RE: Rover 75: PH Carpool

[pSyCoSiS]

Great Carpool article.

Something weirdly classy about those old Rover 75s.

[Crumpet]

I've had a ZT-T and a 75, both with the KV6 2.5 litre engine. They're such underrated cars and actually very well built. Never had a single problem with either of them and they were both bought for sub £1500 - I even paid £500 to have the belts done on the ZT-T!

It's three years since some fellas crashed into the 75 in a cash-for-crash scam and wrote it off. I actually miss it and would love another.

[TheAngryDog]

dunnoreally said:

One of the pre-Project Drive Cowley cars, I see, so OP still gets to avoid a lot of rather nasty cost-saving measures, and even keeps the real walnut dash. I've fancied one of these in more or less exactly this spec since my old 45, just to see what might have been if MG Rover had a bit more to work with than determination and a load of old Honda bits.

Project Drive (dire) was a massive let down on these cars. Some of the bolts used to have plastic covers over them, Project Drive removed these as a cost saving measure. I had a Project Drive ZT CDTi and it was a good car, just irked me with the little cost savings..

[sjc]

TheAngryDog said:

dunnoreally said:

One of the pre-Project Drive Cowley cars, I see, so OP still gets to avoid a lot of rather nasty cost-saving measures, and even keeps the real walnut dash. I've fancied one of these in more or less exactly this spec since my old 45, just to see what might have been if MG Rover had a bit more to work with than determination and a load of old Honda bits.

Project Drive (dire) was a massive let down on these cars. Some of the bolts used to have plastic covers over them, Project Drive removed these as a cost saving measure. I had a Project Drive ZT CDTi and it was a good car, just irked me with the little cost savings..

I had a PPD and a facelift in the same connie SE spec, the difference was shameful.

[TheAngryDog]

sjc said:

TheAngryDog said:

dunnoreally said:

One of the pre-Project Drive Cowley cars, I see, so OP still gets to avoid a lot of rather nasty cost-saving measures, and even keeps the real walnut dash. I've fancied one of these in more or less exactly this spec since my old 45, just to see what might have been if MG Rover had a bit more to work with than determination and a load of old Honda bits.

Project Drive (dire) was a massive let down on these cars. Some of the bolts used to have plastic covers over them, Project Drive removed these as a cost saving measure. I had a Project Drive ZT CDTi and it was a good car, just irked me with the little cost savings..

I had a PPD and a facelift in the same connie SE spec, the difference was shameful.

Such a shame really, and I think it contributed to Rover's overall demise.