What do you love/hate about your car?
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I hate not getting it when you ordered it on the 11/2/05 and you were told delivery would be on 13/3/05.
my friends mini was late like that he rang up complained said he had sold his car and now had no transport they gave him a curtosy car and a freemini bodykit to compensate him! he did go mental on the phone with them tho!
oh and back on topic i love my car when the weather is great - i hate it when its not! i also hate the stupid lighter in a really badly designed place and also hate with a passion the sun shade things (the name escapes my memory!) they are so bloddy useless!
oh and back on topic i love my car when the weather is great - i hate it when its not! i also hate the stupid lighter in a really badly designed place and also hate with a passion the sun shade things (the name escapes my memory!) they are so bloddy useless!
'69 Rover 3500 Auto
Love:
Driving it, looking at it.
Tracking down a niggle, working on it and fixing it, on my own.
The effortless cruising of an auto V8.
The burbling V8 soundtrack ambling down a narrow street.
The pickup of the car locked in gear (usually D2) up to 60.
Tracking a corner perfectly at speed and then opening the throttle.
Kids recognising the car giving me a thumbs up or a smile.
Every 1.0 Saxo owner driven by a baseball cap wearing youth that tries to have a go getting shown up by a 36 year old car.
Hate:
Worrying at every new strange sound, clonk or rattle.
Finding a new problem (new ones include rotting rear bumper over-riders, flicking brake warning light and windscreen rubber trim alignment)
The annual MOT worry.
The amount of spares it gets through.
The price of Optimax + octane booster especially at 10mpg around town, 18mpg at 60mph.
'02 Rover 75 CDTi Connoisseur
Love:
Opulent driving comfort, relaxing drive and ride.
Reliability peace of mind.
Fuel economy.
Hate:
Ignorant people that think they are rubbish cars
Love:
Driving it, looking at it.
Tracking down a niggle, working on it and fixing it, on my own.
The effortless cruising of an auto V8.
The burbling V8 soundtrack ambling down a narrow street.
The pickup of the car locked in gear (usually D2) up to 60.
Tracking a corner perfectly at speed and then opening the throttle.
Kids recognising the car giving me a thumbs up or a smile.
Every 1.0 Saxo owner driven by a baseball cap wearing youth that tries to have a go getting shown up by a 36 year old car.
Hate:
Worrying at every new strange sound, clonk or rattle.
Finding a new problem (new ones include rotting rear bumper over-riders, flicking brake warning light and windscreen rubber trim alignment)
The annual MOT worry.
The amount of spares it gets through.
The price of Optimax + octane booster especially at 10mpg around town, 18mpg at 60mph.
'02 Rover 75 CDTi Connoisseur
Love:
Opulent driving comfort, relaxing drive and ride.
Reliability peace of mind.
Fuel economy.
Hate:
Ignorant people that think they are rubbish cars
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Got an ZS180 saloon in X-Power Grey ('03 model) - no pics as of yet as I'm new to this site and haven't sorted any pics yet!!
Love:
Everything about it!!!! (looks, handling, acceleration, sheer cornering ability, size, colour, sound..)
Really Love:
Letting B*W's thinkn they can take you then sticking it in 3rd and making them realise that they don't have perfect driving machine!!!! :devil:
Hate:
Got it second-hand so no sunroof (really like sunroofs)
People calling it a crap Rover. I know technically it is based on one BUT MY GOD PEOPLE CAN YOU NOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE - JUST DRIVE ONE FOR :cus: SAKE?! (ahem) sorry :err:
(oh - and Rovers aren't crap!)
Love:
Everything about it!!!! (looks, handling, acceleration, sheer cornering ability, size, colour, sound..)
Really Love:
Letting B*W's thinkn they can take you then sticking it in 3rd and making them realise that they don't have perfect driving machine!!!! :devil:
Hate:
Got it second-hand so no sunroof (really like sunroofs)
People calling it a crap Rover. I know technically it is based on one BUT MY GOD PEOPLE CAN YOU NOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE - JUST DRIVE ONE FOR :cus: SAKE?! (ahem) sorry :err:
(oh - and Rovers aren't crap!)
Haven't got any photos on the works computer sorry. I'll have a look tonight
1960 Mini
LOVE
Everything!
HATE
Nothing!
'99 Rover 200i SE
LOVE
It's Stealth - (it's power)
It's heritage
What it is - british car
It's design
The quality of the interior materials
It's little touches (chrome 'Rover' marked sill scuff things, the interior light coming on when you open it with the remote, light around the ignition)
It's little traits that give it character and seperate it from the rest (Modern cars)
The fact it's not perfect
HATE
When it won't go into reverse and crunches
The sunvisors!!!! (deelun
) when you get them just the right level and they jump back to let the sun blind you!
The vibrating rear view mirror
The rusting hinges of the boot
The fact I'm so concious of the head gasket going
1960 Mini
LOVE
Everything!
HATE
Nothing!
'99 Rover 200i SE
LOVE
It's Stealth - (it's power)
It's heritage
What it is - british car
It's design
The quality of the interior materials
It's little touches (chrome 'Rover' marked sill scuff things, the interior light coming on when you open it with the remote, light around the ignition)
It's little traits that give it character and seperate it from the rest (Modern cars)
The fact it's not perfect
HATE
When it won't go into reverse and crunches
The sunvisors!!!! (deelun
) when you get them just the right level and they jump back to let the sun blind you!The vibrating rear view mirror
The rusting hinges of the boot
The fact I'm so concious of the head gasket going
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1987 Fiat Panda
Love:
It's simplicity
Reliability
Strength
3 years of lugging bricks, sofa's, wardrobes, a fridge freezer - you name it it took it in it's stride
Hate:
When after I sold it I drove past it crashed an on it's roof on the M62 !
2004 Rover 45
Love:
The saloon shape
The wonderful Ski Blue paint
The sumptuous smokestone leather
The turn of speed the 2.0 tdi gives
Hate:
People who don't like it cos it's a rover.
Love:
It's simplicity
Reliability
Strength
3 years of lugging bricks, sofa's, wardrobes, a fridge freezer - you name it it took it in it's stride
Hate:
When after I sold it I drove past it crashed an on it's roof on the M62 !
2004 Rover 45
Love:
The saloon shape
The wonderful Ski Blue paint
The sumptuous smokestone leather
The turn of speed the 2.0 tdi gives
Hate:
People who don't like it cos it's a rover.
My 45
Love:
Everything about it esp the badge,
Hate:
The dam ATC that cont keep the temperature you set.
SW
Love:
The looks,
Hate:
The build quality.
CR,
Love:
The space and pace of the car,
Hate:
The gearbox noise,
The people who say it's rubbish and have not lived/driven one for any length of time.
Love:
Everything about it esp the badge,
Hate:
The dam ATC that cont keep the temperature you set.
SW
Love:
The looks,
Hate:
The build quality.
CR,
Love:
The space and pace of the car,
Hate:
The gearbox noise,
The people who say it's rubbish and have not lived/driven one for any length of time.
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Never!deelunn said:
I do like rovers (tho I prefer MG's). Both my previous cars were Rovers (had a 1.1s Metro and a Rover 216si [bubble]). Both were great cars that I miss.Rover Metro 1.1s & Rover 216si:
Love:
The acceleration compared to other cars in their class!
Hate:
The constant cooling system problems, and HG failures on the Metro (this did have something to do with an accident I had two weeks after buying the car!!! - still lasted me 3 years tho!)
Rover 214si 97
Love
Engine roar above 4k without mods
Engine pull for a 1.4
Cost of insurance/tax for such a car
the look of it
Hate
The publicity they have ALL gotten, mostly wrongly
The public view of NON drivers ((coupled with above ))( ie teenagers, Britain doesn't make good cars )
The nigling problems, rattles & power windows ( yeh buggered )
The handling round corners, like a boat ( altho suspension is lovely on speed bumps )
Love
Engine roar above 4k without mods
Engine pull for a 1.4
Cost of insurance/tax for such a car
the look of it
Hate
The publicity they have ALL gotten, mostly wrongly
The public view of NON drivers ((coupled with above ))( ie teenagers, Britain doesn't make good cars )
The nigling problems, rattles & power windows ( yeh buggered )
The handling round corners, like a boat
( altho suspension is lovely on speed bumps )Rover 200 Bubble 1999 1.1
Love
Its looks (well all my mods that i have done to it).
Its resonably low mileage.
Hate
All the little noises, creaks and sounds which i dont know what they are!
Parking knocks (mostly from careless other people, some from careless me!)
Little scratches under the windows where the gf's dog has jumped up on my car! (Now where is my shotgun?!)
Love
Its looks (well all my mods that i have done to it).
Its resonably low mileage.
Hate
All the little noises, creaks and sounds which i dont know what they are!
Parking knocks (mostly from careless other people, some from careless me!)
Little scratches under the windows where the gf's dog has jumped up on my car! (Now where is my shotgun?!)
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Rover 25 1.6 il 16v
Love it to bits.
Had it for about 4 weeks now and for the first week kept finding new things i loved about it and still do, some people have slagged of the colour but I think the colour really suits the car (so ya boo sucks to you tom) the power it has suprised me and I love the sunroof(first car with a sunroof I have owned).
The things I hate.
Dirty roads making it dirty
Although I love cleaning it(spend about 3 hours on it every weekend since getting it I'm sure the neighbours must think I just do it to pose)
Hate parking it up at night get paranoid about Vandalism to cars in our area recently(if you cretins touch my car I WILL!!!! perform brain surgery on u someone get my power tools)
Hate u lot talking about HGF it scares me please stop.
Hate hearing new noises(what was that oops another brown trouser moment)
Love it to bits.
Had it for about 4 weeks now and for the first week kept finding new things i loved about it and still do, some people have slagged of the colour but I think the colour really suits the car (so ya boo sucks to you tom) the power it has suprised me and I love the sunroof(first car with a sunroof I have owned).
The things I hate.
Dirty roads making it dirty
Although I love cleaning it(spend about 3 hours on it every weekend since getting it I'm sure the neighbours must think I just do it to pose)
Hate parking it up at night get paranoid about Vandalism to cars in our area recently(if you cretins touch my car I WILL!!!! perform brain surgery on u someone get my power tools)
Hate u lot talking about HGF it scares me please stop.
Hate hearing new noises(what was that oops another brown trouser moment)
Rover 420
Love:
The fact its still going (200,000 miles of abuse)
The shape
The fact that anyone who is a passenger or drives it instantly likes it
It pulls like a train
The fact I can play with boy racers (off lights or when they attempt to overtake)
The driving position
The seat
The driving experience
Hate:
The list of things I have to get done on it (well I can never find the time to get the little niggles sorted)
The current Condition (Its 3 shades of Green)
The jeliously my missus shows it
The fact that ppl slate it because its a Rover before giving it a chance
Love:
The fact its still going (200,000 miles of abuse)
The shape
The fact that anyone who is a passenger or drives it instantly likes it
It pulls like a train
The fact I can play with boy racers (off lights or when they attempt to overtake)
The driving position
The seat
The driving experience
Hate:
The list of things I have to get done on it (well I can never find the time to get the little niggles sorted)
The current Condition (Its 3 shades of Green)
The jeliously my missus shows it
The fact that ppl slate it because its a Rover before giving it a chance
Volkswagen Golf 1.8GL
Love:
Fair amount of street cred.
Surprisingly powerful engine.
Engine note.
Vast improvement on the old one.
Not drab metallic grey like the old one.
Alloys.
Stereo.
That I should make a profit when it comes to selling time.
Hate:
The fact I don't have the money to improve it.
Broken sunroof.
Gearbox when it decides to act stubborn.
The way the back end skits about on bad roads.
Love:
Fair amount of street cred.
Surprisingly powerful engine.
Engine note.
Vast improvement on the old one.
Not drab metallic grey like the old one.
Alloys.
Stereo.
That I should make a profit when it comes to selling time.
Hate:
The fact I don't have the money to improve it.
Broken sunroof.
Gearbox when it decides to act stubborn.
The way the back end skits about on bad roads.
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