Ginge R - Is this your Rover 216 SLi? (Vol 1)
Discussion
Sick and tired of depreciation, roadsalt and modern tat? Me too.
So I bought me a winter warmer.
10 months tax and MoT, fuel, delivery, 2 owners, 83,000 miles and history that would make the Rome blush (the first owner even bought s second servicing logbook and kept the invoice). So by all means smile as you scoot past in your (- insert here) if I don't part-ex this for lots more than I paid for it (assuming the head doesn't warp), I'll eat my hat. I'll be sure not to sell it to James May mind. Clearly, he doesn't appreciate quality.
Clever use of aerodynamics help keep the car stable at speeds of 45 mph;
Chrome and burr walnut evoke feelings of quality;
Not so much a gentleman's club, more.. a rest room.
Little bit of rot and scuffing. Oh well.
Good off road too;
And don't think this has stunted my motoring ambition! I've seen this little honey and my juices are flowing at upgrading sooner rather than later.
Sorry, almost forgot - £270. Mock.. here \/
So I bought me a winter warmer.
10 months tax and MoT, fuel, delivery, 2 owners, 83,000 miles and history that would make the Rome blush (the first owner even bought s second servicing logbook and kept the invoice). So by all means smile as you scoot past in your (- insert here) if I don't part-ex this for lots more than I paid for it (assuming the head doesn't warp), I'll eat my hat. I'll be sure not to sell it to James May mind. Clearly, he doesn't appreciate quality.
Clever use of aerodynamics help keep the car stable at speeds of 45 mph;
Chrome and burr walnut evoke feelings of quality;
Not so much a gentleman's club, more.. a rest room.
Little bit of rot and scuffing. Oh well.
Good off road too;
And don't think this has stunted my motoring ambition! I've seen this little honey and my juices are flowing at upgrading sooner rather than later.
Sorry, almost forgot - £270. Mock.. here \/
scary, that looks like the one my mate had at uni .. L-reg in the same colour (brand new) .. 111bhp and it was quite pokey, 0-60 a tad less than the GTi. amazing to think of it now, but we were all quite envious of it at the time - besides 12k(?) was a lotta car in those days (and i had a crappy old Nissan which my mum kindly donated to me).
I'm not going to knock it - they are good cars. I had a 216GSi as a company car, took it over from someone else at about 1 year old with 11k miles on the clock, had it for three years and it had covered 116k when it went back. I only ever got one tankful less than 30mpg (and that was on a trip when I did 175 miles in 2 hours 1 minute), it never used a drop of oil - the level didn't move between services. It only let me down once and that was when the cambelt snapped, but 2 hours later I was back on the road as it did no internal damage.
Was a good car in its day, and with basically Honda mechanics no reason they should give a problem later. Was way better than the 218SLD which replaced it, but the D was not my choice!
Was a good car in its day, and with basically Honda mechanics no reason they should give a problem later. Was way better than the 218SLD which replaced it, but the D was not my choice!
My brother had one of these and converted it into a fast-hatch-back version of the all great and mighty Pontiac Transam from Smokey and the Bandit. He resprayed it black, and did all the work himself including the Firebird on the bonnet, unfortunately it had a short life.
Edited by PurelyRetro on Wednesday 7th January 22:08
BlueCello said:
sniff diesel said:
My neighbour's daughter has one of these shape Rovers, a 220 GSi. Overheard her saying "it's not very good on fuel because it's a sports car you see" Yeah right love, course it is 
Well, 0-60 in under 7 seconds on that model. Not exactly slow! 
Edited by sniff diesel on Wednesday 7th January 22:13
BlueCello said:
My dad had a white one, he absolutely loved it. Can anybody explain why these things- seemingly regardless of engine size- go like stink??
Because they are probably about as crash worthy as a watermelon so dont weigh as much as modern cars with a similar power output.If you really stomp that kickdown, then it shifts. I'm going to sound scary now but, er.. it fairly whizzes along. 
I like it. It makes me smile, its honest and although the jury is still out, I'm sure I can find room for it if I decide to keep it. Bilt Hamber will cure that rust without blinking. In fact, Bilt Hamber clay and balm etc will make it look good again ('good' as in 'detailed good'), I'm sure of that.
You just don't see any anymore (yeah yeah - there's a reason for that, I know
).
I like it. It makes me smile, its honest and although the jury is still out, I'm sure I can find room for it if I decide to keep it. Bilt Hamber will cure that rust without blinking. In fact, Bilt Hamber clay and balm etc will make it look good again ('good' as in 'detailed good'), I'm sure of that.
You just don't see any anymore (yeah yeah - there's a reason for that, I know
).Only criticism is you maybe paid a little too much for it, but I guess the minimum price for any car with decent length tax and test is £300ish so maybe not.
If I were you and was looking for a super cheap Rover I'd have got a bubble shape 200 VI personally. Borrowed one for a few weeks and with a 1.8 Vtec K series engine making 145 odd bhp it was pretty nippy for it's size! If I ever have to go that cheap for bangernomics this will be one of the first cars I consider, I'll just make sure to keep an eye on the coolant level unlike the last one!
If I were you and was looking for a super cheap Rover I'd have got a bubble shape 200 VI personally. Borrowed one for a few weeks and with a 1.8 Vtec K series engine making 145 odd bhp it was pretty nippy for it's size! If I ever have to go that cheap for bangernomics this will be one of the first cars I consider, I'll just make sure to keep an eye on the coolant level unlike the last one!
sniff diesel said:
BlueCello said:
sniff diesel said:
My neighbour's daughter has one of these shape Rovers, a 220 GSi. Overheard her saying "it's not very good on fuel because it's a sports car you see" Yeah right love, course it is
Well, 0-60 in under 7 seconds on that model. Not exactly slow! Edited by sniff diesel on Wednesday 7th January 22:13
HTH.
sniff diesel said:
BlueCello said:
sniff diesel said:
My neighbour's daughter has one of these shape Rovers, a 220 GSi. Overheard her saying "it's not very good on fuel because it's a sports car you see" Yeah right love, course it is
Well, 0-60 in under 7 seconds on that model. Not exactly slow! Edited by sniff diesel on Wednesday 7th January 22:13
Darkslider said:
Only criticism is you maybe paid a little too much for it, but I guess the minimum price for any car with decent length tax and test is £300ish so maybe not.
If I were you and was looking for a super cheap Rover I'd have got a bubble shape 200 VI personally. Borrowed one for a few weeks and with a 1.8 Vtec K series engine making 145 odd bhp it was pretty nippy for it's size! If I ever have to go that cheap for bangernomics this will be one of the first cars I consider, I'll just make sure to keep an eye on the coolant level unlike the last one!
Yeah, I've been warned about that coolant business - the head tends to warp on these if you're not careful. If I were you and was looking for a super cheap Rover I'd have got a bubble shape 200 VI personally. Borrowed one for a few weeks and with a 1.8 Vtec K series engine making 145 odd bhp it was pretty nippy for it's size! If I ever have to go that cheap for bangernomics this will be one of the first cars I consider, I'll just make sure to keep an eye on the coolant level unlike the last one!
As an aside (Retro), yeah - it is honest. It has a patina that reflects care and a tale to be told and it has been seriously well cared for. I almost got wood yesterday when I saw a Tomcat coupe mind, which does have me slightly worried. The proposed R8 coupe looked half decent for the day/market too.
http://www.aronline.co.uk/index.htm?r8storyf.htm
I'm considering bidding:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1991-ROVER-216-GSI-WHITE-GRE...
Time to check how expensive the insurance will be for me.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1991-ROVER-216-GSI-WHITE-GRE...
Time to check how expensive the insurance will be for me.
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