My new Coupe

[Bravo_Sean]

I was looking at getting a rover 216 coupe before i got my bravo but the insurance wouldnt let me lol

Yours is a very nice coupe, Look after it

Bravo_Sean

 

[Bushboy]

Yeah its strange how stupidly high these are on the insurance groups. 216 is 14 and the 218 and 220 are 15. Im sure the 220T is something stupidly high too.

Its probably down to the fact they are so easy to break into. Locked the keys in the other night whilst at work. Got out to de-ice the windscreen and the door locked behind me :bang:... No worries, managed to unlock the door within 5 mins without doing any damage atall ... or should that be

 

[Bravo_Sean]

Its a coupe aswell, class them as sporty cars, As i wanted a civic coupe aswell but that was a no no lol, The 216 is the one with the Honda engine right ? At the end of the day if scum want to get into your car they will, No matter what alarm you got or what car you got etc etc

Bravo_Sean

 

[JFL]

Its got full tan leather interior with pilarless doors and fully removable twin sunroof panel thing so its basically a convertible in the summer Awsome.

Its called the Targa Top.

Nice looking car you got yourself there, look after it

 

[sammiboo]

the seats look really nice

 

[dave]

i wouldnt call one of them a Coupe, just a 2 door sh|t box

 

[Bushboy]

Punto springs to mind

 

[toad101]

nice car, but isn't the 1.8 known for hg failure

 

[Randomman]

I like them, they mod up pretty well, lots of parts availible to hide the rover badges!

You're right about the honda engines being that bit better, they cost that much more though.

 

[sammiboo]

The inside looks fine - it just lthe outside looks a bit of an old mans car - must just be a rover thing

 

[sammiboo]

Punto springs to mind

Then again dave hasnt had to change his car everyother month due it being a crap heap and breaks or through boredom

 

[dave]

nice car, but isn't the 1.8 known for hg failure

yeah a lot more so than on the 8v fire, and a lot more to fix

 

[Nuova500]

thats a very nice looking Rover, sure the K series has the hg problems, but doesnt someone do a modified gasket to help cure it? Ignore everyone, youve a nice coupe thats at least different from the norm. Whats wrong with looking like an old mans car, better than driving a chav PuntoLOL!

 

[Bushboy]

The 1.8s suffer from head gasket failures no more than any of the other k-series engines. the 1.4, 1.6 also suffer from them. The 2.0 and 2.0t engines are the t-series.

The honda engine cars dont go for anymore than the k-series, mainly becuase the honda engined ones only come with the early spec dash (not as nice) and are older cars in general so have less value.

I think the old man image for rovers is stupid. Yes alot of old people drive them but you get more old people driving cinquecentos and seicentos than you do younger people

 

[dave]

i see more young people in centos around here

 

[arc]

nice car chris, lower it, bigger wheels, change the front grill - sorted!

 

[AppleSei]

Not my cup of tea

Although from pics it looks very well looked after and is in the best colour

 

[sammiboo]

I think the old man image for rovers is stupid. Yes alot of old people drive them but you get more old people driving cinquecentos and seicentos than you do younger people

Rover 25 hasnt got an old mans image - its depends which rove it is. IMO the older ones do anyway.

If you want a number for getting the HG sorted I know an MG specialist in barnsely that sorted out my borthers MGF when he had it and he is well known - it might be a useful number to have even if you dont use him

 

[Bushboy]

pretty sure theres nowt wrong wit hthe HG. The VVC isnt timed correctly and the starting problem could be something as simple as worn out HT leads etc. just need to get around to playing with it.