time to say bye to the 25

[bren]

after my son purchased a brand new focus st3 and let his little sister have his much loved 05 plate zs i have now to her old rover 25 up for sale. pepper as she name the 25 has been a great little car and has taken her all over the country. i have put it up for £575 mot til end jan 2014 tax til sept 2013, what do you guys think of the price ? dont want to over price it, i fitted middle and back box last year engine covered 30,000 miles and clutch 10,000 miles. doesnt use any oil or water.
be nice to have some veiws from on the forum,should get some sense from you lot lol

[Richard Moss]

Nice looking car - deserves to sell at that price. Aircon, too

[BennyVitesse]

£575 seems very fair to me. Those earlier 25s seemed to be a lot better made than the post 2002 models.

[Bert3]

Anyone who's never had a K series will be wondering why you've put up a picture of the coolant tank

As someone who's owned a 1997 200 bubble for the past 11 years I can vouch for them as being massively under-rated as daily drivers.

[SJG]

What engine does it have, 1.2, 1.4 etc?

Looks very nice

[TheVDM]

I've had a couple of K-Series engined cars, I don't think they are as un-reliable as many seem to make out. I found them quite reasonably powered for the engine size too:D

Those Serpentine alloys look quite nice on the 25, I had a set of those on my 45 Impression S2.

That said though I think £575 is a good price for what looks like a tidy and well looked after car.

Edit: I don't think they ever made a 1.2 K-Series, if memory serves me well it looks as though it's a 1.4

[bren]

thanks for comments, its a 1.4 with the restricted alloy throttle body. i do have the unrestricted throttle body that came with the replacement engine out of the 05 zr. i drove the 25 today and its a nice little runner, those 1.4s are quite nippy for the engine size.

[bren]

well that was quick, sold this afternoon no haggling on price either but i was a gent and knocked off £25 for the young lady after her father looked the car over and had a test drive. as my daughter had left the fuel quite low and they didnt try and knock the price down i let her have £25 off for fuel. everyone happy

[TheVDM]

That's good to hear that it was a quick sale without any hassle, it's always nice when that happens.

[SJG]

Excellent news, a good day then!

[Richard Moss]

those 1.4s are quite nippy for the engine size.

105bhp on the unrestricted version - certainly nippy

[TheVDM]

those 1.4s are quite nippy for the engine size.

105bhp on the unrestricted version - certainly nippy

That's right, the 214 wedge I had was definitely a nippy car , although it's end of life was caused by gearbox issues

[bren]

yes we had a couple of gearbox issues on our 214 sei wedges, other than that the were great cars with no head gasket problems. the first 214 a tahiti blue car had the larger alloy inlet manifold. other than a piper filter and longlife system it was standard but when i had it on the rolling road it was over 112bhp. that was a great car until the lady with a mk2 beetle decided to pull out blind from behind a disco mk2 and hit our little rover. end of that car.