Honey I shrank the bank account! City Rover or pity Rover?

[Pillock]

I'm a little bit tiddly and read that as "Getting a company Rover 45" which I thought was so great I was about to ask if there were any jobs going.

[HH-R]

Ha, I did the same and I've not even been drinking.

[Insideimsmiling]

If it was a company car I would definitely be roaming the highway in a CityRover given my current status!

 

But after going to the rather depleted Pride of Longbridge last Saturday my current thoughts are definitely Rover 45 shaped and this is going to be the next addition to my meagre fleet. The Jaguar s-type has passed the Not without any real expense whilst MG TF is running well despite the rather surprising overnight development of a pond in the boot.The 45/400 range seems to be neglected compared to its MG ZS counterpart or the earlier 200 range based on the previous Honda (been there anyway and they are great cars but already acquiring a following ) and so they caught my eye as a bit of a low rent 75 option in the full spec version. I rather like the last few with a kind of desperate Aldi quality to them but a pre-project drive model with one elderly owner should give me that Jag feel without the fuel bill.

 

I am currently in the process of offering a couple of sellers insultingly low offers and so fingers crossed I may be finally putting together a collection thread for your amusement in the near future, just without any CityRover miserly included.

My good lady who is rather sensibly snoring as I write this has post P of L taken to Metros as a change from knocking the Jag or planning to restore her garaged and wounded Golf Mk2. I have owned a few in the past but can't get my head around the money these make now. I picked up over half a dozen Rover 114 Cabriolet a few years ago and all for less than £500 and so for me that boat has sailed due to extreme meaness or povety. Unfortunately that is also true of Allegro's which I always felt were far better cars than the public and press ever acknowledged.

[Insideimsmiling]

And so having looked at the CityRover closely and been outbid or unable to negotiate down to my level on Rover 45s with the required leather interior, I managed to pick up at a low price a MG ZS hatch in silver. It comes with history and a full MOT and is very presentable, making a good pairing with my silver TF and with a 1.8 in a small body plus some MG magic it's a huge grin on these Lincolnshire lanes. Glad to have ended up with this on my dive - pictures to follow.

[Bucketeer]

A little bit of a step away from a CityRover in the end but congatulations.

It's a shame about the 45s. I'd love to try a 45 V6 auto with a nice veloury interior, I think that could be a right little peachy wafter.

I'd be interested to know what the suspension is like on the ZS. I've only ever tried base bubble 200s but even they felt really stiff and un-rolly, with the thin soulless seats made of Wham Bars just adding to the uncomfortableness. The ZS sporty set up must be worse better worse, no?

[Kiltox]

[Insideimsmiling]

Bucketeer, after a few days of driving the ZS I would say that the level of feel from the eecar is a leap ahead of the 45 and whilst not as cosseting it is not in any way Germanically hard. It is great fun to punt along at speed and it is amazing the way the engineers managed to create a family sports hatch with so little money. Imagine if they had been given access to serious money!