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[STEMO]

There aren't many people of a certain age who haven't had a Rover at some stage of their life.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I remember driving by Longbridge not long after Rover finished up, and was astonished to see that the whole place had been demolished. It was just a vast empty site with a few piles of rubble.  I felt sad and it was almost as if someone, somewhere was determined it would never come back.

Apparently the site is a housing estate now, and I wonder if the streets have names like Rover Road, Leyland Lane, Wolseley Way, Austin Avenue etc

Imagine living on Allegro Avenue! 

[ronnyd]

Vanden Plas Drive would sound posh. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I remember driving by Longbridge not long after Rover finished up, and was astonished to see that the whole place had been demolished. It was just a vast empty site with a few piles of rubble.  I felt sad and it was almost as if someone, somewhere was determined it would never come back.

Apparently the site is a housing estate now, and I wonder if the streets have names like Rover Road, Leyland Lane, Wolseley Way, Austin Avenue etc

Imagine living on Allegro Avenue! 

Marina Drive?

[STEMO]

I remember driving by Longbridge not long after Rover finished up, and was astonished to see that the whole place had been demolished. It was just a vast empty site with a few piles of rubble.  I felt sad and it was almost as if someone, somewhere was determined it would never come back.

Apparently the site is a housing estate now, and I wonder if the streets have names like Rover Road, Leyland Lane, Wolseley Way, Austin Avenue etc

Imagine living on Allegro Avenue! 

Marina Drive?

You'd live in Marina Mansion

[TheBoy]

I had a 1996 Rover 216D which I paid £500 for, had it for a couple of years, didn't do much to it, didn't need to either, and waved it off on the back of a scrappies truck.

For a cheap run a round it was great and I can't remember why I scrapped it now. 

218 wasn't it?  Sure up to the introduction of the L series, it was a 1.8 available it 2 states of tune?  Bit agricultural when cold, but rock solid engine if an oil feed pipe didn't fall off (that was a recall I seem to remember).

[TheBoy]

When I first met Mrs TB she had an Austin Metro.  We called it the Thrashmobile, as it was proper thrashable, and boy did I thrash that one .  As it was the VP one, it had superb seats, and the MG Metro tuned version of the engine...  ...not that it was in any way quick .

When one of my Bro's worked at Tickfords, they did a unique turbo version for the director's missus, and Bro used to bring it home all the time to iron out the jetting, ignition and boost.  That was properly quick for a A series, if quite temperamental.

[TheBoy]

I'm actually thinking, all the BL/AR/Rover cars we've actually owned have all been reliable, decent cars.

[Doctor Gollum]

There aren't many people of a certain age who haven't had a Rover at some stage of their life.

That will be me.

Never had the faintest inclination to own a BL/Rover product.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I had a 1996 Rover 216D which I paid £500 for, had it for a couple of years, didn't do much to it, didn't need to either, and waved it off on the back of a scrappies truck.

For a cheap run a round it was great and I can't remember why I scrapped it now. 

218 wasn't it? Sure up to the introduction of the L series, it was a 1.8 available it 2 states of tune?  Bit agricultural when cold, but rock solid engine if an oil feed pipe didn't fall off (that was a recall I seem to remember).

Yes you're right. 

[ronnyd]

There aren't many people of a certain age who haven't had a Rover at some stage of their life.

That will be me.

Never had the faintest inclination to own a BL/Rover product.

I had an Austin A55 once, does that count?

[Doctor Gollum]

There aren't many people of a certain age who haven't had a Rover at some stage of their life.

That will be me.

Never had the faintest inclination to own a BL/Rover product.

I had an Austin A55 once, does that count?

Probably, but they're a bid old for my taste 

[Rangie]

There aren't many people of a certain age who haven't had a Rover at some stage of their life.

That will be me.

Never had the faintest inclination to own a BL/Rover product.

I had an Austin A55 once, does that count?

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My uncle had a Austin Westminster when I was a kid grey with a cream roof & cream flash along the doors, I believe it was the same six cylinder engine that was used in the Austin Healey, he bought it from Doves which was the main dealership where we lived in Addiscombe South London,I always thought it was quite flash back then.

[Andy B]

There aren't many people of a certain age who haven't had a Rover at some stage of their life.

I've never had a Rover or wanted a more recent Rover & am probably around your threshold 'certain age'  .....

the only Rover I'd consider would be a P5b Coupe 

[STEMO]

There aren't many people of a certain age who haven't had a Rover at some stage of their life.

I've never had a Rover or wanted a more recent Rover & am probably around your threshold 'certain age'  .....

the only Rover I'd consider would be a P5b Coupe 

You're one of the 'aren't many' then.