ChrisT Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, Matt B said: Absolute stunner of a ZS, I really wanted one back when I was 17... ended up with a MK6 St150 at 24 as I can finally afford one 2 minutes ago, Matt B said: You bought the right colour Looks lush on black rims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Sometimes buying a new toy causes more cost than anticipated..... Big tanks require suitable transporters....I give you the humble Ford Escort 55 1.8D van, in white, with steel wheels, no abs, turbo, central locking or electric windows and mirrors.... What it does have is Tank capacity, power steering, working CD player (lol), 67k on the clock, half a tank of diesel, FSH, four good tyres, new belts 10k ago, fresh alternator, battery and a clean MOT.....All for £900. Sat happily at 70mph on the way back up the A1 yesterday, heater works hot and cold, chuffed to bits I am The (04 plate) Bimmer set me back nigh on £600 yesterday and requires more work on Monday (all brake pipes corroded) with just over 70k on the clock....... Goes to show that they don't make 'em like they used to! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coops Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 On 20/03/2017 at 21:38, Bigjimknickers said: Quick pic of the Essex mobile before it gets ruined by the wife/kids/birdsh4t Is that an Ateca @Bigjimknickers ? How you finding it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupar Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 1 hour ago, Noj said: Sometimes buying a new toy causes more cost than anticipated..... Big tanks require suitable transporters....I give you the humble Ford Escort 55 1.8D van, in white, with steel wheels, no abs, turbo, central locking or electric windows and mirrors.... What it does have is Tank capacity, power steering, working CD player (lol), 67k on the clock, half a tank of diesel, FSH, four good tyres, new belts 10k ago, fresh alternator, battery and a clean MOT.....All for £900. Sat happily at 70mph on the way back up the A1 yesterday, heater works hot and cold, chuffed to bits I am The (04 plate) Bimmer set me back nigh on £600 yesterday and requires more work on Monday (all brake pipes corroded) with just over 70k on the clock....... Goes to show that they don't make 'em like they used to! Mind and go easy on the van, try not to let all 59 of those ponies get too excited 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigjimknickers Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 39 minutes ago, Coops said: Is that an Ateca @Bigjimknickers ? How you finding it? It is mate, an 2017 seat ateca, SE Technology 1.6 Tdi ecomotive. what a mouthful! we are loving it, the kids love it compared to the MK5 Gti we had before, loads of room lots of toys. excellent economy (compared to the 20mpg Gti!) all in all they are well worth a look & cheaper than a Tiguan, I honestly thought it wouldn't be much bigger than the golf (same sort of floorplan) but I was wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigjimknickers Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 @Noj put a leopard skin pillow in the back & some carpet & that's my first car! except mine used to struggle to get to 65mph! (1.6d) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Acceleration is pedestrian, about 110 horses down on the bimmer.....Overtaking requires some planning, for sho.... All part of the van's charms, long as it hauls rigs around, all is good..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombercountynick Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Yessss Noj she's a beauty. Getting hard to find nice escort vans nowadays, looks tidy. Sad to hear about the beemer that's unfortunate for a low miler. I've got some brake pipe and a flaring kit if you fancy saving yourself a few pennies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Cheers fella, getting my independent to sort it, which is where she should have gone for the previous work, clearly... Certainly not selling her now, will reduce the mileage and have more van action. Actually improving my driving and general attitude to the road.....Go with the flow and accept that everything is faster, especially uphill with no run up In another 20 years, I could have two classics on the drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(-:AD:-) Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Thats a nice clean tidy van! Looks like a good find to me. Have got a soft spot for the escort vans, saw a mk1 today in mint condition. Bet it would be worth crazy money! Any one intressted in the chevette its on the road! Passed mot! Done a few hours driving in it yesterday and today. Ran well! Few issues that need sorting but it has put a big smile on my face! Well worth the hours spent welding her up, looks better underneath than on top... Still need some more money and lots of time to get it to show condition but happy enough for now! Could do with a 5speed gear box when not on country roads, it will sit at 50/60 okay but anything higher its reving too much for my liking/comfort! But thats next year or year afters issue! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombercountynick Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) New sills welded into the bargain bin backlane basher, All ready for MOT tomorrow. Lets hope she's a go-er If anyone needs a haircut.....drop me a PM Edited May 9, 2017 by bombercountynick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly In My Soup Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 (edited) Eunos hardtop! Ever see the one that competed in the pukekohe speed run in nz?? Competed next to yokomako hiranao's legendary R32, think it was pushing close to 600bhp, had lead weights in passenger footwell to balance it out, monster... Edited May 11, 2017 by Fly In My Soup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover Man Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Heres my other motor from a couple of weeks back All happy again now. It had spun the centre out of the clutch (All that power lol ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-786 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Zim Zimma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombercountynick Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 10 hours ago, Fly In My Soup said: Eunos hardtop! Ever see the one that competed in the pukekohe speed run in nz?? Competed next to yokomako hiranao's legendary R32, think it was pushing close to 600bhp, had lead weights in passenger footwell to balance it out, monster... There's a few crazy ones out there. Mike whidetts quad rotor mx5 is 1000bhp + as far as I can remember. Mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly In My Soup Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 (edited) Gotta love those jap cars, I had Jap motors all my life, until I recently went to the dark side (merc) Edited May 12, 2017 by Fly In My Soup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombercountynick Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 True. Once you gone jap you never go back I've had a few more Peugeots in between but love my hondas. Just a shame they didn't make any decent rwd coupes ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombercountynick Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 @Fly In My Soup this is a crazy mx5. And carbed....who needs itb's! https://thenaritadogfight.com/2016/03/09/feature-total-car-service-usui-attack-na8c/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 New resident at our house!! VERY long story, but got there in the end!! Al. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpmart Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 @atom3624 - looks very nice... tell us the short long story then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) Old car, a 57-reg Civic had been an excellent car. The starter motor failed, which ended up with me having to change the entire clutch as well - bendix had mashed the gears on the (modified single mass flywheel). It had an uprated pressure plate to handle the 32% increase in power, 22% increase in torque - this had pushed the clutch hydraulics to the limit - weak point was the 'damper'. Once bypassed the gearchange was really nice again. The 'failure' had me thinking that owning the same car for 10 years might be 'a sign' a change was due. Always loved the 'toblerone triangular originality' of the 8G, but earlier 9G's lost something in the looks department, despite apparently being a better vehicle. The new 10G - this one - got much of that slightly controversial originality back again, so I decided on a budget and started working things out. Outright purchase like I did with the 1st one wasn't possible - PCP was required. Never mind - house and mortgage have limited funds but something's still on ... live once and that. The 57-reg failure was on Monday ..... ready on Friday midday after a lot of communications ... when I went over to the new-car side of the Honda dealership. My old car actually had a full Honda Service History and very low mileage (42,500) and was in excellent condition everywhere - top specification, so I would anticipate £4k in a private sale, perhaps £3k in a trade in. I was offered £2k and a smile - nearly filled it!! Still I decided to continue - time for change. I had wanted a Blue Civic Sport Plus - 11 speakers, adaptive dampers, heated front seats and sunroof over the more basic still high specification Civic Sport. Several hours later I was winging it to USA for 2 weeks. I remembered the WeBuyAnyCar con-merchants but when I returned, asked if I could sell privately to get more than the £2k - YES. Offered £2,750. After 5 days I opened then closed my file and it decreased to £2,660, then £2,440 without changing anything. Once I had decided to sell the car, I 'tested' the new, stock clutch with the uprated engine - not a chance! Slips easily. Celtic had given an option, once mapped, that an engine could have its original map re-inserted for £50. Despite being 4 years later, I rang them and 'not a problem' - arranged where to take it, and it was 'de-mapped', eventually, with my original map. Apparently a map is VERY specific, for perhaps batches of chips / ECU's but definitely not compatible with every model of the same designation. Once done, it ran perfectly, but was obviously both down on power, and no problem for the new clutch - job done. I had been given a date of 20th September for the delivery of the Blue Civic Sport, so had 2 weeks left at this stage. Car was clean and had just vacuumed inside, so took a load of photos inside and out - looked great. MOT and service were due. I placed an ad in Autotrader, who recommended a value of £3,530 (not bad!). In view of the pending MOT and service I set it at £3,350. Fair enough. I had perhaps 8 enquiries within 24 hours, the 4th of which came up from Birmingham, wasn't certain of the clutch bite point (bit high but is adjustable) but said he wanted it and bought it for £3k. Contacting the dealership they obviously had NO IDEA where the new car was but 'could arrive any day, any transporter'!! There's a scam going on with car Insurance Companies - leave it until the same day, or one day before and they ramp up the insurance, so you have to arrange one week before. I used several comparison sites, compared with my 'broker' and going direct with LV= was much cheaper. The broker couldn't compete, even quoting LV= so I went direct. 20th September came, and went - no sign. No news. No ideas. I complained to Honda directly as well, who 'sympathised'! All hatchbacks globally are made in South Wales - priority is obviously elsewhere in the world, not UK! I consulted Carwow and started receiving quotes for the Sport Plus for the same rate or LESS than I was quoted by the dealership. I threatened to cancel ... Honda intervened with some poor explanations - reasons were obvious but information is poor to the dealerships, so not really their fault. I told the dealership I wanted to cancel, I had read the clause stating there could be charges incurred ... Then was told even if I did go to the other dealer, Blue Civic Sport Pluses were not available until December ... which appeared true ... but for a slightly higher deposit, I could have a White Prestige ... and for a LOWER monthly payment ... I reassessed all variables - made sense, particularly in view of all of the taxi bills I was paying - myself and the wife ... DONE. There you go. INSURANCE: I rang up LV= to advise of the change of vehicle, anticipating an 'Administration fee'. "That's fine Sir" ... I paused. She understood. "NO CHARGE". GOOD SIGN!! Al. Edited October 4, 2017 by atom3624 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissT Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I've been thinking of getting one of these Honda Civics. I parked next to a black Type R version the other day and it just looked so Japanesey and stylish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 It is VERY NICE - but BIG. To think they started like this: That was bigger than the original Mini, but about 3 feet shorter than this one. If you can stretch to an 'R', and you don't mind attracting a little attention, its the only car in that 'category' to get. Others are faster - in a straight line - .... I like it but I don't think the wife would have approved if I rocked up in one, even if the young lads would have gone ballistic!! Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissT Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 It started kind of cute/ugly and now it's cool/ugly I have quite a few options to weigh up before I decide anyway. I spent almost £2000 on my car in the spring so I'd like to get some more use out of that first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Makes sense - know what you mean. The other thought is that it could be the start of an even bigger bill .... not wishing it on you, but sometimes I believe 'there's a sign' that it's time to move on. Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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