TOT: Advice... Rover/diesel

[JodieWodie]

HI most beholden advicey people !

I am looking to buy a car to replace my written-off Freddie Frogster mobile
Have seen a Rover, P reg, diesel
Looks nice.. v good cond, going to take it further for a test drive and stuff

I am not very 'carsey' But I do like the overall feel of the thing, colour (most important ), and interior
It passed it's MOT last week, and all seems in order...

What is putting me off is the diesel aspect
I don't know why.. in my head it says 'old man'
BUT I do commute a lot to work, and I know diesel is v economical ??

Furthermore, I do not know ANYONE who has a Rover.
Are they reliable ?

Thanks in advance Gurus !

JO xxx
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[mr jamez]

What model of Rover is it?

With diesel, you only start to save money when you do enough miles to offset the extra cost of the fuel and usually the extra amount you pay for a diesel engined car over petrol. It may end up costing you more, so do some sums
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[Kickstart]

Hi

As above, although often a diesel also requires more frequent servicing.

All the best

Keith
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[JodieWodie]

[natv4]

My old company car was a Rover45 Turbo Diesel 2.0.

It did have a lot of little (but expensive) problems. Mostly to do with split accelerator cable or turbo hose. Also some nice little engine management faults. A total of 6 times in the garage (for more than 2 days) on top of normal servicing meant that I did not rate it.

I have also had a Rover 414sli which required nothing more than a new alternator (it had done 100k miles) in 25k miles of driving. So they can be ok. It had had an engine rebuild before I got it though

Another point worth considering is parts. They seem to be ok for the new models at the moment, but with Rover no more I would not be so sure about the future. I personnally would not consider a Rover on this basis alone.

That said, with many people thinking as I do, you might just grab a bargain. If you do go ahead try and get a low mileage one (<50k)

Good Luck, most of the time its just that; luck.
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[Kickstart]

[natv4]

For mileage wise, I was getting about 9p per mile (average) when prices were 88ppl.

The Rovers are not great diesel engines, they are of the old type, though the turbos aren't bad. They still feel slow to go compared to the petrol cars.

Our fleet rovers never really did that well, longevity wise. We switched to peugeot 307's not long after I traded mine for a bike.
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[JodieWodie]

Thanks for all that

Oh well, we shall see.. I will take another look tomorrow if it is still there

[Kickstart]

[plugger147]

I used to have a 218td and was well impressed with it, performance was very good for what it was had all the extra's and never missed a beat.I don't remember it ever giving less than 45mpg usually around 52mpg unless driven hard. It had the same engine in as peugeot 1.8 diesel, not sure if the 2.0 is based on a peugeot motor though.

I'd have another as long as the price was right.
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[colin1]

diesels are good for low revs on the motorway

i had a 1.7 diesel fiat uno and it was ins group 5 i think which is the same as a 1.3 petrol car i think

but was more comfy than a similar 1.3 petrol car on the motorway
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[NSR Mick]

Dont be put off by it being a diesel.

My VW Bora admitidly is newer and the top of the range sport model but theres not many equivelent petrol cars under 2.3 that match it for performance.

e.g its performance is pretty much the same as the new BMW320.
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[Annabella]

Dad's 'weekday' car is a Rover Diesel, a 1.8 TD I think.

I also have a Diesel, a 1.9TD Citreon Xantia. Dad's car is more responsive and quicker than mine, but the turning circle is lousey.

I like having a diesel car, it's cheap to run - I get over 500 miles to a tank (65 litre tank, £55 ish to fill up). It does everything I need from a car. It sits happily for miles and miles at 85-90 with no difference to fuel consumption. Plus it's indestructible, I'm up to 184000 miles with no engine problems.
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[Robby]

My dad currently has a rover 620 diesel of some description as a courtesy car from our friendly country garage, N reg.

When they gave it to him they told him to be careful and not take it on the motorway. Every gearchange has a horrendous clunk, and its generally a total dog.

150 000 miles, and feels it.

[natv4]

[BIKELESS STEVE]

Got a Rover 620 petrol N reg, so far so good, very comfortable, enough performance and generally looked after very well. 2 series are ugly ugly things but 400s not bad. Honda engine - nice and reliable, couldn't say about the ancillaries. Also agree Citroen/peugeot diesel engines very reliable and perform well.

[The View Askew]

I drive a rover R(1999) reg 214i is on 88k and runs like a beauty.
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