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Your Cars : Peter Godfrey’s Rover P5B

20 June 2022 Simon Weakley 3

‘Two Rovers Pete’ wanted a good Rover P5B, and accidentally ended up with a late model Rover 75 as well! You can’t help but admire his taste in cars, or […]

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Your Cars : A Honda Civic lesson in Bangernomics

11 December 2021 Keith Adams 13

AROnline reader Jorge Santos needed a car to back up his beloved Rover 400 Tourer, so where better to look than in the direction of a Honda Civic? Here are his […]

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Your Cars : An Opel Astra lesson in Bangernomics

8 July 2021 Keith Adams 12

AROnline reader Jorge Santos has a thing for Rover 200/400s (R8s) and wanted to use his handsome Tourer as his daily driver. But unreliability drove him into the arms of […]

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Your Cars : Mark Deegan’s Jaguar X-Type

9 July 2018 Mark Deegan 27

Mark Deegan’s back – after telling the story of his admirably reliable Rover 45 he’s hoping for more with his latest purchase – a fine Jaguar X-Type estate. A good […]

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Your Cars : Chris Haining’s Rover 825 Si

7 May 2018 Keith Adams 29

Chris Haining’s Rover 800 is an illogical daily driver in this day and age. The gearbox is sulkier than a sugar-deprived toddler, and its handling lacks a little in precision or […]

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Your Cars : Mark Deegan’s Rover 45

5 May 2016 Mark Deegan 26

Mark Deegan might not be your typical Rover 45 owner, but thanks to an unfortunate incident that befell his Honda Civic, he ended up buying one – and over time, he’s found he rather likes it… […]

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Your Cars : Graham Eason’s Allegro experience…

16 December 2014 Craig Cheetham 35

Graham Eason runs Great Escape Classic Car Hire, and earlier this year bought a 1980 Austin Allegro to run on the fleet, alongside such greats as Austin Healeys and E-Types. Six […]

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Your Cars : P6B ZF gearbox transplant – Part Two

10 December 2014 Clive Goldthorp 13

AROnline reader, Warren Loveridge, from Christchurch, New Zealand owns a unique 1972 Rover 3500 named Brown Rover. However, when the original Borg Warner 35 transmission blew up, Warren opted to replace that with a later, […]

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Your Cars : P6B ZF gearbox transplant – Part One

3 December 2014 Clive Goldthorp 17

AROnline reader, Warren Loveridge, from Christchurch, New Zealand owns a unique 1972 Rover 3500 named Brown Rover. However, when the original Borg Warner 35 transmission blew up, Warren opted to replace that with a later, […]

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Car of the Month : October 2014 – Alan Crome’s Triumph Dolomite

22 October 2014 Craig Cheetham 28

Craig Cheetham It’s back! After a four-year absence and largely down to popular demand, AROnline is pleased to announce the return of the Car of the Month feature – starting this […]

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Our Cars : Friends re-united at the Peterborough BMC Rally

5 August 2014 Mike Humble 4

Mike Humble Another year… another show, and this time it was the BMC and BL Rally at Nene Park in Peterborough. This particular event is one is one I have […]

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Events : Preview – BMC/BL Rally & Spares Day 2014

21 July 2014 Mike Humble 7

Mike Humble Once again, it’s event time.  3 August 2014 is the 21st BMC/BL Rally and, hopefully, the weather will be a little bit better than last year. The event is held […]

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Your Cars : Tony Turner’s Rover 25 GTI

16 February 2014 Keith Adams 12

Tony Turner continues the story of  his Rover 25 GTI with ‘one or two issues’… Rudi goes into rehab Sorry – I know it’s daft but all my cars get […]

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Your Cars : Tony Turner’s Rover 25 GTI

29 January 2014 Keith Adams 20

Now you see it… Tony Turner explains how a Rover 25 GTI came into his life. Well, it was all my late wife’s fault – when she was still around, […]

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