This was up for sale last summer, but I ended up deciding to do the work it needed for a test and have some fun in it. It's now time for another fleet reduction, so I'm putting it back up for sale - I've edited the ad as appropriate...
This is quite an unusual beast now, a Rover 200 VI. It's basically a BRM without the slippy diff and orange grille, or, if you prefer, a 5-door Lotus Elise. It has a 145bhp 1.8-litre VVC K-series engine, and it goes like poo off a spade - which is made all the more amusing by the fact that it looks like a proper giffermobile to the untrained eye.
It's resplendent in pearlescent Nightfire red, with a bit of rust round the arches. It has alloy wheels (which are off a later-model Rover 25, but the same size as the originals), ABS, and a fancy half leather interior with a height adjustable driver's seat, as well as the usual 200 bits (remote locking, electric sunroof and front windows etc).
The engine seems in good health - no untoward noises bar the usual slight K-series tappet chatter, no mixing of fluids, no overheating and, as already mentioned, pulls like a train and revs happily to 7,000. The gearbox is nice and slick, brakes feel like usual Rover brakes but with discs all round they stop the car pretty quick if they have to.
It had a few bits done for the MOT - new nearside rear hub as the wheel bearing was knackered, the nearside sill and both rear arches needed a bit of welding and have now been undersealed, and as already mentioned it now has Rover 25 alloys fitted - the car came on its original 5-spoke wheels but the tyres have had it. It's now MOT'd until October.
Bad bits: Sills have been undersealed and arches Kurusted so it's in no way immaculate, although it still looks respectable enough. As per usual on an R3, the rear washer doesn't work (although unusually the heater fan works on all speeds). I put a stop leak in the cooling system before the MOT to cure a small water leak - it's been in there 4 months now and I haven't had any further issues, but I know some people don't like these things so thought I'd better mention it. The stereo is a cheapo Lidl job which works OK but doesn't give the most inspiring sound. Also I didn't get any history with the car so I don't know when the belts were last done (current mileage is about 110K). That's about it I think.
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This is quite an unusual beast now, a Rover 200 VI. It's basically a BRM without the slippy diff and orange grille, or, if you prefer, a 5-door Lotus Elise. It has a 145bhp 1.8-litre VVC K-series engine, and it goes like poo off a spade - which is made all the more amusing by the fact that it looks like a proper giffermobile to the untrained eye.
It's resplendent in pearlescent Nightfire red, with a bit of rust round the arches. It has alloy wheels (which are off a later-model Rover 25, but the same size as the originals), ABS, and a fancy half leather interior with a height adjustable driver's seat, as well as the usual 200 bits (remote locking, electric sunroof and front windows etc).
The engine seems in good health - no untoward noises bar the usual slight K-series tappet chatter, no mixing of fluids, no overheating and, as already mentioned, pulls like a train and revs happily to 7,000. The gearbox is nice and slick, brakes feel like usual Rover brakes but with discs all round they stop the car pretty quick if they have to.
It had a few bits done for the MOT - new nearside rear hub as the wheel bearing was knackered, the nearside sill and both rear arches needed a bit of welding and have now been undersealed, and as already mentioned it now has Rover 25 alloys fitted - the car came on its original 5-spoke wheels but the tyres have had it. It's now MOT'd until October.
Bad bits: Sills have been undersealed and arches Kurusted so it's in no way immaculate, although it still looks respectable enough. As per usual on an R3, the rear washer doesn't work (although unusually the heater fan works on all speeds). I put a stop leak in the cooling system before the MOT to cure a small water leak - it's been in there 4 months now and I haven't had any further issues, but I know some people don't like these things so thought I'd better mention it. The stereo is a cheapo Lidl job which works OK but doesn't give the most inspiring sound. Also I didn't get any history with the car so I don't know when the belts were last done (current mileage is about 110K). That's about it I think.
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