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Surprised @dollywobbler hasn't updated this to include the Smart car

6 hours ago, warren t claim said:

We need to remember that the Mondeo was introduced halfway through the K plate year. 

Wasn't it about April 1993 it was launched? 

1 hour ago, egg said:

K440 LYA is on the move again - a rare K reg base yours for £999.

https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/1806046139862564/

Wish I was in a position to take this chodtastic conveyance on

6 hours ago, MiniMort said:

Not quite photographic evidence but here's a classified listing of one from 1991. If you're wondering it was only £2,995, for a then-recent sportscar! 

How does £2995 in 1991 compare to wages at the time?

45 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I was behind an SDI funnily enough yesterday. Foot welded to floor!

Your foot was or theirs?

20 minutes ago, egg said:

So essentially the Mondeos are all dead because

• The reps ragged them up the M1
• The cabbies ran them until they died
• The banger boys finished as many as they could...

So the only ones left are the giffer cars that were bought by px-ing a 3 year old Sierra...

Were many early Mondeos private sales? I'd have thought most of the early ones went to fleets

On 28/03/2024 at 20:01, ruffgeezer said:

Picked this up locally from the partner of my wife's friend.

It's a Mitsubishi ASX, and I must confess, I had no idea what one of those was when I agreed to go and take a look at it.

Clearly it was aimed at the sector of the market occupied by the Qashqai

 

 

This one comes with free bollard action:

 

Looks reasonably smart from here.

 

The interior is grubby, and the carpet is worn, I will give it a good once over and treat it to some decent floor mats.

 

I've given the scratches a bit of a polish and they are still there unsurprisingly.

 

Boot lid is grufty,  apparently a common issue with these.

 

So far I've put 3 tyres on it, stripped all the brakes and fitted new pads all round - typical japanese stuff with sticky sliders and those shitty little shims that are an arsehole to get back in.

Chodtastic, Hull Mitsubishi is my local dealer. They now sell Subaru and Isuzu

1 hour ago, DVee8 said:

Did you get hit with extra insurance costs and a hard sell?

We did with 6th gear.

Paid a insurance indemnity thing which was £29, which to be fair I knew about before.  I was only down to drive the Mini but they asked if I wanted to drive anything else, so I thought I might as well drive the Lotus for an extra £20 as I was already there

I wouldn't mind booking with them again and having a go in the Impreza, E Type and Mustang convertible

9 hours ago, High Jetter said:

It's on my wish list. Which did you prefer?

Of the 2 I'd say the Lotus, though I see why the original Issigonis designed Mini was so popular 

1 hour ago, Dan302 said:

Bet it was a brilliant day out!

More of a morning, but yes it was great

3 hours ago, Dan302 said:

That mini looks lovely!

It was chodtastic as was the Lotus. The event was run by a company called Car Chase Heroes, they have loads of cars including an Impreza, a Mustang, E Type, police car etc etc

23 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Fantastic, how did you get on?

Loved it, I see why the original Mini has such a good reputation, and the Lotus was great as well. The first time I've driven a classic car.

Eccles has been over to the old airfield at Tockwith near York this morning as I had a driver experience driving these beauties, a 1970 Mini Cooper S and a 1966 Lotus Cortina 

4 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

It is exactly that . Usually the fords fare better than the PSA installations because they had a 12500 mile interval vs 20000 but a lot of them are fitted in bland kiddy cars which never get the washer bottle topped up let alone serviced . 
I look after a couple of early 1.4/1.6 hdis with over 200k on and apart from some injector seals , egr valve and maybe a boost hose they have been solid . 

I wonder why Ford gave a different service interval to Peugeot for what is basically the same engine

2 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

It is exactly that . Usually the fords fare better than the PSA installations because they had a 12500 mile interval vs 20000 but a lot of them are fitted in bland kiddy cars which never get the washer bottle topped up let alone serviced . 
I look after a couple of early 1.4/1.6 hdis with over 200k on and apart from some injector seals , egr valve and maybe a boost hose they have been solid . 

The only problem I've heard of with the 1.4 is injector seals going, though again I've no personal experience of them

@LightBulbFun this has just come up on my Faceache feed

8 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

Every seems to say that but they give me no trouble at all . Couple of egr valves and that’s about it 

I think a lot of the problem comes from people neglecting them, though I have no personal experience of the 1.6tdci

16 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

Nearly all Ford engines in the last 30 years that have been any good were developed by or with someone else 

Zetec - Yamaha 

1.6/1.6 D - Deutz 

2.5 duratec - Volvo 

1.8 Duratex - Mazda 

1.6/2.0 Tdci - PSA 

 

see what happens when they do their own engines - transit duratorq , eco boom …….. 

The 1.6tdci up to about 2011 when it was reengineered wasn't very good though, renowned for problems with DPFs, injections, turbos etc

On 14/03/2024 at 22:50, RustHoarder2000 said:

Evening all, thanks for accepting my registration 🙂

I've been a big fan of classic and semi-modern oddities for as long as I can remember. I'm really enjoying browsing around here, and find the "ebay tat" section especially pleasing.

Below are a couple pics of my shite;

The Toyota Alphard makes for an extremely useful family wagon, and the Cortina just puts a huge smile on my face every time I sit in it 😎

 

Welcome, one chodtastic Cortina there

Eccles is booked in for a suspension bush to be replaced on 12th April at the friendly garage we use

On 14/03/2024 at 13:14, Dan302 said:

Saw this stunning beige maxi at a garage near me (there was some Bentley's and stuff but who cares about those?)

Apologies for upside down pics they still upload upside down even when I've flipped them FFS!

I thought you had been to Australia to get the pictures 🤣

Another mileometer moment tonight in Eccles

On 06/03/2024 at 18:56, RoverFolkUs said:

Hopefully she gets caught and the book thrown at her as severely as possible. They are usually quite harsh on new drivers to give them a dose of reality. Absolutely no excuse for any of that, especially the drinking and driving 

We have made it clear if she is caught drink driving/no insurance etc she is on her own, we aren't bailing her out

Eccles had a trip down to Frome via several places the other day, over 500 miles covered in a day. Now on over 121k. He should overtake the Purple Peril's mileage over the summer.