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[amigov6]

I never really liked the 800's but I loved the SD1's, I know by todays standards they are dire but it's the first car I had and it's because of that big V upfront and RWD combination having a lasting impression on me that I now find myself in a car with that magic combination again......

Gawd knows why I spent the 15 years or so inbetween in FWD's, I guess most of them were company cars though....

I love the SD1. I've had a T reg 2600 & an A reg 3500 both auto. SD1's were potentially great cars sadly let down by BL build quality. Many yrs ago my Dad bought a new 2600 auto but it breaked about from day 1, headlining covered in mould & numerous gremlins.
   I love 'em though. They SHOULD have been a good car.

[waspy]

I never really liked the 800's but I loved the SD1's, I know by todays standards they are dire but it's the first car I had and it's because of that big V upfront and RWD combination having a lasting impression on me that I now find myself in a car with that magic combination again......

Gawd knows why I spent the 15 years or so inbetween in FWD's, I guess most of them were company cars though....

I love the SD1. I've had a T reg 2600 & an A reg 3500 both auto. SD1's were potentially great cars sadly let down by BL build quality. Many yrs ago my Dad bought a new 2600 auto but it breaked about from day 1, headlining covered in mould & numerous gremlins.
   I love 'em though. They SHOULD have been a good car.

I had a 2.6 which my girlfreind at the time loved because it was an auto. Numerous V8's, an SDTurbo (diesel) & a V8S which i really really should've kept, a very rare motor.
The 2.6 was pleagued with cam problems because people ingnored the service intervals & didn't change the oil every 3000 miles.
They've reached classic status now & so are increasing in price which i hope in years to come my Coupe will do

[TheBoy]

LOL, we had fun and games getting an 800 coupe started the other night.  Had popped one of its main fusible links ages ago, and abandoned in pub carpark....

What happened to it? Their worth alot broken up for spares or sometimes they fetch silly money complete

It was given to a mate by the publicans - he's going to run it I think...

Is it the Vitesse or the Sterling? Either way their worth looking after as they only made 2000 of the Coupe in both specs.
They where made to order, so you ordered one with the spec you wanted & waited for them to make it for you.
They where originally made for the USA, but Rover pulled out of there before production.
I'm waffeling again  

Think it was Sterling, but don't quote me - whilst I like Rovers, I think the 800 is bloody awful....  ....it embodies everything cliche about Rover...

We all have oppinions, but having owned four & many SD1's prior I would disagree.
Though it wouldn't be for us all to be the same  

Exactly.  Always sort of fancied one.  Then when she lost her lease car entitlement, she had the little Rover, and I intended to have a car for winter, and use bike in summer, intention being not to keep a car more than 6months.  So I've had the MV6 4.5yrs

Before getting the MV6, I though I'd have an 800 Sterling.  Every single one I test drove was rubbish.  Build quality appalling - popped dashes seemed common as well - and ineffective handling.
We both tried a couple of Omegas, and agreed that was the way to go.

Thats just my experience  :-/ - though I know a few people who used to put them together (600s and 800s built in Cowley), and the stories they tell are shocking...

Dash lift is common on MKI's, but rare on MKII's. The Vitesse is the best handling for obvious reasons & quick too. My Coupe's the rare of the pack being a Vitesse & so i hope she'll appreciate with time  

Never seen it on mk1, only on mk2s...  ...and virtually every one i looked at.

[waspy]

LOL, we had fun and games getting an 800 coupe started the other night.  Had popped one of its main fusible links ages ago, and abandoned in pub carpark....

What happened to it? Their worth alot broken up for spares or sometimes they fetch silly money complete

It was given to a mate by the publicans - he's going to run it I think...

Is it the Vitesse or the Sterling? Either way their worth looking after as they only made 2000 of the Coupe in both specs.
They where made to order, so you ordered one with the spec you wanted & waited for them to make it for you.
They where originally made for the USA, but Rover pulled out of there before production.
I'm waffeling again  

Think it was Sterling, but don't quote me - whilst I like Rovers, I think the 800 is bloody awful....  ....it embodies everything cliche about Rover...

We all have oppinions, but having owned four & many SD1's prior I would disagree.
Though it wouldn't be for us all to be the same  

Exactly.  Always sort of fancied one.  Then when she lost her lease car entitlement, she had the little Rover, and I intended to have a car for winter, and use bike in summer, intention being not to keep a car more than 6months.  So I've had the MV6 4.5yrs

Before getting the MV6, I though I'd have an 800 Sterling.  Every single one I test drove was rubbish.  Build quality appalling - popped dashes seemed common as well - and ineffective handling.
We both tried a couple of Omegas, and agreed that was the way to go.

Thats just my experience  :-/ - though I know a few people who used to put them together (600s and 800s built in Cowley), and the stories they tell are shocking...

Dash lift is common on MKI's, but rare on MKII's. The Vitesse is the best handling for obvious reasons & quick too. My Coupe's the rare of the pack being a Vitesse & so i hope she'll appreciate with time  

Never seen it on mk1, only on mk2s...  ...and virtually every one i looked at.

Do you recall what the years where of the 800 you looked at?
I ask, because what you may consider to be a MKI may have a reg MK of D-J, then thay had a major change, but the MkII's actually went into production in 1995/1996 & dash lift was vertually eliminated on these cars, although they where very similar in looks, but alot of the niggles where ironed out. These Rovers actually went through three face & trim changes, i suppose a bit like the Omega

[TheBoy]

P reg to V reg.

[Martin_1962]

I never really liked the 800's but I loved the SD1's, I know by todays standards they are dire but it's the first car I had and it's because of that big V upfront and RWD combination having a lasting impression on me that I now find myself in a car with that magic combination again......

Gawd knows why I spent the 15 years or so inbetween in FWD's, I guess most of them were company cars though....

I love the SD1. I've had a T reg 2600 & an A reg 3500 both auto. SD1's were potentially great cars sadly let down by BL build quality. Many yrs ago my Dad bought a new 2600 auto but it breaked about from day 1, headlining covered in mould & numerous gremlins.
   I love 'em though. They SHOULD have been a good car.

I had a 2.6 which my girlfreind at the time loved because it was an auto. Numerous V8's, an SDTurbo (diesel) & a V8S which i really really should've kept, a very rare motor.
The 2.6 was pleagued with cam problems because people ingnored the service intervals & didn't change the oil every 3000 miles.
They've reached classic status now & so are increasing in price which i hope in years to come my Coupe will do

Only one fix for the 2600 and that is the V8

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Always had an odd liking for 800 turbos... and I still have an itch for a 620Ti, which will be scratched, one day... I'd never give up the Omega for one though.