Spotted in Pirbright!
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Spotted in Pirbright!
Sat in Pirbright yesterday and this beauty rumbled along and parked up opposite me!! Couldn't resist having a look around her and taking a couple of pics!! Enjoy....
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Thats lovely, you know if you wait long enough three turn up at once....
1-1985 Vitesse Manual same spec as the one you spotted, engine is A1, body is being restored a bit at a time nothing is a major issue on it. Used as a daily drive in North Wales area
2-1978 Brown 3500 Auto just clicked onto 40k this weekend engine A1 bodywork good but paint has faded in places
3- 1984 2600S Manual bought in April for £465 has a few idling issues but slowly getting better, arches dealt with last month, looking better all the time.
1-1985 Vitesse Manual same spec as the one you spotted, engine is A1, body is being restored a bit at a time nothing is a major issue on it. Used as a daily drive in North Wales area
2-1978 Brown 3500 Auto just clicked onto 40k this weekend engine A1 bodywork good but paint has faded in places
3- 1984 2600S Manual bought in April for £465 has a few idling issues but slowly getting better, arches dealt with last month, looking better all the time.
Ben
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1996 Rover 111 Knightsbridge SE
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2017 Nissan Leaf 30kW Tekna
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After driving properly made cars, any/all SD1s are a disappointment. I have had early 3500s, late 3500s, Vanden Plas and the 3500S. All rattly, shaky, unreliable rotters. And that includes the R reg I bought as a 12 month old car in 1978.
Great design, great concept, Italian influenced styling...frustrating.
Love 'em to bits though. Just don't want the liability of owning one again.
Great design, great concept, Italian influenced styling...frustrating.
Love 'em to bits though. Just don't want the liability of owning one again.
No longer an 800 owner!
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My dad has sort of said the same thing to me.Very Tall Brad wrote:After driving properly made cars, any/all SD1s are a disappointment. I have had early 3500s, late 3500s, Vanden Plas and the 3500S. All rattly, shaky, unreliable rotters. And that includes the R reg I bought as a 12 month old car in 1978.
Great design, great concept, Italian influenced styling...frustrating.
Love 'em to bits though. Just don't want the liability of owning one again.
He says I should leave it at wanting one.
Chris
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19 Vauxhall Astra 1.6T SRi Nav Estate
08 Vauxhall Astra 2.0T Design Twintop
02 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 4.7 V8 HO
Previously owned 57 800s 2000-2012
Relapse of 1 in 2021 Now Sold
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I do like the SD1, but I was put off it back when it became the choice of weapon for a certain type of overweight yuppie 30 something before the BMW became the perceived car to have. After that it was the upmarket Cortina boyo's tart trap (in Sarf London area at least). I liked it again then lol. Now, it is becoming a classic in it's own right. And beginning to attract attention and prices. Amazing how similar certain aspects of it is similar to the 800 (body wise)
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i see i'm not the only one to love um, i did have one for about 2 weeks untill when i got a flat tyre i tried to jack it up the jack points ( who makes box section a jack point ) where full of rust, so tried jacking on the body and after 5 mins of jacking the car was still on the ground, looked in the boot and there was the jack it had gone straight through the floor ( well the carpet and rust )
MIKE
just got a 827 mk2 coupe and loving it, more commanly known as mad mick ( used to run a nitros injected firebird ) still missing my rover, now got a BMW 735 1999. now got 2003 760l, a 6.0ltr V12 and 445bhp.
just got a 827 mk2 coupe and loving it, more commanly known as mad mick ( used to run a nitros injected firebird ) still missing my rover, now got a BMW 735 1999. now got 2003 760l, a 6.0ltr V12 and 445bhp.
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