Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Exciting times!!!! Just booked a train ticket to go and pick this up!!! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000-ROVER-45-2LT-V6-CLUB-24V-AUTO-VERY-RARE-CAR-LOVELY-SPEC-AIR-ALLOYS-/281903280036 Train ticket from Derby to Reading: £705 individual tickets for each leg of the same journey on the same flipping train: £36. I can't wait to see what a 2.0 KV6 is like, must be supa silky smooth, I am well excited even if CAR magazine voted this one of their 4 biggest lemons of the year in 2001 due to its badly-matched engine and box combo. What do they know? D Spares & Tyres, Bren, CortinaDave and 32 others 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Advert says it's a nice thing at least twice, sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 wow, didn't know those came with a KV6 in them. andy18s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Looks nice. Get underneath and check the front footwells - they seem to suffer a bit on these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 On your journey marvel* at this feat of Victorian engineering, 5 minutes before you reach Reading. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Railway_Bridge Magnificent Rustbucket and ProgRocker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Sweet purchase there McBollox. Shame it doesn't have leather for that ultra luxurious junior-Rover 75 feel, but I guess that's down to, personal taste. I've seen and heard a few 2.0 V6 75s passing by me, they honestly sound glorious and I'm wondering if these sounds similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 wow, didn't know those came with a KV6 in them.oh do keep up, that man Aston Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I imagine it's all about long legged relaxed cruising, instead of firecracking forward thrustisation, or let's say that's what I hope these are like.Having them on my radar myself, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's first hand report - if it makes the trip without grenaderising. dugong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Shame about the cracked bumper, but the rest looks flipping mint for £295+P+P. Does anyone have a scan of that shitty 'Car' review, or a link?(Google shows naff all.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lord Sward Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 We should starve CAR the oxygen of publicity over that review. Alexg, Lacquer Peel, inconsistant and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloth Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 my old man had an x reg 25 is brand new. a lad at the dealer had a late 200 with a 2.5 kv6 conversion. apparently it was a bit spicy. oh and i drove an mg zs one of these last year. very nice car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lord Sward Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Incidentally, I've got 2 brand new ABS reluctor rings in stock for 45/ZS. And 70 boxed gift pen sets created for prospective 45 test drivers, from back in the day. Bren and For Fiats Sake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloth Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 how much for a gift pen laird swaird? eddyramrod and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 I've got a pair of Rover 25/45 pens! Predictably neither of them work though. SiC, Magnificent Rustbucket, Jim Bergerac and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I can't wait to see what the KV6 is like, too. When do you collect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Wow! A sale with "carsofnoreservereading" that seems to have completed! It's a fair trek from the station (2 or 3 miles) so I can give you a lift if you want. eddyramrod and mercedade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 Wow thanks L_Werfare!!!! I was going to get a taxi but wouldnt object to a lift of course due to being a mega skinflint. Train gets in at 7.10 (tomorrow evening). Is that much of a bind for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I imagine it's all about long legged relaxed cruising, instead of firecracking forward thrustisation, or let's say that's what I hope these are like.Having them on my radar myself, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's first hand report - if it makes the trip without grenaderising. Negative ghostrider .The KV6 2.0 manual I drove was stupidly low geared . It wouldnt be able to get out of its own way otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Double the Capers fun today then. May our journeys go well! I think you probably win though. twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 It will be interesting to see how you get on at that place. A couple of threads on another forum I read a while back suggested they were a bunch of cunts, but I suspect they were written by people expecting main dealer style facilities including designer coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 And 70 boxed gift pen sets created for prospective 45 test drivers, from back in the day.Parker Jotters? Sell me one if they are? Lush purchase there Msr. Bo11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Pretty car. I think that'll bring an outrageous amount of pleasure for £295. I very much liked the 2.0 KV6 in my old 75. The acceleration wasn't rapid, but that just meant you could enjoy the lovely woofly noise for longer before you got up to speed. There was more power lurking somewhere up the rev band, but it felt undignified to go up there looking for it. By 2001, CAR was all about lap times and schoolboy humour. I'm not surprised they didn't like it. With gearboxes, as with life, the trick is to find the joy within it, not dogmatically to impose your own demands: Phil Llewellin understood this and would have written a different (and entirely better) story. Magnificent Rustbucket, forddeliveryboy, Dirk Diggler and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexg Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Parker Jotters? Sell me one if they are? The early ones probably were, but by 2005 they'll be like the ones you get in Argos UltraWomble, Lacquer Peel, Rusty_Rocket and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexg Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Good luck with it Bollox, should be a winner as the guys only had 31 negs in the past year... tbf he's turned over some motors though in that time. Louise2cv and beko1987 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Nice. As i have ocd i would need to get the pdr chap out for the small ding in the top of the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Hey, nice buy there! Interesting to see that the dealer is located a couple of miles from where I live! Some odd feedback on their ebay account, one of the negatives was for an A3 which apparently had a failed MOT, yet has a clean sheet of passes on the MOT site?! To be fair, I think they probably get people expecting a mint car who get all funny with niggles. Hope the collection all goes smoothly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 With gearboxes, as with life, the trick is to find the joy within it, not dogmatically to impose your own demands: Phil Llewellin understood this and would have written a different (and entirely better) story.So true!!!! I enjoy cooperating with the 'box in my 760, getting all shirty with it gains you NOWT. RobT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 You've done good once again, I didn't know there even was a 2.0 KV6, will be interesting to see how it compares to the 2.0 T-Series - it probably doesn't spray quite so much oil around the engine bay. dugong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Wow thanks L_Werfare!!!! I was going to get a taxi but wouldnt object to a lift of course due to being a mega skinflint. Train gets in at 7.10 (tomorrow evening). Is that much of a bind for you?Blimey, will they still be open? I can swing a late one at work but need to clear it with Mrs W, will let you know by PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 The terms and conditions from that place seem proper shirty at first glance, but when you read into it they are pretty fair. Bid on a car, rock up, test drive it all day, if you don't like it walk away.They probably know their cars aren't as good as they look in pictures, they even go as far to say you'll need to spend £400 on rectification - on a £295 car, whut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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