Tendency to overheat if stationary in traffic for more than a 3-4 minutes.
CV Joint required replacing.
Brake pipes required replacing.
Headlining saggy and torn.
General rust spots around the bodywork.
A very comfortable car to own, even aged 20-years old, with 180,000 miles on the clock.
With regular servicing, you genuinely feel theses cars could go on forever - what an engine!
Not an 'away from the lights' car in terms of performance, but once you hit 40mph upwards on dual carriageways and motorways, you can keep up (and regularly overtake) the best of 'em.
Handles superbly around corners, and is a solid, solid car.
Can get classic insurance for them, which is dirt cheap.
Alas, mine was in daily use on the school run, and on stop-start journeys, which detracted from the pleasure of ownership somewhat - the biggest problem for me was the horrific fuel consumption I was getting, and the opinion that these cars deserve to be used as a weekend or summer car, rather than get hacked about through the rat race every day!
In the end, I just had to get rid of it, as the petrol cost was bankrupting me! As a fun summer or weekend car however, I couldn't recommend them more.
A pleasure to own, and its timeless styling really stands out these days amongst all the soulless euro-blobs and ghastly, clichéd 4x4s that litter our roads.
I'm surprised that you say the fuel costs were bankrupting you! I'm thinking it might have something to do with being carbureted vs fuel injected? I've got a 1990 900S fuel injected and it will easily get at least 28 mpg in the city.
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