Hi all!


I have a Rover 416 ( Model: XWZLNR ), bought on Portugal, on Dec 1993.

It has 250000 Kilometers.

It consumes and/or looses 2.5 Litres on 1000 kilometers.

I went with it to Rover and they can't resolve it.
After this I went with it to a lot of car's maintenance shops and no
one could resolve it.

I've always done the maintenance at Rover. So, the car is at very good
shape.


Hope this could serve as an alert to you.



Best regards,
Joaquim.

"Joaquim Macedo"  wrote in message
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> Hi all!
>
>
> I have a Rover 416 ( Model: XWZLNR ), bought on Portugal, on Dec 1993.
>
> It has 250000 Kilometers.
>
> It consumes and/or looses 2.5 Litres on 1000 kilometers.
>
> I went with it to Rover and they can't resolve it.
> After this I went with it to a lot of car's maintenance shops and no
> one could resolve it.
>
> I've always done the maintenance at Rover. So, the car is at very good
> shape.
>
>
> Hope this could serve as an alert to you.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Joaquim.
>


With respect, the only thing this tells me is not to buy your car if you
were to offer it for sale.
The engine is worn out... Nothing in life lasts forever..!

Des
www.McKeller.com

"Dez"  wrote in message
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>
> "Joaquim Macedo"  wrote in message
> news:1123775888.873963.114720@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi all!
> >
> >
> > I have a Rover 416 ( Model: XWZLNR ), bought on Portugal, on Dec 1993.
> >
> > It has 250000 Kilometers.
> >
> > It consumes and/or looses 2.5 Litres on 1000 kilometers.
> >
> > I went with it to Rover and they can't resolve it.
> > After this I went with it to a lot of car's maintenance shops and no
> > one could resolve it.
> >
> > I've always done the maintenance at Rover. So, the car is at very good
> > shape.
> >
> >
> > Hope this could serve as an alert to you.


So the car has done over 156,000 miles and you're complaining? It's a petrol
engine, you're lucky it lasted that long.

On 11 Aug 2005 08:58:08 -0700, Joaquim Macedo wrote:


> Hi all!
> 
> 
> I have a Rover 416 ( Model: XWZLNR ), bought on Portugal, on Dec 1993.
> 
> It has 250000 Kilometers.
> 
> It consumes and/or looses 2.5 Litres on 1000 kilometers.


You got 160,000 miles out of it and you are complaining? It's a petrol FFS
it won't last forever


> 
> I went with it to Rover and they can't resolve it.
> After this I went with it to a lot of car's maintenance shops and no
> one could resolve it.
> 
> I've always done the maintenance at Rover. So, the car is at very good
> shape.


That's debatable.

> 
> 
> Hope this could serve as an alert to you.
> 
> 


What that car engines wear out?

> Hope this could serve as an alert to you.


Yes - if we ever want a Rover not to fall apart in rusty lumps in 3 
years flat, we should consider buying one in Portugal.

Joaquim Macedo escreveu:

> Hi all!
>
>
> I have a Rover 416 ( Model: XWZLNR ), bought on Portugal, on Dec 1993.
>
> It has 250000 Kilometers.
>
> It consumes and/or looses 2.5 Litres on 1000 kilometers.
>
> I went with it to Rover and they can't resolve it.
> After this I went with it to a lot of car's maintenance shops and no
> one could resolve it.
>
> I've always done the maintenance at Rover. So, the car is at very good
> shape.
>
>
> Hope this could serve as an alert to you.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Joaquim.






Hi all!


I thank you all for your opinions, but I'm sorry that I don't share it
with you.

I bougth this car in 1993. It has 250,000 kilometers and 12 years.
With the money I've used to buy this car - that is a 1,600 engine -, I
could bought 2 cars: one, with a 1,200 engine on 1993 and other with a
1,200 engine on 1999.
So, I could use a car from 1993 to 1999, with 125,000 kilometers. Then,
I would sell it and with this money and the other half I would buy
another 1200 engine car.
The conclusion I would get from this is that a car that is more
expensive does not use good material.

I'll say it to you - if this problem does not an easy solution and a
cheap one, I'll never buy a Rover car.



Best regards,
Joaquim.

Joaquim Macedo wrote:

>
> I thank you all for your opinions, but I'm sorry that I don't share it
> with you.

lol!

> I bougth this car in 1993. It has 250,000 kilometers and 12 years.
> With the money I've used to buy this car - that is a 1,600 engine -, I
> could bought 2 cars: one, with a 1,200 engine on 1993 and other with a
> 1,200 engine on 1999.


Maybe you should've.  Cheaper cars are usually better value for
money(there are a few exceptions though).


> So, I could use a car from 1993 to 1999, with 125,000 kilometers. Then,
> I would sell it and with this money and the other half I would buy
> another 1200 engine car.


So why didn't you do that?  If you buy a car twice as expensive you
shouldn't expect it to last twice as long as a car half the price.


> The conclusion I would get from this is that a car that is more
> expensive does not use good material.
>
> I'll say it to you - if this problem does not an easy solution and a
> cheap one, I'll never buy a Rover car.


250k is pretty good for a car!