Lacquer Peel Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 It should be a bit faster than that. New fuel filter pls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 Im sure its probably due one. Its pretty sprightly getting up there mind. Its not sluggish at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 I'm surprised the photos lack a doom blue Xantia being driven by a tired and pissed-off looking Scotsman. loserone and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 The ex-Cabbage 1.5D was well capable of 90+ on a private* test track. Genuine Pug filter £7.20: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281874474254 When I first got my 1360cc 106D, it was even more sluggish than I expected, but the clear fuel pump inlet lines betrayed a failing rubber pipe near the grenade. (It was letting air bubbles in.) Fresh bit of pipe in - sorted. All of the speedy*. A clear plastic inline filter near the battery helps keep an eye on things. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripped fred Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 I don't think I've ever bought a car where the fuel filter has been changed recently. One of the most commonly neglected service items in my opinion. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 The ex-Cabbage 1.5D was well capable of 90+ on a private* test track. Genuine Pug filter £7.20: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281874474254 When I first got my 1360cc 106D, it was even more sluggish than I expected, but the clear fuel pump inlet lines betrayed a failing rubber pipe near the grenade. (It was letting air bubbles in.) Fresh bit of pipe in - sorted. All of the speedy*.A clear plastic inline filter near the battery helps keep an eye on things.Cheers Joe. Ill get one ordered. Whats access like and wheres it located? Im at work at the mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 It's easy enough if you pull the batt out to do it. Plenty of space then. Between your red battery terminal and your MAX POWER filter is a little yellow/white clip - see it?The filter is just below that. NB: There's a bleed nipple on top of the ally housing to help you get the air out after. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Cheers boss. Think even I can manage that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castros_bro Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 It's easy enough if you pull the batt out to do it. Plenty of space then. Between your red battery terminal and your MAX POWER filter is a little yellow/white clip - see it?The filter is just below that. NB: There's a bleed nipple on top of the ally housing to help you get the air out after. Does your SHITE POWER filter add a limping pony of extra ooommmph?? Every extra pony liberated on 1.5D is helpful on the commute to Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 I doubt it! Its there purely because thats how it came. Ill more than likely get round to finding an airbox lid to return it to CONCOURSE spec. Dave_Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Every time I see that air filter I wonder why someone has stuck a giant liquorice all-sort to the engine. (It's the one Bertie Bassett uses for a hat) M'coli, barefoot, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I thought that was his hair - I've never seen him take it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 To save a bit of my work's valuable time, what page is the Riff-Raff-Roffle on and how much are the tickets? TIA DALETE IV NT ALOUD M8. stephen01 and UltraWomble 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 It may be CUMMING SOON depending on the outcome of ebay rampage I have booked for this weekend. loserone, UltraWomble and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 ^^ Good-oh.I right fany one of these. And I have now soldez the PC50 leaving me with only two bikes. Talking of bikes - WTF is this guys problem do you think? andy18s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 The evolution of the small French hot hatch. Where did it all go wrong? Twiggy, Supernaut, Rusty_Rocket and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 The evolution of the small French hot hatch. 20170329_091458.jpg Where did it all go wrong? NCAP. Or Blair. Or something. Jim Bell, egg and M'coli 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Something in the late '90s anyway. egg and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Is it because the rear wiper parks on the wrong side? Jim Bell and RichardK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Actually, I thought about this.Cars are a byproduct of making money. As some point in the 1980s-1990s, the engineering of cars got so good, the arguments for why your profitable product was better than somebody else's profitable product got harder to create. Similarly, buyer affluence in most of the west, homogenisation of the markets and buying power across Europe, meant that we got the best cars at the best prices. Finance and interest rates may have influenced the sales figures and affordability of luxury cars, but ultimately the engineering just got to be too good. Therefore, cars became a technology product. Yes, there is still engineering, at a very high level - just as there is inside software or silicon - but the sales points aren't "Our suspension is cleverer", it's "Our bluetooth kit and CarPlay is better". Showroom appeal is about tactile surfaces, about perceived lifestyle and safety.Now, the easiest way to justify a profitable price on a car is to make it bigger. There's only a small difference in cost between, say, an Audi 80 and an Audi 100 of the third generations - similar engines etc. - but the retail price different was enormous. IIRC the cost between even Audi 100 and 200 was 150DM at cost, translating into a 1500DM markup in profit (plus whatever extra margins the dealer got).In the '60s we had things as diverse as the Herald, Rover P6, Corvair, 2CV and Ro80 all on sale, all showcasing very different types of engineering, but with very basic levels of technology inside.In the '80s we ended the decade with the 2CV still on sale, but the Lexus LS400 and Citroën XM also...Engineering lost out in the long run. Being different and clever was eclipsed by being big, high on perceived value and obvious tech. SiC, scdan4, tooSavvy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 And there are three distinct attempts to make unusual small family cars that spring to mind that were engineering based.The original Audi A2, the W168 Mercedes A-class, and to a lesser extent, the Twingo - though Renault have actually stepped up with the new Twingo. Japan had more unusual designs, but they were about the body, not the engineering - I'd argue the Previa falls into this category of experimental ideas except they really don't offer any advantage over a conventionally engineered MPV. Weird thought. The Smart ForFour and Twingo are related by rear engine/four seat/shared platforms. Smart originally wanted to partner with Renault before joining with Mercedes. Smart also partnered with Mitsubishi, but based the ForFour on the Colt and not the more Smart-like i. The i was launched in 2006 - it MUST have been in development during the Smart/Mitsubishi partnership. And Mitsubishi ended up licencing the car to other marques, as if there were suddenly a hole in their European market plans... Can't help but think there's a longer chain here that lead to Renault making a rear engined Twingo... Oh, yeah, I had a point. Those three attempts didn't exactly fail, but they also didn't have a lasting impact. The A-class is now based on a bloody Megane, the A2 is just another steel hatchback, and the Twingo, weirdly, has gone less conventional. Coprolalia and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Definition of smoll. gm, The Moog, strangeangel and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smellypoo Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Definition of smoll. 20170330_095647.jpg That looks well titchy compared to dem modernz. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Definition of smoll. 20170330_095647.jpg Jesus christ. I mean. WTAF, people. I bet both of those tanks are just used for driving to the shops where a 106 would be cheaper to run, kinder to the environment in the long run and less stressful to park, too. Jim Bell, CGSB and Rusty_Rocket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 YH BUT ITS CHEEP TAX M8. Mini is £30pa, juke is £20. Arthur Foxhake, Jim Bell, Joey spud and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 YH BUT ITS CHEEP TAX M8. Mini is £30pa, juke is £20. I wonder how many emmissions carbon footprints went into building those big fuckers. Rusty_Rocket, egg, Dave_Q and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Only 103g/km, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 The 'Mini' looks like a block of flats Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Looks like Cashcow & Mini thingumy ( the big one) to be fair.Still fooking huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 Boring boring update: The puglet has been faultless since Cobblers repaired the clock set. Its been in dailly service and is returning MEGA mpg. Id post actual science numbers but I havnt got through a tank yet! Current sit.rep. is half a tank on the gauge and 227 miles under its belt. Personal circumstances are shifting somewhat and I may be soon purchading a modernish boringish blandbox. The 106 will most likely be offered here for roffle if theres enough interest. Can be provided with Station aporoved size appropriate disclok device via negotiation if required. Garunteed to ruin any thiefs day. Will also come with new JENUWIN PUGJEOW posh fuel filter and Krujoe reccomended in line clear filter too. Starts grand, Runs grand,Stops grand. Motd and taxed to drive away. Equiped with remote central locking and pretty much no other options unless you count a (non leaking) sunroof and rear wiper. Coprolalia, stripped fred, RobT and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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