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Total Votes 15
Average Score 2.07
Verdict Not Rice



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URL: http://riceornot.ricecop.com/?auto=64479
Submitted by: Adambomb
Comments: 33  (Read/Post)     Favorites: 0  (View)
Submitted on: 06-18-2007
View Stats Category: Car
Description:
Rover 75.

Not a bad-looking car, looks like a Jaguar.


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#1
6-18-2007 @ 10:48:33 PM
Posted By : ricerocketboy Reply | Edit | Del
I love them. I don't know why, but I just do.

#2
6-18-2007 @ 11:28:53 PM
Posted By : thirtyseven Reply | Edit | Del
Richard Porter of evo and Sniffpetrol fame bought one and feels compelled to defend his purchase vehemently often. Apparently the editor jokingly fired him (the old man drives a Clio 197 and a Zonda) and Gordon Murray teases him relentlessly.

BTW, I see both these and the MG versions up from Mexico occasionally. Once I saw an MG V8 model with front and read Z06 chrome plate holders... odd.

[Edited by thirtyseven on 6-18-2007 @ 11:30:18 PM]


#3
6-18-2007 @ 11:34:22 PM
Posted By : wannabemustangjockey  Reply | Edit | Del
Looks like your average modern British car ... hopelessly outdated from new.

#4
6-18-2007 @ 11:49:51 PM
Posted By : DiRF  Reply | Edit | Del
I am a staunch fan of the 2000-2005 MG Rover lineup of cars. They were built with a passion. They may have been designed/updated on a tight budget, but you could tell that the engineers, stylists, etc, were doing the best with what they had to work with.

The cars had so much character.


#5
6-18-2007 @ 11:51:39 PM
Posted By : wannabemustangjockey  Reply | Edit | Del
#4, I can't wait to see Rik's take on that, seeing as how he has to live with these things every day.

#6
6-19-2007 @ 12:08:08 AM
Posted By : thirtyseven Reply | Edit | Del
They were great, if hardly exciting cars, based on a highly modified E39 platform. BMW didn't spare expense when building this car.

#7
6-19-2007 @ 12:22:35 AM
Posted By : DiRF  Reply | Edit | Del
While we're on this subject... sort of... very interesting Clarkson documentary...

"Who Killed the British Car Industy?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9o01CU2uFk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrCQ_NuNoLY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC07JZpsqvs

I never realized what a mess it truly was.


#8
6-19-2007 @ 06:03:18 PM
Posted By : Sensekhmet Reply | Edit | Del
Love the 75s. There is a very sophisticated, relaxed feel to them.

#9
6-19-2007 @ 06:04:04 PM
Posted By : thirtyseven Reply | Edit | Del
#8, 4 u too raALLYE!!!

#10
6-19-2007 @ 06:04:59 PM
Posted By : Disrupture Reply | Edit | Del
#9, :p

#11
6-19-2007 @ 06:07:01 PM
Posted By : Sensekhmet Reply | Edit | Del
#9, No, no. The feel elegant and luxurious. The photo doesn't really show just how nice the car looks. I'd love to have one as a daily driver.

#12
6-20-2007 @ 03:51:05 AM
Posted By : ricerocketboy Reply | Edit | Del
#7, very interesting. I watched it earlier this year. You seen his supercar and hot hatch ones too?

#13
6-23-2007 @ 08:31:18 PM
Posted By : DiRF  Reply | Edit | Del
Hey Rik, can we get ya to weigh in on this thread?

We're just a bunch of ign'ent Americans, Canadians and one Pole... we need an actual British perspective :P


#14
6-25-2007 @ 04:24:54 AM
Posted By : Rik McCloud Reply | Edit | Del
Alright. Seeing as a British perspective is asked for, a British perspective is what you guys are gonna get. And I'm sorry, it's not a good one.

In Britain, if you drive a Rover, you are labelled as dim witted, slow and old and someone who shouldn't be allowed on the road. 9 times out of 10, this is most definitely the case. I’ve seen drivers of Rovers crawl around corners a 7mph. I’ve seen them going the wrong way around roundabouts. I’ve seen them take hundred of attempts to squeeze into the world’s biggest parking space. ARGH!

The older generation loved these cars and I don't have a problem with that. Makes them a damn sight easier to spot on the roads. They feel it's a part of their heritage and the 75 in particular reeks of this past glory. You can easily see this parked up outside a thatched cottage by a village green where a fete is taking place in aid of the local church.

So, would you catch me driving one? Maybe if I was called Ernest and I needed to collect my pension.


#15
6-25-2007 @ 04:28:39 AM
Posted By : Rik McCloud Reply | Edit | Del
#11, Sensekhmet, take one. Take ten. Just get them out of the hands of the old people on our roads!

#16
6-25-2007 @ 04:34:15 AM
Posted By : wannabemustangjockey  Reply | Edit | Del
#15, And then rally them. :P

#17
6-25-2007 @ 04:37:20 AM
Posted By : Rik McCloud Reply | Edit | Del
#16, I have a strange feeling someone might have done in my crazy country. They definitely rallied the MG ZRs and raced the MG ZS' in Touring Car racing. It was nice to see them get smashed up. It's like Jeremy Clarkson loved seeing the Vauxhall Vectras lose

[Edited by Rik McCloud on 6-25-2007 @ 04:37:53 AM]


#18
6-25-2007 @ 05:16:54 AM
Posted By : Sensekhmet Reply | Edit | Del
#15, Gladly. I don't give a damn about what people think of my car (otherwise I'd wash mine more often than rally rules force me to).

#19
6-25-2007 @ 05:21:06 AM
Posted By : Sensekhmet Reply | Edit | Del
#16, Why the hell not? 'You can race anything' is my philosophy since I'm not mad about winning but about racing.

#20
6-25-2007 @ 05:31:18 AM
Posted By : MxCx Reply | Edit | Del
#14, Sounds like the equivalent of Mercury, Lincoln, Buick and Cadillac here.

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