Conference terri::cars_uk

    
    Yes.
    
    It looks _exactly_ like the Escort! :^)
    
    Mark

Yes, the Daily Express is giving them away at the moment.

    Yep, & guest what... I have nearly one it twice... Numbers being 1 out.
    ie J12*CYE *: being the wrong number.... So thats why I wish to know
    more..
    
    Stu...
    

What do you wanna know Stu,

Greg (I have the full Rover brochure with me)

    What are the prices, out of interest ?
    
    Roy

    Rover Cabriolet:
    
    214 16v 13795
    216 16v 15995
    
    
    Greg

But Stu ....


Where will you put the fan, and the furry dice, and all the stickers, and ..,

:-)

Steven0

    Stick them on the roof.....
    
    S.

    Just in case anyone's got a 200 & is thinking about 'upgrading' to the
    soft-top:
    
    I just had my 1400 in for a scratch repair, & Avis gave me a 214 Si for
    two days. This seemed to go alot quicker than the Cabrio. I always
    thought mine was a bit slow cos of the Cat (standard on all cabrio's
    since day 1), but the 214 rental car also had a cat so that wasn't the
    problem. The cabrio is heavier than the hatchback, but I didn't think
    by alot. I suppose it must have cast iron girders joining the bonnet to
    the boot.
    
    On the plus side, the cabrio does feel solid on most roads although it
    can be a bit disconcerting looking in the rear view mirror to see the
    back seats flexing in the opposite direction to the front!
    
    I was wondering if mine had thicker tyres (hence more drag) producing
    less 'go' for the same engine, or whether throttle adjustment could be
    to blame. 
    
    Its still a good car to have, especially on the one day of the year the
    sun shines.
    
    Anybody else out there got one of these so we can compare notes?
    
    Andy
    

I haven't, but I thought the performance of all was worse
than their solid equivalents. This is due mainly to 
strengthening under the car to give more rigidity. The 
cabrios are also less streamlined (the Cd is higher).

What sort of 1.4 engine do you have? The original 214s
had single point fuel injection. Later models of the 
1.45 engine were given multipoint injection which has
improved performance slightly.


	ian

    I don't know what engine it is (can you tell just by lifting the bonnet
    & peering?). I'd recently heard of the 'upgrade' to the cat 1.4s, my
    car was registered at the beginning of Aug '92 - Any ideas?
    
    Andy

    
    The latest 1.4 k-series develops about 10bhp more than the earlier
    ones. 
    
    Richard.

You might possibly be able to identify the type of engine. The multipoint 
injection have a bar across the engine just above the inlet pipes with a little 
valve thingy going to each cylinder.
                     
                    || || || ||inlet manifold
                    || || || ||
                   ==+==+==+==+== fuel feed pipe with injectors
                  ---------------
                  |   engine    |
                  |             |
                  ---------------
(This could all be this side of the engine

Single point tends to look more like a conventional carburetor, but it's got an 
injector in the side instead of manual jets built into it.

                    ---|--|---- injector body unit....
                    ---|__|----  
                    || || || ||inlet manifold
                    || || || ||
                   ---------------
                  |   engine    |
                  |             |
                  ---------------

Richard

    re:-1 Brilliant ASCII Diagram!
    
    But the bad news is that I looked under the bonnet & decided its single
    point injection - What a bummer!
    
    re:.7 I found a place for my furry dice round the grab handle on the
    roll (role?) bar :-}
    
    Andy