I think I may just have had the find of the year...

Fantastic turn up for the books!! Whats he arskin?

Sounds good - I've been trying to find one of these.

David

I wasn't looking for one, but I can't resist. :)

-- JackH

I'd be a bit worried that the mileage is TOO low! Won't things have perished and stuff?

I looked it over earlier - it's had new downpipes, and has been regularly serviced over the years.

Drove nice and tightly, no knocking from shot bushes etc.

-- JackH

Was curious, so went to google it. 200bhp stock, apparently, with a few people claiming to have 260-270bhp from it...

Reliability? It's even more of a Q car than the Ti, but I'm not sure whether in a good way or not...

Nick

Like the Ti, they get tired in old age.

If it wasn't for the mileage, I'd not be looking twice at it, and I'm going to be keeping it totally standard - not many left as they left the factory now, and it'll be a good car to show at Rover shows etc. :)

-- JackH

Watch out for the sticky valves if it's not been driven hard once in a while. Which it won't have!

I'm giving £1500 for it, and for that it's coming with a years MOT.

And no, there's no chance of the deal not falling through. ;-)

-- JackH

These people are mostly idiots, apart from the few who have invested substantials sums of money.

Enginewise, as good as any other 200bhp turbocharged car.

When you look at the market, you have to pay the thick end of a grand for a ropey one, so I reckon that's pretty good really.

Are you sure that's what you meant? Surely that means the deal is definately falling through?

Indeed...

No!

'Move along there Sir, nothing more to see here...'

-- JackH

And if you find you don't want it ....... let me know.

David

No chance... sorry.

It's like a new car inside. :)

-- JackH

And a s**te old rusty Rover on the outside? :-)

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Funny you should say that, because today we've spent quite a while laying under my H reg GTi, as part of the VTEC conversion.

No rot underneath *anywhere*, and it's all original - never been welded or re-undersealed...

The mate who has been helping me with the project (and who tends to normally deal with exotica like Skylines), has been commenting on how well built and engineered it is.

Anyway... the VTEC engine is now all bolted in, and the whole thing should be up and running within the next couple of days.

The running gear came with a dyno printout that states it was running just over 185bhp at the crank with peak power achieved at a lowly 7,800rpm, the last time it was measured. :)

-- JackH