Don’t laugh but here’s my Rover 75 Tourer
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Very nice. Looks in fabulous condition for an 18-year-old Rover (and I say that as the owner of an 18-year-old, Rover-based Lotus! 
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I think these are hit and miss and react a lot to how they've been treated. Yours looks in fine fettle and (by the looks of it) will give many more years service!
I test drove one a few years ago (rover 75 V6 connoisseur) when I was looking for a big cheap barge to mill around in and that was awful. Despite having FSH, it felt dangerous to drive (wandered about the road), spongy brakes, clunky suspension, the interior had more rattles than Mothercare and bits of trim were coming off as I was driving around.
Have you had the belts done yet? I've heard this is an expensive and tricky job and you need a special tool that only main dealers had...
I test drove one a few years ago (rover 75 V6 connoisseur) when I was looking for a big cheap barge to mill around in and that was awful. Despite having FSH, it felt dangerous to drive (wandered about the road), spongy brakes, clunky suspension, the interior had more rattles than Mothercare and bits of trim were coming off as I was driving around.
Have you had the belts done yet? I've heard this is an expensive and tricky job and you need a special tool that only main dealers had...
Ambleton said:
Have you had the belts done yet? I've heard this is an expensive and tricky job and you need a special tool that only main dealers had...
There's a chap called Lates600 I believe who does the belts at a reasonable cost if he still does. I think the belts are quite long lived.I like these. That one looks very good. I'm led to believe the early ones are the best built.
Someone that needed a car for a 100 mile round trip commute ignored my advice about ride quality and bought something sport with huge rims and rubber band tyres and didn't consider these.
My shed experience has road tax and insurance as major expenses compared to the price and value of the cars and I should really discipline myself to ensure my next shed is a £30 a year road tax one.
Belts need doing every 90k miles or six years. They require special tools to line everything up and you are looking at around £500 from an MG Rover specialist (don't go elsewhere, they won't have a clue and will charge you more for a bodged job). Put it another way that's £80 a year or a little more than the cost of a tankful of Vpower. The trick for these wonder cars is join a members' club (lots of scope for simple DIY and knowledge from owners as there are no dealers any more - but that keeps the cost of repairs down), and if something needs doing use a forum-recommended mechanic who is used to these cars. In the right mechanic's hands they are simply lovely.
Not sure how you have had it so long if you are only now 18 but there are plenty of club members younger than you who are happy to have got one of these as their first car.
Not sure how you have had it so long if you are only now 18 but there are plenty of club members younger than you who are happy to have got one of these as their first car.
Chromegrill said:
Belts need doing every 90k miles or six years. They require special tools to line everything up and you are looking at around £500 from an MG Rover specialist (don't go elsewhere, they won't have a clue and will charge you more for a bodged job). Put it another way that's £80 a year or a little more than the cost of a tankful of Vpower. The trick for these wonder cars is join a members' club (lots of scope for simple DIY and knowledge from owners as there are no dealers any more - but that keeps the cost of repairs down), and if something needs doing use a forum-recommended mechanic who is used to these cars. In the right mechanic's hands they are simply lovely.
Not sure how you have had it so long if you are only now 18 but there are plenty of club members younger than you who are happy to have got one of these as their first car.
The car is 18 not the owner !!Not sure how you have had it so long if you are only now 18 but there are plenty of club members younger than you who are happy to have got one of these as their first car.
sjc said:
That's a fine specimen of a Rover 75. Tiff says you can get one for £1000 but not a chance anyone would buy your mint 75 for a bag of sand.Prices for the 75 seem to be all over the place. I bought a mint pre facelift 2004 Club SE for £400 with average miles. I've seen others called Pre Production and Cowley built cars advertised for anywhere from £3-5k. Then 2003-2004 Project Drive cost cutting cars sell anywhere from £500-£2500
This seems like a nice example, Union alloys, strong colour Royal Blue but it's a mid range Club with no heated leather or novelty rear blind up for £5K
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-51-ROVER-75-2-5V6-...
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