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Originally posted by qprdude:
Find me one then Bamford, I will be eternally greatful.

Loads on A T.

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Originally posted by DIY or Die:
Hi there,

I'm thinking of buying a Rover 75, seems like you get a lot of car for your money.

What advice would you give me?

Here's some advice: don't bother. Rover went belly up for a good reason.

There's lots better for the money. Try a Mondeo instead, superb car.

A Mondeo is a "Euro-box".
Rover went belly up because of crap management and couldn't care less workforce.
Doesn't make it a bad car, and at least it is a car.

The 4.6 is a great used buy.

pile of shite. and certainly avoid anything with a k-series you'll regret it....

Buy a 220 coupe turbo instead!

I wonder if any of the crude comments on the Rover 75 come from anyone who has owned or driven one. Or are they from people who believe everything the read in the motoring journals, and what their mates say down the pub?

Their used prices make them a lot of car for the money. The 4.6 V8 is a terrific buy.

Wish I could afford to run one Bamford, the road tax alone would cripple me.

My old man ran a 1.8 Club from new for a year or two, 51-plate as I recall. Lovely car, the ride was incredibly supple, best I've ever experienced from a standard spring suspension set-up. Of course, the handling wasn't up to rallying, but that's not what it was about. Build quality was more than acceptable, and there were no head gasket issues in that time. If you didn't mind the retro styling, and preferred wafting to sprinting, then these were an excellent buy at the time, think the old fella paid 12k or thereabouts for his, which was bog standard Mondeo money at the time. Lot of car for the money then, even better now if you find a good 'un.

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Originally posted by qprdude:
I wonder if any of the crude comments on the Rover 75 come from anyone who has owned or driven one. Or are they from people who believe everything the read in the motoring journals, and what their mates say down the pub?

You've hit the nail right on the head. The K series is a great engine if only you treat it as recommended.

Cheers, I'm quite fond of retro styling (hence the S type) but comments like "pile of shite" with no qualifying arguements, is a bit juvenile and uninformed for my taste.

The K Series engine only becomes pants when tuned to high levels.

Thanks for the info, some usefull stuff regarding engine and model types. Using this feedback to start my research I feel i'm weell across the range/oprions/price variations and can "take on " any spiel a dealer may give me.

Further to my first post;

what about the 2nd hand dealer market in terms of mark up, what can they afford to drop and what about a warranty/ extended warranty, is it worth having?

Got a call from a dealer today. He has a 2.0 CDTI Connoiseur SE, fully loaded coming in later this week. He wants around £7500.
I think I might be persuaded to go for it. Only 24000 on the clock and its a 2004 with a 54 plate.

A LOT of car for the money.

There's one for sale near me on a 'V' plate for £1195! (private)

I have just traded my Rover 620SDi for a 2000 Rover 75CDT Classic SE. Very pleased so far

Enjoy!
I have a new 1098s, Lancer, btw.

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Originally posted by petrol_blue:
There's one for sale near me on a 'V' plate for £1195! (private)

Saw it again yesterday and it's trade. It was parked on the street outside a dealer. Even more incredible value then!

Hi DIY or Die,
To answer your question on warranty, to be honest i personally believe they are not worth the paper they are written on. You can go back to the seller upto 6months after the purchase, if things are going wrong with the car that really shouldnt after such a short time. Im not talking about a bulb blowing, which yes we have had in the past
I think rovers are a fantasic car, which is why that is all we deal in. Me and my husband know them intimitaly, having done repairs when mindless youths pull wing mirrors off etc. People who sell them cheap are either desperate for a sale, or they dont hold the Rover 75 in the high standing that it really does deserve. It is a stunning car, they do stand out, they dont seem to age. My personal car is indeed a Rover 75 and i wouldnt change it for the world, well unless i got a very good offer for it
As for your second point of mark up, i dont really understand how it works, but we all need to make a profit, but some i think are a bit over the top. I think most people will drop a few hundred. After all a sale is sale, when all said and done, and if there isnt a loss then everyone wins, dont they?

I bought one in feb 2006 on ebay from a dealer who specialised in ex lease hire cars, it's a 51 plate (dec 2001) conn se cdt and had 113,500 on the clock when I bought it, it now has 148,000 on the clock, as far as I am concerned it's the best car I have ever had, I smile everytime I get in it, the Diesel is the BMW engine and Rover "borrowed" the Z axle from BMW, look on the rover owners website and gen up first (google it) you wont find a crowd more helpful, there is a member on there that has done nearly 300,000 miles in his and you might notice that a lot of taxi drivers are getting them, would they buy a dodgy motor?

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Originally posted by the Grumpy one:
you might notice that a lot of taxi drivers are getting them, would they buy a dodgy motor?

Judging from the number of Peugeot 406's with damaged suspension that are currently serving as taxis I'd have to question that logic.

Although every review I've read tells me that the 75 is a good motor. I wouldn't have one myself but then I don't need anything that big. For a man on a budget looking for a semi-luxurious car that will fit the whole family in without the astronomical servicing costs of a BMW or the like...I really can't think of anything better.

So you have not had one then?

And I think your last paragraph says it all!

Grumpy.

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Originally posted by the Grumpy one:
So you have not had one then?

As I said, I don't need anything that big but plenty of people who've got one seem to like them.

Unfortunately Rover got a very poor reputation thanks to their continual rehashing of the 400 and 200. Both were very good cars when they were originally conceived but were completely outclassed by the end of their production runs.

The 75 was a new product, the kind of thing Rover ought to have been producing all along, it had money thrown at it by BMW and it was very well received at launch. Thanks to Rover going belly up your average 75 represents a bargain. You just have to make sure you don't get an "end of Rover special".