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Delivery 23 Sep - RobT is lucky weiner Rover 820


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Well, the misery in that photo has now left my face, as I went out for a 30 mile drive this evening and ended up doing 75.  Bo11 is right, the driving position is spot on, the M-series is smooth, and it's a generally easy driving experience.  Yes there's trim rattles, but I can tune them out or have a go at bodging a fix.

70 is 3000rpm so could do with a taller fifth, but as always my benchmark is Mk3 Cavalier tall gearing.  IIRC the 2.7 Vitesse I had was also doing the same at 70.

Do I have low standards?  Possibly, but in summary:

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On 9/24/2020 at 11:03 PM, montytom said:

Great cars love the 800 series. My 800 vitesse is off the road at the moment but is one of those cars I'd never part with

I really must knock on your door one day and have a go of that; perhaps as a back-to-back with mine. Which, incidentally, has covered about 20 miles this year.

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On 9/26/2020 at 3:01 PM, RoadworkUK said:

I really must knock on your door one day and have a go of that; perhaps as a back-to-back with mine. Which, incidentally, has covered about 20 miles this year.

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Is this near Braunton? My old Vitesse did the same journey a few times, but not taken the new one that way.

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