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"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
08/31/2020 at 16:25 • Filed to: sterling

D id you know that the S terling 827 SLi is actually the greatest car ever made?

DISCUSSION (25)

E90M3 > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 16:29

I’ve seen one of those before, it was in a junkyard; think it was North Atlanta Pull-A-Part.

ttyymmnn > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 16:31

Shitty. A friend of mine was killed by a hit and run driver yesterday.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 16:33

Kinja'd!!!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3285326808200379/?notif_id=1598737056039350¬if_t=marketplace_price_drop&ref=notif

Nauraushaun > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 16:37

Does what it says on the tin

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn
08/31/2020 at 16:39

really sorry to hear that.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 16:43

first day back at work today...so....it was a monday...

after 3 weeks of not having an alarm...im pretty sure a 5 am wakey wakey alarm is in fact a war crime

i should probably head on over to the hague and hand myself in for that one

Jack Does Cars > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/31/2020 at 16:46

My dad lives in Spokane, I will force him to buy these.

Jack Does Cars > E90M3
08/31/2020 at 16:47

Pretty much all of them are in junkyards. This one has been saved from salvage yards twice.

EL_ULY > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 16:53

good, just normal shit and shit and shit and shit

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 16:53

There are a few 80's cars that I really like and this is one of them.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 16:55

Is Sterling a re-badged something else?

Jack Does Cars > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/31/2020 at 17:01

yes, a R over 800.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/31/2020 at 17:06

Acura Legend, with worse build quality.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/31/2020 at 17:08

As the OP said, it’s a rebadged Rover 800. And that car is very closely related to the Acura Legend. But Rover did away with the pesky Japanese electronics and upgraded them to Lucas parts and made various other changes to give them British reliability instead of Japanese reliability.

The results were predictable.

Jack Does Cars > WilliamsSW
08/31/2020 at 17:13

Oh yes, upgraded is exactly the correct word. I think there’s like 37 of these things left, I am honored to own and operate a functioning example.

WilliamsSW > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 17:22

Nice! Those were so cool when they came out. Especially the 5 door. I remember being in a dealer and drooling over one. Was sooo disappointed when they basically turned out to be complete shit. Glad to see at least one survived!

onlytwowheels > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 17:26

It’s Legend- ary.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 17:43

*waves back* Hi! :D

Jack Does Cars > WilliamsSW
08/31/2020 at 17:50

Thanks! I wish I was around during the days of the new Sterling, but alas I was not. From what I understand, they were actually pretty hot until, like you said, they turned out to be completely terrible from the onset. My particular car has a really interesting history which I will have to write about at some point (it’s basically been a lifelong destiny to own this car), and the plan is to fully restore it so there will be at least one really proper one in America, forever.

wafflesnfalafel > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 18:08

Acura should have made an Legend hatchback too...

WilliamsSW > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 19:49

I look forward to reading more. Everything I’ve heard is that they’re great to drive.

bison78 > Jack Does Cars
08/31/2020 at 22:56

I was issued a Rover 800 as a company car for a while (until the company shut down the facility and laid me off). Fun car.

I drove it from the UK to Hamburg and back while it was “my” company car. I explored the upper limits of the car’s speed capability while driving across Germany. Th en I saw what the Dutch police were equipped with to counter speeding G erman drivers: 911s.

Jack Does Cars > bison78
08/31/2020 at 23:49

That’s really cool, I’ve always wondered what it was like to drive one new. Do you remember if it had the V6?

Plus, if you’re going to catch speeders a 911 is surely one way to do it.

bison78 > Jack Does Cars
09/01/2020 at 00:51

That’s really cool, I’ve always won dered what it was like to drive one new. Do you remember if it had the V6?

I didn’t get it new. By picking a used car from the pool, I was able to get a car that was above my pay grade. This was in 1993. It was probably a year old. It didn’t have the V6: it had the O or M series 4-cylinder . I think probably the M-series. It was a fastback, pre-R17 facelift, just like yours.

The car surprised me with it s speed. Its 30-60 acceleration time was excellent for the period.

Jack Does Cars > bison78
09/01/2020 at 13:18

Head gasket failures, very nice, but they truly are both an understand and underrated machine, it’s sad that so many of these were lost to the Scrappage Scheme or even Cash for Clunkers here in the States.

I’m lucky that mine being an 89 model has the Honda V6 and not the KV6, and I’m convinced that the engine is the only thing holding the car together at this point.