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Subject Topic: Rover 75 as towcar
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13/10/2005 at 9:07pm
 Location: Martock
 Outfit: Rover 75 and Swift Minuette
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Anyone using a Rover 75 as a tow car? If so any probs? What engine?

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13/10/2005 at 9:19pm
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Caravan now Sold
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hi see this Rover 75 also if you do a search there are others to read as well.hope this helps.1817

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13/10/2005 at 9:34pm
 Location: cheshire
 Outfit: swift challenger 530 toyota surf
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hi smiffy, my brother in law has a 75 diesel, tows excellent, well pleased with it.


13/10/2005 at 9:40pm
 Location: Martock
 Outfit: Rover 75 and Swift Minuette
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Thanks all

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13/10/2005 at 11:01pm
 Location: Burnley
 Outfit: Bailey Senator Carolina Jeep Cherokee
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We had a Rover 75 2 ltr diesel and it was great to tow our Bailey Ranger 510/4, but I've heard that the 1.8 petrol engine isn't so good. We changed it because we needer something bigger for our new van.

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16/10/2005 at 4:28am
 Location: Carlisle
 Outfit: Sterling Eccles
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The 1.8 petrol engine has a poor reputation but the turbo version is ok. We bought the turbo and find it a better all round tow car than our previous vehicle a Vauxhall Omega 2.0 litre petrol that we thought would be hard to beat.

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17/10/2005 at 10:58pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Disco dragging an Elddis Tempest
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Rover 75.......... a good car.  The Rover Group recently "folded" though, so I would be wary of the warranty cover that may exist.


17/10/2005 at 11:54pm
 Location: Martock
 Outfit: Rover 75 and Swift Minuette
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Thanks again everybody for your input.

Have bought a 2 litre desil turbo!  Bring on Telegraph Hill!



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17/10/2005 at 11:56pm
 Location: Martock
 Outfit: Rover 75 and Swift Minuette
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Sorry, local Scrumpy kicking in, I did of course mean DIESEL!

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21/10/2005 at 10:18pm
 Location: N Yorkshire
 Outfit: Xc60 D5 Abbey Vogue
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let us know how you get on with it. seen a nice one today , 2.0 cdi tourer , yet another model on the ever expanding list of possible towcars. was interested in an alfa 156 but a bit short of room in the back , even the sportwagon not over generous so now out the running.

new shape mondeo tdci has good reports but would like something a bit different.out of interest, which is the better diesel engine , Rover 75, Mondeo . Passat or Vectra ??

seems to be many different engines in the mondeo , 90ps, 130 ps etc ?




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