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

motorguy

somech wrote: »

daft thing is they were 5 series money:eek:

still at least they came with a free blanket and flat cap:)

Car for car they were never 'five series money'

In 2004 the Rover 75 range went from £16K to £30K. £30K would have got you the specialist mustang engined v8 RWD variant.

Five Series BMW range started at £25925 and went to £51020 in the same year.

The Mondeo range went from £14K to £25K.

You would have got little off the BMW but you'd have got an easy 20% off the Rover.

So basically you were getting an upmarket car for the price of a repmobile Mondeo.

motorguy

Kilty wrote: »

Surely there are a few in breakers yards by now? :-\

+1

I cant see any 10 year old car owner buying brand new trim parts, so why would 'not being able to buy new parts be a problem with a rover? If they're as unreliable as people say they are, there'll be lots in scrap yards won't there?

Paradigm

pgilc1 wrote: »

+1
If they're as unreliable as people say they are, there'll be lots in scrap yards won't there?

But they're not unreliable as we know

I had a few Rover products in the 90s... MG Montego, Metro 1.3 (my wifes) & my fav, 216 GTI in British racing green with Honda twin cam engine/gearbox... 130 bhp!

I never had any serious problems with any of them!

I'd never driven a Metro, never really wanted to either, but the thing surprised me. Once I'd got used to the offset pedals & the gearbox that whined like a beaten dog I actually liked driving it! Not exactly refined at m/way speeds but on twisty roads it was good fun & could keep up with most everything.... was like a powered skateboard

They were certainly no worse than Ford cars of the same era when it came to reliability & were nicer to drive IMO.

Kilty_2

pgilc1 wrote: »

+1

I cant see any 10 year old car owner buying brand new trim parts, so why would 'not being able to buy new parts be a problem with a rover? If they're as unreliable as people say they are, there'll be lots in scrap yards won't there?

Didn't mean because they're unreliable (I'd have a 75 tbh) but yes, who's buying brand new trim for a 10 year old car?

somech

speaking from a garage point of view where we dont scour scrappys for bits

tbh a fair few parts trim and mechanical are getting hard to come by new

Kilty_2

somech wrote: »

speaking from a garage point of view where we dont scour scrappys for bits

tbh a fair few parts trim and mechanical are getting hard to come by new

Ah fair enough I suppose, for insurance repairs etc