Am I too young for a Rover 75?

[Scottland]

I'm having a browse around at sub £4k diesels and I keep coming back to these.

I've never really bothered with them, but you seem to get a hell of a lot for your money, and there also seems to be a massive selection of them.

For my money, I reckon I could get a 2001/2002 75 CDT in a variety of trims for <£3500. Hmmm

Am I insane to be thinking of one of these? I'm 23 this year

Is there anything drastically wrong with them, aside from the old man stigma?

 

[Scottland]

No, they're a bargain at the minute, if I needed a second car I'd snap one up! (I'm 22)

Exactly my thoughts, do seem to be at really good prices at the moment and lots of places also seem to be keen to get rid of them, so there could be deals to be had.

I don't really mind the image problem tbh it's only for the trip to work and back, and from what I've heard they're just like driving a sofa on wheels .

Plus, if I can get one cheap enough, it could leave an option open for a 'fun' car

 

[Scottland]

There's one not too far from work, price is a bit much for what it is, but I might arrange a drive.

I think all the CDT diesel engines are BMW ones, but not 100% sure on that. What are they like parts wise?

 

[Scottland]

I had one for a year until recently.
First things first, absolutely RUBBISH sports car. Once you've got past that, awesome.
45mpg, the diesel engine is a 2ltr BM unit, in two states of tune i.e. lethargic and very lethargic. The engine is not perfect at standstill as it shakes the car a little (no worse than most diesels though), once on the move, VERY quiet, relaxed and easy to deal with. Will cruise all day long at more than adequate speeds.
The right spec is the Con, which has cruise control, full leather, heated seats, split climate control, a good Alpine sourced CD stacker etc etc. The suspension is definitely NOT setup like most german cars. I find a lot of BMs and Audis seem to like shaking your teeth out to prove it's a "sports saloon". The 75 is NOT like that. Instead is nearly well controlled, and setup to be comfortable over roads that you'd be sick on if in an Audi.
If you want something cheap to run and VERY comfortable, but don't care about being a hooligan occasionally, I struggle to think of a better car for the money.

Hope that helps.
BTW, in the year that I owned the car, NOTHING went wrong on mine and it was a pleasure to own.
Only swapped to an MX5 because I fancied being a bit of a nutter again.

Cheers for the input. Which variant did you own?

I'm not worried at all about behaving like a nutter in it, it'll just be for cruising on a motorway.

The trim level I'd really want is the Connoisseur, do you know what else the Connoisseur SE has (if any)? Also, was cruise standard on the con's?


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[Scottland]

Cheers for all the info guys, and thanks for the specs of the Conn SE. I'll try and find one local