The Lanc.
It's an aeroplane.
Or - the Lanc - it's only got three wheels...
Or - the Lanc - it's got more than one engine...
Am I getting close?

It’s very difficult to guess how things might have worked out, business wise, given the state the worlds been in the past few years. However, based on personal experience… When I had my first Rover, a ‘91 214 Si 3 door back in the late 90s, I worked briefly for a car hire company who had the newer c...

Speedo cable??

Probably not a lot of help but this is the window switch on my 95 214 SEi. Window switches.jpg If you press it gently the window starts to open - release it and it stops. Press the switch a bit harder, until it clicks, then release it and the 'Auto' function takes over and the window opens all the w...

Some (most?) of the plastic trim parts have a manufacturing date cast into the back of them - at least you can know when those bits have been made!

A man walks into a doctors surgery. “Can I help?” asks the receptionist. “I’ve got shingles” he replies. “Okay” said the receptionist, “give me your details then have a seat and the nurse will see you shortly”. The man takes a seat and after a while the nurse calls him into their room. “How can I he...

Customer: "Waiter, there's a fly in my butter!"

Waiter: "That's not possible sir - we only serve margarine".

Customer: "Waiter - you've got your thumb in my soup!"

Waiter: "Don't worry sir, it's not hot".

When I bought my current 214 there was a similar problem with the clock. I dismantled it and found the unit with the screen was loose on the PCB - the soldered joints had broken. I resoldered them and it's been fine ever since.

Confucius say:

Eat properly.

Keep fit.


Die anyway.