Nice car, shame about the engine (Rover 400)

Member Name: Gtiracer

Product:	Rover 400
Date:	28/01/09 (529 review reads)
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Advantages: Comfortable, fairly quick for the engine size

Disadvantages: not all that economic (1.4) Head gasket problems

Had a white 'S' reg Rover 414 which had a bit of poke for a 1.4 once you got it moving but still no sports car. Had the car in total about a year or so and bought with 75,000 miles on the clock.

had 2 previous owners, Really comfortable and clean, good condition interior, not too sure about the walnut dash though! touches of chrome about the place and a good driving position. Should've bought a 1.6 I feel, because I feel with needing to give it the extra oomph to get it going, i wouldn't have lost anything in fuel economy from having the 1.6.

Fairly reliable however the notorious head gasket went on mine which is a common problem on the K series engine. Get a Honda engined Rover.

After a while I noticed that one of my front arches had, had some work done on it, so had been in an accident, but didn't drive funny and tracking was always fine. No major rust worries, couple of spots and fairly solid panel work. Not a bad car but the engine problem needs sorting. Handling a little better than the 95 civic i had but still not great.

I've been put off Rovers because of all the problems i've heard about head gaskets going on them, but these cars are cheap too pick up and you can find yourself a real bargain with some of the sportier ones, just research the costs before you invest

Summary: Buy one with a honda engine if you can

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