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Bought a Rover 75
britishtrident - 4/6/05 at 03:16 PM

Just bought an immaculate 14 month old 75 1.8 Club for 8k 12,000 miles on clock with 3 year warranty and free servicing thrown in -- can't be bad.

[Edited on 4/6/05 by britishtrident]

ray.h. - 4/6/05 at 03:58 PM

Hope that isn,t the Rover own warranty and service deal cos it isn,t worth a the paper its written on. But i must admit there are some great bargains to be had on nearly new and new Rovers.My son works for a Ford and Rover dealer and they are selling new cars at half price.
Very tempting.....

britishtrident - 4/6/05 at 04:03 PM

Dealers warranty --- he had lots of pre-registered MGTF at around 11k

stephen_gusterson - 4/6/05 at 10:41 PM

isnt the 1.8 the exploding K series derivative, same as used in the freelander, that blows head gaskets?

Still, sounds a good deal!

You can always buy an independent warranty.....


atb

steve

Hellfire - 4/6/05 at 11:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
isnt the 1.8 the exploding K series derivative, same as used in the freelander, that blows head gaskets?

Still, sounds a good deal!

You can always buy an independent warranty.....


atb

steve


1.8 - yes it is... this is a major contributor to Rover's final downfall - purely due to the litigation and constant denial by Rover that there was a problem. Still, nice to know the directors are financially secure!

Dare say you can buy an independant warranty for a princley sum

Liam - 5/6/05 at 12:36 AM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Bought a Rover 75


Oh my god I'm so sorry How on earth did the scammers trick someone as clued up as you? Can the police do anything? What is this world coming to...

Liam

britishtrident - 8/6/05 at 02:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
isnt the 1.8 the exploding K series derivative, same as used in the freelander, that blows head gaskets?

Still, sounds a good deal!

You can always buy an independent warranty.....


atb

steve


1.8 - yes it is... this is a major contributor to Rover's final downfall - purely due to the litigation and constant denial by Rover that there was a problem. Still, nice to know the directors are financially secure!

Dare say you can buy an independant warranty for a princley sum



Only difference bewteen a 1.6 and 1.8 engine k series is the crankshaft, pistons, conrods and flywheel, clutch and throttlebody -- all the rest cylinder block, cylinder head cylinder liners and gaskets are exactly the same parts.

[Edited on 8/6/05 by britishtrident]

donut - 8/6/05 at 03:54 PM

I had a Rover 75 1.8 club for 3 years (from new) and it was superb, very comfy and not too slow considering the engine and size of car (and driver )

The only thing i was unhappy with was the paint as it scratch very easily. Apart from that it was top.

Enjoy your BMW yes you will see BMW stamped all over the place