rovers.
Pleased a young fellow like yourself has discovered the charms of BL . I worked for a Austin Rover Dealer from 1982 -91. Left school in 82 so this was my first job also the cars i grew up with .
I have subscribed to your channel keep up the good work! (:

[sen]

You speak very well. With lots of information 👍

[robertovalli]

Great! It makes me cry! I am italian, and the non-turbo version was my first car when I was 18... (well... I mean... the car belonged to my mother, but she used it very rarely...).
So, I have driven this wonderflul car for long time... Our version was a silver one with the red belt. How fun it was! I think the best car I ever had. Wonderful engine and road holding. So fun in the dirt roads with entusiastic driftings!!! (yeah, ok, maybe we can add some tear dorps for memories about girls with me in this car, but this is another story 😁)
Great video! Great memories!

[robertwillis]

Had in 87 a Blue MG 1300. When I bought it, it had 15k miles and was smoking oil n fuel. Took the engine out and found a broken piston ring and a scored bore. So rebored to give about 1320 cc. The air filter was replaced with a K&N and a 3 - 2 - 1 exhaust. 40mm internal bore . Was advised that with the correct tuning 85bhp was right output. Put on spotlights and front fog lights, with 100/55 headlights. Gearbox died, broke the support for 2nd gear. So needed a new gearbox case. Cut holes in front air dam and used ducting to cool front brakes. Make a box to sit on top of front ashtray for oil pressure and temperature gauges and a digital clock. The front seats are very comfy, so comfy that I put a set from a crashed metro into a kit car I built a few years later.

I loved the look of the mini-metro era metros, far cooler than the later ones in my book. I always thought the front looked quite aggressive on these!

Great video, thanks for taking the time to make and upload it!

[pushbikeman]

I bought a 1989 TURBO in 1990 in😃 British racing green with the skirting and large MG logo transfer on the door it was a great drive and brilliant in snow. Thanks for the video!

[gcfcos]

Loved my metros back in the 90s. Great video.

[automotivel]

I used to work for Kenning's may have even work or PDi'd those cars. I also had one of first MG Maestro's 1.6 R series, which i tuned up (after attending the Rover advanced carburation course) then got Company MG Montego Turbo - absolutely frightening to drive, the torque steer to right was ferocious, you had to turn wheel left while accelerating, then if you let off throttle, car turned left.

[CraigMilesYoutube]

I bought a 10 year old 1985 MG Metro back in the 90's (early mk2). Absolutely rotten underneath, as had previously lived by the sea) but I loved it that much, I welded in new sills and some of the floor, and restored it.

Boy was it fun to drive!

[timseymour]

I know the story of A329 SGN. Couldn't believe it when I saw this. It was owned for about 20 years by a elderly man, when he died his wife became the legal owner. I bought it on ebay from a dealer in Epson for £1300. My kids loved it and called in Lightening McQueen. We relocated from Loughborough to Bucks and it was dry stored for several years. I then sold it as it wasn't being used and I had a mk2 Golf GTI. I wish I still had it now! Great to see it again. Well done great video.

[danz]

My Dad had that car, same colour everything.I stole the red Mg 1300 and took it for a tour around the north of Scotland when my Dad was in London.The only problem it had was the electrics would cut out, everything on the dashboard and lights but the car would keep going.You just gave it a slap on top of the dash board and it would be normal again.Great little car to drive.

[fergy]

That brought back memories only new car I ever had was a MG Metro Turbo exactly the same colour as the one you have there. Great little car.