My old man bought a second hand one when he retired he had "always wanted a Rover" I think he'd always wanted a proper Rover, a Rover 90 or 110, but whatever he bought this 2000 which was in good condition bodyshell wise but.... it was one the UK ones that had a 11.5 to 1 compression and required 5 star petrol ( 101 octane IIRC) and of course the 5 star just been phased out. I think that he retarded the ignition so it would run or replaced the distributor or some bodge like that as redoing the engine was too expensive. I was in Canada at the time and did not keep in touch with this in any detail.