Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Barried all to fuck. trigger and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 looks good apart from the stuff the seller has done!!! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 The vitesse front spoiler is all kinds of wrong on that. It's got the same suspension as my one had (given it's the same guy who's selling), which is actually surprisingly good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamR380 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Ha! Surprisingly good until you reach a speed bump, of which there are many on my estate. I also can't get in the car park at work. Not that I'd change it. If you're gonna do Barry... do it right! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamR380 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 BV, is that chrome name strip on the back of yours standard? I'm learning how to be a geek at these and something about the chrome trim/plastic bumper combo is making me twitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Boggo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Weekend in Cornwall Skizzer, cms206, Vince70 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny69 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 How the fuck have I managed to miss this thread? Fit car. Fit interior. I think my penis would look slightly longer with the V8, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Minor sunroof faff.  When driving at high speed the roof comes slightly open at the front right, so that at the rear right it sits slightly low. It does not appear to let in water, but I think that the wind noise is increased. One of the SD1's relatively few vices in use is wind noise, so adding to this isn't a good idea. I don't mind the noise, of course, when I choose to have the sunroof open I can't see an obvious fix at the moment, but will do some jiggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Sunroofs are the work of Satan. Â Scrap it. Junkman and Magnificent Rustbucket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Most sunroofs on these cars were sealed off with black gaffer tape by the late 80s / early 90s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Do it anonymous user 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Acording to SD1 wonkery in Facebook, there is an adjustment screw underneath the runners that should fix this. Â I will give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 The motor is in the boot. Obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 There is no motor. It's a manually operated sunroof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 A manual sunroof on an SE. Weird. Mine was an S and was fully electronix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Manual seems to have been the spec for 1982 judging by the brochure.  A power sunroof might have been an option on yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Much better to have a manual roof, it gives you that chance of getting out of the car when the central locking locks you in. Vince70, Skizzer and Rocket88 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Too many cars, so going to sell the Rover, but it is above shite pricing. Â I have put it on car and classic.http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C739724Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Â Why are you using a crocodile hand puppet to arrange your Glengarry? Magnificent Rustbucket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamR380 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Still looking good, bronze tints are proper classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 This thread started off in mid 2015 with me wondering whether to buy a mid noughties Jaguar X Type Estate.  I went off that idea and, encouraged by various feckless loons on here, I bought an SD1 instead. As it happened, I ended up buying a mid noughties X Type Estate last November (so far seems to be OK), and in the recent past I had rather gone off the Rover, so it had been sat on its arse for a while. Until tonight, that is, when on a random whim I took it out for a night drive on ye countrye lanes, and was reminded what a good car it is.  Hey, it even has headlights that illuminate more than a metre in front of the car (X Type take note). The car has a couple of minor niggles at present.  The low coolant light keeps coming on even though there is plenty of coolant, and the low oil light also comes onfor a few seconds after starting even though the oil is up to the top of the dipstick.  The oil pressure gauge is lacking a feed at present. These are, however, small matters. The small bit of bleb that the car had near its tailgate when I bought it has not got any worse in 18 months, but a bit of grot has started on the rear passenger door. Otherwise, all good. I still might try to sell the Rover in a bit, as it is to be honest a bit surplus to requirements, and I could do with a few quid.  Rofflage would involve a bit of an expensive ticket, although the chance of getting a much better than average SD1 for (say) something under £100 might appeal to some. Anyway, in the meantime I must drive the car more.  It's really quite a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 They are lovely cars. They're quite undervalued in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hey, it even has headlights that illuminate more than a metre in front of the car (X Type take note).You know, I always thought the trade off of this newfangled globaltosh dazzling the living daylightsout of my sore old eyes is that their drivers can see all the way to Norfolk at night, but having drivensome of this novel clobber recently, I also noticed that one can't see shit.So effectively, they burn away my retina for sod all benefit. Well, why am I not surprised? Vince70, Magnificent Rustbucket, Ghosty and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 PS, I hooned home from Glossop tonight, the scenic route via Marple Bridge, with almost 75% of ye goode olde Sealede Beamse working.I could see stuff I haven't even seen by daylight! Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Yup, the lights on the SD1 are acetastical.  The Dolomite lights are dire, but it is from the proper olden days.  The modern Jag lights are totes shizbat. PS: go to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon-Fonte Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 The low coolant light keeps coming on even though there is plenty of coolant, and the low oil light also comes onfor a few seconds after starting even though the oil is up to the top of the dipstick.  They all do that, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 The Dolomite lights are dire, but it is from the proper olden days. I bet they have been replaced with this semi newfangled H4 bollox.Rip them out and put back proper Sealed Beams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 PS, gentlemen actually don't drive by night. Rusty_Rocket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Do not sell. Just drive and enjoy. Magnificent Rustbucket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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