bigmancaff Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 So on a complete impulse I decided to go buy a Rover 45 off @wuvvum First issue, I live in Ayr and he lives in Norfolk, so I got @howe to give me a life from Carlilse. After getting a lift down to him we drove as far as Lincoln where his £100 punto decided it didn't want to work anymore. A quick phone call to @Kade and we were on the way again to get my Rover in the comfort of a turbo volvo estate. Arriving 4 hours late I make a quick buy of a fantastic Rover then turn right around to drive to Reading and drop off a diff. After spending the night in Nottingham we then had the RAC recover the Punto, I waved goodbye to Howe only to stop off and pick up a compressor near Manchester for him. Getting home at 3am I then slept for 3 hours and spent all morning cleaning it up, and I think I'm completely in love. I've not felt a connection to car like this since I bought my first MG Rover product 5 years ago (a trophy yellow MG ZS I still own) Enormous thanks to wuvvum, since I am now back where I feel I need to be and incredibly for a 20 year old Rover almost everything works perfectly, the only issue I really have is that my tilt 'n slide sunroof starting being simply a tilt around Lancaster so I'll be putting some lubrication in there to see if I can fix it soon as I make it to halfords to buy some LabRat, Garythesnail, Angrydicky and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Can I have a Werther's Original please gramps? bigmancaff, howe and Kade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Nice. There seems to a Rover 400/45 club growing here right now. @plasticvandan has just bought a lovely Rover 400 recently. plasticvandan, bigmancaff and Angrydicky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmancaff Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 Noticed the reverse lights weren't fantastic so I stuck some LEDs in the back, and honestly, it made almost no difference ? At least I'll be cool with the kids in my grandad spec rover MKT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2flags Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 These are lovely little cars. I feel they were so much better than what was on offer from the other big manufacturers of that time. Much better quality interiors and just a much classier place to sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticvandan Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Just found this,will be nice to have another owner here,I've list a bit of mojo,tho that's partly due to not taxing it until I need to use it I guess (lockdown nonsense) I bought a very late 99 416,which is near perfect aside from a rusty drivers wing,haven't decided wether to repair (wob) the original or buy a new one.ive only driven it a couple of times so far but it's a very eager, comfortable little car,and the mpg is meant to be good for the time too. Mr Laurence, phil_lihp, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmancaff Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 Glad I'm not the only one with a love for these old shitters, this is my fourth 400 platform car, though the first that isn't an MG ZS ? plasticvandan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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