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Dave · Posted 20 Oct 2010, 16:20 #1

Still toying with one as a "hobby car", preferably a Coupe and definately a Vitesse!

What do you think of this one?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1525640.htm

It was Ã‚Â£1994 two weeks ago, so now a grand knocked off! Looks to be in VGC but not entirely sure about the colour!

Or this?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2131856.htm

Would prefer a coupe, but this is Ã‚Â£200 cheaper and includes the non age related plate! I don't think the latter would be that saleable as surely not many surnames begin with U... Or do they? Thomas Steven Ullyat? Terence Sebastian Udall?

Dave Goody · Posted 20 Oct 2010, 16:39 #2

Perhaps an abreviation of Transexual

Dave · Posted 20 Oct 2010, 16:41 #3

That'll sell well then! :mrgreen:

Duncan · Posted 20 Oct 2010, 18:54 #4

I came to my 75 after trying to find a decent 800 as a hobby car. They may look good but check the wheelarches for rust, they seem much more prone than 75s.

Dave Goody · Posted 21 Oct 2010, 19:10 #5

Before the 2, 75s and the zt I had a saloon 820 and a fastback 825 diesel. They were very underated cars. Very comfortable and no real weakness. I had a burnt ex valve in the 820 + 2 x wiper linkages which perhap you could call a minor weakness. Otherwise a superb car.
Dave

Dallas · Posted 21 Oct 2010, 20:12 #6

You should go for it...... :clap:

I stumbled across these earlier and was thinking :roll:

mmmmmMMMMMM maybe......

............ for a bit of fun....

http://bournemouth.gumtree.com/bournemouth/72/67323772.html

http://bournemouth.gumtree.com/bournemouth/97/67313997.html

JakeWilson · Posted 21 Oct 2010, 20:31 #7

Shame that it requires work as this would be a classic:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2110684.htm

Dave · Posted 22 Oct 2010, 10:11 #8

I should go for it, shouldn't I?!

I do have some experience of 800's. I had an 827 hatch about 15 years ago, and my Dad had an 820 hatch followed by an 827 Saloon (or was that the other way around?)

Anyway, nice cars without a doubt, but just wrestling with justifying the expense....!

Dave · Posted 22 Oct 2010, 10:28 #9

Those convertibles look good, and always seem to be a bargain!

The Tickford looks fun, but I'd baulk at a new engine!

Dave Goody · Posted 22 Oct 2010, 10:40 #10

Dave wrote:I should go for it, shouldn't I?!

I do have some experience of 800's. I had an 827 hatch about 15 years ago, and my Dad had an 820 hatch followed by an 827 Saloon (or was that the other way around?)

Anyway, nice cars without a doubt, but just wrestling with justifying the expense....!

Hatchback? Rover called them "Fastbacks"

I liked the look of the saloon best but that italian diesel engine was a good lump, terrific torque. the LR Discoveries had this engine prior to the BMW and most owners preffered the torque on the original engine to the BMWs higher revving max torque. Dave

Dave · Posted 22 Oct 2010, 13:51 #11

Dave Goody wrote:Hatchback? Rover called them "Fastbacks"

Very good point! Whoops!

The torque was great! My 827 was an automatiic, but you could still spin the wheels in the wet at anything up to 40 mph on kickdown!

I'd love a Vitesse, which should be even quicker. Maybe I should stop farting about and buy it?! Still not sure about the purple though!

JakeWilson · Posted 22 Oct 2010, 14:07 #12

Dave wrote:
Dave Goody wrote:Hatchback? Rover called them "Fastbacks"

Very good point! Whoops!

The torque was great! My 827 was an automatiic, but you could still spin the wheels in the wet at anything up to 40 mph on kickdown!

I'd love a Vitesse, which should be even quicker. Maybe I should stop farting about and buy it?! Still not sure about the purple though!

We had an 820 Sport Vitesse. Do check because IIRC, there is a power difference 170, or 200 in the sport. There's the lux pack too which gives you full leather seats similar to the sterling, over the normal recaros.

Ours was a fastback in nightfire and it looked the bits! If we were to get another - would go for the coupe!

Not far from you in Pboro: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

or, how about a 220 Tomcat Turbo?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p
Jake

Duncan · Posted 22 Oct 2010, 14:14 #13

Dave Goody wrote:...but that italian diesel engine was a good lump, terrific torque. the LR Discoveries had this engine prior to the BMW

Sorry but they didn't. The Range Rovers did, as did the SD1s, but the Disco had the 200Tdi from launch. Admittedly there were one or two prototypes with the VM lump, but the production ones didn't. First diesel anything I ever drove was one of the SD1s with that engine.

The big difference was, if I remember right (it was over 20 years ago) the VM was indirect injection, where the Tdi was direct injection.

JakeWilson · Posted 22 Oct 2010, 15:00 #14

The disco has never had a BMW unit in it. 300 & 200 and TD5 were all LR Units, it was the Freelander (M47R) and Rangerover (P38 had the 2.5 TDS engine out the E34 5 series and E36 3 Series) and then the td6 in the first generation of the latest shape.

Dave Goody · Posted 22 Oct 2010, 15:49 #15

Sounds like I'm corrected now

Dave

Dave · Posted 22 Oct 2010, 17:51 #16

JakeWilson wrote:Not far from you in Pboro: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

Darned fine looking car for not much money!

For some reason though, just a little dubious about a car dealer with no land line or website link!

JakeWilson · Posted 05 Nov 2010, 14:31 #17

Seen this on autotrader:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

Cheap I think if you're handy with a spanner. It also appears to have "monogram" interior - I've never seen this before on a Vitesse.

Jake

Posted 07 Nov 2010, 13:47 #18

The red one in the first post looks very nice but it says sold now!

PaulT · Posted 07 Nov 2010, 16:06 #19

Many happy memories of two 800s - the first a relatively early one - used that to travel from Surrey to Leeds once a week - did 40mpg on the motorway.

The second bought with 15,000 from Rover via a dealer in 1999. Very comfortable and the later styling I preferred.

Think the 75 has the edge but still I liked the 800.

The red one at Ã‚Â£994 looked a snip

Paul

Dave · Posted 07 Nov 2010, 17:49 #20

Another good one missed by me.....!

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