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by Soundwave
Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:34 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Early Rover 216GTi
Replies: 3
Views: 5214

Re: Early Rover 216GTi

Looks very very nice!
by Soundwave
Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:59 pm
Forum: Project Cars
Topic: 1995 216SLI - impulse purchase!
Replies: 12
Views: 12959

Re: 1995 216SLI - impulse purchase!

Is anybody going to tell him/her about the high bite point........? Him. :D And go on, I'm intrigued..? I always assumed a high bite point meant the clutch probably doesn't have long to live? Well there are much more knowledgeable folk on here but the five Rovers I've owned have all had the 'high b...
by Soundwave
Sat Oct 24, 2020 8:51 am
Forum: Project Cars
Topic: 1995 216SLI - impulse purchase!
Replies: 12
Views: 12959

Re: 1995 216SLI - impulse purchase!

redandwhitE wrote: Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:41 am Is anybody going to tell him/her about the high bite point........?
Him. :D And go on, I'm intrigued..? I always assumed a high bite point meant the clutch probably doesn't have long to live?
by Soundwave
Sat Oct 24, 2020 1:15 am
Forum: Project Cars
Topic: 1995 216SLI - impulse purchase!
Replies: 12
Views: 12959

1995 216SLI - impulse purchase!

Hey all! Just thought I'd start a thread about this 216 which I acquired on Tuesday, on a bit of a whim because it was local and cheap! I don't have a whole lot of experience with Rovers beyond my parents owning them when I was a teenager, so this should be an experience! I'm primarily an aircooled ...
by Soundwave
Fri Oct 23, 2020 5:27 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello!
Replies: 9
Views: 9923

Re: Hello!

Unusual to hear of a car being described as electrically mediocre! What are the symptoms? It just about all works, just some of it works under protest. :D Passenger window is slow to rise, sunroof doesn't especially like going back - I appreciate these could be mechanical issues rather than electri...
by Soundwave
Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:49 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello!
Replies: 9
Views: 9923

Hello!

Hello all, newbie here. Picked up an R8 216SLi earlier this week, bit of an impulse buy, so I thought I'd better join up so I can shamelessly beg for advice when something inevitably breaks. :D It's an 89k car, structurally superb, mechanically sound, electrically mediocre... and cosmetically challe...