Oh my god what am I doing - is this right?!

ajgoodfellow · 15 Apr 2006 at 15:21

How about the 160 VVC? (7.4 seconds to 60)

Or what about a ZS 2.5 V6 180? (7.3 seconds to 60)

scratch · 15 Apr 2006 at 17:23

My old manager had one and he pretty much mirrored Scuzi's comments. It was pretty quick and comfortable but something would go wrong every other week. They also don't like corners one bit!

It also sounds a bit expensive. My bosses sold for £800 about a year ago. I really wouldn't pay any more than this as you need to save as much cash as possible to fix the thing!

Andy

Jonnycoupe · 15 Apr 2006 at 17:26

agw_01 said:
I'm not sure about the 800's. I know the 220 GSi's and Coupe's had the torSEN diff... wasn't true LSD though.

[TW]Fox · 15 Apr 2006 at 17:34

Don't these have all the disadvantages of the Honda Legend (no handling, soft mushy feel) without the advantages (reliability)?

Get the 220 Turbo.

Not a penny over £500 for an 800.

PMKeates · 15 Apr 2006 at 18:23

[TW]Fox said:
Don't these have all the disadvantages of the Honda Legend (no handling, soft mushy feel) without the advantages (reliability)?

Get the 220 Turbo.

Not a penny over £500 for an 800.

Fair enough.

I therefore propose a challenge to all OcUK - nay, the entire Internet itself.

If one individual can propose to me a Rover 220 Coupe Turbo for sale I that I do not know about, that I eventually buy, I will reward them with the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, and a pair of BHS tartan effect slippers in a size of their choice!

Let the games begin!

geiger · 15 Apr 2006 at 18:34

Get the Honda Legend then, with over 100k miles they go for similar money as this and they'll keep on going.

Apart from Rovertech, I dont really know of any 220's for sale.

See here also
http://cars.uk.freeads.net/search.p...OVER&model=220&ad_orderby=&ad_orderdirection=

Theres a Legend on there with 92k miles for 2.4k, sounds good to me

Legend Power to weight: 118.84 bhp/ton

827 Vitesse Power to weight: 124.04 bhp/ton

820T Power to weight: 127.84 bhp/ton

220T Power to weight: 168.78 bhp/ton

75 V8 Power to weight: 152.38 bhp/ton

216 gti Power to weight: 111.93 bhp/ton

my moms micra 1.4 Power to weight: 102.11 bhp/ton

http://www.globalcar.com/datasheet/Nissan/2002NissanMarch14e.htm

bmh.01 · 15 Apr 2006 at 18:38

Theres a black 220 turbo coupe for sale round the corner from me, don't know the price (isn't on sign) but could get the phone number for you if you want. Looks pretty much standard to me but I wouldn't really know tbh.

PMKeates · 15 Apr 2006 at 18:40

Just so we all know, I'm looking for a particularly good 220 Coupe Turbo - in the region of two to three thousand pounds worth.

austinpowers · 15 Apr 2006 at 18:40

[TW]Fox said:
Don't these have all the disadvantages of the Honda Legend (no handling, soft mushy feel) without the advantages (reliability)?

Get the 220 Turbo.

Not a penny over £500 for an 800.

The V6 is the same as in the honda, so are most of the suspension components.

Here's a little review between a standard 800 and the later vitesse coupe.

http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?sd1drivef.htm

Baron G · 15 Apr 2006 at 18:44

I like the old 800. It was the first 'big' car I ever drove on a regular basis back in the early ninties.

What age is the coupe? And how low are the miles? Really low millages can be as bad as high millages.

Baron G · 15 Apr 2006 at 18:50

austinpowers said:
The V6 is the same as in the honda, so are most of the suspension components.

Here's a little review between a standard 800 and the later vitesse coupe.

http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?sd1drivef.htm

Uhmm - that's about an SD1 - a car that predates the one the OP's interested in by about 15 years.

geiger · 15 Apr 2006 at 18:56

It does have a buyers guide for the 800 made upto '98 though

http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?sd1drivef.htm

TomO · 15 Apr 2006 at 20:32

look under rover 800 on the left hand side menus.

austinpowers · 15 Apr 2006 at 21:25

TomO said:
look under rover 800 on the left hand side menus.

Gah my bad, didn't check that it didn't link to it

M0T · 15 Apr 2006 at 22:42

PMKeates said:
Fair enough.

I therefore propose a challenge to all OcUK - nay, the entire Internet itself.

If one individual can propose to me a Rover 220 Coupe Turbo for sale I that I do not know about, that I eventually buy, I will reward them with the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, and a pair of BHS tartan effect slippers in a size of their choice!

Let the games begin!

Thats the problem I have.

I have been looking for a decent turbo for a few months, but the problem is they all seem to come up as pretty high mileage or have been thrashed.

My cousin managed to pick up a completely immaculate 1.6 coupe that had done about 30k. But I suppose the sort of people that buy the turbos and the 1.6s are different.

I know I have the VVC and it should be plenty fast enough for someone my age, but I get a funny feeling in my groin everytime the bloke round the corner goes hooning about in his and you hear the dump valve go

PMKeates · 15 Apr 2006 at 22:56

I considered the VVC for a long time, but decided against it as the Turbo worked out virtually no different in cost with the added benefits of another 55HP, a TorSen diff, and my preference of the Mk.2 dash.

If you find yourself not enchanted by the VVC's performance (The lovely 7200rpm redline mainly), then I'd say go for a Turbo. Heck, I'm 10 days younger than you and am going for one, so you should definitely be okay with it

M0T · 15 Apr 2006 at 23:01

Oh no the VVC's performance is awesome.

I think if I had an f40 I'd want to go faster.

I was hurtling down mountains on skis at dangerous speeds and I still wanted to go faster.

I am a speed freak.

Lashout_UK · 15 Apr 2006 at 23:30

Just to drop in here......

The 2.7 Honda V6 is about exciting as a wet fish.

agw_01 · 15 Apr 2006 at 23:32

Jonnycoupe said:

What do you mean Jonny?

I was just saying that I wouldn't expect the PG1 in an 800 would have any form of LSD being a 'rep mobile' and not a performance car.

austinpowers · 15 Apr 2006 at 23:56

agw_01 said:
What do you mean Jonny?

I was just saying that I wouldn't expect the PG1 in an 800 would have any form of LSD being a 'rep mobile' and not a performance car.

All vitesse sports and 96 on vitesse's had the Torsen diff, mine has it and it's a 96 on vitesse

The Honda V6 is a cracking engine when paired with a manual box

Makes a nice noise too.