I used to work at the Rover dealer in Hemel Hempstead back in the early 90s and that's was incredibly rare model being an entry level 827. If you were in the market for the V6 powered car back then it was either the Sterling and Vitesse or at the very least an 827 SLi that was bought. The police and government were pretty much the main customers for this model. Excellent find mate just make sure you get that timing belt done asap!
For the windows to stop beeping you need to reset one touch system, hold each window button down fully until window is fully open and then repeat step closing. Easy fix. Wee bargain and sounds lovely. My dad had an 820 version years back 👍
Don’t rise to it no scrap man would scrap that it’d go on facey or eBay for closer to what it’s worth There’s no way it’s getting crushed like behave yourself
For £600! Stole it from them 😊 Please look after it, this is an exceptionally clean example. I've got a mk1 and a mk2 Rover 800 Sterling, neither of them on the road yet so the more of these I see on the road the better! Congratulations on your amazing find 👌😊
I worked for Lucas Rists back in the 1990's where we made the wiring harnesses for these in our Egyptian plant. They were then shipped to Italy where they were left on the tarmac in their cardboard boxes to the elements for a few weeks. The poor quality of the Egyptian harnesses plus being left out in the elements didn't do them a lot of good.They were indeed basically good well appointed cars,but poor assembly and the then ARG's terrible reputation resulting from the earlier 800 series cars meant that the 75 series was doomed from the start.
I was just thinking the same thing. How on earth did this bunch of wallies get hold of this immaculate car. I don't believe it fired straight up without any fettling. What with modern garbage petrol turning to water within a few months (personal experience). I'm a old cynic I know but I never got a car this good without working my arse off for it.
Had a few rovers with Honda engines ! , 216 1.6 sli and 620 both went way faster than the book speed ! Even when scrapped lads took engine's for stock racing.
Hi guys, my first time watching your videos and I might say I enjoyed and also can vouch for Colin, he is a trustworthy guy I have followed on his own videos. Just be sure though that Colin wears a bib, cause he has a habit to dribble on a car in some cases. The one thing you guy's overlooked was checking the horn, so many people forget to check this device and if your brakes fail this is the last option to exit. Go back and check.
Absolutely a great find. Pretty rare to find a vehicle like this with low mileage and be able to just start it up like you did and just drive it for a 4 hour trip home .....amazing. Great video. Great car . Thanks for sharing the adventure!
Wonderful car a blast from the not so distant past, stunning old cars love the old school build quality, love the interior in stunning condition. Excellent episode please show more on this car. Thank you
Beep is because one touch up and down need calibrating. To do this. Fully open the drivers window and hold the window switch down until the beeping stops. Then close the windows and hold the switch until the beeping stops. Repeat with the other windows and with the sunroof.
25 years ago, I had an 8 to 7 sterling fast back, great car. Unless you’ve already found out, the beeping on the windows is because they need the one touch reset. Hold down Windau button to go all the way down hold for a few seconds and then press to go all the way up and it will sort out the beeping! 14:21
The window beep is telling you the windows need resetting due to flat battery,open window and hold button until fully open then do the exact same thing holding the button until fully closed,then windows should no longer beep when operating after this,can’t remember if all windows should be one touch after this also ,hope this helps,what an amazing find👍
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Not to mention, with no MOT and 30yr old tyres. Car deserved to be trailered away, then fully inspected, serviced and properly checked, with all the old consumables replaced. Maybe spend another £600 on it? and it’d last at least another decade. Also what’s with blocking an electric charging point? Soon moan if electric vehicles blocked the petrol pumps for 20mins wouldn’t they? Not big and not clever lads
Great episode what a super find - give it a machine polish and service and will be good to go. And yes / never buy a car from Birmingham or Bradford ( unless it’s a barn find 51k miles Alan Partridge execute V6 express ! I had a 2.0 turbo Vitesse 820 as company car around 96 and it was a surprisingly good car to drive quick with really good handling most un-Rover like to drive.
First 8xx I’ve seen with a straight dashboard, my stepdad has an 827 sli fastback and it’s an amazing car. Nothing electric works properly but I like it.
Very nice car! A little unknown to me , but Wikipedia says that we got it here from launch in the 80-ies in Norway🇳🇴 well. Probably not many, ‘cause I cannot remember seeing one in person. I could certainly have owned this particular one, it looks pristine 😍
The wobble will be flat spots from sitting so long. Hope you don't get problems down the track from running it on stale fuel. I've seen cars that have sat only around three years destroy the fuel pump, filter, fuel rails, pressure reg, injectors, and cat from doing that.
That on the battery terminal was a early theft detterent/battery isolater I think they were called discarnect ? It allows enough current to keep the auxiliarys on but not enough to start it.
all electric was owned by john S leek he owned a rover dealer ship in Harborne .. going back to the early 90s i worked there as an apprentice ... he used to pull up in his Aston martin volante vantage convertible and get me to wash it .. bit of a Dracula looking guy
I had to break into a garage last year and inside was a 1992 Escort LX, about 40 000 on it, one owner from new, parked up when the owner died in 2009, tyres still inflated, like new inside, it’s still there, I have been waiting to be told to go back so I can see if I can get it out, will chase that next week
My first car was a rover 827i probably one of the few cars I would easily have again. 180hp Honda engine was a smooth as could be. recaro half leather interior, speed sensitive steering etc.
Please preserve this car. It is mint!
Hats off to the person who ordered this new. 827i. Base spec but with the V6. much better than a 2 litre 4 pot with all the toys!
But wheel trims ! My 820SLI even had alloys. Electric everything including sunroof and remote locking. And climate control.
Wow and this doesn't even have foglights
@@chrishart8548your SLi was two Specs up though from this 827i. Next was Si then your SLi Spec.
Now that is a rare piece of kit in this day and age.
Am I right that this is a Honda based edition?
@@shaunpc2512 based on a Honda legend but very badly assembled.
Good find!
Surprised that you are putting your sweaty body against the 'new' seat!
Put your shirt on or re-instate the seat cover....🤣
This needs to be in a museum!
No, it needs to be used.
I’m extremely Jealous you’ve bought that for £600!! I would have loved it.
That's an exceptionally nice Rover, lucky man.
I used to work at the Rover dealer in Hemel Hempstead back in the early 90s and that's was incredibly rare model being an entry level 827. If you were in the market for the V6 powered car back then it was either the Sterling and Vitesse or at the very least an 827 SLi that was bought. The police and government were pretty much the main customers for this model. Excellent find mate just make sure you get that timing belt done asap!
For the windows to stop beeping you need to reset one touch system, hold each window button down fully until window is fully open and then repeat step closing. Easy fix. Wee bargain and sounds lovely. My dad had an 820 version years back 👍
Definitely worth it. Possibly the best one left once it’s been cleaned
Absolutely stunning car. Needs to be in a museum. Well done James
13:20 Errm. Its so clean. Its so clean....So on the hottest day of the year ill go shirtless and give the seats their first sweat stains????
Not good. What were they thinking?
I’m no Rover fan by any means, but that is an absolute steal in anyone’s book.
These Honda engines are reliable. It’s the same engine as the Honda Legend.
Good grief, you beat me to it !. A new car for £600, what’s not to like ?. I remember that garage in Birmingham, i used to drive past it regularly.
Can't believe that was nearly scraped.. Good bye that car. Have fun boys
Don’t rise to it no scrap man would scrap that it’d go on facey or eBay for closer to what it’s worth
There’s no way it’s getting crushed like behave yourself
If you believe this you should get another booster!
Love it, guys. What a find. 1995 feels like yesterday to me and this car in that condition is pure 90’s nostalgia. 😊
Absolutely amazing find unbelievable how that fired right up after 2 Years
Sweet! What a unicorn 🦄
Great to see a bit of brit on the road again. I had a couple of rovers myself and loved them. Thanks for sharing
Wow, what a bargain and a lovely old, kinda new car.
For £600! Stole it from them 😊 Please look after it, this is an exceptionally clean example. I've got a mk1 and a mk2 Rover 800 Sterling, neither of them on the road yet so the more of these I see on the road the better! Congratulations on your amazing find 👌😊
Ran a 1995 827sli a number of years ago with 144k on the clock as a company car absolutely faultless Honda unit loved it!
A catalogue of mechanical incompetence here. But fair play for finding and rescuing it.
Such as?
I worked for Lucas Rists back in the 1990's where we made the wiring harnesses for these in our Egyptian plant. They were then shipped to Italy where they were left on the tarmac in their cardboard boxes to the elements for a few weeks. The poor quality of the Egyptian harnesses plus being left out in the elements didn't do them a lot of good.They were indeed basically good well appointed cars,but poor assembly and the then ARG's terrible reputation resulting from the earlier 800 series cars meant that the 75 series was doomed from the start.
I'm not a Rover fan but how on earth did you get that for the price ?? That is a rover enthusiasts dream
These rovers are garbage. Not even rear wheel drive. And so badly put together.
@@chrishart8548it’s a good job you’ll never own this one then!
@@Road2Rust probably fall apart and everything will stop working like my 820sli I had in 2002
I was just thinking the same thing. How on earth did this bunch of wallies get hold of this immaculate car. I don't believe it fired straight up without any fettling. What with modern garbage petrol turning to water within a few months (personal experience). I'm a old cynic I know but I never got a car this good without working my arse off for it.
@@chrishart8548 not even rear wheel drive ? That's a weird thing to say 🤔
£600!!! SIX HUNDRED QUID??? Jesus Christ, it's immaculate. I paid more than that for four new tyres!
The beeping is because the battery was flat . Put the windows all the way down and then back up again and they will reset and the beeping will stop
That's got to be an FOTU contender next year, great find.
Wow. What a great find. Love the hubcaps!! Please preserve it!
The good thing is it's basiclly a HONDA LEGEND 2.7 L
Had a few rovers with Honda engines ! , 216 1.6 sli and 620 both went way faster than the book speed ! Even when scrapped lads took engine's for stock racing.
Wow, the ultimate find at the right price. Amazing. I dream of such a find.❤
That's incredible for £600!
Hi guys, my first time watching your videos and I might say I enjoyed and also can vouch for Colin, he is a trustworthy guy I have followed on his own videos. Just be sure though that Colin wears a bib, cause he has a habit to dribble on a car in some cases. The one thing you guy's overlooked was checking the horn, so many people forget to check this device and if your brakes fail this is the last option to exit. Go back and check.
9:14 beep beep. 🙂
Awesome find! I remember making these in Cowley Oxford, the now Mini plant 👍🏻
Should be in a museum or with someone who will really look after it and is a rover/ mg fanatic
Didn't Alan Partridge used to own that. 🤣🤣
Yes he did, with some 'fancy' graphics down the side.
Absolutely a great find. Pretty rare to find a vehicle like this with low mileage and be able to just start it up like you did and just drive it for a 4 hour trip home .....amazing. Great video. Great car . Thanks for sharing the adventure!
Cheers mate glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful car a blast from the not so distant past, stunning old cars love the old school build quality, love the interior in stunning condition.
Excellent episode please show more on this car. Thank you
Surprised the head gasket hasn't gone.. 😂😂😂
Congrats but also fantastic to see the citrown out and about in the sun just lovely 😍
Beep is because one touch up and down need calibrating. To do this. Fully open the drivers window and hold the window switch down until the beeping stops. Then close the windows and hold the switch until the beeping stops. Repeat with the other windows and with the sunroof.
Amazing and mega lucky find! That surely needs to be in a museum somewhere!
I bought a mk1 827 2.7 V6 in 2015 best £100 I spent still going strong today
I bought a 1992 820sli in 2002 I black for £100. Sold it for £280 a few years later
25 years ago, I had an 8 to 7 sterling fast back, great car. Unless you’ve already found out, the beeping on the windows is because they need the one touch reset. Hold down Windau button to go all the way down hold for a few seconds and then press to go all the way up and it will sort out the beeping! 14:21
Great video . Looks like a daily driver to me .
That is a lovely car amazingly preserved. It was only 600 quid???
Surprised with the easy push, i thought the brakes would be seized on. 😅
The window beep is telling you the windows need resetting due to flat battery,open window and hold button until fully open then do the exact same thing holding the button until fully closed,then windows should no longer beep when operating after this,can’t remember if all windows should be one touch after this also ,hope this helps,what an amazing find👍
What a find and I cant believe the previous owner kept it MOT'ed every year till 2021 it was litro doing 25 miles a year to the MOT sation and back
I had one of these, loved it.
thats a minter fair play..well done
Have a whip round and buy yourself some shoes.
And a haircut
New age hippies don't wear shoes - it messes with the chakras and the quantum soup!
Eons from now, we pilgrims will believe like never before as we are awakened by the planet. Can you feel it? Have you found your circuit? How should you navigate this divine world? Although you may not realize it, you are psychic. We live, we vibrate, we are reborn.
The BX you're driving is rare in itself... ❤
Dude started and reved the engine with old oil in it,old fluids ,not a good job lads
Not to mention, with no MOT and 30yr old tyres.
Car deserved to be trailered away, then fully inspected, serviced and properly checked, with all the old consumables replaced.
Maybe spend another £600 on it? and it’d last at least another decade.
Also what’s with blocking an electric charging point? Soon moan if electric vehicles blocked the petrol pumps for 20mins wouldn’t they?
Not big and not clever lads
That's insane how you found that for that price that's a right steal wow blast from the past with that one amazing find
£7850 on eBay. Gotta love older rides
What a minter this Rover 800 saloon is a great find
A once in a lifetime find
That's got to go the British car museum!!
Great episode what a super find - give it a machine polish and service and will be good to go.
And yes / never buy a car from Birmingham or Bradford ( unless it’s a barn find 51k miles Alan Partridge execute V6 express !
I had a 2.0 turbo Vitesse 820 as company car around 96 and it was a surprisingly good car to drive quick with really good handling most un-Rover like to drive.
Why would anyone want to scrap it?!? Even if you don't want it, just sell it to someone 🤷🏼♂️
They did! For £600 quid!
These cars are so cool!
First 8xx I’ve seen with a straight dashboard, my stepdad has an 827 sli fastback and it’s an amazing car. Nothing electric works properly but I like it.
Brilliant video love rovers 😊
Scored there boys, well done. Cool car these days👍
What a find! 👍
Wow great find 👏
The bx is nice as well. I have a red break also.
Memories.... i had a G-plate 820Se for a few years back in the mid 1990's. The 827 had the Honda engine. No wonder it started straight away
the beeps your hearing is to
calibrate the windows full down then full up till the beeping stops :)
What a great bargain please keep,it as it is.not many of these on the road now let alone how good this one is always loved the Rover 800s
Very nice car! A little unknown to me , but Wikipedia says that we got it here from launch in the 80-ies in Norway🇳🇴 well. Probably not many, ‘cause I cannot remember seeing one in person.
I could certainly have owned this particular one, it looks pristine 😍
Wow sounds & looks great what a bargain well done guys 💯👍🏻
Wtf is wrong with people? Scrapping that is like throwing away a Ming vase just because its old 🤔
replace the cambelt ASAP
My father in law had the sterling hatchback he loved it
Always the base spec cars that survive I find!
What a fantastic find and what a buy.
The wobble will be flat spots from sitting so long. Hope you don't get problems down the track from running it on stale fuel. I've seen cars that have sat only around three years destroy the fuel pump, filter, fuel rails, pressure reg, injectors, and cat from doing that.
Amazing find James and I'm extremely jealous, enjoy car
That on the battery terminal was a early theft detterent/battery isolater I think they were called discarnect ? It allows enough current to keep the auxiliarys on but not enough to start it.
A stunner.
You should sell it to KGF cars for £50k.
They'll resell it and make a profit. 😂😂😂😂
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Looks like it has got Honda's engine fitted. Same as Honda Legend had.
I miss my old 220 coupe turbo, 1095kg car that could do a wobbly 150.
You have hit the jackpot with this beautiful car.! Brand new, it would have been loads of money 💰 has Harry Enfield in the day would say 🎉
What a superb buy ! 😅
all electric was owned by john S leek he owned a rover dealer ship in Harborne .. going back to the early 90s i worked there as an apprentice ... he used to pull up in his Aston martin volante vantage convertible and get me to wash it .. bit of a Dracula looking guy
Still regret passing up a Vitesse because one rear window got stuck down.. but it did have 125k miles on it!
Hi James and everybody, hope your all doing good.
That is one beautiful car.
I loved the video.
Stay safe and take care.
A rover v6 5000k miles for £600? Wtf lol
Tell Alex to sort the tax out on his Citroen! 😂
Hahaha that’s actually my Citroen and no I won’t 😂
I had to break into a garage last year and inside was a 1992 Escort LX, about 40 000 on it, one owner from new, parked up when the owner died in 2009, tyres still inflated, like new inside, it’s still there, I have been waiting to be told to go back so I can see if I can get it out, will chase that next week
@4.35, look at the plate 'All Electric'!
What a gem you lucky boy
My first car was a rover 827i probably one of the few cars I would easily have again. 180hp Honda engine was a smooth as could be. recaro half leather interior, speed sensitive steering etc.
did you check the tyre pressures .?
It equates to scrapping a new car, what were they thinking.
Now dats a good steal wat a minter ❤
It will not run properly with old fuel in the tank
How could you drive it home with no MOT, car tax or insurance..?
Trader plates exempt you from MOT and tax. Likely they'll have traders insurance.
@@ianhill4585 You need a valid MOT to drive on trade plates