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I had a rental Getz when I was working in Israel during 2004/2005 and thought it was a very decent little runabout.

Would do an indicated ton and MPG was pretty good but all costs were found by my employer anyway.

A few years back, on the eBay thread, there was a black Getz that had done something like 475,000 miles, or thereabouts, so there should be plenty of mileage left in that motor, as long as you keep the tin worm at bay! 😉

On 7/30/2023 at 11:31 AM, tooSavvy said:

Oh Fu#k...... I haven't had my wheels off [... yet!] but Interweb points to my Getz having Drum/Discs at the rear 😧

Are these likely to generate the level of MOT aggravations legend would fortell 😕

🚙💨

I've got a new set of rear discs for a Picanto in the shed, which, might be the same fitment as the Getz?

The brakes on the Picanto with the 4 discs were fantastic, so much so that they reverted to drums, due to complaints from owners 

Well a little bit of a coincidence today. 

Was browsing Facebook marketplace and came across my old ZSB for sale, six years after selling it!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/237685615549800/

On 5/7/2023 at 1:42 AM, warren t claim said:

NSU Prinz anyone?

There was an old dear in the village, when I was a boy, that owned one.

There was another family in the village that had the Ro80.

From my recollection, they were both troublesome cars.

On 5/6/2023 at 2:37 PM, RichardK said:

I had one when I was 14-17, used to use it most days, including getting the shopping in it and taking it to school (one day we held the doors open through the corridors and our physics teacher took it for a high-speed race through). Chain used to pop off the tensioner tackling pinnacle hill in Kelso and the control box failed - I had single battery, early controller, white boot and full weather gear, hi-vis and mirrors but no indicators. Always thought the mirrors were a real high point of the styling, the way they blended in.

Too expensive now but as a former fan of recumbent bikes, owner (and borrower) of some decent-spec eBikes and fan of Sinclair's story I would love to get a C5 and fix the many issues, including a proper bike-style geared drive, adjustable pedal or seat relationship, crank motor and high-power Li-Ion packs (or even AGM/lead acid gel) with energy recuperation.

And a brake light and indicators.

Problem is I can't afford a good one now and I really would be sad with an incomplete/scuffed one.

A few of us, ogled the brand new Sinclair C5, that was displayed in the window of the old Adam Purves showroom (now a Greggs) in Galashiels back in the day.

15 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I thought they only sold about 15 of the things 🤣

They were both very good deals and a competent enough car but not really the same quality as the Mitsubishi they were based upon.

The Blue one was a lowly 32K miles and giffer owned, cost a whopping £550 at roughly 6 years of age. Bought it at BCA auctions at Ingleston.

The Silver one was fairly rough and ready but very reliable, took it over to the Netherlands for a couple of year while I was working there. Cost £425 from an Irish lad in Granton (Edinburgh). The car wouldn't start when I went to pick it up and said the battery was flat. He told me the car was too light for his liking and wanted to buy a more solid Volvo.. yeah OK 🤣 What that actually meant, was that the car had a dodgy ignition barrel and you had to tilt the key slightly upwards (he had not figured that out) and wanted shot of it ASAP.  Once you knew the technique the car started each and every time without fail. I told the next owner about the technique - an Austrian chap that bought it  and everybody was happy. It was then passed onto one of his employees and I'm led to believe it eventually retired on a farm, as a run around vehicle, in the Hartlepool area?

Both of them were the 10 Year Anniversary Editions with AC/Spoiler etc and the low tax 1.3 engine.

I bought a Hyundai Coupe after the Silver one and it felt like a Lexus in comparison 🤣

On 5/2/2023 at 1:33 AM, RoverFolkUs said:

I'll be impressed if someone tells me they've owned or driven one of these:

A Proton Persona, if you can't tell!

I owned two.

Back in the 90's, I was getting a 1969 VW camper back on the road. Had just finished an engine swap and feeling quite pleased with myself. decided to take it out for a spin.

I gave it the beans and then thought I'd stop at the old railway station before heading home. Pulled off the road into the yard and put the foot on the brake for the first time since getting in. Foot pedal straight to the floor, no brakes! Somehow managed to swerve the camper away from the fence and away from danger and slowed down with the gears and handbrake.

Got out and looked under the van, to see that some cunt had cut off the fucking master cylinder! 

Here's a photo from that era with the actual VW.

I'm actually sitting in front of the PC, pretty much in the same location as my old Yamaha XJ550 is back then.

Pity I didn't keep the AE86 too!

I'll be getting the car back next weekend and will have a decent look at the underside.

The chap that wanted to borrow the car for his daughter, popped in for a cup of tea today and I'm wondering if it was more a case of being sensible, rather than terminal rust now.

The garage was going to charge him around £400, on top of the MOT fee to do the repairs, which, would be somewhat mad for a car he wanted to borrow for a few months use.

Looks like a scrap car goes for around £150  right now, so I'm still at roughly half that value with the work that I've done.

Today was meant to be the day my little 55 plate Alto was being re-tested for the MoT.

I've just been told that the jack has gone through the rear end of the car and that basically it's toast!

I find it strange that there was no mention of corrosion during the first MoT for this to happen but that's where we are now.

Anybody need a "scrap" Alto with new brakes on the front end? 😉

On 10/4/2021 at 7:32 AM, tooSavvy said:

Didn't YouTuber 'AutoAuctionRebuilds' pick up a Nissan Prairie (or something...) Mintolla???

I will check**

OK..... Is this "rebranded"??

 

That's a Mitsubishi Space Wagon (over here) if I recall correctly?

This was the outcome of the MoT.

Not as bad as it probably sounds.

The rear hydraulic hose has collapsed restricting the flow of fluid - a new one on eBay is £10.

The wheel bearing needs replaced, roughly £12 on eBay

Exhaust front section is £24.75 online but it's possibly a clamp that's required.

Door handles are about £3 on Aliexpress.

I was anticipating the car sitting at the house until the spring but a chap I know was keen for a temporary car for his daughter and asked about the Alto.

I said I'd changed the front brakes and not really done much else so he said he'd put it in for an MoT.

I thought I'd at least make it look "somewhat" more presentable....

Part 1:

Part 2:

Still to be uploaded...

It's only been almost 4 months but there has been movement!

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

30 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

An '08 one is my daily driver. It's an Italian built van that sometimes wore a Daihatsu badge. Got the link?

Here you go:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1005489860026397/

I didn't know these existed with an Italian badge on them until yesterday when looking at Facebook  Marketplace

The old 4 ton Ferrari as we used to refer to them.

I've not got the best associated memories of them, lost a pal in the Army, when he was decapitated after it rolled...

It does look somewhat corroded under there but appears to be relatively solid?

I thought I'd have a look at the  mounting bracket but the 17mm bolts are very tight, probably need heat before attempting to remove.

Well I thought I'd remove the discs today and give the slide pins a greasing up.

One was sliding fine and the other absolutely solid, no problem , I'd just rotate it and it'll be loose in no time....where's that 17,, spanner?

Take that!

Not much progress this week.

Pumped up the tyres again after starting the car. Started first turn of the key.

Pulled the stupid looking black plastic rectangles off the corners of the rear bumper.

Had a look under the bonnet to see what was stopping the bonnet release catch from completely locking down the bonnet and noticed that I hadn't secured the battery down properly!

That took a few minutes to sort out then I had a look at the bonnet release cable. Didn't get any further forward but I suspect a bit of WD40 or similar will get things sorted. 

Had another look at the ridiculously dusty seats below the two sets of seat covers!

Went back inside for a cuppa!

😉

11 hours ago, marm said:

Following with interest as I'm also recommissioning a similarly worthless "free" Polo. Keep up the good work.

I'll be quite honest, it's the £30 road tax that makes it more appealing.

That said, if I can't get it all up to MoT standard for very little outlay, it'll be moved on.

Here's the minced rear handle. Too many bits missing to repair easily.

Gave the car a bit of a clean today.  

Came up not too bad.

Some issues with the cheap as chips door handle. Removed them for inspection and possible repairs. Really cheap to buy from AliExpress.

Rear door handle is a bit minced this one will likely need replaced.

I actually repaired this one but will possibly order another one in case it does not hold up

No epic collection thread I'm afraid.

There was a bit of drama as the front offside wheel wasn't on securely, that'll teach me to use a lower torque setting on the impact driver 😉

Towed the car back the five or so miles to the house under cover of darkness.

Will get the pressure washer onto it tomorrow, if time permits.

10 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

Might just be all the crud on the brakes affecting the sensors?

Fingers crossed it's nothing ominous.