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Thread #73690 Message #1286712
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
02-Oct-04 - 05:00 AM
Thread Name: BS: Anybody owns a Rover ?
Subject: RE: BS: Anybody owns a Rover ?
Grab, there hasn't been a good British production car for a very long time. Stick to Japanese if you can.
The Rovers in question are Honda designed and built! Both the Rover series in question and the Honda Civic come from the same factory in Swindon. If British workmanship means kludge it together and with a bit of luck no-one'll notice until it's out of warranty how come not only Honda and Toyota but a host of other manufacturers chose to locate their production plants in the UK?
Don't get me wrong, I am not a die hard patriot and I do know we have a lot wrong here but I don't think this sort of misinformation does us any good. What's next? English Folk Music is crap and only good for taking the piss out of? Now, where do we often see that...;-)
BTW - I moved from a Rover 218 to a Honda Civic 1.5is VTEC last year. I had the Rover 7 years. I hope I have as little trouble with the Honda.
Cheers
DtG