Getting out of MGDom

Folks, I am writing to let everyone know that I am leaving MGDom. My wife and I suffered a rather grave personal tragedy last year. Much as I love the car, I no longer have the desire to keep the car. I just don't feel like working on it or driving it. It has spent most of this year in the garage. The car is to decent to be kept, but not driven. I am going to put the car and all of my MG stuff up for sale.

I have really enjoyed lurking and posting out here and will probably lurk once in a while. Best Regards To All for your patience with me and thanks for all of your help!

John
I am sorry to hear that you and your wife have suffered any form of personal tragedy and without knowing what (or wanting to know what) it was I can only offer my sympathy and hope that in time all becomes well.

As for leaving MGDom, well that happens from time to time and for many varied reasons. I'm sure that all here would agree with me when I say Dont be a stranger, drop in and let us know how you are going every so often.

Just remember you might leave MGDom BUT does MGDom ever really leave you. Either way you'll always find a welcome here..

John, Simon has eloquently expressed my thoughts also.

Best wishes.

Mine too, especially so since my presence in MGdom was precipitated by my father's death. The small inheritance allowed me to buy the car that was the source of most of the spare engine and transmission for our current car. We now refer to the engine as "Stanley"!

Best wishes and good luck.

John...hate to hear about your situation...Jerri & I just went through her mother's lingering death...we'll think about you...

...now, as for leaving MG-dom: you can sell the cars & parts but you can't leave....as I say about MG-dom on <http://www.theAutoist.com>:

You can't get there via any scheduled airline. It doesn't occupy a physical piece of Terra Firma (though the Conch Republic at least has Margaritaville as its capital). You don't usually have a choice in whether or not you're going though some have voluntarily entered our realm.
While citizenship in MG-dom is usually preordained with most of us born members, some of us do convert to MG-dom later in life. And, while there are spouses or family members out there who call it an affliction, I call citizenship in MG-dom a blessing!!
Accept it: YOU ARE AN MG-O-PHILE!!
Say it out loud:   I AM AN MG-O-PHILE!!
Say it again:   I AM AN MG-O-PHILE!!
One more time: I AM AN MG-O-PHILE!!
Now, doesn't that make you feel better? 
And, once you've said it out loud for the winds to hear, it's easier to completely cross over to our realm. So, now that you've accepted your fate: how do you become a full-fledged citizen of this new nether-world you've finally accepted as your destiny??
MG-dom settles over a person in one of 2 ways: it grows slowly over a period of time from the age of enlightenment; or, in one nano-second you're smacked in the head with a sports car lusting. Either way, without conscious thought you enter. And, whichever way you get here, the transition is immediate and complete.  
You don't do anything. You have no power to resist.  And, citizenship is irrevocable.  

john my thoughts are with you and your family-----steve