Semi-C Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I hadn't got round to taking any pics of the most recent acquisition, until this weekend.. Tis a 1.6 GXi Applause in manual flavour. You are spared a collection thread as it was delivered to my house by it's former keeper (many thanks Rachel). It was a car I used to see being piloted around Bury by an elderley gent for years but recently, his daughter had taken to using it instead.A chance encounter allowed me to ask about the car and I was glad to hear that it would soon be surplus to requirements.Having secured it's future and received it unto the flock, very little else have I to report about it: It has MOT (until next year I believe), it drove ace on the test run I had in it, all of it's things work and Mrs -C doesn't fancy it as a Micra replacement. Oh..... I think it looks alright. danthecapriman, Novanick1, trigger and 24 others 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Nice. Unbelievably, there are two of these running around the town where I live......It's only a matter of time before I end up owning one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I like those Applauses, I think they are a nice looking car. Is that Mk3 yours too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi-C Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 That Mk3 sure is mine Trigger, there is a thread on here (http://autoshite.com/topic/21093-planes-stains-ortomowbeales/) from whence I doth collect it. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Oooft. 'tinas for posin, applause for romancin.. you sir are a diamond geez Semi-C, Cavcraft and Dippy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novanick1 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Nice one! NorthernMonkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Standing ovation. mouseflakes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Don't think I have seen one of those before. Cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I like that a lot. This may well be one raffle i enter in 2/3/4 weeks time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Holy crap, that's the Applause I have seen parked near BSE train station on almost a daily basis! There ya go, in the station car park Semi-C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Who put an LS400 through the car wash at the wrong temperature? Twiggy, purplebargeken, Lord Sterling and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Is it the Applause that famously has a secret hatchback but non-folding rear seats? dollywobbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRW Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I hadn't got round to taking any pics of the most recent acquisition, until this weekend.. Is it me or can anyone else see a hint of Phase 1 Ford SIerra in this? trigger, stripped fred, Vince70 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Kind of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 No. Ace car though and SUPA RARE!!!!! Spesh in manual FLAVA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 C'mon! Make with the secret hatchback shot! Bloody ace buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi-C Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Is it the Applause that famously has a secret hatchback but non-folding rear seats?It is in possession of a very secret hatchback.I can neither deny nor confirm the folding status of it's rear seats. I'll be back at home tomorrow night, will try and steal some enlightening back end piccies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Semi-C, Vince70 and Jim Bergerac 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexg Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Nice one. I think these are a handsome looking thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 That looks bloomin' marvelous. Dare I say, I even prefer it to the Cortina? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I'm sure mine didn't look like that,did they do a facelift? Mine was a h plate 1.5 manual. Looked like a saloon but was actually a hatch. I found mine to be very nippy for what it was and was fully equipped too. Did find the steering light in mine though. Tended to wonder in cross winds above 60. Also the clutch was really light too. Don't seem to be many left now though. Looks smart though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 My wife had one that she pinched off me that I bought to flog on. She bloody loved it (the car you filthy minded sods! ) and was really upset when it died. I put it through Exeter auctions as a 'bereavement sale' which wasn't a total lie as it was definitely, fucking dead! Vince70 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi-C Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Howay all, I've been quiet with any picture/update action since my change of employment, piloting artics through the night inhibits my internet access (that and I haven't got a PC at home or a laptop, I used to hijack my office computer for any picture posting) Anyhow, essexman & I had been planning to exchange Applause for Transit so I taxed and insured the Diehateful last weekend with a view to trucking down sometime this month. And then I drove it 14 miles. 7 miles in, the temperature gauge began its ascent. And kept on rising. Made it home but...there was a bong like bubbling from under the hood when I switched the ignition off. Following a brief search it was agreed that most coolant had vanished and the bit that hadn't now resided in the sump. The optimistic side of me threw some K-Seal in. No score. So now I have an problem. Where I live, I can't keep excess vehicles. The driveway at my papa's is fully overstocked. Overflow storage: Non existent. Need for non-HGF'd conveyance: Critical. I've been offered a tested up Fiesta which could solve the conveyance issue. What to do with a problem like the Applause? If any shiter wants to come and retrieve it, they're welcome to it for no money. I don't want owt for it, but if the new keeper wanted to make a donation of their choice to Autoshite's running costs that'd be ace. Ideally, it needs to be picked up this week or it may end badly for the poor beggar. TL:DR... Free Daihatsu Applause, must be collected super sharpish. Please help me and save it's life. Cavcraft, strangeangel, garethj and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi-C Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 This is too far away or I would save it gladly, It's an awesome little thing .... But alas I live in the north east and don't fancy towing that far Thankyer Sir. It is awesome. Even with the HGF it's fair rapid, all it's trinkets work, manual cog swapper...it's got the lot. If you could provide enough water, you could drive it back (maybe) (tis unlikely that much water exists in all honesty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi-C Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 I'd say it's buoyant to barren range is about 15-20 miles. I didn't hold much hope out for the K-Seal, have never had any success with it before. The motor factors I scored it from had an "ultimate" version of K-Seal too but that was almost as dear as a Harris built xflow. Gutted my £15 roll of the dice was a 3 when I needed a 6. My change of occupation has whisked me away from a fabricators workshop where repairing this could've been undertaken, now any time I'm not driving an Actros I'm asleep, making my pack up or commuting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffgeezer Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 What flavour engine is in this wondrous misery? It might not be too far from me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Lovely looking car. Hope someone can save it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 They were all 1.6 16v pez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Ooo clap you say ? If had been crabs etc !!!!! Semi-C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 'Tis what looks like a small 4 door saloon so must be great. Our dealarship had a franchise for these in the early nineties, think we sold about one of them and that was the accountant's demo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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