An expensive mistake (Rover 214 Si)

Name: lorraine

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Product:	Rover 214 Si
Date:	21.03.08 (393 review reads)
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Advantages: lovelly looking car

Disadvantages: very unreliable

I bought a 1998 rover 200 sli. It was automatic and stunning it had sports alloys and metallic blue paint.I paid 2000 and part ex'd a vauxhall caviller. The car ran fine for a year then the problems started... The first thing to go was the gear box. I noticed a whirring noise when i drove and asked my dad to check it over. He told me straight away it was the gear box. So i set out to have it repaired but had to ring around 30...yes 30 different garages to finally find a specialist to fix it as it was automatic. The job cost 355 to repair. I thought all was well and was quite happy after that. (that was september of 2006) in the november the next month i had the brake pipes done which cost 150 pound. Then in the same i had the rear windscreen wiper fixed as the motor had gone. Then in the december of 2006 i noticed the coolant was going down very quickly and took it to a garage to be told it was the head gaskett. I had it fixed which cost 470 pound. I thought after that surely that was all that could go wrong....Nope in the feburary of 2007 i open my bonnet to find the coolant dry.I took it straight back to the same garage where i had my head gaskett done to find it was the head gaskett again. So in it went and was done again thankfully i just paid 40 pound for the gaskett kit. After that in april of 2007 the engine just cut out as i was coming on to a big rounabout i had it checked and it was the distributor coil so i ahd it fixed but again every now and again the engine cut out so i had to face facts i had paid 2000 for the car but well over 3500 in fixture ROVER 200 ARE AN EXPENSIVE MISTAKE!!!!

Summary: Do not buy a rover unless you have a big bank balance

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