Who will stock rover main dealer parts?

They seem to be saying getting rover parts wont be a problem. But where will you get main dealer only rover parts if there are no rover main dealers? Technical backup/advice and service bulletin updates is going to be a bit of a problem I think?

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Dan Fowler
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Main dealers aren't the only people who can fix cars...

Andy

Reply to
Nik&Andy

You will find that some repair shops (probably ex Rover dealers) will set themselves up as 'MG Rover specialists'. Existing Rover dealers will not want to lose their customer base and will therefore continue to provide servicing/spares for MGs and Rovers even if they switch to supplying another make of car.

Kev

Reply to
Uno Hoo!

The same place us TR7/Rover SD1/Rover P6/ owners do: Pretty much every motorfactors shop you can shake a stick at (Partco are top for most things) or specialist retailers like S+S Preparations, Rimmer Bros, and Robsport to name but three TR parts dealers. Fret not, chicken licken. The sky won't fall on your head.

Cheers,

Reply to
James Dore

Exactly right James. There is a lot of nonsense being spouted at the moment. Anyone would think that all MGs and Rovers are somehow going to dissolve in the rain because the company has gone bust. There are firms out there who make money out of supplying spare parts and they will continue to want to make that money for as long as there is a demand for it. There are many thousands of Rover and MG cars on the roads in many different countries and that demand will be there for many years.

Kev

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Uno Hoo!

I think the answers to your mail missed the point. Obviously there will not be a shortage of people wanting the business and non-genuine parts will still be avilable. You were more concerned about genuibe parts and technical backup. I would have thought both are safe.

The genuine parts did not come from Rover but from X-Parts. They have stock and supply agreements so the supply should be reasonably good for the foreseeable future.

I don't know about the technical systems but the dealers/specialists still have their knowledge and data and no-one is going to throw this away while there are customers around.

Reply to
Alan

When really, they're going to do that because it's traditional for British cars...

Richard

Reply to
RichardK

The usual trick here is to join the owners club. I've been in three owners clubs and they all provided good information and access to parts.

Slatts

Reply to
Sla#s

There is no such thing as dealer only parts. If a part is in demand suppliers will stock it, either as an OE part or a generic/pattern part. If nobody wants it even the dealers won't stock it. Parts less in demand will be subject to ordering from some central source, probably the suppliers who made them for rover in the first place.

Steve

Reply to
shazzbat

Stinky bait.

One of my current steeds is a 1995 Rover 623iS, which has one tiny bit of surface rust just behind the NS rear wheel... other than that, it's mint inside and out, and drives spot on.

-- JackH

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JackH

Polo style? :-)

cheers, clive

Reply to
Clive George

The only things to suffer will be things like service bulletin updates, as they appear to me to be the sole province of the manufacturer. (i.e given out by Rover thru the dealerships) However it doesn't stop your car from working, nor will it make it any less safe than it is now. On a practical day-to-day level, you're left with the regular parts channels

- so yes, there /may/ be some components that are difficult to source or simply unavailable, but it's not the end of the world.

On the face of it, the only thing that bothers me is the complex electronic boxes - but even they may actually be manufactured by a third party that is still in business.

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James Dore

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