1999 Rover Vitesse

[SlowStig]

As the metro is off the road, I needed something which was comfy for my drive to work and did at the very least, the same mpg as the metro used to get. After searching for a couple of weeks and looking at quite a few cars(some rougher than others) I settled on this:













The car is a 1999 Vitesse Sport, only 58 left on the road and has the 200bhp T series turbo with LSD and electric everything including climate control and sunroof! Costs me £600 a year insurance and is comfy enough for work as well as having a nice turn of pace when needed.

[bennyboydurham]

You are Alan Partridge AICMFP! Seriously, that's a decent amount of metal for the money and not many survive, so fair play to you for finding a decent one. Makes a change from old Beemers like we see on here usually.

[daemon]

bennyboydurham said:

You are Alan Partridge AICMFP! Seriously, that's a decent amount of metal for the money and not many survive, so fair play to you for finding a decent one. Makes a change from old Beemers like we see on here usually.

Where did he say how much he paid?

[daemon]

Lovely cars and great engine!

I'd a 220 GSi Turbo with that engine and then subsequently a 620 Ti with the same engine.

Boy, could they go!

[bennyboydurham]

daemon said:

Where did he say how much he paid?

He didn't. But what would you pay for a 14 year old Rover? (no offence OP)

There ya go.

[daemon]

bennyboydurham said:

daemon said:

Where did he say how much he paid?

He didn't. But what would you pay for a 14 year old Rover? (no offence OP)

There ya go.

Just found it, and yes, he got a lot of car for his money!

[bennyboydurham]

daemon said:

bennyboydurham said:

daemon said:

Where did he say how much he paid?

He didn't. But what would you pay for a 14 year old Rover? (no offence OP)

There ya go.

I would say probably as much as an equivalent BMW or Merc, given its relative rarity, so technically, not so much of a 'bargain'.

Perhaps the OP will tell us, so we can see who is right? *scratches beard in anticipation of putting one over fellow PHer* *evil laugh*

[daemon]

bennyboydurham said:

daemon said:

bennyboydurham said:

daemon said:

Where did he say how much he paid?

He didn't. But what would you pay for a 14 year old Rover? (no offence OP)

There ya go.

I would say probably as much as an equivalent BMW or Merc, given its relative rarity, so technically, not so much of a 'bargain'.

Perhaps the OP will tell us, so we can see who is right? *scratches beard in anticipation of putting one over fellow PHer* *evil laugh*

Already deleted my post!!

You win - he seems to have got it for a bargain!

[tbc]

lol at taking photos to showcase your car in the dark

can't stand when people do that in classifieds, 'heres my car i'm trying to sell, pity you can see fk all of it'

from what i can see it looks decent

[SlowStig]

I paid £750 inc 6 months tax and two boxes of spares inc another turbo!

I will update with new pics when its daylight and I am not at work but I am quite busy atm so can't get out during daylight hours it seems!

[gf15]

I had an 820SLi (no turbo), same shape put 180k miles on it with few issues. It was supremely comfortable and a great mile muncher!
Good luck with it!

[Quhet]

It's a handsome beast. Quite fancy one of these, bit different but I'm not sure I'd be able to handle all the Partridge banter

[anonymous-user]

So you couldn't wait 12 hours and photograph it in daylight?!

[restoman]

SlowStig said:

I paid £750 inc 6 months tax and two boxes of spares inc another turbo!

I will update with new pics when its daylight and I am not at work but I am quite busy atm so can't get out during daylight hours it seems!

Are you a Vampire???????........

[daemon]

Just sold my 2001 3.0 S Type Jag today. Could be very easily tempted into something like this if i could find one local!

[Mastodon2]

You know, that doesn't look half bad. Decent power figure, leftfield choice and sporty looks, rarity factor - it definitely has it's fair share of "cool" in a strange way!

[8potdave]

Nice! don't see many of these around anymore!

[Jw Vw]

Haven't seen one of these for years. Looks like a tidy example OP.

[Baryonyx]

This is seriously cool. Love the mix of classic Rover luxury (wood interior, yum) and sporty performance. Yes, a very good buy indeed. It also look great in the photographs. I do like a good night photograph!

[flimper]

Is it a fastback?