Forums Forums MattLFC - Rover 420SLDi

yes i agree wid the whole honda concept of the look but still looks smart for a rover

good choice in car there fella can see why you ave always wanted one the comfort and the quality is great and the short time i drove it wen ya first got it it felt smooth on the bumps and easy on the steerin a real nice car to drive

Heh yeah the ride is really good on it, one of the reasons I went after the 400. I always remember one of the ads that were out in 1996 or summit, only cos they were to do with Nasa and I was into all the space exploration stuff at the time lol.

Found the ad the other day:

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The big question is, what the hell is 2.06 lmao

wouldn ave the foggiest wot 2.06 is but lmao at the gezzas hair wots goin on

What was it, £21,000 Brand new ?

lmao for a rover

Summit in that region for the SLDi iirc. Maybe not that much tbh, ill check with Parkers lol.

Before BMW got ahold of Rover, they used to portray themselves as a more upmarket manufacturer then the likes of Vaux and Ford, the build quality was certainly much better, but they also priced the cars accordingly lol. So despite the better build quality and far more powerful engines, the sales figures were never as good as they could have been.

i will agree on the iv always wanted the 820 vitesse lol but then i ended up wid a mondeo lol were did i go wrong lmao

Nah it wasnt that high, according to Parkers, (based on 1997 P reg) the SLDi was only around £17,000, the GSDi was only like £18,000 ffs, dunno who got the £21k from on the MG Rover forums lol. Still it was fairly expensive for the time I suppose.

Wow, why is the SLDi so much easier to get ahold of when compared to the GSDi, for the extra £1k they could have had cruise control, heated seats etc... £1k for warm arse on a frozen morning sounds much better lol.

Ive never been a fan of the 800 series, but thats only because I dont really like my cars "too" big, the 400 is about as big as ill go.

Did like the 600, was very modern for its time (mind you that was basically a redesigned Honda Accord), and if I were an older person, id love a Rover 75 MkII, they look mint imho!

lmao mate trust me heated seats are not the future me dad has them in his car and yes there good but after a while they just become a novelty i personally dont like them probs cos u get that snug and warm u tend to fall asleep at the wheel

looool you always fall asleep anyway, you usually are asleep lmao!

lol

looks tidy matty, mods you got planned sound good too ! nice buy !

Cheers mate, am made up with it so far. Tis a pleasure to drive. One or two niggles, but nothing too major. Come off the Biodiesel now as it was a bit hard to start in the frozen mornings and it started absolutely fine today (the first time the tank has been almost free of Biodiesel).

I was thinking it could have been the glow plugs, but by rights the SDi, shouldnt actually need glow plugs to start really. Most people on the MG Rover forums, even with more modern versions of the intercooled L-series engine found in the 45/ZS (which technically should be harder to cold start without glow plugs), start their cars straight away without waiting for the glow plug light to pi$$ off lol.

I intend to keep it a good few years, hence why I made sure it had a decently low mileage and good service history. I hope it does me proud lol. Lets see how good/crap Rover really was before the BMW ... got ahold of them and raped them...

Me and Rhys fitted a boost gauge today, wasnt too hard, but took a while to get the part's we needed lol.

Work's a treat, but havent properly fitted into the interior as yet, either gonna get a pod, or Rhys is gonna make a holder for the place I got it atm. Will get some photo's of it tomoz and when I eventually decide how to place it into the interior.

We were going to place it into the dashboard but I didnt fancy making a large hole in it lol.