Look what i found in my local paper!!! **photos Added**

Crome · Post by **Crome** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:22 am

I saw the add in the for sale section,
rover 220 for sale
Low millage
1 owner
Full rover service history

I went to see it after i got back from crete on sat. the guy works over seas and is retiring soon and wanting the garage un cloged of all his junk. i was so suprised, under a thick cover was a mint condition L reg flame red coupe turbo with only 32,000 miles on the clock!!!!!!!. so i started askin the guy the usall questions, answers::

Serviced by the local rover garage all its life
He had owned it since new
no major problems
good reson for sale
And the best it had been garaged all its life from new and had not been out for nearly a year!!!

He wants 2,500 for it, is that a good price for a mint condition turbo?

So iv got a job interview 2day for an IT tech so if i get this job ill be goin to straight back up to see the guy and put a deposit on it!!

Crome

Post by **agw_01** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:15 am

Wow, what a find! Obviously someone who takes pride in his possessions.

Good luck with the job! You NEED that car

empsburna · Post by **empsburna** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:22 am

these examples do pop up from time to time and deserve to be owned by someone who will take care of it.

shen · Post by **shen** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:31 am

sounds marvelous but might need a little hard driving and a redexed engine to ease up some parts.....sounds like another old codger mobile that's never gone over 60mph

xr4x4 · Post by **xr4x4** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:47 am

nice find... dunno if its worth Â£2500 tho... maybe Â£2000?

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:35 am

Id say its worth more than 2500. If its truly mint and 1 owner, full rover service on 30k.

Crome · Post by **Crome** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:06 pm

Just back from job interview, think it went well... i hope!! the guy said he would phone me later 2day to tell me whats happin.
Hope i get it so i can give this lovely coupe a good home!

Crome

Raistlin · Post by **Raistlin** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:37 pm

It would be a crying shame if such a car went to anybody other than a devotee.

Good luck with both the job AND the car

Roboscot · Post by **Roboscot** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:18 pm

Great find mate, flame red turbo coupes are surprisingly rare (I've never seen another one on the road other than my own) and to find a mint one is mega lucky. EVERYONE knows red is the best colour for a fast car!

Worth over Â£2500 I reckon. Good luck!

shen · Post by **shen** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:08 pm

ooh you said 220 so i didn't think you meant a coupe....

GET IT!!! you'll prolly be able to knock him down but that sounds like a real find.

Just hope it hasn't been grandad killed by only ever doing dawdling trips to the shop and back and never going over 60mph...ask him if it's ever been at full boost and what it runs like

am i stereotyping here at all?

mini_vtec · Post by **mini_vtec** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:13 pm

Did you get the job?

Crome · Post by **Crome** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:53 pm

Yea it is a good find! couldnt belive i found it in my local paper...

Not hurd anything from the job yet, my uni mate has been workin there for the past few months and said the guy who interviewd me was askin a few questions about me etc.. said it looked good. only thing bad is he said he would phone me 2day but i didnt get any call... goin to leave it till wed and if iv not got a call ill give them a phone to see whats happin.

Crome

shen · Post by **shen** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:56 pm

IT tech..easy life..hope you get it matey

xr4x4 · Post by **xr4x4** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:04 pm

shen wrote:IT tech..easy life..hope you get it matey

u reckon...!

my head can be well mashed up at the end of the day. maybe easy on the body... but can be a right buggger on the mind.

Dickie adams · Post by **Dickie adams** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:06 pm

ha ha it'll have no clutch left and will never have seen 5th gear

. Only joking sounds like a spot on motor mate, good luck with the job and the car, sounds like you really want it no coupe should be sat in a garage wasting away, mines knightfire red aswel

shen · Post by **shen** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:54 pm

xr4x4 wrote:
shen wrote:IT tech..easy life..hope you get it matey
u reckon...!

my head can be well mashed up at the end of the day. maybe easy on the body... but can be a right buggger on the mind.

reckon? I know it.

but perhaps cos i'm tech in the NHS

Crome · Post by **Crome** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:55 pm

Wooo its turbo time!
i got the job, the interviewer phoned mid day to say iv got it and i start on the 1st of november!
so iv managed to put a deposit down on the coupe!! only problem is the guy was wantin a quick sale because he works over seas and is leavin in 10days again and wanted an empty garage b4 he left, but i managed to get him to leave it there till he gets back early january! very good cos means its under cover in a garage, gives me time to get my car sold and start savin to pay the turbo off.

I would love to get it off him b4 he left but i just cant get the money or get my coupe sold in 10days!

All in all a very good day for me

im goin up 2mora to give him the deposit and get a few photos of her.

Crome

Roboscot · Post by **Roboscot** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:02 pm

Nice one mate congrats on the job, looking forward to seeing these pics. And I think you'll get a good price for your car, it looks very nice

Crome · Post by **Crome** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:08 pm

Roboscot wrote:Nice one mate congrats on the job, looking forward to seeing these pics. And I think you'll get a good price for your car, it looks very nice

Thanx man, im not sure what i should be expecting to get for my coupe, iv put so much time, cash and effort into makin it my perfect car!

Crome

ravinder · Post by **ravinder** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:52 pm

Ooft! Ya jammy git. Wanna swap turbos?

Nice one mate. Hope you get it. Just look after it

xr4x4 · Post by **xr4x4** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:02 pm

what price did you agree on in the end?

Crome · Post by **Crome** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:36 pm

ravinder wrote:Ooft! Ya jammy git. Wanna swap turbos? Nice one mate. Hope you get it. Just look after it

Humm no swap...

cant wait to get my hands on it!

The finial price was 2500. i couldnt get him to budge atall from it.

Crome

Post by **agw_01** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:38 pm

Fantastic stuff Crome! Congrats on the job and the new car

Crome · Post by **Crome** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:49 pm

Thanx, now all i need to do is get my loved first coupe up for sale! will be very very sad to see it go.

Crome

ravinder · Post by **ravinder** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:02 am

If you reckon it's worth Â£2500 then it is. I paid more then that and I don't regret it whatsoever! Best Â£2700 I paid and she hasnt let me down!

Post by **agw_01** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:21 am

Crome wrote:Thanx, now all i need to do is get my loved first coupe up for sale! will be very very sad to see it go.

Crome

It's always the way

But then you turn around, see what else you've got sat in the driveway and the pain goes away

Steve220 · Post by **Steve220** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:17 pm

Crome wrote:
ravinder wrote:Ooft! Ya jammy git. Wanna swap turbos? Nice one mate. Hope you get it. Just look after it
Humm no swap... cant wait to get my hands on it!

The finial price was 2500. i couldnt get him to budge atall from it.

Crome

they will budge. You just need to find the nerve to hit

shen · Post by **shen** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:54 pm

the old codger just forgot to mention it only has 3 gears....he never used 3rd 4th and 5th so had them removed

Ross9 · Post by **Ross9** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:40 pm

Sounds good to me, cracking find.

I paid Â£2400 for mine and that had a couple of flakes on the bonnet and 50k on it, ok it was 4 years ago but still souinds like this one is mint.

Worth it IMO, especially as he's basically agreed to keep it stored and garaged for you until January while you get yours sold etc. Ideal scenario all round

Congrats on both the job and the car

Ross

Roboscot · Post by **Roboscot** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:58 pm

If anything turbo coupes have gone up in value lately, I bought mine 2 years ago with 54k on the clock and perfect history for Â£1800 and people thought I'd paid too much!

Crome · Post by **Crome** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:33 pm

Thanx every1, really lookin froward to gettin it.

all i need now is a new turbo owners: fact, info, common probs, good mods and how to hand book... lol :idea:
i dont really know much about the turbos, iv had 4, 1.4 or 1.6 rovers not a turbo so this is goin to be sumthing new for me to start lookin into and gettin to know the engine etc...

Car is now in the for sale section...

Crome

shen · Post by **shen** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:49 am

Crome wrote:
it.all i need now is a new turbo owners: fact, info, common probs, good mods and how to hand book... lol :idea:

Page 1 clearly states....

If your rover has done a careful 30k miles by a gentle owner and serviced regularly....keep this manual safe as you might need it in another 30k miles...meanwhile keep up the regular services and enjoy!

P.S: mine had done 120k when I got it 18 months ago...it has now done 130 ish thou and the 10k i've owned it, it has had a real good hard beating constantly...so far nothing has broken or dropped power. Pretty much the strongest car i've owned so you've got yourself one real bargain there.

Crome · Post by **Crome** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:09 pm

Just back from seein the seller, got a few photos and both signed a receipt to say we have agreed on a price and iv put the deposit down. wooo!

Crome

bigteggs · Post by **bigteggs** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:18 pm

that looks awesome mate congrats!

Post by **agw_01** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:45 pm

Wow! That looks seriously mint!

Glad you've also got a garage to put it in too Crome

Be a shame to leave it parked up outside 365 days a year.

Rovertech 2.0

Look what i found in my local paper!!! photos Added

Look what i found in my local paper!!! photos Added