Paul in Washington
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Here's my 1969 Rover TC 2000 in Washington, DC on July 4th, 2016. You blokes and ladies will note our official license tag motto, which I highlighted --> "Taxation w/out Representation" <-- which led to a we muck up over here with your majordomo old King Georgie back in 1776. But all is forgotten now and we hold no grudge and we kind of miss u here with your funny accents and ranting and ravings about your football and whatnot.
I won the Rover pictured here in a bet. The loser got my Maserati and county place, so you know he's crying now. When it runs it runs great, but there is always one thing or another to take care of. Last month the little plastic ring at the base of the gear shift level just broke into tiny pieces and I was holding the shifter like you know what. Now I think that there's gunk in the fuel line or tank itself. That's why I joined this website. For somebody to tell me it's not true
That whatever it is is going to get better by itself.
There are a few Rovers left on the road here. A lot suffered from body rust, with all the road salt. My car has a nifty "ice alert" devise. An early Tesla you could say. A red button lights up when there's ice on the road.
It gets very hot and humid here, and the Rover get's hot inside, so I don't ride it much in the summers. It the winter I don't run it if there's snow, and with down time for repairs, I get about two nice days a year where the weather is ideal and the car doesn't act up.
I do have AAA which will pick me up and give a tow, but then I have to explain to the missus, and the whole discussion about whether the car is really worth it as explained in her logic. Sometimes the car just makes it home barely, limping home, but makes it nonetheless. Other times on the road repairs leave you greasy. Once I was on my way to a fancy party in a tux with my date in her fancy gown and the car kept stalling out at every stop. I had her get behind the wheel and pump the accelerator as a tried to adjust the idle speed with a screwdriver.
So I'll try to keep it going as long as possible. Stay tuned.
I won the Rover pictured here in a bet. The loser got my Maserati and county place, so you know he's crying now. When it runs it runs great, but there is always one thing or another to take care of. Last month the little plastic ring at the base of the gear shift level just broke into tiny pieces and I was holding the shifter like you know what. Now I think that there's gunk in the fuel line or tank itself. That's why I joined this website. For somebody to tell me it's not true
That whatever it is is going to get better by itself.There are a few Rovers left on the road here. A lot suffered from body rust, with all the road salt. My car has a nifty "ice alert" devise. An early Tesla you could say. A red button lights up when there's ice on the road.
It gets very hot and humid here, and the Rover get's hot inside, so I don't ride it much in the summers. It the winter I don't run it if there's snow, and with down time for repairs, I get about two nice days a year where the weather is ideal and the car doesn't act up.
I do have AAA which will pick me up and give a tow, but then I have to explain to the missus, and the whole discussion about whether the car is really worth it as explained in her logic. Sometimes the car just makes it home barely, limping home, but makes it nonetheless. Other times on the road repairs leave you greasy. Once I was on my way to a fancy party in a tux with my date in her fancy gown and the car kept stalling out at every stop. I had her get behind the wheel and pump the accelerator as a tried to adjust the idle speed with a screwdriver.
So I'll try to keep it going as long as possible. Stay tuned.
