Turns Out Imports are Cheap When They Aren't Japanese.

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11/30/2016 at 15:25 • Filed to: None

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1991 Rover 214 GSi priced at $3,999

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DISCUSSION (17)


Kinja'd!!! If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
11/30/2016 at 15:31

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...but it is japanese?


Kinja'd!!! FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
11/30/2016 at 15:32

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Not Japanese but it shared the platform and parts with the Honda Concerto.


Kinja'd!!! E90M3 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/30/2016 at 15:32

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Maybe if you play this while driving:


Kinja'd!!! Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/30/2016 at 15:32

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But it says Rover. So it cant be JDM, same reason why riced out American spec Civics are JDM.

Simple.


Kinja'd!!! SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
11/30/2016 at 15:42

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Sort of like how the Geo Prizm is totally not a Corolla.


Kinja'd!!! facw > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
11/30/2016 at 15:47

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Why go to all that trouble to import a Rover when you could have a perfectly nice Sterling 827?


Kinja'd!!! vondon302 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
11/30/2016 at 15:47

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Damn I kinda like it. Right on my way home too. Hmm


Kinja'd!!! Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
11/30/2016 at 16:11

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...if you thought getting parts for a JDM car was hard...


Kinja'd!!! Tareim - V8 powered > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
11/30/2016 at 16:18

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except that price over here is complete crack pipe


Kinja'd!!! ranwhenparked > facw
11/30/2016 at 19:09

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Somebody wanted a smaller car, and also GSi.


Kinja'd!!! ranwhenparked > Tareim - V8 powered
11/30/2016 at 19:10

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Used cars are dirt cheap in the UK, compared to the US. Any running car in good cosmetic condition is pretty much an easy $2k-$3k here, at the very low end.


Kinja'd!!! ranwhenparked > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
11/30/2016 at 19:11

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I’d take it. Maybe fit a grille from a later 200 and spray the area behind black.


Kinja'd!!! greenagain > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
11/30/2016 at 21:09

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Back then Rover somehow managed to sqeeze any and all Honda goodness out of a Honda.


Kinja'd!!! Tareim - V8 powered > ranwhenparked
12/01/2016 at 03:37

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yeah we are lucky in that respect, some cars if they don’t have a valid mot you can get lucky and buy them for scrap value (less than £50 in some cases) but that’s a potential minefield for repair costs


Kinja'd!!! Svend > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
12/02/2016 at 18:18

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Though the one you posted also came in three door form. Rover 216GTi.

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/132018332792?clk_rvr_id=1133426819803&vectorid=229508&lgeo=1&item=132018332792&rmvSB=true


Kinja'd!!! The AE86 of Mt. Akina (Hachi) > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
12/02/2016 at 18:45

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The world’s nicest condition EF Civic Si basically.


Kinja'd!!! RT > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/20/2017 at 15:39

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It’s still overpriced compared to what they usually sell for though.