quote:

Originally posted by queenjane:
I just like to argue......its fun thinking up educated waffle when one knows absolutely nothing about the subject.....you lot call it 'left-fielding?'

I think its those dope-smoking communists again!

quote:

Originally posted by rja1980:

quote:

Originally posted by queenjane:
I just like to argue......its fun thinking up educated waffle when one knows absolutely nothing about the subject.....you lot call it 'left-fielding?'

I think its those dope-smoking communists again!

glue sniffin's as old as the hills...in my young days, building plastic kits was the pastime of choice...locked away in one's bedroom, with tubes of evostik and plastic cement?

then there's building balsa gliders?

coating tissue wings with dope?

It is also a PROVEN FACT that the 75 has one of the best rides in levels of comfort of any car on the road! Like I say a proven fact.


Re: this. Of ANY car on the road? You are PROPERLY winding me up. Thats never right.

http://www.whatcar.co.uk/car-review-readers.aspx?RT=190

They all seem to like them.

yup...reviews written on the parkers price guide site seem to point to the same conclusion..not a bad old bus, reliable, comfy...good car....

quote:

Originally posted by MG Valeter.:

quote:

Originally posted by biggbn:
....they laughed their heads off till they were flooring their 16v golf or astra up the road and a maestro turbo came past em as if they were static....0-60 in 6.7 secs standard...and all the torque steer ya can imagine.......where are they now..fastest egg crate ever made...

I"ve just got one -- Pick it up tommorow!
As you say very very quick, this one 200BHP.
Maestro Turbo = At time of production was the fastest hot hatch in the world!Up in the league of supercars. Problem was cheap Polish Steel lead to corrosion.

I remember some programme with Mr J Clarkson - I think it was Clarkson's Motor Years - with a Maestro Turbo on it. In a straight line it exceptionally fast, but when it came to stopping they had to do several takes of the same shot as the Maestro would just sail by in a cloud of rubber smoke.

I used to share a house with someone who had a Maestro, we called it the 'ar$e maestro' due to product in a certain type of specialist mail order booklet we were sent once.

quote:

Originally posted by reason:
http://www.whatcar.co.uk/car-review-readers.aspx?RT=190

They all seem to like them.

70,000 miles in 5 years is nothing

..for you bro...average mileage for private punters between 10 and 12 k a year......

Yes true but a car ought to be free of trouble after 70k miles

Try doing 200,000 in a 75. It wont do 200.000 miles.

as iv already posted mate, i personally know of two delighted 75 owners who have clocked up well over a hundred thousand miles each with no problems and no indication that they wont keep on truckin.....most modern cars will be more than capable of this feat, its no longer remarkable....

...and indeed a lot of old cars too. Back in the mists of time I had a 1974 Mini 1000 with 100k on the clock still going strong with no smoke from the trusty A series. Admittedly I wouldn't want to drive 100k miles in a Mini!

...owned a 290k volvo amazon estate.....

One thing this long thread proves is that the Rover brand still genrates passionate debate. What a tradegy the P4 could not exploit that by bringing RDX60 to market and then using that as a beech head to expand from.

As for the City Rover; it should have carried an Austin badge and of been £1500 cheaper.
As a cheap hack it was OK.

quote:

As a cheap hack it was OK.

yoho...absolutely agree...it's all it was ever MEANT to be......but, probably because of the 'Rover' badging...it got itself blown-up out of all proportion int something else...something it was never meant to be.


it SHOULD have been priced to compete with perodua...or was it a case of even Rover marketing men not taken the malaysian company seriously?


Kelissa....nearest modern equivalent to the old mini in ALL respects?

"As for the City Rover; it should have carried an Austin badge and of been £1500 cheaper.
As a cheap hack it was OK."

Very true. I guess maybe they were afraid they would be accused of too much badge engineering.

quote:

Originally posted by reason:
"As for the City Rover; it should have carried an Austin badge and of been £1500 cheaper.
As a cheap hack it was OK."

Very true. I guess maybe they were afraid they would be accused of too much badge engineering.

they pitched the cityrover too high, should have been priced the same as the [also indian built] suzuki alto <£6K -- at least you'll be able to gets bits for the cityrover engine easily, being peugeot based.

just because the 75 had a few [very little]BMW parts dont mean its any good. just look at the British Leyland 800 with its 2.5/2.7 honda engine.

Can't polish a t*rd, etc.

..still maintain it wasnt a BAD car when it was current ie late eighties...it was just allowed to soldier on far too long as is the norm in britain till it became a laughing stock in the late ninties.....people laugh at the japanese and germans for introducing new models every 4 years or so...they do this 'cos that is how quickly the industry advances...stand still too long and you will loose to much ground to your competitors and...well, bye bye rover..says it all.....

quote:

Originally posted by Mind blowing decisions:
just because the 75 had a few [very little]BMW parts dont mean its any good. just look at the British Leyland 800 with its 2.5/2.7 honda engine.

Can't polish a t*rd, etc.

What's a British Leyland 800?

quote:

Originally posted by reason:
What's a British Leyland 800?

the honda based car that was introduced in mid '80s to replace [british leyland] rover sd1 - 800 was not a real rover so why call it one

True.
But then the BMW Mini is not a real Mini so why call it one?

I wonder if NSB ever did buy a 75??

quote:

Originally posted by kalvaza:
Well, is a BMW Mini not a real Mini at all? I don't think so. Sure, it's made by BMW and it's german and expensive and has pulled BMW out of failure but I wouldn't say it doesn't keep the basic Mini spirit going. In my eyes it's a Mini with BMW quality...and an outrageously expensive options list.

the car that does THAT is the perodua kelissa

my wee 100 quid domino does a good impression too...much the same dimensions, same capacity 850cc engine, same foot to the floor everywhere hilarity...slightly less refined chassis certainly, but fun...

The BMW MINI may not be a true successor to the original in terms of size, but in desirability (for certain people) it has hit the spot just like the original did in its early days. With various safety features required for modern cars, the new MINI could never be the size of the original.

One of the MINIs positive attributes is that it is a classless car - when you see a top spec MINI, the driver could either be paying it off on finance, or be a millionaire. You wouldn't know. Also, many celebrities own BMW MINIs and seem proud of the fact – this does the brand no harm at all.

I can't see anyone wanting to own a Perodua Kelissa. They are cheaply made imports with no residual value at all.