Been out and picked up my new car today

[montytom]

Hello all hope alls well? First time today I have been able to get onto the computer to write this.

As above we went and picked up my new car a 99 T plated Rover 800 vitesse.

Im very happy and thanks goes to the person who collected the car for me. Thanks mate.

Here are some pictures of said new car.
Hope you like.









































Hope that you like it,Im very very pleased

[montytom]

[tomcat espace]

so clean

[1234dist]

all that effort to block number plates, then you do a shot of the boot with the plates in

[montytom]

so clean

Thankyou

[montytom]

all that effort to block number plates, then you do a shot of the boot with the plates in

Thankyou I was never hiding my number plates otherwise I wouldn't have shown the boot pic.
I only covered up my mates numberplate on his disco as he didn't want his numberplate on the forums.

Also the previous owner took the plates off to clean and Dimond bright the car.

[Marty]

No engine bay pictures

[montytom]

Hope this works im on my phone

[rovermadman4825]

That is clean you couldn't find one much better than that

[_vitesse_]

That looks superb, I am very jealous, love the silver and the low mileage. Hope you look after it that is a rare one in that condition. If you ever decide to sell please let me know

[montytom]

That is clean you couldn't find one much better than that

Thankyou I am smitten with the car and so is my father.
It was raining when we picked it up and when we got it home I pulled it into the garage and my dad started drying it off with the chamois

[montytom]

That looks superb, I am very jealous, love the silver and the low mileage. Hope you look after it that is a rare one in that condition. If you ever decide to sell please let me know

Thankyou it means alot coming from you,I have been keeping an eye on your vitesse for a long while now and its nice to know that things can be done to them.

[Marty]

Nice car and the engine bay shot is all that was missing a true gem defo needs looking after.

[montytom]

Nice car and the engine bay shot is all that was missing a true gem defo needs looking after.

Thankyou the engine bay needs a good clean but we are going to be doing a cambelt and waterpump,coolant change then go to town on keeping it as clean as possible

[godzilla]

Very nice car! You are a lucky people!

[montytom]

Very nice car! You are a lucky people!

Thankyou I feel lucky picking this one up

[stefaclese]

Very nice, as said its a rare enough car these days let alone at that mileage and in that condition!

[montytom]

Very nice, as said its a rare enough car these days let alone at that mileage and in that condition!

Thankyou it was a very lucky purchase

[montytom]

Hello people just thought id let you know that the vitesse is now fully road legal.
I have just had a call from the mot garage and it passed with no advisories after having the brakes freed off.
Very happy bunny

[kevinwillis]

Very nice

Over christmas I also brought a T Plate 800 Fastback in charcoal which had been dried stored for ten years but used a bit more than yours before then .

It past it MOT today and also only needed its bracks freeing off to achieve this

[montytom]

Very nice

Over christmas I also brought a T Plate 800 Fastback in charcoal which had been dried stored for ten years but used a bit more than yours before then .

It past it MOT today and also only needed its bracks freeing off to achieve this

Great news same as my MOT just needed the brakes freeing off.
Any pics?

[BlueRover]

Rear brakes are always an issue on the 800. I've found that a lot of problems with these is the guide pins on the caliper carriers which seem to seize up. Periodic removal and greasing is essential to allow the calipers to move freely and allow the self adjusting mechanism to work correctly.
Also, looking at the pictures of the hatch, there is some colour shift near the edge. My Zircon 800 had the very same effect, perhaps due to the stressing of the metal when being slammed shut. It wouldn't polish out.
Sadly she's no longer with me but had 303,000 miles on when she went.

[montytom]

Rear brakes are always an issue on the 800. I've found that a lot of problems with these is the guide pins on the caliper carriers which seem to seize up. Periodic removal and greasing is essential to allow the calipers to move freely and allow the self adjusting mechanism to work correctly.
Also, looking at the pictures of the hatch, there is some colour shift near the edge. My Zircon 800 had the very same effect, perhaps due to the stressing of the metal when being slammed shut. It wouldn't polish out.
Sadly she's no longer with me but had 303,000 miles on when she went.

Thanks I dont know what you mean about colour shift though as its the same colour all round its just the photos were taken while wet.