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skodaman - 7/2/13 at 10:50 PM

RE. Rover 800's Engine(4cylinder), gearbox,clutch and comfort all absolutely fine. Steering, brakes, handing and electrical reliability absolute crap. There must be something better out there.

whitestu - 8/2/13 at 08:07 AM

Alfa 166? You should get a V6 for around that figure.

Eletrical reliability might still be an issue though!

Stu

[Edited on 8/2/13 by whitestu]

v8kid - 8/2/13 at 09:29 AM

Jag S type fits the bill

swanny - 8/2/13 at 09:32 AM

Rover 75. Very cheap .for what you get (BMW) ownership era build quality, lots of toys , and many have had some very careful elderly owners.

twybrow - 8/2/13 at 12:38 PM

Volvo 960 (preferably LWB if you can find one!) - Volvo 960 estate

Simon - 8/2/13 at 08:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by swanny
Rover 75. Very cheap .for what you get (BMW) ownership era build quality, lots of toys , and many have had some very careful elderly owners.


Don't let the mythical bmw build quality fool you - the bits that fail on Rovers of that era are generally the bmw bits

I had an 827 (with the Honda engine) and thought it was a great car.

ATB

Simon

morcus - 8/2/13 at 10:12 PM

I had a simillar issue with my peugeot years ago. The French bits were fine, everything that broke on that car was stamped Made in Germany.

I found an 827 but it seems dodgy from the number of spares it's being supplied with.

matt_gsxr - 8/2/13 at 11:26 PM

Would you have been happier if they had needed to fit the spares?

(I know what you mean though, anything strange is best avoided!)

morcus - 9/2/13 at 12:04 AM

From the sound of the ad, it needs some of the spares fitting, the really worrying bit was multiple spares of some things which to me suggests something is really wrong and someone has already had a go and failed at fixing it.

Sometimes a car just seems wrong or dodgy, and you know you'll not forgive yourself when the car you had a bad feeling about dies on you, especially as allmost all of my journys at the moment are in Bristol, on city streets where if I break down I'm going to have to push it a fair way to not be blocking the road.