These old rovers ain't bad are they

[vinny19791]

Heading from KFC this evening, a chap with his mrs in a new golf tdi comes tearing up behind me, (he was also stuffing his face earlier ) decides to blat by me in a 40. I carried on at my leisurely 39mph. I normally just tootle about these days, getting old

Followed him for a few miles, him tailgating people.

Anyway got to a tiny stretch of dual carriageway, I went into the overtaking lane , and he nails it.

Me in my 20 year old rover nailed it.



Pulled along side him, laughed and pulled a face Then accelerated away and waved





Not bad these old rovers.

[pengy_666]

I love, love, love beating people in their expensive modern cars that tey think are amazeballs.

As well as youngsters, most mornings I meet a few people like that.

[1234dist]

nothing better than a double gear change followed by boost and that pleasing sense of victory.

[Dwighty]

Heading from KFC this evening, a chap with his mrs in a new golf tdi comes tearing up behind me, (he was also stuffing his face earlier ) decides to blat by me in a 40. I carried on at my leisurely 39mph. I normally just tootle about these days, getting old

Followed him for a few miles, him tailgating people.

Anyway got to a tiny stretch of dual carriageway, I went into the overtaking lane , and he nails it.

Me in my 20 year old rover nailed it.



Pulled along side him, laughed and pulled a face Then accelerated away and waved





Not bad these old rovers.

Surprising people like that is what GSI's do best

[vinny19791]

That's why I can't have modern cars as a toy.

It's that unknown the rover brings.

Kinda like my metro gti's back in the day

The uneducated laugh.

We laugh last

[greenfli]

For me this is a daily event, yesterday was an audi today a bmw, passed the audi coming into a roundabout with very late breaking then ended up very side ways but managed to keep it on the road, I think everyone in this town knows my cars

[rovermadman4825]

Love stuff like thisa few years ago i embarrassed a bran new 10 plate astra vxr, i was going around a round about i move to the outside lane to pull on to a dual carriage way i look in my mirrow and see the vxr tearing around, so i dropped a cog and floored it evan tho the vxr had the legs on me i still pulled away from him

Funily enough we were going to the same car meet and he wouldnt come anywhere near me He seemed to move away from me as i went to look at his car

[Dwighty]

For me this is a daily event, yesterday was an audi today a bmw, passed the audi coming into a roundabout with very late breaking then ended up very side ways but managed to keep it on the road, I think everyone in this town knows my cars

It always seems to be BMW's and Audi's, usual suspects eh...

[1234dist]

got to the point I couldn't get a race round here if I tried, even the coppers don't bother anymore, they know where I live

[vinny19791]

I guess in Manchester, a few years ago the Honda CTR's were all racing about eh?
both legally and those involved in ram raids

[1234dist]

they are more interested in zr's in my sleepy little town, there are 4 including my mrs all of them drive like they stole it, mrs included.

[ghall2004]

10 psi?

[greenfli]

Interestingly I had a go at my friends scooby wrx with full big bore exhaust decat and airfilter, he says it should be running close to 240, I beat him in a straight drag race running 8 psi unmodulated as I want the milage to get to 1500 before I up the boost on my new engine, we were both very suprised, I do have a large bore exhaust from the turbo back and decat but still its pretty impresive an old design of engine is still smashing scoobys, I love my rovers

One more thing to add, if uv just beat a bmw or audi and he pulls up behind you at the next set of lights get out and polish the rover badge on the boot with your sleeve then jump back in, that gets a funny reaction every time, a sort of cross between anger and embaressment

[joshreynolds]

the wrx will have miles more transmission loss due to all the diffs and shafts plus a lot of extra weight. still pretty impressive though

[radddogg]

Street racing



It's probably so fast due to the weight loss caused by the rust holes and bits that have fallen off!

[vinny19791]

Street racing



It's probably so fast due to the weight loss caused by the rust holes and bits that have fallen off!

No rust or bits removing shamone

[vinny19791]

Infact

[ghall2004]

Vinny just made a funny

[1234dist]

[radddogg]

Great logic Einstein. I bet you sh1t all over milk floats and bicycles too. If I wanted a fast car I'd have kept the GTO which would have sh1t all over your Rover - but I don't have a reptilian complex so I don't need to street race to show how macho I am.

There are more important things in life than speed.

[joshreynolds]

Unless those plates are already doctored I sudgest the admin should remove that picture ASAP!
And tbf dude every time I see a smart car all I think is here's someone else that can't be arsed to cycle to work, just my opinion

[radddogg]

Unless those plates are already doctored I sudgest the admin should remove that picture ASAP!

Why? I don't drive around with my plates blurred. Who the hell cares what my vrm is?

And tbf dude every time I see a smart car all I think is here's someone else that can't be arsed to cycle to work, just my opinion

Why? Do you think that about all cars?

[joshreynolds]

Just think the majority are tree hugging hippies, plus it may well be cheap to run and easy to park but how would it hold up in a crash when your knees are the crumple zones, personally I put more value on my life than saving a few quid on tax and fuel!

[baconbuttyman]

Heading from KFC this evening, a chap with his mrs in a new golf tdi comes tearing up behind me, (he was also stuffing his face earlier ) decides to blat by me in a 40. I carried on at my leisurely 39mph. I normally just tootle about these days, getting old

Followed him for a few miles, him tailgating people.

Anyway got to a tiny stretch of dual carriageway, I went into the overtaking lane , and he nails it.

Me in my 20 year old rover nailed it.



Pulled along side him, laughed and pulled a face Then accelerated away and waved





Not bad these old rovers.

Same thing happened to me in my old Vauxhall Omega 2.5v6, boy that was a fast motor

[james3990]

Just think the majority are tree hugging hippies, plus it may well be cheap to run and easy to park but how would it hold up in a crash when your knees are the crumple zones, personally I put more value on my life than saving a few quid on tax and fuel!

[radddogg]

Just think the majority are tree hugging hippies, plus it may well be cheap to run and easy to park but how would it hold up in a crash when your knees are the crumple zones, personally I put more value on my life than saving a few quid on tax and fuel!

Your profile doesn't say but I think you drive a BMW 3 series so fair enough they are 5 star euro ncap rated but as we are on a Rover forum lets compare the Smart ForTwo with the Rover 600.

Smart ForTwo




Rover 600

[peteT16]

[vinny19791]

[radddogg]

You don't have to read it

[joshreynolds]

I was a passenger in a 600 that hit a bollard at 70 and all three of us got out without a scratch

[radddogg]

I was a passenger in a 600 that hit a bollard at 70 and all three of us got out without a scratch

I feel better now - for a moment there I thought the Rover 600 was unsafe but you laid my worries to rest.

That must be the special edition right-angle A-pillar model in the picture!



I'll phone Euro NCAP and let them know you're available as a technical expert then

[joshreynolds]

Sarcey tw@

[Marty]

Just think the majority are tree hugging hippies, plus it may well be cheap to run and easy to park but how would it hold up in a crash when your knees are the crumple zones, personally I put more value on my life than saving a few quid on tax and fuel!

They nice and air tight then

[peteT16]

Sarcey tw@

No, he's got a smart arsed answer for everything

[Punx0r]

Hold on Radders, the 600 may have only got 2 stars compared to the fourtwo's 4 stars, but NCAP states that the test results are only comparable between cars within 150kg of each other. The 600 is 1280kg and the smart is 750kg.

You ought to compare the smart with the Rover 100...



http://www.euroncap.com/tests/rover_100_1997/11.aspx