Rover 420, 83,000 miles, £550, good deal?

LandyAndy

Avoriaz wrote: »

The vendor says it is mechanically sound but the bodywork is a bit marked. We aren't too bothered about looks if it is reliable.

A bit?:rotfl:

I wonder what the other side looks like?

Interesting name the dealer has, Vehicle Funding Solutions Ltd.

Could be a decent runabout and cheap enough to throw away when something goes wrong.

harveybobbles

I'd rather have Chlamydia than a Rover...

pendulum

harveybobbles wrote: »

I'd rather have Chlamydia than a Rover...

I've had both in the past and I agree with you that the Chlamydia's alot better

forgotmyname

Why does the bonnet appear to be open at the side and not the front?

Has it been crashed & repaired cheaply?

colino

Its an unpopular car in a bad colour that is way overpriced. Spend your money wisely elsewhere.

blued

I'd stick with the 3 types of car you were thinking about originally. Reliable and Rover dont go together at this age. It also looks like a bit of a wreck with misaligned panels and a big dent in the front bumper.

LandyAndy

forgotmyname wrote: »

Why does the bonnet appear to be open at the side and not the front?

Has it been crashed & repaired cheaply?

Probably not unconnected with the big dent in the front.

Avoriaz

Thanks for all the replies.

I went to see it this morning.

The guys selling it seem ok. They are a leasing company with rented/leased premises locally so that perhaps offers a bit more confidence and security than a private seller does. They do offer a warranty although how sound that might be could be debateable.

The car looks about what I expected. The bodywork is ok. Apart from a damaged drivers door mirror, the front bumper area dent and a misaligned bonnet panel, it looks good for its age. It clearly has had a bump at the front but there is nothing to suggest anything particularly serious.

The engine looks ok, no dirtier than I would expect for a 13 year old car.

It drives smoothly with no obvious problems. The air con doesn’t appear to work; maybe it just needs regassing; maybe something more major. The tyres are new with decent wheels. It is clean inside with no more wear than is to be expected for the mileage.

Overall I think it is genuine in terms of mileage etc. I just need to be satisfied that it is mechanically sound and the engine has plenty of life in it.

I’m going to take a more knowledgeable friend along to give it a more thorough check and maybe offer £450 and negotiate from there.

It is better than anything else I have seen for similar money although I haven't been looking for long.

somech

its a px so put the size 12s on be brave and start at £250 if you really want it

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with all the problems you have described, i would say it's worth 250 quid at the most, the damage it has, would write the car off.

i personaly wouldn't pay more than 100 quid scrap value for it