Cavcraft Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Sick of guffing your hard earned on internet gaming sites? Winkywank Bingo lost it's appeal? Then you need a much better challenge... 2003 Rover 25 iLX 1.4 5 door manualMOT April (might be May, can't be arsed checking) 2018TAXED TO GET YOU HOME M8Alloy wheels!Radio cassette!Sunroof!Why am I typing like this? Fuck knows!92,900 milesStarts and runs, the furthest I've been so far is about a mile.Leather seats!Leccy front windows, keep fit rears Impotent:Absolutely vile inside, by which I mean mostly the smell, which is similar to what I'd imagine roll ups infused with stale cats piss would smell like.Desperately untidy as needs someone in a bio hazard suit to hoover it out.Heater speed knob broken, so stuck on the second or third setting at a guess.RWW doesn't work, half the clock lights don't, either.Back bumper looks a different colour to me, but when it's wet it looks a bit better. So either just deal with it, or put an IBC of water in the boot and set it to leak out slightly as you drive along.Doors lock/unlock off the remote, but it's quite haphazard and the supplied key doesn't fit the door, only the ignition. More impotent:Radiator fan seems to come on all the time with engine running.Oil filler cap not too bad, but some small signs of mayo presentDipstick seems to show a fair amount of mayo, I think it's cleared slightly since giving it a run and letting the engine warm up but it's most definitely best to assume it's done the usual trick of spunking the head gasket.Strange occasional 'tick' noise randomly from engine at tick over (I've made a video, but don't know if it'll load on here)Probably got a leak into the car somewhere as mists up the inside of the windows, and the rear window was damp inside.Tyres all legal, one quite new, but they'd want replacing at some point reasonably soon.There's bound to be some other things wrong with it too. I ran it for about 10 minutes and the temp gauge started working and the heaters were starting to get warm. I took the expansion tank cap off and there was no back pressure, so if you're lucky it will be ok. I cannot stress enough though it's best to assume HGF, that way you won't be disappointed if it has. Possibly worth it if you want interior, you could switch them for your mingebag cloth ones then sack this off at the bridge, also the alloys might float your boat etc. £180, Chester. I've genuinely been offered fairly near that from the yard, and whilst it'd be a shame to see it weighed off I'm afraid that's what will happen if it's not gone soon. Appreciate that seems almost a 'threat' of some sort, not intended I can assure you. Could do with it going sharpish. richardmorris, Twiggy and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Very nice wheels ! ...shame about the rest. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 I think I'm going to pass on this one... Cavcraft and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 IF I DONT GET WHAT I WANT ILL SCRAP IT M8 Looks vile, someone GIB Cavcraft, purplebargeken and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 (Checks loft to see if HAZMAT suit still up there - nope). I'm oot. GLWS chaseracer and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 How vile - well done. Actually looks pretty smart, would probably polish up a treat but honestly, I have enough of a dislike for these now that I'll not be sad if it goes to live at the farm. Water leak is probably one of the rear windows or boot - the 3 door models leak like a sieve back there and the 5dr probably isn't much better. If it's anything like the ZR I had, the spare wheel well will have several litres of water in it. Honest though Rover, what on earth is going on with those seats? I've seen better leather on an MFI sofa, surely if Rover could generally be counted on to do one thing well, it was interiors. On that note, good luck with the sale! In all fairness, would make someone a tidy, cheap little runaround and at that price, even getting the head gasket done wouldn't make it outrageously expensive. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Cheers, and there’s enough of them about for it not be a major crime if it ends up crossing the rainbow bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Can't say I'll lose much sleep over this getting bridged. £180 though you could just run it till the test was out and have your cash back. If you were only knocking about local you might manage to wing the failing HGF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Bloody good bridge money, think I need to send my scrap to Chester - £77 here! egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 The rear bumper has coloured inserts and the rest of the car doesn’t. You aren’t seeing things Billy, it probably has been replaced. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 I'd be sad to see it bridged to be honest - not a terrible specc'd 25 plus the bonus of an AV Ipswich plate ticks boxes for me. Unfortunately I have neither the cash or space to acquire this beast. My luck would be that it gets bridged then my Astra spectacularly blows up straight after. GLWTB. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 That's not as bad as the manky Fiesta you had a year or two ago ! Bridging it would be a mercy killing Billy, kill it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 So..... Not just me who wants to clean the interior then... (that's not an expression of interest sadly, sort of wish it was, but no...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 So..... Not just me who wants to clean the interior then...(that's not an expression of interest sadly, sort of wish it was, but no...)I have no idea how people let cars get in that condition. Are their homes In the same state do you think? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselassist Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 ... Water leak is probably one of the rear windows or boot - the 3 door models leak like a sieve back there and the 5dr probably isn't much better. If it's anything like the ZR I had, the spare wheel well will have several litres of water in it. Where the rear hatch area mounts - round the hinge points seems a rust spot on these; I welded up two different 25's in this area 'back in the day' when they worth a few quid/ 4 or 5 years old; top hinge mount was completely frazzed with grot on both of them -they chap was bit of Rover 25/45 fetishist, n loved to have his one's 'right '......last I heard from him was after buying /towing home a 3dr 25 with HGF, but he was enthused about sorting that as it was a mega low miles 25, n he declared the boot area was solid so "nothing for you to do on this one"... God help him now, wherever he is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 NAILED-ON CLASSIC. Cavcraft, Rusty_Rocket and Sigmund Fraud 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 You lot are doing great over there; I scrapped one of these (sans leather, but running and no signs of HGF) and a Galaxy in the run up to Chrimbo and after delivering them to the scrappy got €210 A working tdi auto Galaxy (needed €€€€ for test, NCT's far stricter than MOT) and a very reasonable 214 tested til February in turquoise and 4 weeks on every sales site and fb and they didn't shift at €150 offers GLWS Edited to add if I didn't deliver them, every scrapper was kind enough to collect for free; I live a small bit local (for that read up a mountain in the middle of nowhere, but still:)) Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Those seats though! John Towers should have his bed forcibly reupholstered in that 'leather' to teach him a friggin lesson. The Reverend Bluejeans, HMC, Cavcraft and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 That pleather must actually be quite good for a Phoenix era car, ours was wearing through from the seatbelt by 8k miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Given the quality of the leather, I'm surprised that Friesian markings aren't coming back through. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Is that actual leather?It looks about as inviting as a DFS sofa that's been left outside a crack den. HMC, Brodders, Mr_Bo11ox and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonedagain Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Pleather? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJay Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Drivers seat looks like it's made from old wellies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJay Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Those seats though! John Towers should have his bed forcibly reupholstered in that 'leather' to teach him a friggin lesson.Looking at him he probably has his Y-fronts made from it. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Pleather?Plastic-leather - pleather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Pleathant - Plastic Leather thats Pleasant Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 NITE NITE LITEL SOLJA tinribs, CGSB, Jim Bergerac and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 NITE NITE LITEL SOLJA asbridgea.jpgLiteral laugh out loud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Good. Rovers are just so skid row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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