Scotland to Wales in my new Rover 75 - 360 miles!

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Not only do I drive my new Rover 75 home from Scotland to Wales, I improve it too! New wiper blades and a proper key solution! Reached in a few stages...
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[@Aspins]

Glad to help with the key repair.

[@HubNut]

Very much appreciated sir. Thank you.

[@crttft9203]

Keith Aspin - very well done! Nice to see an expert at work! Cheers

[@MrBrianc1975]

Well done Keith, definitely an improvement over Ian's pliers and gaffer tape (although that was very good too)

[@peterriggall8409]

Top job Keith. Found that interesting.

[@Tukwillie]

Keith: You have my respect! Greetings from America.

[@volvo480]

Gotta love people like Keith with a shack full of test and measurement gear and decades of knowledge. Always a treat seeing craftsmen at work.

[@Roadwarrior92]

Definitely

[@millomweb]

Yes, a great little man-shed you have there Keith - shout out to you ! Looks like a Chinesium lathe.

[@Aspins]

@@millomweb It is,Branded Chester Machine Tools.I have videos on my You tube channel on the lathe.

[@millomweb]

@@Aspins Well, now I know who you are, I can take a peek :) I suspect I spotted a camera mounted above your work desk too - so thought you were a KZbinr, as they're called !

[@toppledgod]

Believe it or not I did look after this up until a year ago when I started suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. The plenum drains were cleaned last year, the rear light clusters were sealed 2 years ago. The fuel filter was replaced when it was serviced in April. I even fitted new carbon brushes to the radiator fan...

[@carlosalher5797]

Congrats! The car really seems to have been well cared. And she is really beautifull in this colour. I wish you positive thinking, tons of courage, and hopefully, Faith. Best Regards from Spain

[@badfairy9554]

Sorry to hear about the MS and having to sell a Rover. Wishes you the best.

[@Redgolf2]

I have MS too, sorry bud but hope you’re managing. I am on Tecfedera, an amazing med for it, I recommend it. I’m getting my first 2CV in a fortnight, love old cars. Have MS 18 years now but I’m nearly finished with driving….. 😔

[@rocketsock4297]

❤ OMG the Rover 75 still looks so delicious. Great design ❤

[@bentullett6068]

i agree they still look pretty good for their age. The only Rover model of this age that has aged badly is the 25, unless its the streetwise version.

[@MrButtonpresser]

"we have the technology" - Keith. Six Million Dollar Man reference. We're showing our ages! Nice job.

[@millomweb]

In the failures department - often thought a sign/notice: "We have the technology - just don't know how to use it !"

[@CaptHollister]

Is the repaired fob better, stronger, faster than it was before ?

[@earnestbunbury2103]

@@CaptHollister For six large, it better be

[@paulbennell3313]

"We will rebuild him/it."

[@Mike.Howard]

Great to see Keith could help out. Oh, the power of the comments!!

[@kbradley1994]

We have two 75’s in the household - the 160 Remap transforms the car. Best €100 you could ever spend if you’re planning to keep it for any length or time ...zero downsides.

[@richh7872]

Transponder pliers 🤣🤣 brilliant

[@LeMagnum440]

19 years old complaining about cup holder lol. zt190 my current car, love it. The noise, handling plus its mostly british.

[@trinity0373]

flash backs to a time when my wife and i made cockpit assembley for the 75.....happy factory days

[@andyb3666]

Cowley or Longbridge?

[@welshy8216]

If i ever have Key trouble, Keith's seems to be the guy to fix it. he local to me :)

[@martijnvandervelde2166]

I presume Keith's got keys.

[@bradlemmond]

*Keyth

[@volvo480]

I really like the closing scene music and scenery. Once Covid-19 has been conquered, Wales and Scotland are on the top of my list of places to visit.

[@mattw8332]

Enjoyed this video. So glad the key issue is sorted. That was making me anxious - and it's not even my car! Looking forward to the Granada and E28 road tests. 😀

[@micheltebraake7915]

The Rover 75 gets better and better, you fall in love with it Ian. Nice ending to the video.

[@grenvillephillips6998]

Top quality video Professor HubNut. Playing swappies looks like a very promising source of much future content to come.

[@O1Richard]

I’ve had my Rover 75 1.8T Connoisseur 03 plate since 2005, it’s still a good car and nice drive, I hope you enjoy your new car.

[@Rjhs001]

Great vid, great music, lovely motor...all presented with your usual honest charm Ian...cheers.

[@itsmephil2255]

HubNut - Making a mundane roadtrip in a Rover 75 really interesting and entertaining GO IAN!!!!

[@immmelting]

It's a shame rover wasn't as successful. Very comfortable cars.

[@torresalex]

That was very nice of Keith. Saw his comments below the reveal (?) video, offering his services. What a community this is turning out to be, Mr. Hubnut

[@nealya1291]

Brilliant vid. Love the time lapse driving. Mesmerising!

[@rezner101]

I've had 2 75's and had nothing wrong with both. Great cars and i;d have another any time. Great video as always.

[@timelwell7002]

Re Jaffa Cakes - my girlfriend brought round some lime Jaffa Cakes and left them at my flat without meaning to. She was mildly shocked to discover, upon her return, that I'd scoffed the lot..! So, I'm with you there, Ian...

[@chrisskelhorn5727]

I loved the Lime Jaffa cakes! :-)

[@curtisj2165]

Never had lime Jaffa Cakes, they sound delicious

[@Teribus13]

My daughter (3 years old) loves Jaffa Cakes. She was NOT impressed when we accidentally got her the lime ones 🤣 I enjoyed them, though.

[@chrisskelhorn5727]

@@curtisj2165 I think they were a 'Limited' edition, but they were so good! I THINK I'm right is saying that there are either raspberry flavoured Jaffa's out, but they could be either another limited edition, or a complete figment of my imagination! :-O

[@chrisskelhorn5727]

@@curtisj2165 Lemon & Lime flavour available in ASDA! 75p for a box of ten! :-)

[@waynetetley584]

Fantastic tune and footage at the end 'To weather a storm'. Very creative. Well done. HubNut is so good👍

[@Prokifiev]

This guy keeps me going. All the best, mate. (I hate my job, I can't drive, but I get an awful lot of pleasure watching these vids, something I look forward to, when I get i from work). Thank you.

[@Roadwarrior92]

That new key was very satisfying to see work, and those steering wheel plastics were driving me nuts. Nice to see them looking tidy! I'm really enjoying the 75 content

[@TheClanDFA]

love the 75

[@TheFlyingBusman]

I like Keith and his workshop. Man after my own heart.

[@RapideWombaticus]

Congratulations mate! A fab 75... good onya HubNut

[@chesswizard31]

Ian, I know long distance travel abroad isn't your most favourite thing in the world, but I would love to see you do a roadtrip of North America one day. You are sincerely one of the very few people I enjoy virtually tagging along with!

[@HubNut]

Something I would very much like to do once circumstances allow.

[@imarcus1973]

Yay glad to see you got the key sorted. It is a nice looking car the 75, really like the dash instruments. Looking forward to the next instalment =)

[@braceuself]

I loved my rover 75 .it had all the toys and they worked.i had the face lift 2004 model.what a comfy car

[@ruglund]

I love seeing you get all excited about improving your car, and a lovely roadtrip too :-)

[@peterriggall8409]

Top video Mr. Hubnut. 👍 it really had a bit of everything, loved it. On my last visit to UK I visited the Falkirk Wheel near the Kelpies. It was fascinating.

[@ColonelJGHyde]

The key issue aside, the interior is lovely. It looks like your driving along in a Jag. I'm a big fan of wood trim in a car.

[@northdevonwildlifewithandy788]

Always loved the dash and interior of the 75s

[@ThePowerbloke]

Thanks for another great road trip Ian. It had it all! A new car for the fleet, some tinkering, some site seeing and a speedy musical finale.

[@stratpluslover8391]

What a great car i love rover's and the 75 is a car of luxury you will have a comfortable ride on your trip 😀 happy travels

[@jacklee7597]

What lovely choice of car for hubnut fleet I got Rover MG ZT 2001in my car fleet had car from new in Gray metallic lovely car never had any major problems with car big thumbs up 🤗 for channel

[@klauswassermann8054]

Congrats on the new Rover Ian, I think it's going to be a classic worth preserving. I was trying to find a good 75 for myself but without success. I do have a 1954 Rover 90 though, different story :)

[@michaelstaunton1632]

Good luck with that Rover!!! ..... your gonna need it!!!

[@mattfoster]

loving the music you included in the time lapse section near the end.

[@millomweb]

Yes, a very nice alternate ending. Just don't wear it out as we love the 'normal' endings too :)

[@mattfoster]

@@millomweb it's nice to see different endings now and again so he uses a time lapse ending sometimes.

[@bradlemmond]

I think that is the music Mike O'Hara uses on That Chapter (he makes true crime videos)

[@mattfoster]

@@bradlemmond cool it's beautiful

[@marcusdamberger]

Lovely music at the ending, no harassing content copyright match? Can't use anything unless it's in KZbin library or find 3rd party music that can be licensed.. See Tom Scott on the convoluted copyrights we now have, if you've got a quick 42mins. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3vaoGinmJxrh7c It goes rather quickly, didn't realize it was that long until now.

[@PaulinesPastimes]

Ooh progress! Excellent. So glad you put the steering column surround back together. OCD was doing backflips! Cheers

[@grayfool]

The power of the interweb is awsome, as is Keith. Good man.

[@HowardLeVert]

I found myself watching this video, looking at the Rover, the E28 and the Granada and one word just kept popping into my head: "want." Can't wait for the road tests, and a good result with the Rover's key there.

[@adrianellis6902]

Super video, nice music, thanks mate brought a smile to my face, take care.

[@paultaylor9652]

Lovely Jubbly, thanks Keith for helping Mr HubNut.

[@poprodder]

Another great episode in life of hubnut. With added music. Very nice.

[@Liamduffers2]

Thanks Hubnut 👍 glad you enjoyed your trip up north and I can't wait for the Granada video!

[@chrisdale2121]

I had one, from three months old...a truly beautiful car to drive

[@ozakki8719]

You can’t beat people like Keith. Legends.

[@bombakdik]

Again, loved the timelapse at the end! And I bet you will never be happier than with this car when you were able to use the key again.

[@rheinerftvideo2647]

I love this car. It's so classic. Would buy a good one for sure and enjoy to drive it. Cheers from Germany

[@Shane_Marsh]

Fabulous video ian, lovely to watch the trail and error efforts with the key, I had to glue the blade into the fob for my zt. The music really suited the speeded up segment and felt a real quality piece of televisual entertainment. Cheers.

[@-DC-]

Had 3 off these back in the day a real mixed bag, lovely interior, small cabin given the size, underpowered with mixed reliability but all in all a nice place to be.

[@100SteveB]

Well done Keith, very good of you to sort out Ian's lock problems. I love the 75 Ian, if it was not for the fact Rover sadly disappeared I would have no doubt have ended up with one. I rented one once and greatly enjoyed my couple of days with it. Let's hope the MOT man does not find too many nasty surprises.

[@danielpothier9990]

People like Keith are gems, treasure them.

[@gryfandjane]

Excellent adventure. There’s something enjoyable about an old car gradually revealing its secrets, good or not.

[@garethfairclough8715]

75! NICE! I always did like that car.

[@alextoft5096]

Thank you so much for buying this car and creating this content! This is a car ingrained in my memory. As someone who grew up in this era I remember the sound of that BMW diesel firing up, the lovely indicator tick and how exciting and elegant it was when new! They key fell apart on the way back from a funeral and the clutch went twice but I still loved it. I guess that is what cars are all about! Knowing that objectively something isn't that great and that you're looking back with rose-tinted specs but still the a ability to be instantly transported to a different time or emotion. I feel this is severely lacking in most modern cars! 🤔

[@mendhamsmusicmoviesmovemen8075]

I love the shape of the Rover 75.

[@fruitychink]

I had a 75 as a company car and I did prefer it to my previous Mondeo . Interesting as always

[@seancooke4127]

A fine recommendation indeed. Better than a Mondeo is top of the class in my book.

[@seancooke4127]

@THIS is moug me duro interior is excellent. I have never owned one but the only complaint I have ever heard from an owner was that the boot on the saloon was a small. Never any horror stories though they were not common car compared to Mondeos or Vectras or Passats or Primera or Avensis.

[@daniellee9015]

Brilliant video Ian you did well with the key there

[@joshonthetube]

I am really digging Keith's shed! Nice setup, there!

[@DPNTV]

Looking forward to watching more videos on this 75

[@frglee]

Very nice! Have to say this car is growing on me already. Hope you can sort out the glitches and keep it as a daily driver. It may be two decades old, but it strikes me as a pretty timeless design, and a very nice and practical family car. Well worth looking after! Enjoyed the KZbin stock music at the end, too, which I know well. One of my favourite narrowboat vlogs, Minimal List, use it with their canal trip filming a fair bit.

[@Jaxs2]

I had a feeling the old "Chaka Demus" 😉 would be an issue but you sorted it .Take care Ian glad you made it home , the 75 does look plush 👍

[@goose9320]

Great vid!! I love the look of the Rover 75, would love to bring one over here to the US!

[@andrewentwistle515]

Yet another interesting video. I can say that I have driven a Rover 45 & found it to be a good car to drive, but I have not tried the 75. Nice to see the indipendant key specialist included in the video as well.

[@andymccabe6712]

LOVE the keyfob scenario! It plumbed hitherto unimaginable depths of Hubnuttery!! How was it possible for the key to have SO much wrong with it??!!! ONLY on Hubnut' - wonderful.....!

[@jys160]

The Kelpies are magnificent. Great entertaining video as usual.

[@IngramCars]

I loved my Rover 75. And loved visiting the Kelpies last year. Not in the 75 I sold that a few years back. They're a beautiful car to drive. If you need any advice do ask. Also the Rover 75 & ZT Club is an excellent resource who will point you in the right direction for anything you need. Water ingress is quite a problem, usually from the rear light seals, or blocked plenums. Some people drill a hole in the floor to let it out..

[@simongibbs2986]

Great video once again. Really enjoyable and so much more pleasing than someone revealing their new Ferrari!!!

[@DavidJohnston58]

Excellent music on the time lapse and superb drive from Merseyside down towards home, love it. And loving the 75, my last Rover was an 800 around 20 years ago, wish I'd gone 75 or even the MG instead of Mondeo now after the 800 🙁. Looking forward to HubNut on the spanners with this.

[@Chaostheory1971]

I've never had a ride in or driven a Rover 75, having said that I have always thought that 75s have always looked nice ascetically, much better than the Vectra. Big thumbs up Ian!

[@letsgoballistic]

my parents used to have a dark blue rover 75 v6 sterling tourer and it was such a comfortable car to be in.

[@jackscott8931]

Very much enjoied, can't wait for more Rover!

[@bryjan51]

Liking the "75". A productive run home then🙂. Hope it's a keeper for you.

[@AlexanderJBarrett]

Good work Keith! Hope this car stays in the HubNut fleet. A nice warm Rover for moving about in with the family over the winter seems like a good option to me.

[@matty6848]

Brilliant video Ian loved it. If it wasn’t a daft idea, then it just wouldn’t be HubNut🤣🤣👍

[@robh6173]

I love this car! I hope you DO keep it a long time! 👍 .

[@flashbeaster]

had a rover 75 myself, never trully departed with it. I like how your door windows are all scratched 😃😃, had the same in mine

[@timl1481]

Another great video. I can't tell you how long I've waited to see you review an 80s Granada Ghia. My dad had one of these back in the day, and within a few weeks of passing my test in 86, I was behind the wheel!! He must have been mad ☺. By the way the time lapse piece at the end reminds me of how an old mate of mine used to drive normally, how he managed to cling on to his licence, I will never know.

[@pierrechristian6767]

Absolutely enjoyed every minute Ian, makes me lean more to the 2.5 V6 75 I'm going to look at on Monday, apparently, it comes with a heap of suspension replacement parts so it looks like my daily driver might be a road-going resto.

[@leotoczyski263]

I admire your perseverance with the key issue. As nice as the interior and spec of the car is. It does have its gremlins. But that's hubnut motoring. 👍

[@colindowd9756]

Can't wait to see both the Granada and 5 Series vids. Loving the closing tune!

[@andrewholloway231]

A few years ago, I used to have a lift to and from work in a Rover 75, very comfortable.

[@patrickjohn9279]

Absolutely fantastic,as always Ian...your videos are always exciting, as you always seem to get there with old cars..they do the same job as any other 🚗 🚘..

[@grahamparks6088]

Your rover 75 seems more your type of car, you seem happier driving it than the Vectra. Loved the video on the drive back from Scotland,

[@alpcns]

Mr. HubNut this is a fantastic choice. A very underrated car. I had the 2.5 V6, one of the nicest cars I've ever owned. If well-maintained you'll love it.

[@Pfirtzer]

Just curious how is the fuel mileage, not sure how much the british gallon is since I live in the Netherlands.

[@andicog]

E28 coming up? Can't wait, had 5 of them back in the 90's 2xM535i, 3x528i , loved them and they were pretty cheap back then. Also had a couple of the Mk2 Granadas, 2.8 I Ghia and a 2.8i Ghia X. Good Times ahead. Love the rover.

[@edgarbeat275]

New key ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Very satisfying 😊

[@b.2221]

Don’t know how you do it Sir , but the problems are building up nicely in your new Hubmousine 👍 Tam.

[@craigbeaumont5224]

lovely music edited in, and beautiful color on the Rover75

[@heathermcglade4166]

A year last March I hit the jackpot. A one owner 75 CDTI Club in Copperleaf. 84k, every receipt of work carried out on it, (all main dealer until Rover went bust), full service history, even down to the Rover salesman business card in the sun visor, in absolutely immaculate condition. It is absolutely superb in every way. I got it all. Style, comfort, and the " bulletproof", M47 turbo diesel. Boy, was that a lucky day. 18 months on...a broken rear Spring apart, faultless.

[@cjmillsnun]

That is a beautiful car. I loved my 75. The cupholder is better with a travel mug

[@david1976aful]

Yes, Ian, I love a good Hubnut road trip. 👍

[@markpaulene4002]

Hi hubnut, I was pleased to see the Granada 2.8, I had one being a ford lover at the time, what a great car I found it, bit of a so and so with the v6 to work on but nice, markUK

[@markkimberley3083]

You now have two of my favourite cars foxann and the 75 I am so jealous in a good.way

[@alansmith1770]

Glad you got the key sorted Ian. Hope your trip home was good.