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AxWomble reacted to a post in a topic: Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread
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Amazing find! I aspire to have a car with so many dials in the instrument cluster š
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These Clios are brilliant - weāve got a friend with a very neglected 2007 1.2 that just will not give up. Never gives a momentās trouble - she throws it at the mechanic once a year and says āget it through the MOTā and is handed a freshly serviced car and a bill of no more than Ā£300. Cambelt isnāt difficult either - daft not to for that money
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Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Saying goodbye to a fleet member!
AxWomble replied to Six-cylinder's topic in AutoShite
Iāve got this on our van insurance and paid an extra Ā£24 to get it up to Ā£20,000 worth of repair or replacement for the car that Iām borrowing too. Iām 25 - itās rare but still exists! -
Youāre making the mistake of thinking that car manufacturers want to make products that last. Making it unscathed through the warranty period+2 years is all they need to maintain a reputation for reliability nowadays. Some donāt even manage that and folks will still buy them!
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Our first car - a 1995 Citroen AX, bought unseen for Ā£250 from a man near Telford, in Feb 2020. I ignored the ominous oily puffs from the exhaust and handed the man a fistful of crinkled notes. It proved itself almost immediately by jump starting my B.I.Lās car - heād left the radio on while we sorted out the tax and insurance. Didnāt use it as planned that summer for continental travel coz COVID, but it proved itself over the next year/15,000 miles of weekly commuting from London to the South Coast and visiting far-flung relatives. Only a 1.0, and a tired one at that, happiest at 63-65mph. 70 felt cruel for any distance (4 gear remember), but it managed 93 on a private test track, once. Bog basic spec - windy windows, manual locks, steel wheels. It was a āCascadeā so it had stickers and a sunroof - fancy! Nothing electrical ever went wrong, apart from a fan switch. It smoked when cold (valve stem seals I think) and about once every 2 months if you were in traffic it would suddenly engulf itself in steamy exhaust smoke. I didnāt really really look into this but I think it was some sort of very intermittent head gasket leak - never used any water and never contaminated its oil. Used to scare our friends silly! I miss the old AX - nice spindly steering wheel, proper weighted steering feel, gutsy enough for most usage and fantastic fun on backroads. With hindsight, the 106 diesel that followed was a far better car - the AX leaked, was rusty, and all the bolts were made of cheese. Iād still have it back if I could afford it!
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I learned in my dadās identical 53 plate. It was a cracking thing, and such odd pedal position and clutch that I can drive anything without thinking about it now - everything seems normal and roomy in comparison! Iāve not driven anything since that was easier to park, apart from the two vans weāve had.
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Cracking job! Iāve never pressed F5 so much across a day before...
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Radio faults are my main issue - generally because I only had time/inclination to sling it in the dash using the first switched 12v feed I could find. I havenāt had radio presets for years. Not having a driveway means that things always get put off at least a week - brakes started pulsing under heavy braking at high speed before the weekend but we were busy so itāll have to wait till the end of the week to have a look at whatās going on.
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Good going! I had two MOTs within 3 weeks of each other and my heart could barely take the strainā¦
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With a reaction like that, Iād be a bit scared to leave it in his hands. What a shame to lose a good mechanic like that
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Our friendly MOT place has advised us to grease the unions with the flexi pipes before - to stop them seizing solid
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Our old AX had that when we bought it - in the form of a very lightweight shell and two sticking calipers š