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[Craig the Princess]

Rover Coupe now Moted and taxed, last ever tax disc shot

 

Could I find the sodding tax disc holder? Nope, tucked in front of the vin number, winning

 

So took it out for a trial run yesterday, made it about 2 miles before a breakdown. After pissing about in the rain for 2 minutes I pulled off the king lead, oh that didn't feel connected. The bouncy A1101 seemed to have made the lead come out (but the boot remained attached).

 

Much better ride out in the sunshine today, roof off for winners

 

Also washed the yellow allegro estate (after the picture)

 

I've really missed this car in the past year, it does seem to bring out the worst in my driving (sorry to the Primera driver I blasted past earlier, enoying a 2 litre car after the 1.1 AX and 1.0 Metro for the past year). Love this car.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I can assure you that Rangies are in high demand in Cali and there are many folk on the rangie boards from there. I think emissions might have something to do with the articles opinion.

Thought it sounded too good to be true ! I'd better stop looking for cheap flights then.

Although the way prices are going here,even if it owed you £10,000 and was genuinely rust free it would still be cheap- just wish I'd got a spare £10,000 down the back of the sofa.

[hairnet]

October' C&SC just dropped on the mat, complete with Credit Suisse review of the old car market . Predictably it waffles on about what bargains £70,000 Maserati Mexicos and Mistrals are, and how we should all rush out and buy one.

But,it does raise one interesting point , namely American Range Rovers. Most went to California and even a Rangie would struggle to rust there,they only started selling them in '91 but apparently nobody wants them out there and $2,500 will buy the best. Fly to LA,buy RR,drive to NY, hide in boot in container (don't worry Trigger can let you out) drive home WCPGW?

 

massive lmfao at the last sentence

[EssDeeWon]

I now really like those Tomcat Rovers more than ever before, especially in that dark blue. I assume a grand upwards for a nice one though Craig ??

[Craig the Princess]

I think you can pick one up for £500+. The N/A 2 litre goes along well for me (but I never have fast cars), I thnk the K-series ones rev well but aren't quite as quick. The Turbos are a different story however. Managed to get almost 40mpg on a dual carrageway heavy commute last year driving carefully.

 

This one is pretty sound mechanically (I fecking hope) but the paint is shot and the front left wheel arch is rusting and needs to be dealt with. I doubt it is worth £1000.

[EssDeeWon]

Ah maybe its the Turbo's that I have noticed for £1000+ even so its very appealing

[Craig the Princess]

I can only see 4 on the bay, surprisingly rusty arches but some MoT

 

Tidy, but CVT? £695 buy it now

 

 

(Sorry to turn this into an ebay tat post)

[hairnet]

Indeed. I once drove from Calais to Berck-sur-Mer (just down the coast) via Belgium.

im gonna be doing calais to abbeville via the coast road then across to ypres via the new forest

 

on the bike do it every so often - cant help it

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Those Rover Tomcats are great, I reckon a late model one of any sort (except perhaps a flippin CVT gearbox one) is as good an investment as old shite cars can ever be, they have to start going up in value imminently. Saying that, if you buy one for £500 and they increase by an inflation-busting 10% per year it’ll still be a good few years till Sotheby’s will come out to your country pile to value one for you.

[EssDeeWon]

I can only see 4 on the bay, surprisingly rusty arches but some MoT

 

Tidy, but CVT? £695 buy it now

 

 

(Sorry to turn this into an ebay tat post)

 

Is that a Targa red SD1 Vitesse I spottage behind the silver tomcat?

[Cavcraft]

Are Tiger Tokens going again? The months (years probably) I spent driving round in 4th gear and leaving the engine running as long as possible in my ATS Transit seem light years ago now

[dollywobbler]

FAO Richard Morris. See if you can spot yourself. I go convoy wobbling past the camera later on.

[vulgalour]

OH GODS THE NOISE!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

In other news,this has just been delivered as an 'equivalent ' replacement for my Chrysler. 100% copper bottomed futureshite. Upholstery made from old mail bags, noisy, slow, with the clunkiest auto box I've ever encountered ( makes an SMG BMW feel like a Powerglide).

My own kids have openly ridiculed me for accepting it and are talking about buying me a short sleeved shirt and tie combo.

 

The best bit is this; Keep Fit Windows in a 2014 car,ok so it's only the back but even so.

 

I dread to think what the list price is of this piece of shit, but until it's down to under a grand, it's too much.

Needless to say it's going back tomorrow when they find something more suitable , for some reason the fact it's brand new today should outweigh its nastiness in the eyes of the ambulance chasing ' claim management' shysters.

[dollywobbler]

OH GODS THE NOISE!

 

One of the first cars contains a five piece band. Including double bass. Normal.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Wow first 64 plate I've 'seen'

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Wow first 64 plate I've 'seen'

Wud swop 4 knackered Rover 75 and play station 4(apply for own logbook)

[dave21478]

Hmm, been offered a bloody cheap XK8 convertible with issues (no MOT, no tax, limp mode, dash display saying gearbox bollocksed) but trying to talk myself out of it.  Looking on the web I might strike lucky as it seems a duff battery can be the cause of the problem, and I reckon the car would probably do two large as it stands, but it's a risk I'm not sure I can afford to take at the moment.

 

Watch out for catastrophically bad rust around the back end of the sills and under the rear seat around the seatbelt mounting points.

They tend to hide it quite well, but really like to rot. I had a sniff of a local one which is an ex UK car re-registered here and while they are lovely cars I was really surprised by how rotten it was. I dribble over them on ebay every now and then, but the ones in my budget range - ie the bottom of the market - all tend to have structural MOT issues.

[richardmorris]

One of the first cars contains a five piece band. Including double bass. Normal.

 

 

Thanks Ian - I'm at 51 seconds. Blue car with the lights on. Giving beepety, beepety on the air horns.

 

And this one shows the circuit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p29AeogvW1M

[Lord Sterling]

Bought some tax for the crap bucket Coupe. Probably the last time I will be paying for the privilege of standing at a kiosk of a rather dilapidated "Post Office" counter whilst some rather old chap neatly writes my car details and the price it's cost me onto a brightly coloured round paper disc.

 

I must admit, this has been the easiest purchase of car tax I've made at a Post Office counter, he only asked for the Green slip as my logbook have not arrived yet. Other times I've been asked for insurance, tax reminder, logbook (regardless of whether I have or not) life story, inside leg measurement etc....

[Cavcraft]

Watch out for catastrophically bad rust around the back end of the sills and under the rear seat around the seatbelt mounting points.

They tend to hide it quite well, but really like to rot. I had a sniff of a local one which is an ex UK car re-registered here and while they are lovely cars I was really surprised by how rotten it was. I dribble over them on ebay every now and then, but the ones in my budget range - ie the bottom of the market - all tend to have structural MOT issues.

 

 

Thanks, Dave.

 

I reckon I'll give it a swerve to be honest, if it had some tax and test it might have been viable, but if I can't see two large out of it there's no point in getting it really.

[worldofceri]

Wow first 64 plate I've 'seen'

Saw my first 64 plate today - a Morgan of all things. Some sort of irony going on there

[dugong]

Modern Gentleman Six has arrived at work. I get to drive it this weekend. I wonder what it'll be like?

[Ghosty]

Wow first 64 plate I've 'seen'

Seen 2 today - Polo and a Z4.

Had a lot of quality spots out the pub window too, shame I was eating and couldn't get the camera out in time.

[DVee8]

64plate 4x4 bini thing

[Pillock]

There was a 64 Range Rover being driven by a bellend who wanted to use all three lanes of the M1 at the same time, that's the only reason I could think he was swapping so often. I thought it was October they came out, got all excited as my new company car gets delivered on the 1st and I thought my neighbours would think I was well posh. That is also a silver Vauxhall with analogue rear windows.

[wuvvum]

Modern Gentleman Six has arrived at work. I get to drive it this weekend. I wonder what it'll be like?

Bring it to Shotley on Friday so we can all bask in its impeccable build quality.

[EssDeeWon]

Anyone know any decent / reasonable online exhaust distributors? Think the beemer is going to need a rear section soon. Might be some good deals online, especially if the local tyre & exhaust centre quote £££££ because its a BMW.

[dugong]

Bring it to Shotley on Friday so we can all bask in its impeccable build quality.

I was gonna rock up in the Charade again.

[wuvvum]

I was gonna rock up in the Charade again.

Charade is also good.  Especially if it's going to be adorned with its new wheels.