guy@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov (Aran Guy) (02/23/90)
mr Ethier sez: Sometime when you are really bored, ask me about my former Rover 2000TC phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov - I am also available for voluminous, vociferous and libelous comments on Rover 2000's. My first car...... Aran
phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier) (02/23/90)
> > mr Ethier sez: > Sometime when you are really bored, ask me about my former Rover > 2000TC phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov > - > I am also available for voluminous, vociferous and libelous > comments on Rover 2000's. My first car...... > Aran > I don't know that it'd be all that libelous... It had the factory mags and header, was faster than the weight (3000 lb on the Donneybrooke scale) and power (factory said 125 bhp from 2 litres) would suggest. I really bought the wrong car, since I was an autocross freak. I should have bought a Spridget. I finally traded the '66 2000TC with gearchange problems even-up for a '68 SAAB 96 in good shape. It still was a fine car, comfortable, tight and usable except in deep snow. phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov -- Login name: phile In real life: Philip J Ethier Phone: 298-5324
bellas@ttidca.tti.com (Bellas) (02/24/90)
>Sometime when you are really bored, ask me about my former Rover >2000TC phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov and > I am also available for voluminous, vociferous and libelous >comments on Rover 2000's. My first car...... That's funny I always liked my 2000 TC. My only recurring problem on the car was a choke cable that somehow got electrified and melted it's jacket (happened 3 times). Now Land Rovers, there is my love/hate relationship, my first was a 48 Series I. I must be swinging towards the love side as I am getting ready to start restoring a `67 109 this spring (I am eagerly awaiting the follow- up 3.5 litre V8 info). -Pete-
guy@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov (Aran Guy) (02/24/90)
Rover comments? Have we got Rover comments! >Sometime when you are really bored, ask me about my former Rover >2000TC phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov and > I am also available for voluminous, vociferous and libelous >comments on Rover 2000's. My first car...... That's funny I always liked my 2000 TC. My only recurring problem on the car was a choke cable that somehow got electrified and melted it's jacket (happened 3 times). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I bought a Rover 2000SC for $600 just after my 18th birthday. The car looked good and it had leather seats, but it needed a "tuneup". Well...... Six months and another $600 later Valve job All new hydraulics Rebuilt differential Clutch Rebuilt carb Rebuilt generator Rebuilt starter Rebuilt distributor Etc. Finally, the car was running as well as it looked. I was even driving it to school on a regular basis. And then it happened... A dark and stormy night Going about 25 mph up a windy, mud splattered road When out of the darkness, it appeared! The BIGGEST moving van you ever saw Coming down the MIDDLE of the road Hit the brakes and pull off the road Right into a Redwood tree. Now, the car did everything it was supposed to do under these circumstances. (The Rover was touted as a "safety" car) The engine went under, the windscreen popped out, and all that nice aluminum paneling buckled. The redwood tree was mildly bothered. The moving van had slowed down, as did the station wagon behind it. As I unwrapped myself from around the steering wheel, they both decided that it was better to take off, and did so. The police report, based on the tire marks of myself and the van, said basically that they were at fault, but as I had other things to do than take down any markings, that was that. A few months of sitting in my parent's driveway, and it was towed away. I swore off cars for about 18 months, until a fellow student offerred me his '66 Mustang 2+2 for $375, and I was hooked again. Now, in retrospect, the Rover was a fine car. It handled well, was very comfortable to drive, The leather interior was great, and from what I saw in Ireland a couple of years ago, the car lasts forever in a salty environment. And, for what it's worth, I saw an '80 Rover 3500 a few months back, and was very tempted...... Aran Guy guy@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov LBL Knobtwister and Buttonpusher And me be me SuperHeavy Ion Linear Accelerator Our opinions Accelerator and Fusion Research Division Rarely agree.