Sold Rover 75 diesel, anyone? SOLD

[Cavcraft]

Roll up, roll up for the shittest advert for the shittest car.

 

2002 Rover 75 diesel

MOT expired March 2014

Untaxed (obviously)

Was described to me as in 'really condition' and 'top of the range' 'Really good condition' meant it doesn't run (alternator, I was told) and it looks shit. 'Top of the range' meant steel wheels, only two (pound shop type) wheel trims and cloth seats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, it looks pretty shit, it doesn't run and to cap it all you only have 18 hours to buy it!

 

Sadly I can't take any bits off it (due to location, time etc) so it has to go as it is. I haven't heard it running and I make no promises as to mechanical condition, though the seller did say there are receipts 'somewhere' for extraordinary amounts of money of the DMF and stuff.

 

Oh, just as unhelpfully, there is no log book, so you'll have to apply for one. I do really not enjoy scrapping cars like this, although it's pretty hopeless it must be good for parts or to someone who could get it running and make some use of it.

 

£175, no offers soz as I'm getting that much for it weighed in. I really need it gone tomorrow, possibly Tuesday evening at a push. It's in Chester and you'll have to A-frame it or something. Which is a bit laughable really, as I'm actually typing that like someone is going to buy it.

[KruJoe]

Would it go if you stuck a good battery on, or does a borked alternator stop a modern like this working?

 

(I don't want to buy it BTW.)

[Cavcraft]

I don't know, I did try it with jump leads a few months back but after like ten minutes nothing was happening.

[sofarsogood]

Looks like you need a buyer who has just bought a new trailer, likes half dead Rovers and has 75 repair skillz. CMS?

[Skizzer]

If you get lights but no starter action it might be the solenoid, a common failure on these.  Repair kit is about a tenner and it's such an easy job even I managed to do it.

[RoadworkUK]

That a 75 with so many things wrong with it including GREGGS wheeltrims should have the CORRECT SHAPE NUMBER PLATES seems a existential anomaly so complex it could implode the very fabric of time and space.

[Cavcraft]

It'll be exploding something tomorrow, all right. I'm going up to mine sweep under the seats etc, to look for treasure before it gets sacked off 

[messerschmitt owner]

I have always considered 'top of the range' to mean it is parked in some out of the way retail park with a shop full of the kind of shite some people like in their house but that I would never entertain in mine as it is pretty much all crap!

[purplebargeken]

Burn it. I am negatively biased. Burn it more. 

[HMC]

I do like the look of this, Worth a punt if your near to chester and are prepared to pull the plug if it starts fighting

[D Spares & Tyres]

Wish I could get £175 weighing that in....

[RoadworkUK]

....sweep under the seats etc, to look for treasure...

 

My Prediction: Three Werthers and the end of a tube of Preparation H.

[Largactil]

Roll up, roll up for the shittest advert for the shittest car.

 

2002 Rover 75 diesel

MOT expired March 2014

Untaxed (obviously)

Was described to me as in 'really condition' and 'top of the range' 'Really good condition' meant it doesn't run (alternator, I was told) and it looks shit. 'Top of the range' meant steel wheels, only two (pound shop type) wheel trims and cloth seats.

 

 

Wowzers - That's a really rare* Irish spec R75!

 

Unfortunately I see the previous owner skimped on specifying the giffer scrapes on three of the bumper corners, and the stoved in door skin...   

 

Luckily, I believe these can be retrofitted!   

[Cavcraft]

Fate sealed, just been to chuck four (non-Rover) alloys into the boot to maximise my return on this motor.

 

And here are the mine sweep results:

 

One container almost full of petroleum. Sadly, it's petroleum jelly.

One small container about 3/4 full of Tesco diesel mineral oil.

One small container (full) of anti-freeze.

A really spazzy either glasses holder, or a case for a portable mobile telephonic communication device.

Two rubber floor mats.

The towing eye and wheel brace (always come in handy) and...

NO FUCKING MONEY. Not even a single penny, stuck to the floor with an old, half eaten kid's sweet.

[garbaldy]

So how do you scrap it without logbook?

[Cavcraft]

A breaker's yard is having it, he's going to apply for the V5 then strip it and crush it, I'd imagaine

[garbaldy]

Ah right they are real sticklers up here re v5s

[Cavcraft]

He's got the right hand side of the logbook and will use that to apply for it I'd imagine.

[dieselnutjob]

who bought it?

[Cavcraft]

Someone local, non-shiter.

[purplebargeken]

Bought! It!

 

As in 'bought it' burned and fragged or 'bought it' with money and will repair it. 

[purplebargeken]

Next one, big'ish, bader transmission, roomy, cheap and payable via installments. 

[Roverageous]

My curiosity is peaked.

 

Mr Cavcraft, Sir. Are your seemingly continous and somewhat frantic autoshite escapades the byproduct of your job/profession? Or is it purely for pleasure*? 

[Cavcraft]

Pleasure, if it could ever be called that.

[Roverageous]

Pleasure, if it could ever be called that.

My cap is duly doffed.

[dave21478]

Mine too. I like the theory of scrutting about with manky old ruins turning (hopefully) a few quid profit here and there but I simply couldnt be harrised with the type of buyers these cars attract. I genuinely admire your patience and dedication to the shite cause.

[Cavcraft]

I do lose out on quite a few I must add, but I just like doing it.

[purplebargeken]

Next one, big'ish, bader transmission, roomy, cheap and payable via installments

[Cavcraft]

The next one was VERY nearly an incredibly twatted about Mk3 Transit Di, but I think I've missed the boat with that one.

[New POD]

The local EX-Suzuki dealer near me, has a working Rover 75 Diesel for sale, and wants £3K.

Mind you he has an MGF up at £5495, so you know he's a wanker.