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May 15, 2008 12:59:35 GMT
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Thoughts??!
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qwerty
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Rover 213..qwerty
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May 15, 2008 13:18:10 GMT
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Quality Vehicles but where did they all go!!!  Would respond to JDM styling so well its unbelievable. Prolly something to do with them being Honda's......216 Vitesse would be better though!  |
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May 15, 2008 13:36:52 GMT
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My mates parents had a 216 vitesse, we used to smoke around in it. would match a xr3i off the line. had leather and leccy bits aplenty...
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horney™
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May 15, 2008 13:49:17 GMT
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I saw one of these yesterday on my way to work. It was Henley blue 213S and took me back as a mate of mine used to razz one round when we were teenagers. I was never very fond of the styling but it was a fun car to chuck about.
Nick
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g40jon
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May 15, 2008 14:25:40 GMT
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ugly ugly ugly, one of my most disliked cars! still if its ugly to begin with, then things can only be improved!
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May 15, 2008 15:14:28 GMT
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Not very inspiring really - but if it's an early one (with the "magic" reverse light) then it's a bit interesting. 1.3 is Honda, 1.6 is Rover.
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Padz
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May 15, 2008 15:41:00 GMT
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May 15, 2008 16:00:51 GMT
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my mum had a 216, and my mate had a 213 as one of his first cars, didnt they suffer from the maggot?
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May 15, 2008 16:07:43 GMT
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Oh yes, they suffered alright. Door bottoms were favourite (amonsgt many other bits!) but they're surprisingly ok to drive.
If you come across one though go for the Honda Ballade 1.5: mine would crack a ton VERY easily, even loaded up with four fat mates and a boot full of crud.
Iirc the 1.3 was a Honda engine and the 1.6 was the 'O' series Rover lump.
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Colonelk
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Rover 213..Colonelk
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May 15, 2008 16:37:12 GMT
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(with the "magic" reverse light) Curiousity is killing me now. I need to know what was magical about this reversing light! ;D |
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slater
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Rover 213..slater
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May 15, 2008 16:40:25 GMT
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Same here
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May 15, 2008 17:41:18 GMT
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Sorry to disappoint but it seemed magic to me when I was a nipper. It was red but when you reversed, it turned white!!  It's the left hand rear bumper lamp, the other being the fog. Look, I was like six years old and I thought it was COOOOL! |
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May 15, 2008 19:02:40 GMT
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Brilliant Honda engine, but suffer from tin worm. Its biggest problem was being made by Rover. The 213 is a better bet than the 216 and is cheaper to tax.
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slater
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Rover 213..slater
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May 15, 2008 19:07:56 GMT
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Anyone know anything about modding the Honda lump? are they the same as civics and stuff? Would be cool if you could get some Honda tune up parts on one if they exist!
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May 15, 2008 19:18:05 GMT
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I bet you could lob a Civic engine in without too much agro for some 'V-tech just kicked in yo!' fun, but as said previously the 1.5 Ballade is a proper little rocket ship.
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Rover 213..milfordcubicle
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May 15, 2008 19:27:18 GMT
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Brilliant Honda engine, but suffer from tin worm. Its biggest problem was being made by Rover. The 213 is a better bet than the 216 and is cheaper to tax. Why's that? Even some of Honda's European cars were made at Longbridge, I don't think Honda would have suffered shonky quality for long. |
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May 15, 2008 19:57:04 GMT
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I don't think any Honda's were built at Longbridge.
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May 15, 2008 20:07:39 GMT
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Fantastic shape, like a baby Volvo 740 with a multi-faceted Maestro front end grafted on. These were smart little cars in their day, if a little conservative. You`d see a lot in the car park of a decent school on the night of a PTA meeting, from 1987 up to about 1995.
The comment about their worst problem being that they were made by Rover is a little unjust, as the virtually identical Honda Ballade suffered from uncontrollable rot to more or less the same degree.
If I were to get one now, I`d want either the early "magic reversing light" (I thought it was pretty neat, too) version in really basic trim, in that rare pale aquamarine colour they did and featuring those rather smart steels with little centre caps - which I always thought looked a lot better than the trims on the more upmarket versions - or a late model Vanden Plas to which I would possibly affix additional chrome trim items for that unmarked 1980`s Beverly Hills Cop car experience.
In fact I had one for a short while, a very late H-reg 216SE, and I often used to pretend I was Sgt. Taggart en route to reprimanding Axel Foley and Rosewood for some breach of protocol or other. Even if I was in the car on my own. Seriously though it was a lovely, lovely car to drive and I`d have it back in a flash.
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May 15, 2008 20:08:58 GMT
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I don't think any Honda's were built at Longbridge. Our survey says: EAUGH EAUGH! The Ballade was built at Londbridge with quality checks in Swindon. The Concerto likewise. A friend had one of these when new and I don't remember any quality issues to be honest - way different to say a Montego. |
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This car pops up every few months or so but no-one actually gets around the buying one! Had a 213 for 3 years as first car, canned the nads off it and it just kept going. Cheap as chips to run, ran on unleaded (216 didn't IIRC), scrappies were full of them as well so parts cheap. Here's mine:   |
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