Why 280 miles journey should be a problem?

 

It will be fine , I did a 500 mile round trip last year and the car was fine ! , was really loud averaging 80 mph though ! Lol.

 

15 mins down the road, then........................................

Cheers
Dave

 

Because they work perfect all year around until you do somethin "different"

 

That's peanuts!!

I've done 280 mile journeys 3 times in the last 3 months and next month I will be doing a straight 1600+ mile journey when I go touring in Germany with the kids and a tent.

Man up!

 

I will be doing a straight 1600+ mile journey when I go touring in Germany with the kids and a tent.

Man up!

Good man!


Don't know why people act like their cars are made from blu-tac and sellotape? They'll take a LOT of abuse, just like 90% of all other cars on the road

 

Rovers were in the top ten of best cars for reliability and least mot failed cars by one if the big car magazines by owners at the peak of the mg era just before the end.

 

Doing a 280 mile journey to London tomorrow, and the same back Monday night and I have every faith in my ZR.

Last month I did a 120 odd mile each way to Newcastle and back with a full car and it didn't skip a beat, and was still great on fuel consumption despite the weight in the car, so should be even better tomorrow with just me.

 

Tbh,

I think it's the total mileage he has issues with on the engine. If the car has always been maintained then it will not matter or be any worse than a 30k mile car.

 

I don't understand all these threads people post referencing long journeys and "will I make it!?" This is not the first I have seen.

If there is nothing wrong with your car then why on earth wouldn't it make it?

 

No, no it won't.
Buy a new reliable car.

 

Like Rover, for example .....

 

jump in...music on...foot down

positive thinking is what you need

if **** happens..it happens
thats life

 

jump in...music on...foot down

Way to do it

 

280 miles each way right.
Well would you question making a 28 mile journey 20 times ?
That distance I'm sure motorways will be involved so travailing in a good steady constant Rev range, if car is in a maintained condition with no known problems shouldn't be an issue.

 

get a recovery truck number on your speed dial....lol

if your car cant do that type of millage without breaking down

get rid

 

I'm doing a couple of hundred miles (Sheffield to Norfolk, then back) in a week or so, on an engine that when warm, runs on 3 cylinders :lol:

Gearstick flies around like mad when it's missing too... just damned irritating. It's getting no more sympathy from me though, sod it.

 

says a lot about the faith in your car really. Ill have to dig this one up when you come to sell it!

 

we have just done 1000 miles in our tf and mgf in 1 week didn't even worry about it.why do you think your car cant cover 280 miles with no problems.

 

I did 2,500 around Europe in my mates old 1.4 MG ZR back in April. The car shell had seen better days but it was very reliable! Didn't miss a beat once, except it did die when the battery cable jumped off (mate hadn't tightened it properly) and the EML came on at 7,500ft, once we got lower it went off and never came back on. I'd gladly hop into my silver 1.4 Rover 25 and take that if I could afford to right now, but instead I'm going to save up and take my MG6 a bit later this year.

Here's a picture of it up the Alps between Italy and Switzerland (Swiss side), this was around 7,000ft up!

 

Well that certainly looks familiar

 

I did a 500 mile round trip in mine last month, 240 miles were at a continuous 80-90MPH. It ate the miles up TBH even my 17 year old 1.3 Micra I'd expect to be able to manage this.

Check fluids, tyres, fuel and GO!

 

will it or will it not

If its a K series engine no the head gasket will go if its a diesel its only just run in and will be fine Man Up just thank god its not an 800 otherwise the camshaft would seize at the first traffic lights

 

If its a K series engine no the head gasket will go if its a diesel its only just run in and will be fine Man Up just thank god its not an 800 otherwise the camshaft would seize at the first traffic lights

The ZR we did 2,500 in was a K-series. I used to have a 1.6 K-series Rover 25 which had 156,000 on the clock when I bought it and I covered 24,000 miles in 10 months, had 180,000 when I sold it, it went on for a further 1,000 miles before being scrapped due to a rusty shell. God I miss that engine, pulled so well and was one of the quietest K-series I've ever heard.

 

I did 600 miles round trip to cornwall last week with around 500miles throught the week. Never missed a beat.

 

I used to do 206 Miles every other Thursday in my Rover 211 a few years back

No messing. Was a solid little car. Still is! :broon:

 

Also - sold my last Rover to a bloke doing a charity run




I'll let you guess where he drove it to... then back from. With ZERO problems

 

Skegness? :dunno:

Cheers
Dave

 

It hasnt missed a beat so far.. Its not the engine im worried about.. But whew it dropped a brake pad, binding its little head off and blown a exhaust gasket.. Other than that,.. Its done us proud

 

I did 4000 in mine travelling through France and Spain, in expanses of desert in over 50°c heat.

My only problem was that the door cards expanded due to heat, making the doors tough to open!

You'll be fine.

 

I covered a total of about 10k in mine whilst suffering from HGF, never missed a beat, and pulled like a train