AZURES3 Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) They were fast when they held together For that era 0-60 in under 7.5 seconds shocked a minter still existed Edited October 9, 2016 by AZURES3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 I always fancied a Rover 220 Coupe Turbo (Tomcat) back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) ....They were the fastest production front wheel drive car at one time. Edited October 9, 2016 by Andy_Bangle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 8 minutes ago, Andy_Bangle said: I always fancied a Rover 220 Coupe Turbo (Tomcat) back in the day. You and me both. I thought they were epic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 12 minutes ago, AZURES3 said: They were fast when they held together For that era 0-60 in under 7.5 seconds shocked a minter still existed I once used a Montego 1.6 HLS as a daily runner when I didn't want to take my MX-5 to work. It was a car that took any abuse I threw at it. It was stupidly reliable, stupidly heavy and stupidly thirsty, but it just wouldn't break. I had it for about 18 months and sold it for the same I'd paid for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZURES3 Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 24 minutes ago, Andy_Bangle said: ....They were the fastest production front wheel drive car at one time. I borrowed one for a weekend and it was a proper tyre shredder in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 When we were kids, our neighbours won a Montego in some John Lewis competition. It was the one with a tea service hidden behind the back seat which we all thought was the best thing ever!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 The Countryman Estate Limited Edition! Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 My mate's dad had a Maestro Turbo...... Holy sh1t that thing could move. And he loved making it move when taking us to work!!! However, the 1.6 base spec I had a company loaner to drive to Plymouth and back....... feck that was sad. Absolutely guttless with no go. As a Belmont showed me a clean pair of heels off a roundabout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) My parents had a 1.3 base spec Maestro that I did a good job of destroying before and after passing my test. That was an infinitely better car than the heap of sh1t 1.6 HLS I had some years later. The 1.3 was, if anything, quicker than the 1.6, and it coped with everything I threw at it (except for the back of a Transit and a ditch... ). The 1.6 HLS was a ****ing dog. Constant electrical and ignition issues that persisted despite replacing damn near everything. (Edit - and it was beige, inside and out). I used to work with someone who bought one of the last Montego estates, Perkins tractor Diesel engine and all. It went (slowly) forever. In fact it wouldn't surprise me if he's still got it. Edited October 10, 2016 by garcon magnifique Beige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 20 minutes ago, garcon magnifique said: The 1.6 HLS was a ****ing dog. Constant electrical and ignition issues that persisted despite replacing damn near everything. (Edit - and it was beige, inside and out). And after reading TDK's book...... we now know why! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 3 hours ago, garcon magnifique said: The 1.6 HLS was a ****ing dog. Constant electrical and ignition issues that persisted despite replacing damn near everything. (Edit - and it was beige, inside and out). My Montego 1.6 HLS was dark grey with full two tone grey velour seats and a dash made out of the hardest material known to man, or so it felt. The bumpers used to crack with the slightest nudge and bits of fractured plastic would fall out like jigsaw pieces. The windscreen wipers used to fly off the windscreen on the drivers side - but only ever in torrential rain when you most needed them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 I had the MG Maestro, 2.0 EFi. In black. Mate had told me his Dad's could do 135mph, off the back of that i bought one. Couldn't stretch to the Turbo. I was paying more to insure it (named driver on Dads 'other' car..) than i was to buy it. Pissed old fart exiting the local golf club without stopping put an end to that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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