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That's not a Nurburgring sticker on the back is it?
It has a laguna front splitter too. Mega downfoce for all those torqs y0.
New, immensely boring and dull car. The joys of moving out!
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It has a laguna front splitter too. Mega downfoce for all those torqs y0.
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[TW]Fox;17112013 said:
First of all, lose the attitude. There really is no need to be quite so condescensing is there?
In your post you made it sound like I'd got another 400. If you'd been in a ZS you'd appreciate it is a different car to the 400, I have owned both. The ZS is pretty damn useless at everything in diesel form, it's noisy, not too quick and bits fall off regularly.
At least 400s were quiet (more sound deadening) and put together a little bit better.
Also, the 600 has a lot of sound deadening, suspension optimised for long journeys and a 'box with ratios to make cruising at 'swift' speeds easy and quiet.
I personally know the owner of the vehicle, and he's had it for 3 years. He didn't particularly want to get rid of it, I swapped it for the Ti.
Well done for demonstrating you know nothing about these cars. There are several people with well over 200k on these cars, and they go about their business just as everyone else does. They have the body of the Honda Accord with an immensely reliable and efficient engine, combined with a pretty reliable drivetrain.
I'm by no means making this out to be a super-awesome-BMW-beater, but for the price I paid (swapped for the Ti which was for sale at £500) it's a nice, reliable cruiser.
I had a Rover 400 for a few weeks, I try to forget it but it was a company car and if I am honest when it was new it actually felt nicer to drive than the Vauxhall equivalent of the time, though that was not hard. The interior was bloody awful though with horrid plastics and terrible colours but I recall it being quite a smooth car to drive...in the it's day. Having said this I have driven loads of them and arguably one of the worst cars I ever drove was the 600. Wooden personified but hey, if you like it as a Rovi fan and have plans to run it on lard fair enough....can I have your chips?
Err, I manage it
Is that Kinversand (or whatever it's called?). Looks really smart. I like the lip spoiler. I can kind of forgive you for getting rid of the Ti now that I've seen this.
Sorry, I'm going to have to nit pick on this one.
An immensely reliable engine? It uses exactly the same lump as the ZS and from memory, didn't you crack the head on that?
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We told you this, constantly. You ALWAYS denied it. Pattern emerging here?
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[TW]Fox;17114132 said:
What is your problem today? Jeez!
'My MG ZS is amazing!'
'No its not'
'Yes it is YOU DONT GET IT'
'Oh ok actually it was terrible'.
No?
As for moving out when you earn that wage, where are you renting, buckingham bloody palace or does your girlfriend have no job?
Rent is mega cheap up north, I can't see your combined household bills being much more than £1000-1100 which split 50/50 would leave you with £600+ a month to spend on other stuff......
You can notify the hmrc you are using cooking oil as fuel, i'd like to see the stats on people who actually do this though lol
MW
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No tax on less than a certain usage per year. You declare it and pay the tax (if any).
I guess this is a reasonable buy if you like Rovers and want to reduce costs vs the 600 Ti. They are both probably as reliable as each other (whether that's good or not), but the veg oil diesel should have fuel costs between 1/3 and 1/2 of the Ti.
Hope it works out.
Hope it works out.
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Err, I manage it
Is that Kinversand (or whatever it's called?). Looks really smart. I like the lip spoiler. I can kind of forgive you for getting rid of the Ti now that I've seen this.
Sorry, I'm going to have to nit pick on this one.
An immensely reliable engine? It uses exactly the same lump as the ZS and from memory, didn't you crack the head on that?
Yes, it's Kinversand
The head cracked because I didn't use enough antifreeze in winter.
[TW]Fox;17114132 said:
It drives well, that's it's saving grace. They got the handling right, it's a shame the engine is more suited to a canal boat... yes it's the same one as in the 600 but I think that qualifies as a boat
I'm not going to aimlessly defend something that's poo, but I've just got back from a 1,000 mile roadtrip to Land's End in this 600 diesel and it wasn't half bad, also got 50mpg on fuel that cost me 60p / litre.
I'd drive any shed for 100mpg.
I've had worse cars. I'm guessing the insurance is dirt cheap. If running on veg oil doesn't cause you any issues and you know how to fix any Rover-related 'features' yourself, it seems like you've got "motoring on a shoestring" pretty much sorted .
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