I bought a ‘CHEAP’? Rover 100 / Metro - AND I LOVE IT!

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I love a 💩🎁! Today we’re looking at the Rover Metro/100 that i bought for £710! Can we make it look a £2995 car in a couple of hours? Watch the video to find out!
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@smoothmicra Год назад

That is a superb example of a Rover 100, I suspect they may soon rise in value as a modern classic. Such a sensible British little motor!

@tom72861 Год назад

It's great to see an old Rover on the channel! Can't believe the condition it's in, too 😀

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

Me neither!

@leonb2637 Год назад

By the mid-1990's the Rover 100 was not meeting the Euro crash standards or future standards. By 1996, they only had a 1 star rating, something very unacceptable even then. I am from the USA and in 1996 had one of the same body style as this one in the video as a rental out of London. I drove it in a number of areas of England, including in the Yorkshire region, on the M1 to single track roads. To me its ride, handling, was superior to a Opel Corsa 3 door hatchback I drove in Ireland the previous year. This might do well as a simple, nostalga car.

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

Yeah, I wouldn’t want to crash in it! 😅

@andrewmorton3177 Год назад

I was fortunate enough for my parents to buy me a red 3dr 111i as an 19th birthday present in 1995. Never did a Rover 100 come into my mind beforehand but I grew to absolutely adore that little car & did 40000 miles in it in 3 years all over the country. It even came with a years free insurance, £14 filled the tank, it was totally reliable, handled brilliantly & the 1.1 K series was peppy & smooth. Good memories! & I did have chuckle at the 8 track comment 🤦🏼‍♂️🤣

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

I don’t think any of the guys at the garage would have thought about one either but they want it now!

@markmoore2625 Год назад

That blow torch tip worked really well. It's an honest old thing and should find a buyer easily. Should turn a tidy profit for you. The hydragas is easy to pump up with the right tools, glad you saved it.

@RichieRouge206 Год назад

I have always loved the Metro as my nan had one as a kid and I grew up with it. Love the 100 despite it’s tart up over the years. Nightfire Red is arguably the nicest colour too for these! The service history is awesome, especially with the cambelt. Definitely owned by an elderly person! What a fab little car

@thesilentgametestr Год назад

they lower themselves if they leak, but they are easy to lower as they dont require aftermarket parts, so will hardly be classed as boy racer. i used to have a 1.1 rover metro, the person i got it off turned it in to a gti rep. was my first car 19 years ago and was great and a lot of fun for the first 6 months when the head gasket went plus wasnt the best of examples at the time i found out. miss having one although if i got one nowadays it would be an actual gti or least the gta.

@c11yan Год назад

Can see both rear quarters repainted - slightly off colour

@SJR313 Год назад

Love a Westcountry car, especially Exeter and the surrounding areas, they’ll be lots of these moored up on the elderly residents driveways who bought them in the 90’s and it became their last car….

@techgamer1597 Год назад

I was always told, if you want a decent car, go to the west country. Will always be cheaper and loomed after.

@owensteele1645 Год назад

Nightfire Red! This one's in immaculate condition for its age.

@barryrathbone Год назад

Nearly the last of them. Nightfire red was the best colour. I had so many as a driving school cars. Main issue was the rusty wheel arches. It’s a cassette holder!

@TonyM444 Год назад

Got to love the rover 100/metro. Though no power steering brings me back to my driving days. Looks very tidy and someone will love having it.

@darylyatestransportblogs Год назад

My Dad had the Metro badged 1.4 GTa when I was a little kid he loved it he would still have it now if not for rust.

@K21_KXW Год назад

Matching front and rear dealer plates safe to say it’s never been crashed

@user-jb7uz4hs2i Год назад

I smile as you grimace about having no power streering! all cars apart from some of the more prestigious models did not have power steering, In fact I think it was not until the mid 90's when lesser cars began to have it fitted as standard. It was just something you got used to like 'keep fit' manual windows!

@paulmoore6345 Год назад

That's a very good example, in a nice colour 👍

@chanabhaji2726 Год назад

They were better than the mini back in the day. Drove a brand new 1989 pizza van for 8 hours a week, happy days.

@Songbird.9591 Год назад

Great Job Joe 👍

@stevenjones19-m8i Год назад

Hi Joe, great video,never see these much on the road but a tidy example for the mileage.

@julienwill3284 Год назад

Great video Joe, nice to see a little classic saved. The blow torch on the bumpers great little job.

@leemartin-hine1598 Год назад

I love these too. Usually dissolve in front of your eyes so surprised to see one in good nick. Love that red too. I had a metallic blue one.

@pizzalover3 Год назад

Very cool, you don't see them around these days at all. Good history too. Nice change of scene for your channel, hope that the video does well.

@Wellibob68 Год назад

Great stuff. Didn't know about heating up old plastic bumber & trims though. 👌

@islasandjessicas Год назад

Future modern classic that, will soon start going up in value..

@GPH2474 Год назад

Good little things, missus had a 1.1s back in the day. Took us all over the place, rust free rear arches is rare, head gaskets go on the k series.

@leeallen1407 Год назад

Not on the 1.1 unless you're unlucky ..normally the 1.4 , 1.8

@misterchippie Год назад

"I'm not driving a mini metro, I'm not driving a mini metro, I'm not driving a mini metro." It's different, it's a Rover now. "They've rebadged it, you fool!" - classic Alan Partridge :)

@christopherheritage5651 Год назад

I learned and passed my test to drive in one of them Rovers! It was brand new from the dealer in dark blue. I saw this, and it all came flooding back. I did an emergency stop, and like you said, you hit the Accelerator pedal!!!

@dadsholiday7302 4 месяца назад

My first car was a river 111 in kingfisher blue, perfect first car ! Great vid 👍

@sammytheseal2307 Год назад

What a honey, got quite a soft spot for these, fun little cars. Clean ones are definitely getting desirable

@connorh4104 Год назад

Loved this video. Refreshing to see cars like this getting some attention 👏🏼

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

Thanks Connor!

@davidminns9799 Год назад

They are making reasonable ££ looks so much better now. I would get the seats done👍

@GPH2474 Год назад

From what i remember its hydro elastic fluid, and i think it will have shrader valve front and rear to pump or let out fluid

@Mighty_Metro Год назад

That’s a beauty!! Those rear wheel arches look good as new. Just so you know, the rear bumper is doing the whole saggy thing that they usually do (very straight forward fix though). Should get between £2.5 - 3k for it though. I sold a 1996 Diesel Rover 100 with slightly crispy rear arches and 104,000 miles for £1850 a few months ago and yours is loads tidier than mine. Good luck with it. Love the videos!!

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

Thanks Chris!

@jamesstuart137 11 месяцев назад

Never thought I'd see Bane driving a Metro

@byronmills5952 Год назад

Lovely example. The 1.1 single cam K series were nowhere near as prone to headgasket failure as the larger 16v units. They also drive far nicer than their fuddy duddy image projects. I had an early 1990 Rover Metro GS back at the turn of the millennium - I gave 250 quid for it and it was brilliant. I guess that they charge a booking fee to stop people from not turning up - my mate runs an MOT bay and people not keeping the their alloted appointments is the bain of his life!

@Si1983h Год назад

I wish I had enough proper dry storage, I’d buy that… it’s not something I’d daily drive, I’m used to having 200bhp+ in a more solid shell… but for visiting classic car shows in the summer, it’d be ace!

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

I’d love to do the same!

@matenagypal7322 Год назад

For the plastic trim I really recommend back to black 2 quid from the poundshop need about 2 canisters and couple layer for 1 car but it makes it look a million bucks

@very40 Год назад

wow..what a find..at 26.23 if the back bumper wasn't sagging and it had the Ariel it would look like it just came off the production line..maybe classics could be another branch for you..great vid

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

Thanks! Yes, we will have to see what’s happening with the bumper too, I wasn’t sure if that’s how they were but didn’t look right to me either!

@colinjones2505 Год назад

Just need to get the o/s corner of the rear bumper re-aligning a touch, and it'll look as sweet as nut. Great little cars, and so simple to diy on

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

Yeah. We’ll sort that out, I wasn’t sure if it was wonky by design at first 😅

@alundavies5171 Год назад

Callow and Maddox made them seats for Rover! when Rover went up it they did as well!

@Samson1 Год назад

The foam under the carpet in the front attracts moister to the point that the mats can be sodden.

@parvinkukar1259 Год назад

You managed to get a great deal. Noticed a similar car on a classic car auction with 90k miles and guide price is £3k to £5k Maybe worth thinking about selling it that way

@andyctube 7 месяцев назад

My grandad had one of these. They're lovely little motors.

@alastairhonaker1155 Год назад

Remember those back in the day cassette players lol

@wayneflint6836 Год назад

Great little cars

@matthewmoore9910 8 месяцев назад

My first car. I had a 1997 dark red. I gelieve it had a 1.5 diesel saxo engine in it. Used to take it from Birmingham to Somerset twice a week! Never let me down. My speedometer to 70 mph used to be all over the place. I only got rid of it because you could see ghe road through the floor pan 😅

@markpierce8674 Год назад

I will buy that car reminds me of my driving lessons

@nathanstevful Год назад

Great little motors, the only thing that killed these off was euro crash testing, I think it scored a 2 star, would have this over the hideous Rover City Rover that replaced it.

@travlincub321 Год назад

I could actually import this to the us.. this would be so awesome to bring over

@andyedwards8215 Год назад

8 track holder 😂 glad penny dropped in the end

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

🤷‍♂️😅

@paulkelly7609 8 месяцев назад

I had a 1.4 1990 GTA 8 Valve great cars

@andrewmcdermott2372 Год назад

Iv got a golf but I actually like this

@priteshchampaneri5101 Год назад

Can’t believe he works for Cazoo, I can’t stand them! There’s a Cazoo in Leeds and I hate driving past the place, I can’t stand them! 😂

@user-pv9kg9ou1l Год назад

Piece of history this is, don't sell it, preserve

@christineayres7199 Год назад

I had a 1993 Rover Metro in White with a Pink Powered by Fairydust sticker on it lol only cost £300 thought the Police took it off me when the door fell off on the M1 lol and i could not afford the £650 fine to get it back , it was dangerous and should never have been back on the road as i bought it for the £300 in 2010 lol manual choke on it too lol fun to drive though

@jamescurtis3771 Год назад

regards the low front suspension it wont be a case of pumping it up as the rover metro's had there hydro suspension connected front to rear on each side where as the older austin metros the fronts were individual and the rears connected. The reason for the fronts being low will be because the front knuckle joints are worn through

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

Ah ok. That’s interesting, I’ll have to check that out then!

@benm2176 Год назад

I actually had the same issue with mine. One of the hydragas units had gone, replaced it and it was sorted.

@carukchannel Год назад

Nice car, I recently purchased a 3 door 10k example for a £1k on my channel but cannot part with it. 👍👍

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

Ooh, sports model! No rush to sell I guess, I’d keep most things if I had the funds and space! 😅 Great channel btw, keep it up 👍

@lucythemoggy1970 Год назад

dawn and ian kennedy hydragas services can do that

@TheKilroy1980 Год назад

I have a LHD 111 1997 sinds 2017 💞 it!!

@ST-ur7oh Год назад

How many shades of red is that ?

@tigerroz123 7 месяцев назад

fundamentally an alright car, sadly marred by the ncap crash test of 1997 and apart from mechanical updates; it is still the same design from around 1975

@mikecraney6571 Год назад

Baby oil also revives faded plastic

@lucythemoggy1970 Год назад

sounds like it needs a new speedo cable

@gascans801 Год назад

40 psi in the front tyres instant power steering lol

@kesarh Год назад

Hi mate Did you literally put the blow touch and colour changed? Would it go back to normal soon

@stepheng8779 Год назад

Yes, that never works for long.

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

In my experience it lasts an awful lot longer than back to black etc as suggested in other comments

@ben1969bf Год назад

Get some Linseed Oil ,GAS to be the Boiled type and it seals in the Blackness

@gascans801 Год назад

8 track holder lol, it aint that old lmao

@alundavies5171 Год назад

am sure will do good money that Joe is a survivor car most were used abused and scrapped!

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

Thanks Alun

@rjhandley556 Год назад

It’s like someone drew a mk2 golf after 7 pints

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

😂

@zoran69ser Год назад

rear bumper is down

@kevintucker5364 Год назад

If you do that car right, it's got be worth 2.5k

@bengalibynature365 Год назад

The booking fee is for collection for the vehicle.

@ShiftingMetal Год назад

Collection from the customer?

@Gizmo5h1t3 Год назад

Booking fee will be for cancellations. Too many cancellations might goose up their workday.

@ardongrainford8004 Год назад

Like it - but dont crash it. Not very good Ncap rating.

@chrisharraway1425 Год назад

8 Track 🤣...in a Rover 100 shitbox...I do like watching your adventures, but that was a particularly naive comment 🤣 Please please please...get rid of that horrid thing asap

@thomasfrancis5747 Год назад

£500? Flipping 'eck you can see them go for £3,500 nowadays.

@IbnShahid 4 месяца назад

They've rebadged it, you fool!

@lucythemoggy1970 Год назад

devon reg

@rgwholt 20 дней назад

Isn't that the Tata made metro replacement ? made in India , which was an absolute pile of excrement , compared to the original Metro. I Loved the original especially the MG version

@chrisharraway1425 Год назад

Mate ...That is HID-E-OUS!!!! yes, it's rare, but it's shit! And it has a gas system?! WTF?! It's is about as bad as, I am struggling to stay away from Austin in order to think of something worse...

@owensteele1645 Год назад

As that bloke from Chops Garage would say, 'it's sweet as nut.'

@fredyyfredfreddy Год назад

Amazong condition

@leeallen1407 Год назад

Rover 100's are not yet Metro money unfortunately, sorry but even in good condition its worth no more than £2,000 , i've had loads of rovers and jags over the years