Nearly 600 mls 75 CDTI Tourer round trip last Friday

JohnnyBG · 23rd March 2020, 12:40

From northern edge of N Yorks to Camberley in Surrey via West Wickham in Cambridgeshire. Collecting a motorcycle. Borrowed a trailer from a fellow motorcycle club member at West Wickham (the long way round as A14 closed) down to Camberley and home.

Not such a hard job in the Rover. The motorcycle wouldn't fit in the Alhambra and with hindsight, a good job too.

JohnnyBG

macafee2 · 23rd March 2020, 13:17

that's good miles. what bike did you get?

macafee2

BoroRover · 24th March 2020, 06:29

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Originally Posted by JohnnyBG

From northern edge of N Yorks to Camberley in Surrey via West Wickham in Cambridgeshire. Collecting a motorcycle. Borrowed a trailer from a fellow motorcycle club member at West Wickham (the long way round as A14 closed) down to Camberley and home.

Not such a hard job in the Rover. The motorcycle wouldn't fit in the Alhambra and with hindsight, a good job too.

JohnnyBG

I always enjoy my trips down to Camberley in my 75. It's where I got my current CDTI from...one year ago today.
I would never have come across this car had it not been for my nephew asking me if I was interested in it, as his next door neighbour was selling it.

Boy, was that a lucky day for me.

SideValve · 24th March 2020, 19:34

Years back I did a road trip over to the welsh coast to buy a Honda. Stripped it and fitted it in the boot of my Rover 45. While chatting to the vendor he mentioned he had an old Ariel 350 in his garage.
A couple of years later I spotted it for sale on ebay and bought it. This time he'd already stripped it so it went in the 75 no problem at all :¬)
Good job I like jigsaw puzzles,
Weird thing was a few months later I found the original log book for my first car - it came from the same village!

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23rd March 2020, 12:40	#1
JohnnyBG Avid contributor ZT-T Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Teesside Posts: 235 Thanks: 176 Thanked 66 Times in 38 Posts	Nearly 600 mls 75 CDTI Tourer round trip last Friday From northern edge of N Yorks to Camberley in Surrey via West Wickham in Cambridgeshire. Collecting a motorcycle. Borrowed a trailer from a fellow motorcycle club member at West Wickham (the long way round as A14 closed) down to Camberley and home. Not such a hard job in the Rover. The motorcycle wouldn't fit in the Alhambra and with hindsight, a good job too. JohnnyBG

24th March 2020, 19:34	#4
SideValve Gets stuck in Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Oxford Posts: 767 Thanks: 141 Thanked 204 Times in 141 Posts	Years back I did a road trip over to the welsh coast to buy a Honda. Stripped it and fitted it in the boot of my Rover 45. While chatting to the vendor he mentioned he had an old Ariel 350 in his garage. A couple of years later I spotted it for sale on ebay and bought it. This time he'd already stripped it so it went in the 75 no problem at all :¬) Good job I like jigsaw puzzles, Weird thing was a few months later I found the original log book for my first car - it came from the same village! 2012-04-14-124.jpg __________________ The Story So Far: Austin A35, Morris Oxford, Triumph Herald, Mini 850, Mini 1000, Austin Allegro, MG Midget, MGB GT, Rover SD1 2600, Austin Maxi, Rover 200, Rover 825, Rover 800, Bedford TK, Range Rover 3.9 efi, Rover 400, Rover 100, MGF, Rover 25, Rover 75 1.8, Rover 75 Connoisseur SE 2.0 V6, MGF 1.8i, Rover 75 Connoisseur 2.0 V6 Auto, Morris Eight Series E, Morris Minor 1275.

23rd March 2020, 13:17	#2
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,912 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	that's good miles. what bike did you get? macafee2