Hi Dave,
You're right; everything does seem a bit 'unresponsive' after the bike! There's only one road off our estate and it joins the A15 (a busy link between Lincoln and Hull) on a slight incline. Pulling into traffic yesterday was scary! Topped up the carb with oil and that helped a bit but she's dangerously slow off the line and struggles to keep her speed on inclines. I recall my old 2200 auto didn't have blistering acceleration but she pulled an awful lot better than this one. Not to worry though, if it worked right first time it wouldn't be a Rover!
The radio is a cheap and chirpy CD player from Halfords. The previous owner of Biscuit (the car) removed a radio so most of the wiring is there and most of the plastic isn't, so fitting shouldn’t be a problem. Actually, as famous last words go, "shouldn't be a problem" sounds a bit weak... “Never in the field of rust prevention, has so much, been spent, by so many, on so few…”