FIXING UP A ROVER 600
Our COO, Phil Weeden, like many of us, spends hours browsing classified ads for cars, but recently one car came up that he couldn’t say no to. Such a decision is obviously made easier when you can pay for it on the company credit card, but that’s by the by...
Before I knew it, Phil and I were on our way to Surrey to collect our new Rover 600. This 1999 623GSi is not only top-of-the-range, but one of the very last, on a V-plate. It’s covered just 84,000 miles and the Charleston Green paintwork and grey leather are a tasteful combination. Sadly our COO’s busy life isn’t conducive to a project car, so another space on my road is occupied by this last bastion of the Rover/Honda partnership.
I’ve piled 2000 miles on this green barge and it drives superbly – the 2.3-litre Honda engine is torquey and
