Rover 211 -My first car

[jack01825]

3 months away from driving, but yesterday was the day i picked up my first car, i had looked at mk1 fiestas, vivas, minis all around 2k but i came across what to me is a gem and picked it up for £725 it has done 80k and has a few visual mods, wheels, grill, trim is carbon wrapped, led lights and well im quite happy with it. i will change the interior to half leathers at some point. Please excuse the wingmirrors the had red carbon wrapp on them but had faded so im in the process of taking it off.
it a rover 211 SE and was the ony one i could find on the internet, are they rare?

Edited by jack01825 on Thursday 27th September 21:34

[Maty]

They are indeed rare, very rare. Mostly 214's & 216's.

Great choice for a first car, enjoy. I had a 25 and then ZR, they get some stick but at the time they were much better cars than what my mates were driving round in.

[Perd Hapley]

Damn rare - I looked for one for my first car and couldn't find one.

They're great looking cars but I see yours has had a run in with a tin of red plasti-kote. Will look a thousand times better with both grilles painted black IMO.

[vit4]

Perd Hapley said:

They're great looking cars but I see yours has had a run in with a tin of red plasti-kote. Will look a thousand times better with both grilles painted black IMO.

Definitely agree with this

I love this shape, not sure why, but I think they look a lot fresher than their contemporaries.

[GTIAlex]

Red drums makes it brake better.

Tidy first car

[TheHeretic]

GTIAlex said:

Red drums makes it brake better.

Tidy first car

This. I would have loved something as comfortable and 'nice' as a first car. Fret not OP, any car is a cracker when it is your first car, and yours is a nice one. Good luck, be safe.

[jack01825]

Thanks, I will try and go with a black grill, do o just need to paint it or buy a new one?
Also what do u guys think about black boxes?

[deltashad]

Nice wheels op. My little brother had the MG one as a first car. I like them.

What's with the wing mirrors????

[jack01825]

haha ill take a proper pic of the wingmirrors tomorrow, basically all the black bits have carbon fibre wrapp on it and the mirrors had red carbon wrap on it, it would have looked good if the sun had not faded them, i took the carbon wrapp off and that is glue i think looks half decent (snakskin effect haha) but i do not know how to get it off, what do you suggest new mirrors?

[simoid]

That a standard air filter?

[deltashad]

I thought it looked like some sort of Emo design going on!

They're only covers and easily replaced.
Think basic economics. You sand and spray it's gonna cost you a tenner. If you replace with red or black ones from ebay, a tenner. Scrap yard, maybe a fiver..... don't know mate.

Furry ears would look cool....

[jack01825]

simoid said:

That a standard air filter?

well i thought it was then my dad said its an induction kit but hes just had a proper look and said its purely an air filter to replace the origina haha

[jack01825]

deltashad said:

I thought it looked like some sort of Emo design going on!

They're only covers and easily replaced.
Think basic economics. You sand and spray it's gonna cost you a tenner. If you replace with red or black ones from ebay, a tenner. Scrap yard, maybe a fiver..... don't know mate.

Furry ears would look cool....

so just the back bit :-) ok yer scrapyards down here are dirt cheap thanks

[jack01825]

heres the wingmirrors haha why the glue looked like this i dont know

[jack01825]

looking at insurance i cant get it cheaper than 3k :-(

[Vince70]

I think the 1.1 k series lump is most probably a better engine than the bigger k series lumps as I think they are less prone to the dreaded head gasket failure.
Also cheaper on the insurance I think your on a winner for a first car.

[TheVole]

jack01825 said:

looking at insurance i cant get it cheaper than 3k :-(

I have a 200 as well. Use the insurance-comparer-thing on the Auto Trader website. Don't know why, but it always turns out to be the cheapest for me.

Paid £2300 for my first year back in December, when the NCB comes in I'm hoping to replace the car with something a bit quicker (the 1.4 16v is pretty good, never gonna set the world on fire though).


Have fun with the car, they'll take all the abuse a new driver can (and will ) throw at it. I advise the ZR/25/200 section of mg-rover.org, it's very helpful.

[jack01825]

TheVole said:

I have a 200 as well. Use the insurance-comparer-thing on the Auto Trader website. Don't know why, but it always turns out to be the cheapest for me.

Paid £2300 for my first year back in December, when the NCB comes in I'm hoping to replace the car with something a bit quicker (the 1.4 16v is pretty good, never gonna set the world on fire though).


Have fun with the car, they'll take all the abuse a new driver can (and will ) throw at it. I advise the ZR/25/200 section of mg-rover.org, it's very helpful.

thanks :-) i use that website a bit actualy ;-) so your 17 and its costing you 2300? who with? is yours the 211 or 1.4? and yer pan is to get a mg zr after a year or so

[0a]

You will only ever look back on this car with fond memories and I have no doubt in a few years you won't see these on the roads at all.

Enjoy the freedom of a good car OP!

[jack01825]

0a said:

You will only ever look back on this car with fond memories and I have no doubt in a few years you won't see these on the roads at all.

Enjoy the freedom of a good car OP!

thank you :-)

autotrader quoted me 4k!!!!!!

if i cant get insurace under 3k i cant afford it :-(