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[feeutfo]

... not quite true, MG branded cars coming of the longbridge production line after 3 years away. Just sean it on sky news.

[Markie]

Y`know people say it was a shame for Rover. However i think they only had themselves to blame.

Karma.

They papped line after line of crap to the unsuspecting British Public.

Only last night i was looking at cars on ebay and one page of 25 random cars in my area had 3 "spares or repair / Head Gasket Failure" Rovers.

They had it coming.... :-/

[Elite Pete]

The difference between my wifes 2001 Rover 25 and the 2005 one we had was amazing. The doors sounded tinny and the dash pastic was wafer thin on the newer one. Thats one reason she wouldn't keep the newer version, the other reason is her's is de-catted and chipped

[Marks DTM Calib]

... not quite true, MG branded cars coming of the longbridge production line after 3 years away. Just sean it on sky news.

If they are coming out of Longbridge then, unless they have imported a load of chinese to build them, the route of the problem will still be present!

[Growler]

I just hope they haven't used the K series in this new TF

[Elite Pete]

I just hope they haven't used the K series in this new TF

Ive read that the 2.5 V6 might be squeezed in

[Markie]

I just hope they haven't used the K series in this new TF

Wouldnt put it by them  

[GinoGinelli]

Our old '92 214 is great, just refuses to die- better built car than the miggy to be honest.

Would love an old SD1 vitty, chickened out & got a 635 instead though!

[Elite Pete]

Our old '92 214 is great, just refuses to die.

Would love an old SD1 vitty, chickened out & got a 635 instead though!

The cambelt on the wife's diesel 25 needs replacing urgently, its done 83000 with no history

[theowletman]

Our old '92 214 is great, just refuses to die.

Would love an old SD1 vitty, chickened out & got a 635 instead though!

The cambelt on the wife's diesel 25 needs replacing urgently, its done 83000 with no history

If it is the T20TN engine there are 2 belts, and 2 tensioners, all parts
still available from Rover, or a kit from Gates/Continental etc about £110, straightforwaed job. No special tools needed, allow 3 hours. And this is agood engine, no recurring problems with these.

[theowletman]

I just hope they haven't used the K series in this new TF

Yes they have - and I quote- with modifications to improve reliability. We will see.

[waspy]

I have a Rover 800 Coupe & it's a very reliable machine & SO have all the other Rovers i've owned (SD1s, P6s 800s) The crappiest cars i've owned where an Orion, Talbot Solara (or sumat), Sierra, Nova, & the worst was a Escort MKII I broke the gear box & had to start off in 2nd, it also used to just die for no apparent reason (once just after over taking an Artic) Bloody thing almost killed me  

[STMO123]

A certain mod assured me that the KV6 in my MGZT would blow up. I had it three years and ran it up to 105000 before I traded it and it still sounded great. Cam belts were an absolute killer though, £900 at an indie garage.

[TheBoy]

Y`know people say it was a shame for Rover. However i think they only had themselves to blame.

Karma.

They papped line after line of crap to the unsuspecting British Public.

Only last night i was looking at cars on ebay and one page of 25 random cars in my area had 3 "spares or repair / Head Gasket Failure" Rovers.

They had it coming.... :-/

Yup, K series was good in its time - still not bad now compared to Ford Zetec and Vauxhall ECOTec - but never developed further to overcome its big reliability issue.  Our friends at BMW weren't really interested in putting any money in to R&D.

[TheBoy]

The difference between my wifes 2001 Rover 25 and the 2005 one we had was amazing. The doors sounded tinny and the dash pastic was wafer thin on the newer one. Thats one reason she wouldn't keep the newer version, the other reason is her's is de-catted and chipped

The early 25's are much better built than the later ones.  If you get a 2000 or early 2001, you get a better car, and one that out handles the awful later ones.