Wossit Wurf?

[purplebargeken]

Wover 75 saloon, X reg, in light metallic green. Leather interior. 186,000 miles, few scrapes here and there, brakes will need attention soon. It's the 2.5 auto. Currently used as a daily. Belongs to a work colleague.

 

Interior needs a bloody good clean. MOT and tax.

 

Wossit worth? Potential what could be a problem?

[Pete-M]

£200.

 

If it works until the tax runs out it should fetch £150 scrap.

[RoadworkUK]

Sadly, the guvnor's right. Dirty, damaged old thirsty obsolete car=not a sought after commodity.

 

I'd love it.

[Parky]

Has it only been used on sunny days, meticulously serviced by the Queens personal mechanic and was once the possession of John Towers / John Leslie / John Craven?

 

If not i would have to echo Pete M's valuation and Roadworks sentiments!

[purplebargeken]

So, let me see if I have taken notice. It is possibly worth the square root of feck all. It really hasn't been serviced by the hand of anyone remotely like the Queens mechanic. Strangely I still like it. Oh feck.

 

I hope he wants very, very little for it. Anyone want to lend me £200?

 

I need a 75 in my life. I am a hopeless car addict. I'm screwed. 

[Pillock]

Isn't the 2.5 the KV6? 

£200, unless it's due a cambelt in which case you're into figures below zero.

[purplebargeken]

It is the KV6 I believe.

 

Urrmmm, good question about the cambelt. I would imagine it is. Bugger. Still want. Feck.

[RoadworkUK]

It is the KV6 I believe.

 

Urrmmm, good question about the cambelt. I would imagine it is. Bugger. Still want. Feck.

 

Buy it immediately. The cambelt change on a KV6 is a uniquely rewarding experience. I know, because after starting the job on mine, I'm only a third of the way through after two years. Only two more belts to go. That's pretty fast for me.

[Pete-M]

Put it this way - I weighed in an 02 plate diesel MG ZT recently. Clutch slave cylinder had gone at 70k miles. Car was immaculate with FSH, still taxed and tested. Wasn't worth fixing as it wouldn't have sold even if it worked. Why spend money on an ornament?

 

They fetch £120 over the bridge.

[the judge]

OMGHGFONTOAST. Sounds ace!

[Cavcraft]

The square root of fuck all.

[dollywobbler]

75s are sought after by collectors. Which means there's a yawning chasm of difference when it comes to values. Can't quite believe that a historied ZT is only worth bridge money though, even if slave cylinder is an utter cock of a job.

[cort16]

 

75s are sought after by collectors

 

One's who drive a lorry like this?

 

 

It's got to be worth £300 on gumtree if it's got T&T, doesn't gurggle out the header tank/ and is vagualy presentable.

I dunno what all the cam belt worry is about when I ran old snotters I never once considered changing the cam belt on any of them. If it goes it goes what does it matter at that money it's just part of the risk when you run an old banger.

[dollywobbler]

I suffered brain drift during my post. The top end of the market is very strong, but not for cars like the OP describes. Full history, low mileage and clean condition are necessary for value to be interesting.

[Pete-M]

Problém I've noticed since the scrap prices dropped is the mingebags are back out. When I was trying to flog the Cougar someone sent me a message asking if it had full history - it did, and if everything was exactly right - I'd already mentioned it needed the brakes cleaning up. They didn't get back to me after promising to. That's what you're dealing with when it comes to cheap cars. I'd rather scrap them than deal with the kind of idiot who expects perfection for £200.

 

The ZT was just going to attract bearded losers who are incapable of paying the asking price. It'd also bring Rover fans to the door and they'd no doubt try to tell me the 800 was a great car.

 

I really don't have the patience to deal with them when the scrap man will happily HIAB the car away and pay the agreed sum.

[Bren]

Only viable as "drive till it breaks" mode of transport.

 

If it needs a belt I would imagine that any potential buyer would want money from YOU to take the thing.

 

Would make for an entertaining game of timing belt roulette, when it dies you will get something for bridging it.

[purplebargeken]

It will be for bridge money. The owner is going to check on the belt scenario. I want it because I've never had one and I have missed having stuff that's more than 1800cc. I actually really enjoy sorting out interiors and it would just be a bit of fun. I love the green colour and the interior will be lovely when I've finished. I'll do the bits and store it and bring it out when I get the urge.

 

He has muttered something about the ABS light coming on, I imagine it would be something simple like a sensor.

[purplebargeken]

OMG! It has a TV! Plus elecky powered sun blind for the rear screen!!!!!!!!!!!! Mind you, I doubt the TV will work now as there is no analogue signal anymore. Arse. Still want!

[burraston2006]

IIRC if it's got black sills it was built by the BMW bods but if it's got body coloured sills it was built by Rover bods. The Beemer built ones are generally thought to be less reliable than the others as they just didn't care. ( Hopefully LS will clarify this?!).

 I had a Rover one and my neighbour had a Beemer one and they were both shite. However his was generally more shite than mine!!

[Tetleysmooth]

Just noticed you started this thread on the 1st April..........

 

I've always fancied a 75, but after reading owners reviews - mainly on here - I don't think I'd touch one now.

 

 Get a Volvo.

 

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=202569

[purplebargeken]

I already have the Amazon so that's the Volvo box ticked already. I know about Rover woes but I am a bit daft about this kind of thing and want to get my hands on the car to see if I can do anything with it. If it all goes to poop then I can get ok bridge money for it. The smell of leather appeals.

[Craig the Princess]

Seems like a plan, buy it for naff all, run it until it breaks, bridge.

[gadgetgricey]

If you are after a cheap one, check out the R75 Owners forum.

 

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=61

 

Cheap ones will pop up on there occasionally.

 

Cheers

[Charlie Croker]

IIRC The BMW ones were built at Cowley at what is now the Bini factory. The Rover ones at Longbridge But if im right there was a overlap when the Rover cars were built at Cowley. This was in 2000/2001 and its said that these ones were the best by far. Xreg = 2000/2001. TV and rear blind say its gonna be a good model too.

For bridge money id have a punt if I were you.

[purplebargeken]

The Volvo looks good for the money by the way but 'tis the wrong kind of gearbox for me. Big cars = auto = mmmm,

 

Thanks for the links folks. 

[londonm]

OMG! It has a TV! Plus elecky powered sun blind for the rear screen!!!!!!!!!!!! Mind you, I doubt the TV will work now as there is no analogue signal anymore. Arse. Still want!

Cool, nail a freeview box to the dash and plumb it in. Luxury.

[purplebargeken]

[twosmoke300]

The last diesel one I weighed in I got 280 for .

Happy days

[forddeliveryboy]

I have a hunch these cars will be worth plenty twenty years from now. Lack of numbers, unlike anything else of the day in every respect, decent looking and so on - not least, it's techincally a British car. Probably will be worth as much/more than XJ6s - they'll be relatively abundant. Threads like this will be dug up for people to be shocked by. Nobody wanted Citroen DSs in the 80s and 90s, £1000 bought a mint one. Now £15-20k, over £100k for one with no roof.

 

I'm not suggesting a 75 has anything like the integrity or engineering of a DS, but values don't hinge on these things - just whether or not people want them. And buying one probably involves more pleasant people than if buying an older BMW.

 

Which still makes it worth no more than £200.

[twosmoke300]

http://www.hark.com/clips/swgvqsqqms-and-its-worth-fuck-all

 

Had to be done. Sorry