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Re: Who's still active?

Post by CHR15E » Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:32 pm

Jon R wrote:I'm still here too.

Had a look on How Many Left.com, which gives a figure of 837 various 800's licensed.
We've struggled to get 30 at the shows this year, wonder where the other 800+ are lurking.

Jon R
Just had a quick look on there, they also have Sterling and Vitesse listed as separate models so the numbers may be a little higher with those included?

Quite scary when you compare to other models of the day though. 40K or so of each 200 series and 400 series.

More SD1s too, which is crazy seeing that they are 30+ years old now, guess it shows just how unloved the 800 is?
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by Dickie524 » Mon Sep 26, 2016 4:34 pm

I'm still 'ere - tend to be here in fits and starts though - keep watching for another fuel economy thread in the next while!
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by scoobyh123 » Mon Sep 26, 2016 6:44 pm

Jon R wrote:Thanks Dave,
it's just seems an event when you happen to see one pass by.

Jon R
I know what you mean Jon although round here it isn't so bad for me as there are a total of 4 800s in my village that are on the road. That said i've not seen the 4th one for a while and the last time i saw it was 50 miles from here! :roll: :lol:
I have to confess i quite often miss other 800s on the road until they're gone mainly because they are so rare these days i'm not expecting to see another.
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by Dickie524 » Tue Sep 27, 2016 8:07 am

What I think is nuts is that whenever you look down Ebay there are WAAY more P6's then SD1's and 800's combined!

Guess there was much less competition back then though...
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by metelmickey » Wed Sep 28, 2016 1:35 pm

just checked that site and there's only 131 of my 760l
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. :evil:

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Re: Who's still active?

Post by midnite » Wed Sep 28, 2016 8:33 pm

i think the trouble is defo Facebook, there are a hell of a lot of people on there with rovers and its so quick to put pics up, and people make comment etc, you feel a bit more connected and so quick, i will say Facebook is 99% shite most of the time though, i think forums are somewhat dated now, and you need a platform that is super fast and super easy to access, and thats Facebook I'm afraid, also most weirdos on here like myself have at least 4 800s well i do anyway, so you got 10 guys with nearly 90% of all the 800s left in the country, and most of them are only just getting used to vhs video recorders etc.

but i pop in every day or other at least, but I've nothing much to report at the moment, but that may change very soon in more ways than 5
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by scoobyh123 » Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:32 pm

Buying another one then Matt? :idea: :?:

And what's a VHS? I've just about managed my Bell & Howell Super8 Cine-projector! :wink: :lol: :D
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by midnite » Thu Sep 29, 2016 7:41 am

you'll see dave, on the low low at the moment though. sshhhhh
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by Manalishi » Sat Oct 01, 2016 8:20 am

Still visiting but I think the lack of posting makes my lack of posting even bigger which is obviously the wrong way to attack the problem. One of the dilemmas is the complexity of adding pics. It would be a very nice thing if it would be just a matter of uploading pics, like on facebook.

Just joined one of the facebook-groups in which I see some of you but it is less structured than the forum for obvious reasons. Still, this forum is like a large bank of information/knowledge and I regularly use the search function.

Also, when talking facebook. I noticed that one of the groups "827 vitesse coupe" is using a lot of my pictures. It would be wrong to say it upsets me, but I think they should have asked. And the group name is stupid as there never was a 827 vitesse coupe. Just sayin´.
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by traineefarmer » Sat Oct 01, 2016 8:28 pm

Report them to facebook for improper use of you images. They deserve it for the name if nothing else.
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by scoobyh123 » Sun Oct 02, 2016 10:03 pm

midnite wrote:you'll see dave, on the low low at the moment though. sshhhhh

Hmmm, think i have an inkling what it may be Matt - suffice to say it's located where Rolls-Royce started out and where a lot of locomotives were made. :idea: :wink: :D
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by midnite » Sun Oct 02, 2016 10:07 pm

that would be manchester then dave, but my friend you'd be wrong, what have you seen in manc then.
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by scoobyh123 » Sun Oct 02, 2016 10:15 pm

traineefarmer wrote:Report them to facebook for improper use of you images. They deserve it for the name if nothing else.
There's one tiny drawback Tom - if you search for images of Rover 800s on Yahoo, Google or any of the other search engines, absolutely loads come up, all apparently for the taking and using. I was shocked when i found some of my coupé on there and a few other cars i recognise from the forum.
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by xpuffin » Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:26 am

I'm still a frequent lurker.
I guess I need to post more.
Oh, and I too have just bought an 820 Vitty :D

Perhaps we should do a breakfast meet somewhere suitable for the majority.
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Re: Who's still active?

Post by Richard Moss » Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:17 pm

I'm irregular but still present. The nearest thing I have to a Rover now is my MGC GT but my wife and daughter have one each (200 cabrio and Rover 100).

Facebook does rather draw people more than the forum, although I've just activate a huge load of accounts that I think are genuine.
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