Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club

Rovers are always portrayed to be an old mans car.. or at least be the car of choice for many old geezers. So i was wondering, how old are people that own a rover? or how old were they when they first owned one? I myself was 17 having a 214 sei as my first car have owned 3 and am 18 now.
Would be interesting to hear age of other people and maybe what attracted them to buying a rover?

How did you go through 3 in under 2 years!

I'm 28 but I first learnt to drive in a landrover then a maestro at 14. I learnt to drive in a brand new rover 416 bubble and then the parents later changed it for a 620 diesel which I now own. I maintained my parents maestros for years before I went off to uni, where I got a maestro for the missus for her 21st B-day pressie.

19 when I got my vvc coupe and 21 when i got my coupe turbo.

hahahah 1 was owned by my friend which he wrote off trying to run over the misses, so was then given to me so i could use parts and lots of coupe bits on it... so technically i owend it as it was in my name. then my first actual on the road one (pictured on the ramps), i was racing my friend in his little nonce-mobile 1.3 5dr fiesta ghia that he thought could somehow smoke my rover ... down the local A34 dual carriageway and the fuzz were waiting to pull out as i smoked past at 90... i thought 'danglies'... carried on going a bit till i got to my street which is off the A34, and thought balls to points on me license... broke very late... whipped into my street....contemplated going round the block (knowing i could lose them)... but last minute decision... span into my drive at 30mph catching the passenger side on my gatepost and tearing it open like a can of sardines absolute devastation...also bent the trailing arm. the police smoked past without a clue and ye i had basically lost them... worst part was it was 30 seconds later when they drove past my drive in pursuit... so i would have had time to get into my drive safely. Annnnnyway 2 days later i had already found another 3 dr blue sei on ebay and already had it in my garage swapping all the bits over from my write off one. Then a month or so later a black cab went into me head-on at 50mph and i didnt have a seatbelt on n ye thats how i went through3 rovers.

was ur misses pleased with the maestro ? i mean... its not exactly a sexy girly car is it haha. and not bad going that ravinder... what was ur insurance like at 19 on a coupe... and now on a turbo at 21 ur either loaded or telling porkys haha

Gibbo214 wrote:was ur misses pleased with the maestro ? i mean... its not exactly a sexy girly car is it haha. and not bad going that ravinder... what was ur insurance like at 19 on a coupe... and now on a turbo at 21 ur either loaded or telling porkys haha

Yes she was pleased with it. She loves it so much that we still have it. Infact we now have 4 of them.

I hope you have now learnt not to drive like a pillock after your accidents. Racing isn't big or clever. And I'm betting now you will wear your seatbelt too.

i dont drive like a pillock... your just a bell end with 4 maestros

I think u need to grow up a bit dude *rolls eyes sarcasticly*

hahaha

Gibbo214 wrote:i dont drive like a pillock... your just a bell end with 4 maestros

Yes I have 4 maestros, so what? One is stupidly fast, one is the first car, one is just very very useful and one is for parts.

I'll give you that insult for free. Next one and you are out on your ear.