Chuckable cars?

[stainesy]

i never forget my mk1 astra gte. that thing cornered like it was on rails.

[Alan16ac]

I'm going to spend money on the golf anyway.
I really cant be arsed selling and buying another car!

So let the mods commence.

[Jack3559]

First time I've seen a ZR described as fairly reliable...

I dont understand why people think they arent?!!

Because they read it on the internet innit.

Nick

I've owned one.

[dan_apps]

out the box and im quite fond of them too....

clio cup 172

loads of fun!


EDIT: sorry cheap was mentioned too, so maybe the slightly weightier std. pre face lift 172, cheaper than a grand and as long as cambelt is done happy days!

[danny_p]

a kart is about the most expensive TOY i've ever owned. tho it did end up as a 500 gearbox 

they eat parts used to seem like it cost £50 in spares to start the bloody thing, was fast tho

[bob23]

First time I've seen a ZR described as fairly reliable...

I dont understand why people think they arent?!!

I don't understand either, Honda's with a rover badge.

My 623 had a Honda engine and gearbox and done over 240,000 miles, even the ashtray said Honda, it was an ex mini cab didn't get oil change or service for 7 years before I bought it, head gasket blew but other than that the engine was fine, left it sat in the garden as I was going to fix it, after 4 months I scrapped it, put the battery back on to load on the trailer and it started straight away.

People just think as old rovers blew head gaskets for fun, that they are all sh!te.

[tweed]

Get a kart  much more fun and cheaper.

Yeah right  !! More fun, definately!!! cheaper? Only if you never drive it 

It only needs a engine rebuild and tyres.
No road tax, no insurance. Nothing to go wrong. A used set of good tyres are £25

Trust me it's cheaper!

Is it? £1200 minimum for a semi decent rotax kart then there's safety equipment, spares, transport, track fees, race licence (provided you want to race in MSA races), maintenance and running costs (Fuel, oil, spark plugs, engine rebuilds, etc). I've racked up a pretty hefty amount since buying the chassis last summer. I'm probably in the region of £2500 and still have about £500 to spend on a couple of parts, race licence and club membership. This is excluding track fees at £40 per day.

Cheaper to buy a Mk4 

That's why I went to tkm and not rotax.
It can be cheap for a bit of fun. Your talking about racing. Yes that's expensive, because you need an up to date chassis. Running lean engines so need to be serviced all the time and regular engine rebuilds, ect.
But that's racing. Go run a race car and tell me how much that costs.

So ok for a bit of fun a kart is a lot cheaper. Lol buy a cheap rolling chassis for £200 tkm engine for £250, then get a helmet and a boiler suit. That's all you need for practice day.

[Diamond Hell]

I don't understand either, Honda's with a rover badge.

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People just think as old rovers blew head gaskets for fun, that they are all sh!te.

Ummm, the 25, 45 and various MG clutter built on the same thing are not a lot of Honda, especially not from the 25 vintage onwards.

Most of the engines are definitely not Honda, they're Rover K-series, which can be OK, but has a number of design faults built-in which is why they blow head gaskets.

I've covered the reasons on here before, but unless they have a remote stat housing, the K is likely to blow its head gasket.

[cняis]

Plastic dowels... Bad idea. Besides, speaking from experience, they're not reliable. Even the so-called more reliable 8v 1.4 k series will blow the o.e gasket prematurely. I know!

Went from a 3 grand rover to a 250 quid mk2 golf gti and never looked back 

[bob23]

I don't understand either, Honda's with a rover badge.

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People just think as old rovers blew head gaskets for fun, that they are all sh!te.

Ummm, the 25, 45 and various MG clutter built on the same thing are not a lot of Honda, especially not from the 25 vintage onwards.

Most of the engines are definitely not Honda, they're Rover K-series, which can be OK, but has a number of design faults built-in which is why they blow head gaskets.

I've covered the reasons on here before, but unless they have a remote stat housing, the K is likely to blow its head gasket.

The K series is what I was talking about when I said  "old rovers blew head gaskets for fun"

Luckly I have not had a rover with a K series engine, nor has any of my friends, my 400 and 600 series rovers were honda engines, my mates between them have had a rover SD1, rover 75, rover 200 and 800, an MG ZR (This was one of a few ZR's that had a 180 bhp 1.6 honda engine which was never a car sold to the public.) , MG ZS, MG ZT, MG ZTT. None of these had a K series engine, so they were reliable.

Here's a review of the ZS

The Rover 45 donor car was not known for being a driver's car, but in fact it was the best car in the Rover range for transformation into an MG, with its Honda heritage providing double-wishbone front suspension and fully independent multi-link rear suspension.