Take the piss, but I think this is a BARGAIN

[Easy 10]

5 door 2001 Rover 45 1.6 Twin-cam 16v
37,000
Air con, PAS, electric windows, CD, alarm / immobiliser, FSH etc
Immaculate condition
£1995

So I BOUGHT it.
Yes, I was tempted by the Audi A4 2.4 litre for a few grand more, but the government would routinely RAPE me in road tax and at the petrol pump even more if I'd bought that bad boy. There was also a rather peachy Alfa that caught my eye, but bollocks to it. I only need the thing to ferry me to HH and back through the week, so the price, low milage and excellent condition of this old Rover won me over. Plus the fact I didn't need to take out any finance with them. It'll do me for a couple of years till things hopefully get a bit more sensible again.

Yes, I own a Rover. And yes, it'll f***ing do.

 

[dougdeep]

But why buy a thirsty beast just to go a few miles?

 

[defrocked priest]

congrats

 

[Easy 10]

But why buy a thirsty beast just to go a few miles?

Hardly thirsty, should get 35mpg easy.
I'm not tootling up there in a Ford Ka or a bloody micra. You've got to draw the line somewhere.

 

[Seagulltonian]

Photos!

 

[hitony]

5 door 2001 Rover 45 1.6 Twin-cam 16v
37,000
Air con, PAS, electric windows, CD, alarm / immobiliser, FSH etc
Immaculate condition
£1995

So I BOUGHT it.
Yes, I was tempted by the Audi A4 2.4 litre for a few grand more, but the government would routinely RAPE me in road tax and at the petrol pump even more if I'd bought that bad boy. There was also a rather peachy Alfa that caught my eye, but bollocks to it. I only need the thing to ferry me to HH and back through the week, so the price, low milage and excellent condition of this old Rover won me over. Plus the fact I didn't need to take out any finance with them. It'll do me for a couple of years till things hopefully get a bit more sensible again.

Yes, I own a Rover. And yes, it'll f***ing do.

I'm just so glad i got rid of the heap of cra............ Oh ....i mean ....that lovely well kept car

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

FSH? Is that like GSOH?

 

[Wardy]

5 door 2001 Rover 45 1.6 Twin-cam 16v
37,000
Air con, PAS, electric windows, CD, alarm / immobiliser, FSH etc
Immaculate condition
£1995

Is that you description or theirs?

 

[hitony]

Photos!

go to... http://www.ivebeenconned.com

 

[Easy 10]

Photos!

Here it is on my driveway. You may notice its the model that has the slightly lower bonnet.

 

[Eric Potts]

That driveway needs a bit of weeding

 

[Easy 10]

I'll burn them off when I wheelspin off to work tomorrow.

 

[hitony]

I'll burn them off when I wheelspin off to work tomorrow.

(how do i tell him that pushing the car will not exactly wheelspin the weeds of the drive ? might crush them a bit if he steers it in the right direction)

 

[Easy 10]

Yes yes I KNEW I'd attract instant derision for having an unfashionable cheap used car. But stuff it. It probably means we can also squeeze another holiday abroad later this year, so with all things considered, I'm happy to take the cheapo car option for now. Once the kids are older, THEN I can start getting silly and start buying ridiculous cars I'm far too old for.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Yes yes I KNEW I'd attract instant derision for having an unfashionable cheap used car. But stuff it. It probably means we can also squeeze another holiday abroad later this year, so with all things considered, I'm happy to take the cheapo car option for now. Once the kids are older, THEN I can start getting silly and start buying ridiculous cars I'm far too old for.

Thin edge of the mid-life-crisis wedge tho innit. Next it'll be the Harley Davison and the leather jacket and bombing off to Goa to 'find yourself' i.e find yourself a spaced-out nineteen year old hippy chick called Moonbeam

 

[Gully]

FSH? Is that like GSOH?

...isn't that a blind fish...no I.

 

[Frutos]

...isn't that a blind fish...no I.

 

[Easy 10]

Thin edge of the mid-life-crisis wedge tho innit. Next it'll be the Harley Davison and the leather jacket and bombing off to Goa to 'find yourself' i.e find yourself a spaced-out nineteen year old hippy chick called Moonbeam

I hardly think a Rover 45 is the thin-end to a mid-life crisis. Its a BORING car that will do a job. Its the automobile equivalent of Gareth Southgate.

I intend to LAUNCH my midlife crisis in 2012 with the purchase of a two-seater 2003 TVR with bucket seats and a rear speaker system the size of Wiltshire.

 

[cjwoolven]

...isn't that a blind fish...no I.

:thud:

was so bad it needed another comment.

 

[Box of Frogs]

I think you have a bargain there - you just have to hope nothing too serious goes wrong with it as I hear parts are a bastard to get on some models. However, the low mileage and FSH should give you a fighting chance.

I had to get rid of my luxurious Omega 2.0 auto because of the rising cost of fuel. I've now got a Fiesta 1.25 Zetec (S reg) and I easily get 45mpg. OK its not the most exciting car in the world, but it does what I need it to, which is get me to and from HH every day cheaply and comfortably!