Breaking 2001 - 75.

AURORA MG · 23rd February 2011, 22:16

No forum for ebay etc

so put it here.

Other than a broken grill I see no reason for it being broken?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Breaking-2001-...item3a63391b32

SD1too · 24th February 2011, 08:05

Hi Andy,

Here's a possible scenario:

Electric cooling fan motor loses slow & medium speeds. Owner doesn't notice. Motor fails mechanically ejecting shrapnel which damages grille. Garage quotes owner for new MG Rover motor assembly, fan blades and a high labour charge, saying that the repair will cost more than the car is worth. Owner accepts this illogical view and scraps car.

I know of a perfectly good, low mileage Rover 100 which suffered this fate after failing an MOT.

Perhaps you can save the 75 Andy, and make a small profit too!

Simon.

dissy1810 · 24th February 2011, 08:14

the advert is for the gearbox only

davidbooker · 24th February 2011, 21:09

Seems to be two different cars featured in the photographs - the blue one looks particularly forlorn, dumped under another vehicle. Painful to see our lovely cars discarded in such a cavalier fashion.....

23rd February 2011, 22:16	#1
AURORA MG Banned (EX)-ZT-T190SE in Aurora. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Medway Posts: 2,954 Thanks: 42 Thanked 53 Times in 46 Posts	Breaking 2001 - 75. No forum for ebay etc so put it here. Other than a broken grill I see no reason for it being broken? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Breaking-2001-...item3a63391b32

24th February 2011, 08:05	#2
SD1too Doesn't do things by halves Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur Auto (1999) Dealer launch model. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Former Middlesex Posts: 20,530 Thanks: 1,587 Thanked 3,749 Times in 3,181 Posts	Hi Andy, Here's a possible scenario: Electric cooling fan motor loses slow & medium speeds. Owner doesn't notice. Motor fails mechanically ejecting shrapnel which damages grille. Garage quotes owner for new MG Rover motor assembly, fan blades and a high labour charge, saying that the repair will cost more than the car is worth. Owner accepts this illogical view and scraps car. I know of a perfectly good, low mileage Rover 100 which suffered this fate after failing an MOT. Perhaps you can save the 75 Andy, and make a small profit too! Simon. __________________ "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble." Sir Henry Royce.

24th February 2011, 08:14	#3
dissy1810 Posted a thing or two mgzt 160 1.8 lpg Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: newcastle upon tyne Posts: 1,973 Thanks: 5 Thanked 72 Times in 64 Posts	the advert is for the gearbox only

24th February 2011, 21:09	#4
davidbooker Gets stuck in '51 Rover 75 2.5 V6 Conn. Purchased 02/05 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Whitby Posts: 575 Thanks: 8 Thanked 33 Times in 22 Posts	Seems to be two different cars featured in the photographs - the blue one looks particularly forlorn, dumped under another vehicle. Painful to see our lovely cars discarded in such a cavalier fashion.....