21/6!

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 06/21/2018 at 17:27 • Filed to: Rover 216

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Oooh, the longest day of the year*! All downhill from now on.

Time for each of the Rover 216s. Exciting times. The knowledgeable will recognise the first two as Hondas.

* Unless you’re Australian or something when it’s the shortest day. Or unless you live on the equator where they’re all the same.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Cé hé sin 06/21/2018 at 17:46

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How about 6/21... Horsepower!

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Cé hé sin 06/21/2018 at 17:46

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“The knowledgeable will recognize the first two as Honda s”

I can do better than that, I can recognize the bits of the second one that AREN’ T Honda

fintail > Cé hé sin 06/21/2018 at 17:48

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Hyacinth and Richard Bucket’s car

Cé hé sin > fintail 06/21/2018 at 17:52

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Yes, that’s the one. Assuming it wasn’t a 213...

fintail > Cé hé sin 06/21/2018 at 17:56

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216 EFI no less:

Cé hé sin > fintail 06/21/2018 at 17:59

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Interestingly, the number comes up as unknown.

fintail > Cé hé sin 06/21/2018 at 18:00

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Yep, that’s been a point of discussion for fans of the show.  Fake numbers, and they changed for unknown reasons a few seasons in.

Aremmes > fintail 06/21/2018 at 18:24

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“The name’s boo-kay.”

Svend > Cé hé sin 06/21/2018 at 19:31

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What about the Rover 216 Coupe

Ad the 216 Cabrio

ranwhenparked > fintail 06/21/2018 at 19:33

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It really fit the upper class  status seeking on a middle class budget aspect of her character. 

fintail > ranwhenparked 06/21/2018 at 20:57

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Yep, mildly pretentious badge on an ordinary car. The car was well-cast indeed.

Onslow’s old Cortina suits him too, a bit worse for wear, but dependable.

ranwhenparked > Svend 06/21/2018 at 21:00

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Rover had a serious resurgence in fortunes in the late ‘80s-mid ‘90s. Then BMW kind of ruined everything. Well, really the HHR 400 and bubble 200 started the slide. Overpriced and unexceptional compared to what came before, and ultimately in production way too long. 

boredalways > Cé hé sin 06/21/2018 at 21:12

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The 216 looks like it needs a Rover V8

ranwhenparked > fintail 06/21/2018 at 22:30

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That Cortina was also probably quite a bit more exclusive that Hyacinth’s Rover. Had to be a rare car on the road even at the time the series was filmed. 

fintail > ranwhenparked 06/22/2018 at 09:19

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I am sure it is now - British inspections and high depreciation combined with winter conditions that encourage rust make anything that old fairly uncommon - especially compared to the US west coast where old cars are a daily sight . I know there’s a site that tracks the amount of certain cars still actively registered in blighty, should look it up.

Neighbor Elizabeth’s basic white Metro and sister Violet’s Mercedes also fit in.