mrtask
Well-Known Member
Dear Rover Company
I am delighted with my 1972 3500 Saloon, a car which never fails to put a smile on my face when I see it parked amongst all the ugly moderns. That smile widens to a broad grin when I hear the engine rumble into life. I have driven a great many miles without ever turning on the radio, which would distract from the satisfyingly deep burble coming from the exhaust.
Over all I am a jolly satisfied customer, but none the less I feel compelled to bring to your attention a couple of design issues which I really feel ought to be rectified.
First and foremost is the placement of the horn control in the indicator stalk. How many times have I accidentally 'beeped' when signalling for a turn, or even when reaching for the window winder handle? The horns should only ever be sounded by pushing the centre of the steering wheel!
Who decided to fit fake wood veneer trim to my interior? The same penny-pinching miser who decreed that all facelift P6s would share the bonnet with two extra bulges originally intended to distinguish the V8 cars from their four cylinder brethren? Or who felt American owners deserved front door pockets and a padded centre console, but European buyers must do without? Fire those responsible!
Why were alloy wheels never offered as an option? Perhaps the odd PCD is a factor? I have tried early SD1 alloys and later SD1 Vanden Plas 'Kent' alloys on my car, both look very well indeed. Why weren't Kelsey Hayes 'Magstar' alloy centre/steel rim wheels offered outside the US? They look as if they were designed for the P6! Dunlop alloy centre/steel rim wheels, as seen on the MG B V8 or in a five stud pattern on some Police P6s, should also have been an option.
Who moved the rear reflectors from the outer corners of the bootlid to below the rear lamps, thus ruining the line of the rear wings? Dolt.
Who replaced the early embossed badges with the cheap'n'nasty printed badges? Cretin. Who widened the side strips from the stylish thin early type into the much more common later type? A step backwards, rather than an improvement.
Who decided to paint the outer sill and lower front wing on the facelift models? Body colour as per Series 1 is far superior.
I fear I am starting to rant, so I shall end here.
Thanks for a terrific car, shame about the niggles.
Please return to the fray, restoring the once proud brand name to modern roads with a suitably distinguished successor to my P6, and ignoring the Honda years and all subsequent 'retro'-grilled mistakes. Make something that can compete with the German giants, once more inventing new niches like my V8-powered 'young executive's' car. Make me proud again.
Yours
Al aka MrTask
I am delighted with my 1972 3500 Saloon, a car which never fails to put a smile on my face when I see it parked amongst all the ugly moderns. That smile widens to a broad grin when I hear the engine rumble into life. I have driven a great many miles without ever turning on the radio, which would distract from the satisfyingly deep burble coming from the exhaust.
Over all I am a jolly satisfied customer, but none the less I feel compelled to bring to your attention a couple of design issues which I really feel ought to be rectified.
First and foremost is the placement of the horn control in the indicator stalk. How many times have I accidentally 'beeped' when signalling for a turn, or even when reaching for the window winder handle? The horns should only ever be sounded by pushing the centre of the steering wheel!
Who decided to fit fake wood veneer trim to my interior? The same penny-pinching miser who decreed that all facelift P6s would share the bonnet with two extra bulges originally intended to distinguish the V8 cars from their four cylinder brethren? Or who felt American owners deserved front door pockets and a padded centre console, but European buyers must do without? Fire those responsible!
Why were alloy wheels never offered as an option? Perhaps the odd PCD is a factor? I have tried early SD1 alloys and later SD1 Vanden Plas 'Kent' alloys on my car, both look very well indeed. Why weren't Kelsey Hayes 'Magstar' alloy centre/steel rim wheels offered outside the US? They look as if they were designed for the P6! Dunlop alloy centre/steel rim wheels, as seen on the MG B V8 or in a five stud pattern on some Police P6s, should also have been an option.
Who moved the rear reflectors from the outer corners of the bootlid to below the rear lamps, thus ruining the line of the rear wings? Dolt.
Who replaced the early embossed badges with the cheap'n'nasty printed badges? Cretin. Who widened the side strips from the stylish thin early type into the much more common later type? A step backwards, rather than an improvement.
Who decided to paint the outer sill and lower front wing on the facelift models? Body colour as per Series 1 is far superior.
I fear I am starting to rant, so I shall end here.
Thanks for a terrific car, shame about the niggles.
Please return to the fray, restoring the once proud brand name to modern roads with a suitably distinguished successor to my P6, and ignoring the Honda years and all subsequent 'retro'-grilled mistakes. Make something that can compete with the German giants, once more inventing new niches like my V8-powered 'young executive's' car. Make me proud again.
Yours
Al aka MrTask
