cms206 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 All is not well at CMS_TOWERS.My 850TDi's MOT expired. I am MEGA SHORT of coins for the spending thereof. It needs welding.The Montego has no heating and is a saloon that dissolves; see also, the Stellar.The Pride has been waiting on parts that I have had no coins to pay for. Also, it is smallThe Council Estate is also out of MOT; it also has issues, namely coins.I did what anyone sensible would do. I chatted up a nice young man to see if he had cheap goodies, and if he wanted an 850TDi as a trade in.He did. And he did.And today, he did a deliver.E is for... Excellence in Europe, if a Mr Christopher Goffey's 1993 road test is to believed.My first Japanese car, ladies and gentlemen, is from Derbyshire.Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Dirk Diggler, They_all_do_that_sir, inconsistant and 42 others 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Lovely. Anyone got any veras? Tadhg Tiogar, 500tops, Dick Longbridge and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Excellent choice, Sir. cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Good work - chod in, chod out. cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Beloved of 90s/00s minicabbists everywhere; the cab rank at my nearest railway station used to be filled entirely with these. cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Ooooooft. Insert thumbs. tooSavvy and cms206 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Everything starts with an E Tadhg Tiogar and cms206 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 This one is a 1.6 in my favoured trim level of "estate with heaters". Pictures flatter it a bit. It drives really quite a bit better than I expected of it, most of it works and it came with petrol in the tank. The stereo is brilliant. The indicators are correctly sided too. The wiper linkage is baggy. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk davocano, Brodders, Lord Sterling and 29 others 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Conan Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 That is made of pure WIN. cms206 and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Wiper linkage is baggy? That's presumably a British-made bit then? cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Solid 24 carat WIN cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 That is made of pure WIN.... That is made of an aspiration to be as mine, but at 50% the cost ... cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Woof. Big fan of the 90s Yoda scene. Gr9 buy m5. cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 my favoured trim level of "estate with heaters". That's my favourite trim level in winter.Top buying, don't see many of these in estate flavour. cms206 and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Phenomenal. I really wanted one of these a few years back, but I couldn't seem to find any for sale significantly closer than Ascension Island, rather disappointingly. You, sir, have just bought yourself a one-way ticket to Winsville, population: YOU. Enjoy! Dirk Diggler, cms206, Rocket88 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Phenomenal. I really wanted one of these a few years back, but I couldn't seem to find any for sale significantly closer than Ascension Island, rather disappointingly.You, sir, have just bought yourself a one-way ticket to Winsville, population: YOU.Enjoy!https://www.gumtree.com/p/toyota/1997-toyota-carina-estate-1800cc-taxed-mot-d-until-april-2019/1323485471 MOT history = no rust! cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Were the estates built here? Wagons are very often from different factories. cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Can I have an e please Bob? Nice purchase! I think Toyota did a nice job of styling the estate model. cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 If you weren't at the other end of the country I'd come over and we could play 'spot the difference' with interiors with my Celica. Good to see the handbrake lever is as comically oversized in the Carina as it is in my celica. Like its come out of a truck or been nicked from a railway signal box or something. 11/7 would read again, can we go by a cashpoint m8? cms206 and Dave_Q 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 WANT BIG STYLE. I really love these and have always wanted one since my mate used to use his parents one and drive it like it was stolen. cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Lovely. Anyone got any veras?Sorted Joey spud, Tadhg Tiogar, cms206 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandamonium Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Love it. Are you sure you wouldnt rather an older Toyota? cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Were the estates built here? Wagons are very often from different factories. Carina E, the E is for Europe. A fine 90s addition to the 80s taxis. cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince70 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I always thought the shamen back in the 90s were singing about the carina as Es were supposed to be good. cms206, ProgRocker and Tadhg Tiogar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Woof. Big fan of the 90s Yoda scene. Gr9 buy m5. cms206, Tadhg Tiogar, rml2345 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Most excellent! cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Well done, that’s very shite yet practical. I have no recollection whatsoever of these existing in estate form. Mind you, I’m pretty patchy on a lot of things from the early 90s. cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Where the fuck do you lot keep turning this stuff up from? Barely a day goes by .. Jerzy Woking and cms206 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Excellent! 1990s Toyota estates are for winnarz. I imagine it's pretty capacious inside? It was for that reason we bought our Carina E hatchback when the first SL baby arrived. cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Some interesting* facts here: https://blog.toyota.co.uk/history-of-the-toyota-carina Estates built in Derbyshire from Dec 94 rainagain and cms206 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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