A Sign of Old Age

Smokin Joe
Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
edited August 2010 in The bottom bracket
I've just bought a Rover :(

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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    A dog or an Irish itinerant?
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  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    I hope it's not a dog, it cost me a fortune (£350).
  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    When I was 21 (1989) we bought two identical new Rovers for my first business. One was great and did 40k miles in the first year, the other fell to bits with 1/4 the miles. What model did you buy?
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  • bexley5200
    bexley5200 Posts: 692
    your eyesight goes you spend alot of time just sitting and you buy a kia im very sad
    going downhill slowly
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    unixnerd wrote:
    When I was 21 (1989) we bought two identical new Rovers for my first business. One was great and did 40k miles in the first year, the other fell to bits with 1/4 the miles. What model did you buy?
    R reg 200, 110k on the clock and very clean. Got to get the coolant changed Friday, these things are notorious for blowing head gaskets.
  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    The only Rover to have is a P6 V8..... ;)
  • 1footedninja
    1footedninja Posts: 269
    thinking of getting myself a MARS ROVER

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  • andy162
    andy162 Posts: 634
    softlad wrote:
    The only Rover to have is a P6 V8..... ;)

    ...Coupe, that or a SD1 V8 Vitesse.
  • john-e-big-guns
    john-e-big-guns Posts: 489
    My next door neighbour as had Rover's for years and swear's by them...the language from his garage is appalling
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  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    softlad wrote:
    The only Rover to have is a P6 V8..... ;)
    and they still p*ss oil everywhere !!

    is there a Rover V8 on the planet that doesn't leak oil from somewhere ?
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  • Sirius631
    Sirius631 Posts: 991
    I'm on my third consecutive Rover. My 'J' 200 bent valves after a bust cam belt @ 140,000. I fixed it and sold it to a neighbour. I crashed my 'T' 400 :( and my 'Y' 45 is going strong and about to pass 100,000. All these had great boot space into which I could put my bike with just the wheels removed. Anything else of the same size would require the back seats to be dropped.

    Before I bought my first Rover I had a 'D' Ford Sierra, after which I swore never to buy a Ford ever again.
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  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    MattC59 wrote:
    softlad wrote:
    The only Rover to have is a P6 V8..... ;)
    and they still p*ss oil everywhere !!

    is there a Rover V8 on the planet that doesn't leak oil from somewhere ?
    thats american v8's for you.
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    a_n_t Posts: 2,011
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  • invincible
    invincible Posts: 154
    my dad has a rover :P
  • Redmog
    Redmog Posts: 50
    The Rover V8 in my car doesn't seem to leak oil. They do run with positive crank case pressure tho, so any oil mist will get blown out of the breather - but this should be connected to the carb and burnt.

    I know nothing about the fuel injected ones, a bit too new for me . . .
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  • Mr_Cellophane
    Mr_Cellophane Posts: 690
    I had a 414 for 3 months as a company car. I used to drive to Bracknell from the M25 J29 every day. I did 13k miles while I had it. Very comfortable seats, but it got very noisy over 60 and at 80+ it gave me a head ache by the time I got home.

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