Rover 216 Si Review

Good Points
Cheap to run, cheap insurance, looks good with special bumpers, pokey engine.

Bad Points
Poor build quality, poor parts quality, very dodgey engines after 80k.

General Comments
Im 21 and I've had my Rover 216 SLI 16v twin cam now for a year, I bought it from a dealer with 80k on the clock. I asked for the cams to be changed as it was at the milage for it, within 24 hours of owning it the power steering belt came off 12 miles from home(country roads) if you have never driven one of these without power steering its not fun, within 2-3 weeks the head gasket had ruptured as the clutch went and my throttle cable snapped. Now it is a lovely car I will admit it does have a bit more class than say a saxo but if only rover put the elbow grease into finishing it it would have been massive. Regretably my rover has died again as I lent it to my mr2 turbo mad brother for 3 weeks. Never lend out your car boys and girls, however much they plea!