Why buy a Rover?

agw_01 said:
No idea actually. Guess I was just being cautious :)

jamoor, good one for quoting it :D
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Ah I see, ****** ****** eggs ******* darth vader? ***ing ***** :rolleyes: ***** lol mate ******* **** ***** was very very very drunk at the time.
 
We've only had one modern Rover. A Sterling, with a Honda 2.7 V6.

Ironically it blew a head gasket.

But anyway, it was slow, not particular comfortable, badly built, rattled, suffered numerous problems, and depreciated by a shocking amount.

And it was gold :cool:

:D

But I haven't let this tarnish my view. Good and bad for each manufacturer exist :)
 
Lashout_UK said:
We've only had one modern Rover. A Sterling, with a Honda 2.7 V6.

Ironically it blew a head gasket.

But anyway, it was slow, not particular comfortable, badly built, rattled, suffered numerous problems, and depreciated by a shocking amount.

And it was gold :cool:

:D

But I haven't let this tarnish my view. Good and bad for each manufacturer exist :)
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was that a mk1 800? They were considered very bad...
 
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No, that was the hideous thing! Gives me nightmares thinking about it now!

Bought it from auction, it cut out on the motorway doing 70mph on the way back, pulled over then it restarted :eek:
 
:( But that's a nice car.

D4VE, I think the Mk1's were known for electrical problems yep. They had the M series engine which AFAIK, as good as the T's.
 
Didnt that have the early KV6 which had headgasket problems?

Surely if it had the Honda lump it wouldnt have had head gasket failure.
 
m series are generlly stronger than t's. thats why t series tubby lads fit m series rods and pistons into t series block.

im fairly sure scott(on rt) runs his m series tubby at 18/19psi.
 
agw_01 said:
Sorry, but what a stupid thing to say :D

SgtTupac had a 216 GSi... Honda engine... guess what? It suffered HGF :p
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Oh I dont mean its not possible, but 99% of HGF in Rovers is because its got a Rover engine :)
Therefore, if someone has a Rover and the Headgasket goes, Im going to assume it has a Rover (not Honda) engine.
Now assumption is not always a good thing, but most of the time I'd be right ;)

EDIT Just read the 2.7 was honda, crikey, what causes the HGF, the Rover badge.
 
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D4VE said:
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EDIT Just read the 2.7 was honda, crikey, what causes the HGF, the Rover badge....
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Ah, so when a Rover engined car has a head gasket failure, its due to bad engineering by Rover, but when a Honda engined Rover has it, its also down to Rover?
 
I haven't read though the entire thread properly, so my apologies if I'm rehashing anything that has already been said here.

Although I have made the obligitary HG jokes in the other therad, I actually think the older Rovers are great bang-per-buck, especially the turbo varients.

This makes me laugh though:

a scoob beater for under £2500
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Yes they are good bang-per-back, but lets not get carried away. Come on, by your own figures it only 'beats' the Impreza in one particular situation.

In all other real-world situations the Impreza will tear it a new one. I'd love to see a standard Rover 220-T take a b-road blast like an Impreza.
 
rubbish.

Other than the 0-60 the scoob does not "tear it a new one".

The top speed is higher too, as some impreza models topped out before 150mph.

So scoob beater it is !

DOnt forget there are lots of different scoobs, the older ones, the WRX, etc.

So many different performances. a lot of them are inferior to the rover.

If you compare age to age, the Rover craps all over it.
 
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with a Honda 2.7 V6.

Ironically it blew a head gasket.
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Please note my use of the word 'ironically' there, if anyones picking on me :p


No, it wasn't a nice car, it was hideous! Barge like, vomit inducing, ugly and unattractive! :(
 
rcrossco_1 said:
rubbish.

Other than the 0-60 the scoob does not "tear it a new one".

The top speed is higher too, as some impreza models topped out before 150mph.

So scoob beater it is !
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On real roads (not M/way's and dead straight roads), and (I hate to say this) on 'twisties' (cringe), the Impreza will kill it. TBH top speed doesn't really matter does it?

The Impreza is a faster point-to-point car. Fact.
 
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Thats why dexy said a standard one, then you could say upgrade the scoobys setup then it would still rip it a new hole, its a simple fact get over it.
 
rcrossco_1 said:
Not when the suspension on the rover has been replaced with real suspension.

Ie, Coilovers, or Koni's.
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Comparing modified to standard is completely pointless. You said it's an 'Impreza Beater'. As standard, it isn't.

And yes, you could do that to a Rover, but do the same to the Impreza and the Rover is left for dust again.
 
rcrossco_1 said:
Not when the suspension on the rover has been replaced with real suspension.

Ie, Coilovers, or Koni's.
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Not Rover then is it smart arse :D You can throw money at a Rover and make it handle like a dream but with very few OEM parts its hardly down to Rover that the car rocks.

Cant see any production rover's beating a scooby tbh
 
Firestar_3x, looking at your sig, you do realise that the Betamax format was in many ways superior to the VHS format that became the standard?

;)
 
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