britishtrident
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| posted on 27/7/12 at 02:52 PM |
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City Rover --- gonnay no gonnay no
This week a mate was offered an immaculate very low mileage City Rover at a very very low price and ask me to do some research, it turns out the
parts situation in th UK for these is non-existant............ really nothing is available much beyond brake pads and other service parts. Even
OEM style brake hoses cannot be found.
I am really quite surprised as XPart promised to continue parts support
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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perksy
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| posted on 27/7/12 at 03:05 PM |
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Did they ever sell enough of them to warrant continued parts supply ?
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britishtrident
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| posted on 27/7/12 at 03:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by perksy
Did they ever sell enough of them to warrant continued parts supply ?
Actually quite a few around but you don't see many on the the road cos the type of buyers were oldies that do only 500 miles a year ....
I jest not I know of 2 with less than 3,000 miles on the clock.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Davey D
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| posted on 27/7/12 at 03:33 PM |
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Arent they just a re-badged TATA ?
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britishtrident
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| posted on 27/7/12 at 04:06 PM |
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yes Tata to any chance of keeping them on the road
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 27/7/12 at 05:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
yes Tata to any chance of keeping them on the road
Boom tish !!
I'm here all week, try the fish 
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 27/7/12 at 05:45 PM |
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Caterpillar bought the rights to all Rover parts after they slid beneath the waves
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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britishtrident
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| posted on 27/7/12 at 06:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
Caterpillar bought the rights to all Rover parts after they slid beneath the waves
Sold long before the crash Catepilar logistic were sold the rights to form what is now Xpart ---- asset stripping or what?
History repeating I can remember when Unipart was sold off.
[Edited on 27/7/12 by britishtrident]
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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smart51
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| posted on 27/7/12 at 08:05 PM |
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It's mostly a Tata Indica but with body and trim changes to Roverise it. It might be worth seeing if eBay can get you tata parts posted from
India.
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froggy
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| posted on 27/7/12 at 08:32 PM |
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i had to skim the discs on the one i used to look after plus the fuel rail rotted from the inside out wrecking the injectors ,utter guff and cant be
cheap enough , injectors were £600 for 4 so i literally hammered a set from a 1.4 k series in to keep it going
[IMG]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r187/froggy_0[IMG]
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myke pocock
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| posted on 27/7/12 at 09:45 PM |
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Check this one out and look at the 5th photo!!!
2005 ROVER CITYROVER SOLO SILVER spares or repairs 30.000 miles mot | eBay
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steve m
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| posted on 28/7/12 at 01:22 AM |
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hahaha pic 5 !!
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britishtrident
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| posted on 28/7/12 at 07:22 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
hahaha pic 5 !!
Note also perfect hand print it has propbably been pushed more miles than it has been driven.
Mental note not to push a City Rover by the tail gate.
[Edited on 28/7/12 by britishtrident]
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
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dhutch
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| posted on 28/7/12 at 09:19 AM |
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Presumably, 'revised suspension' or not you should be able to get any parts you need from Tata? Dont know what there UK parts base is like
but you can probably get them shipped over for a reasonable price. Having been to Pune a few weeks ago, theres certainly enough of them out in india,
along side the zuc swifts and motorbikes.
Daniel
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