Tiny shite

[Vin]

That is spectacularly Grim

 

There are a few around near my office - Colton Mill, east Leeds. Mainly due to the ex-Reliant dealers Felly Magic mentioned.

[Felly Magic]

They seem to want top dollar for used motors there too....

 

http://michaelsofselby.autoweb1.co.uk/usedcars

 

How much for an X reg shitter?

[Cavcraft]

How on earth do you do it? You have the uncanny (and brilliant) knack of going through an entire forum's worth of shite cars in like a month or something. Anyhow it always makes for ace and amusing reading and leaves most of us WEL JEL.

 

Not being sizeist and all that caper, but how do you get on with fitting into the car and driving it? Had one attempt at driving one of these yonks back and couldn't even get into it

[wuvvum]

It's actually surprisingly spacious inside - loads of headroom, and legroom is adequate. I think the fact that it's only a two-seater helps. Some of these things (Microcar Virgo among others) try to fit four seats into a car the same size, which I would imagine would be quite cramped.

[RoadworkUK]

These things fascinate me. The ever-so-glitzy website for Automobiles Ligier (www.ligier.fr) reveals that a new model has been launched, but until recently they've been selling what they have the gumption to call a "coupe" with a somewhat Datsun 100A-esque rear treatment.

 

What a thoroughly revolting little car. Well done.

[dollywobbler]

I love these. An easy overtake for the Tin Snail! Would be tempting to drop a proper engine (and perhaps some better brakes...) into one. I always admired the Smart that someone fitted a Mini engine/box to. Shite-engineering!

[Guest]

I have a brochure for one of these somewhere. They were mega dear for a small car in 1998 \ 1999.

 

Also, I want a go.

[garethj]

Top class shite buying, as ever! I remember reading somewhere that these things cost a fortune to fix relative to their purchase price, the smart money might break it for spares when it's time to get rid.

[rml2345]

That is fantasmalogically awful. Well done!

Is it wrong to want to cuddle it? It is rather cute...

[wuvvum]

I went round a mate's this evening (the mate who's currently storing the 156 for me), and decided to take the Ligier to see how it would cope with a 13-mile run. Suffice it to say I left it there and came home in the Alfa. It's fine for pottering around town, but it really doesn't like the open road at all - even cruising at 40 for any distance things start to smell hot. I'm now even more glad I didn't try to drive it home from Essex...

[Des]

Snap

 

 

Here's the one I had a couple of years ago, fun little thing until I got bored of it, avoid the temptation to pick it up by the wheelarches, the plastic panels flex a lot and the paint doesn't, and if it needs heater plugs then get rid pronto.