I saw a post about Rover and think of my dear ole Sterling. It is still running, I put about 12 miles on it per day (to work and back). Has about 110,000 miles on it. The only running problem is low oil pressure.
My wife recently hit a deer and took out part of the front end, radiator, lights. What a mess. Got it back on the road after 1 year of procrastinating and looking for parts.
Lucas -- inventors of darkness ! Most of the lights still work. I'm thinking of putting some LED lights in since the tail lights are too hot and melt the lenses.

That's a shame, we recently donated my grandmother's '90 827 SL. The car wasn't driveable; it needed too much work and trying to find parts was a pain. I do have to say, the car was fun to drive and powerful. Have you experienced any electrical problems? This was the only problem, but it was a pain in the butt. The windows wouldn't roll down, the light would come on and off, radio would lock! You name it, the car had done it. So, after sitting at my uncle's for a few years, he finally decided to donate it.

Funny, but I had read somewhere that Sterlings were Hondas that the British tried to foist unto the world as a British car. Everything was Honda except for the electrical system not pertaining to the engine and transmission.