Ghosty Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 If anyone else fancies a piece of 75jr there's one on eBay for £325 classified ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 45SaloonV6High specCoronet alloysI need a cold shower. Lacquer Peel and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 It's only flippin PASSED! What a car! AMC Rebel, The Reverend Bluejeans, garethj and 41 others 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Ace! The booted 400s/45s look loads better than the hatch, which is quite an achievement considering how little Rover were really allowed to fiddle with it originally. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Looks great in that colour,cleans up grand also. Well done on the pass too. Mr boll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_Fearn Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 How did Rover go under when making such stunning cars? Magnificent Rustbucket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 I don’t get it either. (well, I do). I drove this thing to work this morning and it was a total joy. Its seriously like a little Rolls-Royce this car, the engine is amazingly smooth and the gearbox is fantastic. The steering is pin-sharp and basically it’s just a great drive, a great package. I’ve only driven a 4-cyl manual Rover 75 but this is far better to drive than that was. I know these used to get panned for their 1990’s Honda switchgear but even that is bollocks, the indicator stalks on this 100,000 mile example click softly into position and just work perfectly!!! even they are a pleasure to use. I guess mine is a quite an early one from before Project Drive really got going, I know the seats in the later ones look friggin awful so I can imagine that some of the Rolls-Royce vibe might be lost but I cannot recommend these things highly enough as a shite proposition, you see them going through the bay from time to time for absolutely nowt. Magnificent Rustbucket, The Reverend Bluejeans, AMC Rebel and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 I've always liked the 45, possibly more so than the 75. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Nice one Bollz. Still miss the 45 Diesel I had for a week or so a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 We should starve CAR the oxygen of publicity over that review. We should starve them the oxygen of fucking oxygen. Credit to the late ad much missed Linda Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 How did Rover go under when making such stunning cars? Because Clarkson and all motoring journos say "any Brit car is total shit" all the time. Also many UK buyers are badge snobs who would buy any car that costs a fuckton of cash no matter how wank it actually is (see various BMWs, VAG offerings etc) because they want their neighbours to be impressed. The Reverend Bluejeans, Vince70, oldcars and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Yeah, I'm sure it's nothing to do with a horribly dated product line, ridiculous K-series kettling and decades of underfunding. It's just the fault of car magazines. AMC Rebel, garethj, rml2345 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Historical poor product planning and development. Diminished target market also. Magnificent Rustbucket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 It pleases me that this car is so good. This thread has seriously turned me onto them. Had a 414 HHR many moons ago, and it was fundamentally a really good car (though I didn't get on with the pedal placement and the long travel clutch). Sounds like the V6 45 is one of those cars that manages to be a triumph despite some pretty serious constraints. Wasn't it always thus with the British motor industry? Some properly good engineering, that was rarely allowed to truly shine. AMC Rebel and Magnificent Rustbucket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 I think a Rover-ised civic estate with the v6 and autobox would be a great idea. Or would have been..... rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Yeah, I'm sure it's nothing to do with a horribly dated product line, ridiculous K-series kettling and decades of underfunding. It's just the fault of car magazines. Historical poor product planning and development. Diminished target market also. Awww don't go spoiling my fun with reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 I had a ZS i bought for sweetie wrappers and it was excellent. I only bought it as it was so cheap it was insulting not to, and even weighing it in wouldve been profit. Yet I enjoyed driving it so much i ran it as my daily for a full year and got £450 when i sold it. For some reason these are about the lowest value vehicles out there at the moment despite actually being really quite good. Vince70 and mk2_craig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince70 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 I think the old 45/400 are fantastic I bought one as my WBOD and it’s been more reliable mechanically than any car I’ve had before it just doesn’t use any oil or coolant but it’s got the Honda engine and looking at the history it hasn’t been touched in 5 years. The brakes are shite though and I’m thinking looking at your thread it might need the ABS looking at as mine has just started pulsing through the brake pedal. The ticket is up at the end of the month so I find out then if it’s worth saving also it has an advisory the last few years for trailing arm bushes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I think a Rover-ised civic estate with the v6 and autobox would be a great idea. Or would have been.....Definitely! Nobody's daft enough to build one of those now though, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel25 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Lovely cars , there's something quite comforting about driving them. Like with many others I prefer them to the 75 especially in Connie spec. I've had mine for 8 years now and have covered over 60,000 miles. It's a shame rust is killing lots of them now including mine to some extent. We simply won't see this size of car again fitted with retro styled seats, chrome trim and lashings of 'wood' . Vince70 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel25 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 DVee8, wuvvum, davehedgehog31 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 That's a fancy steering wheel! Looks lovely. Is yours a 1.8? Never understood why they didn't fit the 135 engine in the top end ones of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 That interior is class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I've always liked these, I think they got the tail lights just bang on. Sent from my SGP621 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel25 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Yes it's a 1.8 . I know , I actually prefer it to the 75's interior. The 2 tone trim is a little bit too much in the 75 and some of the trim feels flimsy. My 07 Mazda 6 is perfectly ok , but the 45 has so much more class and character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel25 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I don't suppose anyone had a copy of CARs review of the 45 v6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 The trouble with 45's (when new) was the price. I had to choose a new company car in 2000 at the height of the BMW Alchemy saga and I gave serious consideration to buying a Rover. I had a budget benchmark of a 2.0 GLX Mondeo, yet the only 45 I could get was a 1.6 Si. The Reverend Bluejeans and alcyonecorporation 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 The trouble with 45's (when new) was the price. I had to choose a new company car in 2000 at the height of the BMW Alchemy saga and I gave serious consideration to buying a Rover. I had a budget benchmark of a 2.0 GLX Mondeo, yet the only 45 I could get was a 1.6 Si. You can blame Bernard Pinchinstrider for that. They wanted to push Rover upmarket, not actually knowing that the Rover brand wasn't worth a wank at that point.Had they gone the other way and priced every model just below the competition, they'd have sold shitloads. That was Jaguar's secret; the car looks great, goes well and it's amazingly cheap. It had the build quality of a Bic biro but at that price, who cares? Jewel25, alcyonecorporation, AMC Rebel and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel25 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I suppose the launch of the Focus in 1998 made everything else in the class looking rather dated. The 45 is hideously cramped in the back too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Focus and the Mk4 Astra killed any chance by this point. I'll have a Rover 45 Impression 2.0TD please with the 'Acoustic Kit' and Monogram Brown over Cream finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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