Jim Bell Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 I've seen the odd yellow Seat Arosa, but few Lupos. Most bright ones I've seen are the equally awesome lurid green. I like how much bare painted metal is visible in the Lupo. (FWIW, shameful confession; if you ever end up with a yellow New Beetle and can't get on with it, I'll probably want it. Particularly if it has a sunroof).http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-VOLKSWAGEN-LUPO-E-Only-1-0-Litre-Low-Insurance-12mth-Warranty-/251718241803?hash=item3a9b938e0b Older than mine, comparable miles, much more price! Or double money for nearly double miles: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volkswagen-Lupo-/111761125107?hash=item1a057b6ef3 Yellow is expensive. RichardK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 SDi and green please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 SDi and green please. There's actually one in a local garage. Was the owners dads, needs new brakes and windscreen. Was up for £600 but it's been shifted to the back lot where nobody looks. Lacquer Peel and RichardK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 ^worth digging out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 looks a clean wee thing! my parents had a 1.0 Arosa-lovingly referred to as the arouser.. much space for a small car-and darty to drive. good luck with the sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 ^worth digging out! It would be, it'll have been looked after by the owners son without quibble I would have thought to boot. Not for me at the moment though; I'm waiting to hear back about another Swift and something SVM approved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Boring update. No longer for sale. I like it too much to sell it so it's staying. And getting a big service. My poor credit card. Enjoy it much more than the 405 for some reason. Craig the Princess, KruJoe, 320touring and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Hmmm do you need us to provide you with a pineapple and a roof rack??? It may remain one of the last only remaining unmodded base spec models in existence. I have no plans to fuck with it, just improve it a bit and keep it healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 it's staying Yo Baz, I think I may have one of those trims on our shed wall. If it matches, it's yours, and will find its way northwards eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 PS, plenty seemed keen for the 405 if that comes up for grabs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJay Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 WE WANT A ROFFLE,(altogether now)WE WANT A ROFFLE, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 PS, plenty seemed keen for the 405 if that comes up for grabs...Cheers for the trim offer dude. I was gonna have a look round the scrappy for one today. I don't think it's financially viable to sell the 405 really. I've just spent £300 ish doing the clutch, and £103 on a battery (and £30 on some oem headlight protectors). If it came to selling it, I think it would be at a price above what a Shitter would want to pay, so it probably wouldn't sell anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Raffle - definitely at a shiter price then! Lupo looks tidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacho man Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Put me down for numerous pre sale tickets. You know when one direction sell out Wembley in like 2.13secs. Well all 49 tickets for the pugaroo would be gone in 2.12secs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Awesome little things, i've had mine 9 years. Mines black with a black and red interior.I'm ashamed to say it's spent the last 4 years on the drive with a dodgey box i never been arsed to change.Club lupo is a good forum for these, if you get past the roofrack and pineapple twats.Drivers door locks go fucked, as do window regulators (ask me how i know?) mine would always do 45mpg no matter how hard driven.Check gearbox oil as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Cheers man, I have signed up there. They dont seem very sociable though. Checked the gearbox oil and topped it up, it wasnt far short though. Just got a oil filter, fuel filter, air filter, cabin filter, cam belt kit and water pump from GSF. Just need some oil and we will be away! Nyphur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripped fred Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Cheers man, I have signed up there. They dont seem very sociable though. Checked the gearbox oil and topped it up, it wasnt far short though. Just got a oil filter, fuel filter, air filter, cabin filter, cam belt kit and water pump from GSF. Just need some oil and we will be away!Is this where you spend loads on it then sell it in a few months thus benefitting the new owner? loserone, Lacquer Peel and Al Bundy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripped fred Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 There should be more people like WilsonWilson! ShiteRider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Your MO seems to be ... 1. Buy decent enough car2. Make it immeasurably better3. Sell at loss to grateful shiter Where did you get your endless pot of cash? I don't have kids, or any other dependants and I keep going Bankrupt. Its stupid, and needs to stop. There should be more people like WilsonWilson! Agreed. Nyphur and loserone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Wow, should hold mega value then in years to come Saw an UP yesterday that had been lowered, on steels with no front plate. looked Kind of Fucked UP I edited that for comedy, but according to a lovely Indian lady I used to work with who had a Lupo (a 1.3), the UP was VW's idea of a joke and the lUPO was so much nicer. Note how the lUPo became the UP, but with citroen the AX became the sAXo Christine and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lord Sward Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I thought GSF went tits-up? I've been flogging the specific Castrol Edge oil for those VAG engines for £20inc for 4 litres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Nope. They're still going. Have a 25-35% off sale most weekends it seems. And do you deliver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lord Sward Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 LUK had to quickly swipe all their impress stock out of there the other week. I deliver as far as NE27. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Here's the one we have: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 image.jpg Close, but not close enough. Thanks for looking though man. I'm gonna hit the scrappys tomorrow and have a hunt. Also need a spare wheel. KruJoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Aye, I won't be heartbroken if you find one elsewhere.It's a bit mullered anyway. Some bugger's ran over it. (Cattle grid find.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Aye, I won't be heartbroken if you find one elsewhere.It's a bit mullered anyway. Some bugger's ran over it. (Cattle grid find.)Precious road treasure. A man that stops at a cattle grid to rescue a run over wheel trim is a fine man indeed. phil_lihp, RichardK, KruJoe and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Best birthday ever was when a car drove past and fired what turned out to be a CX 22 TRS wheeltrim. Spent the rest of the day clutching the precious. It had been giffered with silver hammerite and a small Citroën badge (the blue/gold one) in the centre. Didn't match anything I had as my TRS was alternating the factory trims or polished Pallas discs depending on mood. But truly, the goddesses of Citroën smiled upon me and gave bounty on the anniversary of my birth. Now, if the gods of Honda want to deal up a random blue passenger side door in a hedge... KruJoe and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 Boring update. I'm remarkably cack-handed while at the same time being incredibly ham-fisted. Neither are conducive to fixing cars, so I normally leave the seriousness to the proffesionals. Or at least someone with a far higher level of ability. So tomorrow, a real grown up will be doing the cam belt and water pump on the little Looper. While its in there, it'll have the filters and oil swapped. With the big stuff farmed out, I began undertaking work more suited to my skillset. I decided to change the cabin/pollen filter. Think its in here somewhere: Ah. It seems my base model pov spec car doesnt run a pollen filter. It doesnt even have a housing. Ah well. Not the best start. Lets do more stupid. Tools: I dont like the shiny bits here. Must have been covered at one time, so lets employ tool 1. That looks about 0.7% better* *a panel of 6 people were surveyed. Next, the drivers window winder. The knob-end (fnar) comes (fnar) adrift due to a a snapping of clips that retain it onto the winding arm. I could buy a replacement arm and knob (fnar), but I've got this black tape and a cable tie, which will allow us to retain ALL ORIGINAL PARTS on this MATCHING NUMBERS car. *izzy wizzy, lets get busy* Well that looks 1.6% better* - but is fully functional. I'm calling that a partial win. Lets try electrics! The heater panel has no light. I'm using my wealth of experience and guessing that its probably a bulb.I can probably manage a bulb. He thought, confidently. Oooo! Found a coin tray and cup holder Concentrate on the job at hand!! No lights: Cack-fist powers, engage!!! Tool2 has entered the game: Get in there new fucker. Ta da! WHY ARE YOU TRY TO FIX ME DAVE? WHY NOT PLAY CHESS? Lights are on! Check out ALL of my accessory switch blanks! The spare wheel (which used to be the pass side front) had been bent when a young lady that owned the car before me drove into a kerb because probably periods. The early Lupos keep a full size spare, so I tracked one down. Great Continental tyre too! Bargain. Get in the boothole! Rounding off this fine days work, I tracked down a correct wheel trim and cleaned the dash. All corners now match and the car looks a bit better for it. Boring clean dash shot. That's all for today. Big jobs (fnar) commence tomorrow. Coprolalia, Rusty_Rocket, vulgalour and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I really like that. You know how I was looking for a big wafty auto diesel barge for commuting?One of these might be my big wafty auto diesel barge. Probably a manual pez one just to tick absolutely no boxes. The Moog and Stroller133 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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