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- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: Your Cars - Rover 800
- Topic: Charles' early 92 827 manual coupe
- Replies: 586
- Views: 386349
Re: Charles' early 92 827 manual coupe
I'm really sorry to hear about the fate of your 827 and the pretty bad welding job done by some muppet! It sounds like you were in a similar place to me - having lost all heart. One thing after another kept going wrong with my coupé. And no matter how much time, money and effort I kept using and spe...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: Your Cars - Rover 800
- Topic: Charles' early 92 827 manual coupe
- Replies: 586
- Views: 386349
Re: Charles' early 92 827 manual coupe
Good to see you're also alive and well in 2024 Charles! Scary that it's been 5 years since you updated this thread! How are things going with your Coupe? Hi Dave! Glad to see you are still alive and well also! And also still keeping the forum alive. 😎 I'm doing well. Alot has happened in life since...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:15 am
- Forum: Your Cars - Rover 800
- Topic: Charles' early 92 827 manual coupe
- Replies: 586
- Views: 386349
Re: Charles' early 92 827 manual coupe
Hello all. 🙂 Hope everybody is well. Nice to see the online 800 forum still alive and well, in 2024. 👍🏽 Just thought I would add a nice story. (which I always meant to include on this Coupe thread, but didn't until now) .....💭 I remember once when I was driving the old Rover Coupé. I had my road bik...
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:10 pm
- Forum: Non-Rover
- Topic: New to me, 2011 Lexus IS220D F Sport
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9121
Re: New to me, 2011 Lexus IS220D F Sport
I'm sure the GS being a V6 will be a wonderful and sublime cruiser Henrik :D In the UK (unlike the US) we never got the IS350 - the 3.5 V6. If you compare the IS250 (2.5) V6 to the Rover 827, this engine in the IS is less efficient on combined mpg and overall has less bhp. For a more modern V6, the ...
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:50 am
- Forum: Your Cars - Rover 800
- Topic: Charles's family owned from new Mk1a 827si
- Replies: 58
- Views: 55136
Re: Charles's family owned from new Mk1a 827si
I would need to find a substitute to welding, in order to have these holes rectified.
In the old days where body repairs were done, lead filler was used.
Using this lead work isn't possible in the UK for health reasons.
There must be some alternatives and filling methods..
In the old days where body repairs were done, lead filler was used.
Using this lead work isn't possible in the UK for health reasons.
There must be some alternatives and filling methods..
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:59 am
- Forum: Non-Rover
- Topic: New to me, 2011 Lexus IS220D F Sport
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9121
Re: New to me, 2011 Lexus IS220D F Sport
Thats good to hear Henrik - another satisfied Lexi owner! That's one thing about the IS - the boot is not capacious and plus if there is one downside to the car as a whole; the rear seats dont fold down flat. There is a compartment between the seats for holding skis (not that ive done ski sports sin...
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:36 am
- Forum: Non-Rover
- Topic: New to me, 2011 Lexus IS220D F Sport
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9121
Re: New to me, 2011 Lexus IS220D F Sport
Nice cars Lexus. I have a gs300 and the only complaint is the absence of feel when driving on the motorway. Its not a drivers car. But dead silent and comfortable! Completely agree; nice, comfortable silent cars. The diesel is surprisingly quiet and refined for a D. Can barely tell whats under the ...
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:55 am
- Forum: Your Cars - Rover 800
- Topic: Charles's family owned from new Mk1a 827si
- Replies: 58
- Views: 55136
Re: Charles's family owned from new Mk1a 827si
Sounds like all good stuff Charles! Have you got a new/good secondhand replacement front subframe to fit? Looked for one before without any joy. To be honest the original metal isn't too bad that it is beyond repair - few pin holes that could be filled in It doesn't need welding but I know subframe...
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:44 am
- Forum: Non-Rover
- Topic: New to me, 2011 Lexus IS220D F Sport
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9121
New to me, 2011 Lexus IS220D F Sport
I've meant to do a post about my (new to me) Lexus IS220D F Sport and so I got a spare few moments; here goes; I've wanted one of these cars for a while and I've vaguely expressed my interest in the brand here before. Been seeking to buy one as a daily in order to save the miles on the coupe. As it ...
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 5:41 am
- Forum: Your Cars - Rover 800
- Topic: Charles's family owned from new Mk1a 827si
- Replies: 58
- Views: 55136
Re: Charles's family owned from new Mk1a 827si
I've not spoken about the updates for this car for a while now. Work on this has been going on behind the scenes and it's never a forgotten project. As some might have read, I replaced the battery in the Mk2 coupe, thinking that Vauxhall trade battery was a dude. It turned out that wasn't the case. ...
- Thu Aug 08, 2019 5:33 pm
- Forum: Car Chat
- Topic: 800 Owners Club
- Replies: 29
- Views: 37280
Re: 800 Owners Club
I saw the website for the club Dave that your involved with in the intervening period. So I may have sounded misleading or contradictory. However, the website looks very professional and I urge you to keep up the good work and I wish you all the best with this new club. Hopefully the efforts will pa...
- Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:40 am
- Forum: Car Chat
- Topic: 800 Owners Club
- Replies: 29
- Views: 37280
Re: 800 Owners Club
This is where compromise is needed in reality. Without compromise there are still wider divisions. It would interest me personally and others if there was a unified club where everybody is relatively happy with the said club. The technical expertise is important within the club itself. I know Dave S...
- Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:03 am
- Forum: Car Chat
- Topic: 800 Owners Club
- Replies: 29
- Views: 37280
Re: 800 Owners Club
Dave Smart, unfortunately the timing hasn't come right given the circumstances your faced with. Can I put a question to you which you can choose to answer or not in more agreeable times? Would it not be better to attempt to work with Taniya to make a unified 800 club? Have you considered this before...
- Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:46 am
- Forum: Car Chat
- Topic: 800 Owners Club
- Replies: 29
- Views: 37280
Re: 800 Owners Club
And further more; if this is the type of negative and lackluster mentality of any club (like what I previously mentioned) then I don't need or would be willing to be apart of it. Let me know if you would like me to close your account Charles I'll let you get on Simon. Your busy tomorrow. I've other...
- Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:34 am
- Forum: Car Chat
- Topic: 800 Owners Club
- Replies: 29
- Views: 37280
Re: 800 Owners Club
Charles, of course you are entitled to an opinion but there are opinions and there is being rude. No one has suggested you need to apologise either or need to be sent an apology. However, unlike you I read every post on the forum and here is a quote from Dave Smart which might make you rethink your...