New owner with 75 Connoisseur

Workhorse · 1st February 2020, 14:29

Hello all, just thought I'd introduce myself and the latest purchase, I'm sure I'll be looking for plenty of technical advice in due course!
I was looking for a bit of a workhorse and tow vehicle that was also a nice place to sit and have ended up with this 2004 Connoisseur:

IMG_20200126_134028 by Ru W, on Flickr

IMG_20200126_133957 by Ru W, on Flickr

It's a manual diesel and has covered just over 100,000 miles. It has full service history, but I have no other documents on what work has actually been done on it. It's never failed an MOT so I assume has been well looked after.

So far I'm very pleased with it, but there's a few things which are going to need looking at:
-Boot appears to be leaking
-Parking sensors are quite intermittent and often just beep at me non-stop
-Heated seats don't seem to be doing much
-Clutch feels a bit on the heavy side, but is all working fine, and the bite point is where I'd expect it.
-I only have one key for it, so I'd like a spare if not excessively expensive.
-There's also a very slight whine coming from somewhere - might just be the turbo and possibly just me being paranoid.
-It also has 16 inch wheels on it which I think are smaller than what it left the factory with, particularly as the speedo is over reading by quite a bit.

1st February 2020, 14:29	#1
Workhorse Regular poster Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: West Midlands Posts: 44 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 8 Posts	New owner with 75 Connoisseur Hello all, just thought I'd introduce myself and the latest purchase, I'm sure I'll be looking for plenty of technical advice in due course! I was looking for a bit of a workhorse and tow vehicle that was also a nice place to sit and have ended up with this 2004 Connoisseur: IMG_20200126_134028 by Ru W, on Flickr IMG_20200126_133957 by Ru W, on Flickr It's a manual diesel and has covered just over 100,000 miles. It has full service history, but I have no other documents on what work has actually been done on it. It's never failed an MOT so I assume has been well looked after. So far I'm very pleased with it, but there's a few things which are going to need looking at: -Boot appears to be leaking -Parking sensors are quite intermittent and often just beep at me non-stop -Heated seats don't seem to be doing much -Clutch feels a bit on the heavy side, but is all working fine, and the bite point is where I'd expect it. -I only have one key for it, so I'd like a spare if not excessively expensive. -There's also a very slight whine coming from somewhere - might just be the turbo and possibly just me being paranoid. -It also has 16 inch wheels on it which I think are smaller than what it left the factory with, particularly as the speedo is over reading by quite a bit. Last edited by Workhorse; 1st February 2020 at 14:31..