Had a chap at work this morning ask why I bothered doing up my XR3i when his Rover 620Ti will do 0-60 in 6.5 seconds and tops out at 147mph?

I told him the stats were nearer 7.9 seconds for the 0-60 and I seriously doubted his claimed top speed. He told me it defo did it as he's had the speedo needle there

PRAT

 

rover's are seriously underated mate

my mates rover 220 turbo was pretty pokey standard and now its uprated with a quiafe LSD and a few other tricks it fly's.

 

yeah saw a rover turb at a street race in brum a bit ago..looked quite nippy

 

Hi mate Ive got a 820 Vitesse which has the same engine and although I dont really believe his 0-60 I have to say Ive seen a clock reading of 150 many times out of mine

Luxury motoring for very little money

 

Was that when your mate wrote of his cossie

 

yeh but its a fookin rover

 

I know some Rovers can fly but this guy was talking out his backside. The way he was talking about it anybody would think he was driving a super car crushing motor not a horrible white box with a travel rug on the back seats

A mate of mine used to own a 220 Turbo (before he saw the light and got a Cossie ) with allegedly loads done and it was only just on par with my then 180bhp RST.

 

And your point is

 

Good cars those Rover 620ti Excellent low budget performance family saloon, big, comfy, fast and with a few toys

Speedos are normally miles out at big speeds on most cars though.

 

Well I fookin love mine its the second one Ive had now 17s as standard along with Recaro half leather

Rolls royce motoring for metro money

 

His point is it s a Rover, more precisely the image associated with it. All cars carry some stereotyped image with them no matter what (Although i'm struggling with the skyline... maybe someone Japanese can set me straight )

Andy Nicolls may have had a very fast car but mention Maestro to alot of people and they'll see the B&Q carpark on a Wednesday OAP 10% off day.

Does'nt matter what Skoda produce - the stigma is there to stay IMHO.

What comes into your head when I mention Nissan Bluebird ????


Alan Partridge did'nt do Rover any favour at all, the same thing he's now done to Lexus


Cheers


G

 

Anyone want a 216 coupe????

 

there were a few rovers in redline a month or so ago.. 220turbos they were PROPPER rapid!

 

my mates dad has got a 820 turbo and it flies along with a recaro leather interior, all for abt a grand i think hes laughing really!

 

I know I am only paid £500 for this one I bought on sunday

 

I had a rover 800 Vitesse sport lux (to give it it's full title), full leather all the extras, 64k full stainless, on an M plate, it wasn't heart stopping but did shift, cheap as chips aswell, lots of car for the money and embaressed a few people of the lights, sold it a year later for what I paid for it.

But all the birds I know called it an old mans car, which is what a Rover is!!!

Had a 216 coupe aswell, ran sweet as a nut until the engine seized solid, still think they are alot better than the Caliber which I would say is it's equal.

 

Dont suppose its a white one with crappy writting down the side in Stevenage?

Wern't that quick when he tryed to keep up with me (Chipped A31.8T) & my m8s scooby one night! And no i wasn't beating the scoob!!

 

no goon..he did it after that ..nice cossy that was..it blew u anyway

 

my old mans had 10 rovers in a row now.. and the K-series engine ones are quick.. got a 420 at the mo.. and its flies for a big car.. the ammount of torque is daft.. and ive done what read 140mph in it..

Tell you another quick one and you'l laff.. Rover 220sdi, we had a s reg one 2.0 turbo diesel and it flew, tiff needel raced one against a 1.8 BMW Z3 n wooped its arse! 0-60 was a respectabel time too!

Old skool 200 vitesse too!!!

 

just to say 216 coupe engine is built buy honda

 

Pre '95 they used 1.6 Honda engines but post '95 till '98 they used the Rover K-Series.


Cheers


G

 

Hmmmm not surprising was it my old skyline ......... er STANDARD

His cossie T4 and greys

and actually 0-120 he wasnt anywhere to be seen

 

Torque?? K-Series??? er no... Cool engines, very rev happy but torquey... No. 420 is hardly a big car either!

 

Indeed @ under-rated.... Jsut ask Andy Nichols to demo his 220 coupe for ya

My mate Brett had one before his current Audi S4... It was slightly fettled, but not a lot.... One of my first expiriences in it was he came over to meet at mine to go out to a big cruise he was helping organise. He had to shoot to Sth Mimms before everyone else so I said I'd go with him. Caining it down the motorway I realsised we were going "rather quick" so I asked what speed we were doing. His reply was a very relaxed "oh, jsut about to come up on 155mph"



I like em a lot apart from the fact the build quality is shit

 

Yep! And the cossie is a bloody sierra!

Dont much like the Rover's but not much goes that fast for the money!

 

is that why u were no where to be seen after he blew u more than one person said that u did take it a bit too serious..come on rusty its only a bit off fun

 

You seem to have missed the point some what

I knew even when we started he would pass me , I just didnt expect him to take so long about it

 

i havent missed the point goon boy..its just that u never returned to fez after the race...peeps said u were a little upset..even pj

 

Havent returned cos I havent had a car big deal

Id be more than happy to oblige now though

 

I mean after u raced him u goon no need for the roll eyes ..or is that sensitive side coming out again

 

Well I apologize my goon ....................... I get very competitive


But anyway Id fookin KICK HIS ASS NOW so I dont actually give a fook , never really got on with him anyway

Shouldnt yours have landed about now ?

 

yeah m8..week on friday ..soon as i get it the engine's coming out and its goin on a overseas trip

 

EH ?

 

when my motor arrives ill drive it for a week or so then the engine is coming out and its bein sent abroad for some major adjustments

 

Sending it where ? Back to Japan

 

420.. its the same length as a saph cossie. i am talking the saloon. well torque or not it pulls from nowt and trudges up hills, and tows like a bitch!

 

when i said its only a rover - its the whole image associated it with it.

I have owned a couple rovers myself over the years, the best one being a 216 GTI, standard power 130bhp which is on par with standard RS turbos and still gave 50 miles to a fiver Showing 174k and ran sweet as a nut.

Worst one was a 218 SD - fookin peice of ship But i would not buy another rover again - they are too problematic.

A mate owns a ZT thing - green saloon with all the big spoilers - its a 51 plate and he has nothing but hassle from it since day 1

 

its a shame for rover and mg, they need some new idea. Hell id offer to design them a new car if they wanted, theyve been re-badging the 200/400/800 = 25/45/75 for ages now.. and then theres the mg's!

Shame!