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Re: StandBy for Class

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:43 pm
by Hooli
Bloody hell I can't see any rot! Is that a leak under the bumper though?

Re: StandBy for Class

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:59 pm
by AutoshiteBoy
Cheeky cunt. They neither rotted nor leaked.

Re: StandBy for Class

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 6:44 am
by AutoshiteBoy
This goes under the hammer today at Matthewsons. Wish me luck.

Re: StandBy for Class

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 7:59 am
by stillOrange
Really diverse selection at that auction.

Good luck with the sale.

I would buy that MX-3 BTW

Re: StandBy for Class

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 6:09 pm
by AutoshiteBoy
A dreadful result. Derek did say when I entered it that it needs an audience to actually witness how straight it is.

I've said I'll sell if the net result is a thousand in my pocket. Otherwise I'll collect, I left enough petrol in it to get me home.

Re: StandBy for Class

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:00 am
by cros
AutoshiteBoy wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 6:09 pm A dreadful result. Derek did say when I entered it that it needs an audience to actually witness how straight it is.

I've said I'll sell if the net result is a thousand in my pocket. Otherwise I'll collect, I left enough petrol in it to get me home.
People pay more for a fucked Metro these days, I'm shocked.

Re: StandBy for Class

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:06 am
by MRustbucket
I remember these as being well regarded at the time, but they seem to have been forgotten.

Re: StandBy for Class

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:18 am
by AutoshiteBoy
I sold them new and used. They were a difficult sell as they were really quite unknown, but arguably the pick of the full Rover range. They were leagues ahead of the 800.

Re: StandBy for Class

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:52 am
by MRustbucket
Maybe it was just me that liked them then!

Re: StandBy for Class

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 12:10 pm
by AutoshiteBoy
Once you put somebody into them, they liked them. But they were totally over-shadowed by the likes of the Mondeo and the Passat. Rover never pushed the model as BMW were in charged and they were rumoured to be losing money on everyone sold. The diesels were always in demand, but so expensive due to all the Honda kit in them. They were really all Honda.