Rover 75 Pricing

karthiks

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

theres a easy fix for that with someone who has a bit of patience and pcb and soldering experience. crate of lager at autolecky's should see it fixed if not.

:beer:I read that it involves quite a bit of work in replacing the IPK etc. and might cost a bit.

londonTiger

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

rover 75 diesel or petrol are cheap to service and maintain.

ive not had a problem sourcing OE parts pattern parts, rimmerbro's xpart landrover all produce service items and specific items required to repair a job. there a decent patern part body panels available aswell.

im willing to bet that a rover 73 shocks, whishbone or axle cost double of what it costs the same age vauxhall corsa.

mattyprice4004

londonTiger wrote: »

im willing to bet that a rover 73 shocks, whishbone or axle cost double of what it costs the same age vauxhall corsa.

What's a Rover 73?
How on earth can you compare a Corsa to a 75? The Corsa is a small hatchback, designed to be a cheap shopping trolley. The 75 is an executive saloon.

Would you like to compare my mate's caravan to my semi-detached house, and bet me that my house is more expensive to run?

Also, if you knew anything about the 75 you'd know it doesn't use an axle, it's McPherson strut suspension.

I wish people would think before they post.

londonTiger

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

What's a Rover 73?
How on earth can you compare a Corsa to a 75? The Corsa is a small hatchback, designed to be a cheap shopping trolley. The 75 is an executive saloon.

Would you like to compare my mate's caravan to my semi-detached house, and bet me that my house is more expensive to run?

Also, if you knew anything about the 75 you'd know it doesn't use an axle, it's McPherson strut suspension.

I wish people would think before they post.

did you read the discussion? we're discussing why some people will buy a corsa and some people with buy a rover 75, when the sale price is the same.

Because the corsa is smaller and a lot cheaper to repair and service from some of the reasons why you just emntioned.

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

I wish people would think before they post.

I would people would just READ before they post.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

londonTiger wrote: »

im willing to bet that a rover 73 shocks, whishbone or axle cost double of what it costs the same age vauxhall corsa.

im willing to bet a golf is dear to run than a corsa.

im willing to bet a jag is dearer to run than a landrover.

you cant compare those as their in a different class altogether.

now if your comparing say the jag s or x type and the 75 the s or x type trumps the rover in cost of service and parts.

compare a landrover against a range rover the range rover is way above the landrover in costs.

in service items the rover 75 costs the same as the rover 25 same service items i.e oil plugs timing belt oil filter.

rover 75 timing kit approx £45-55 a golf timing kit (engine code specific) £70-180.

so your coment isnt that thought through and shows your lack of knowladge with the 75 (or 73 if you wish to call it that).

atrixblue.-MFR-.

londonTiger wrote: »

did you read the discussion? we're discussing why some people will buy a corsa and some people with buy a rover 75, when the sale price is the same.

Because the corsa is smaller and a lot cheaper to repair and service from some of the reasons why you just emntioned.




I would people would just READ before they post.

the buy price is not the same, you can buy alot of car for less than a corsa in the same year catagory, why? because the rover has a tarnished image of HG failures if you took the time to read about how they pop headgaskets youll find that 1.the engine is a feat of enginearing all cast aluminium block, with damp liners rather than wet liners.

2.lack of maintenance, not spotting a water leak, not keeping water levels topped up, not keeping an eye on things in genral.

3.mis-diagnosis take any rover with a bit of gunk in the water to a garage and youll get a this is common HG failure, £800 please, rather than looking at the inlet manifold gasket wich can leak coolant into oil and a £9,00 fix.

londonTiger

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

you cant compare those as their in a different class altogether.

Yes you can! For a 17 year old getting by on their part time job, their biggest criteria is cost. What it costs to own a vehicle not just the initial purchase price.

A £1000 used rover 75 that costs £25K when new will be more expensive on repair than a £1000 corsa that cost £11K when new.

Simple as that.. Do you disagree with that?

No?

Then stop arguing.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

londonTiger wrote: »

Yes you can! For a 17 year old getting by on their part time job, their biggest criteria is cost. What it costs to own a vehicle not just the initial purchase price.

A £1000 used rover 75 that costs £25K when new will be more expensive on repair than a £1000 corsa that cost £11K when new.

Simple as that.. Do you disagree with that?

No?

Then stop arguing.

here goes,

1.a same year corsa will cost more than the rover of a same year.

2.insurance costs will cost less than a corsa.

3.the rover has a decent 1.8litre or better 2.0 bmw cdi/cdti engine with more punch than corsa, and youll fill up less than you would a corsa.

4.service items are cheaper, especially timing kits.

that good enough reason for me to pass on a corsa and get a rover 75.

define repair.

do you mean maintenance costs.

compared to the corsa timing chain engine and the bmw timing chain engine reliability on the deisel bmw rover engine is better.

cajef

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

Also, if you knew anything about the 75 you'd know it doesn't use an axle, it's McPherson strut suspension.

I wish people would think before they post.

About what you would expect from someone that thinks a starter motor connects to a belt or that most cars can need two new ones during their life.;)

londonTiger wrote: »

is the starter corrected to the auzillary or drive belt? if its drive - it's going to be a tricky job and I would leave it to experts.

Starter motors get replaced once or twice during the lifetime of a car

rev_henry

londonTiger wrote: »

Yes you can! For a 17 year old getting by on their part time job, their biggest criteria is cost. What it costs to own a vehicle not just the initial purchase price.

A £1000 used rover 75 that costs £25K when new will be more expensive on repair than a £1000 corsa that cost £11K when new.

Simple as that.. Do you disagree with that?

No?

Then stop arguing.

Yes, I do disagree! As atrix has explained, parts costs are comparable, and for an 18 year old insurance is the main factor which will dwarf any other running costs. These can be insured for under £1000, which a corsa can't! And corsas are silly little things.