Absolutely nothing has gone wrong with this car. It had and still has a full service history from new.
What a fantastic car, 1/2 leather seats, full electrics, 0-60 in under 9 seconds, 103 BHP and all the usual MG Rover refinements. The car is nice to drive, has a good driving position, is very responsive, holds the road reasuringly well and has a really nice gear shift. Only grumble was the standard sound system, but I replaced it with a Blaupunkt one.
The Rover K-series engines are truly amazing not only are they of all aluminium construction, but the 1.4 is the powerfullest normally aspirated production engine on the road. The engines run cleanly and sweetly and will go and go if looked after.
MG Rover deserve to be doing well.
Looks like you got your hands on a good one - had mine a year and the damn thing just kept on breaking down. I'll admit when it did go, it went well. As for the 0-60, they're quick - but not that quick. They average out at between 10-11 seconds. So er, you're wrong.
No he's not, I've run my standard 214 sei at Crail (in Scotland) and my best run was 9.23 seconds. This was in the wet, so in dry conditions, maybe under 9.0.
For the bubble-shape car, which I'd expect to weigh a little more, it's quoted at 10 seconds.
With a bit of wheel spin and quick gear changes at high revs, and maybe super-unleaded petrol, a 9 second 0-60 is (probably just about) possible with a stock car.
By the way, these Rovers have really decent traction, especially with the 15" alloy wheels, so a wet 0-60 is bound to only be a little bit longer than a dry one.
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