I drove to Berwick upon tweed and back and only saw?

martin green · 14th April 2012, 18:31

As you know two weeks ago i brought our 2005 54 plate conny se tourer in that beautiful cimarron green. I though well help pass the time going up the
A1M, see how many Rovers we could see, plus driving around, well total mileage there and back to the Midlands was 700, with a little bit a driving over to Holy island etc, in the 02 tourer.

I was amazed just how many Rover 25, rover 45's there was in Berwick, loads of the new shapes as well of the 25, the 45 not so many new shapes, but by golly loads of the 04 model backwards.

The poor old Rover 75 did not fair very well, in fact neither the mark 1 or mark 2 had much of a look in at all. The colours of the 12 we saw were mostly silver or firefrost (yawn yawn) great colours, don't get me wrong, but well very boring now, If you ever see a 75 in a mark 2, it's nearly always a starlight silver.

I did get to see one, YES ONE CIMARRON GREEN Rover 75 conny SE coming the other way with chrome mirrors etc, it looked the dogs bits, excellent. but again the tourers were just not there only two both mark 1 versions, and one in Royal Blue.

I am convinced the Cimarron green is as rare as the Primrose yellow on tourers, checking on auto trader, they never come up and on saloons its hit and miss.

But the next time you are on your travels check out "Rovers on the road" they are dying mate dying.....I am getting a little fond of the new shape 45 in saloon format, and might pick one of these up in the future as these are the rarest new shapes of the lot, very rare you get past a 56 plater in that model shape.

But overall Rovers in North east England faring well....Total Rover 25 (76), total Rover 45 (59) total Rover 75 (12) both mark 1 (7) mark 2 (5)

blacknwhite · 14th April 2012, 18:41

Newcastle is stuffed full of 75's. I am always amazed at the amount of them about. Obviously just not on the A1.

martin green · 14th April 2012, 18:45

That's ironic one of those Rover 75's was on the A1M coming back down past the Angel of the north...do like jordy land, funny enough, back up there on wednesday in olde faithful again, my 02 tourer...

marinabrian · 14th April 2012, 20:11

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Originally Posted by martin green

That's ironic one of those Rover 75's was on the A1M coming back down past the Angel of the north...do like jordy land, funny enough, back up there on wednesday in olde faithful again, my 02 tourer...

Well why not pop in for a cuppa, and we'll see what your car has to say for itself on T4, and you can see the A1 from the bottom of my street

Brian

trikey · 14th April 2012, 20:12

Go and see Brian.... you know you want to

carguy143 · 14th April 2012, 21:38

I didn't see a single 75 or ZT on my drive from Preston to Bromsgrove tonight at all. They seem to be dwindling in numbers now.

14th April 2012, 18:31	#1
martin green Posted a thing or two ROVER 75 TOURER CDT 2002 & 2000 PRIMROSE YELLOW 75 SE Join Date: May 2007 Location: ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH Posts: 1,518 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I drove to Berwick upon tweed and back and only saw? As you know two weeks ago i brought our 2005 54 plate conny se tourer in that beautiful cimarron green. I though well help pass the time going up the A1M, see how many Rovers we could see, plus driving around, well total mileage there and back to the Midlands was 700, with a little bit a driving over to Holy island etc, in the 02 tourer. I was amazed just how many Rover 25, rover 45's there was in Berwick, loads of the new shapes as well of the 25, the 45 not so many new shapes, but by golly loads of the 04 model backwards. The poor old Rover 75 did not fair very well, in fact neither the mark 1 or mark 2 had much of a look in at all. The colours of the 12 we saw were mostly silver or firefrost (yawn yawn) great colours, don't get me wrong, but well very boring now, If you ever see a 75 in a mark 2, it's nearly always a starlight silver. I did get to see one, YES ONE CIMARRON GREEN Rover 75 conny SE coming the other way with chrome mirrors etc, it looked the dogs bits, excellent. but again the tourers were just not there only two both mark 1 versions, and one in Royal Blue. I am convinced the Cimarron green is as rare as the Primrose yellow on tourers, checking on auto trader, they never come up and on saloons its hit and miss. But the next time you are on your travels check out "Rovers on the road" they are dying mate dying.....I am getting a little fond of the new shape 45 in saloon format, and might pick one of these up in the future as these are the rarest new shapes of the lot, very rare you get past a 56 plater in that model shape. But overall Rovers in North east England faring well....Total Rover 25 (76), total Rover 45 (59) total Rover 75 (12) both mark 1 (7) mark 2 (5) __________________ http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...ingreensig.jpg Last edited by martin green; 14th April 2012 at 18:35..

14th April 2012, 18:45	#3
martin green Posted a thing or two ROVER 75 TOURER CDT 2002 & 2000 PRIMROSE YELLOW 75 SE Join Date: May 2007 Location: ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH Posts: 1,518 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	That's ironic one of those Rover 75's was on the A1M coming back down past the Angel of the north...do like jordy land, funny enough, back up there on wednesday in olde faithful again, my 02 tourer... __________________ http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...ingreensig.jpg

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carguy143 This is my second home MG ZT 190+ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Skelmersdale, Lancs Posts: 3,027 Thanks: 163 Thanked 161 Times in 122 Posts	I didn't see a single 75 or ZT on my drive from Preston to Bromsgrove tonight at all. They seem to be dwindling in numbers now. __________________ "You don't park a ZT, you simply allow it to rest until next time." It may not happen very often but if I say something helpful please hit the "thanks" button as it helps other users. Thank you. No. 16 of only 52 Nocturne Blue 75/ZT ever produced. ONLY TEN of these were ZT 190+ http://badges.fuelly.com/images/sig-uk/263467.png

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blacknwhite Posted a thing or two Black Rover 75 Connie CDT and Twilight Chromactive ZT Turbo Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Posts: 1,602 Thanks: 15 Thanked 16 Times in 7 Posts	Newcastle is stuffed full of 75's. I am always amazed at the amount of them about. Obviously just not on the A1.

14th April 2012, 20:12	#5
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,768 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	Go and see Brian.... you know you want to