Once Bitten Twice Shite

[2shoes]

Hi All,

Just thought I'd introduce myself.

I've been active in Bangernomics for around 7 years (although all my cars over the last 20 years could probably be described as shite!)

After trading my car and buying the missus a new Shitron, I spent months walking and getting fit. Finally though, the craving for 4 wheel luxury and kebabs brought me to a £375 1992 Peugeot 309 poverty spec. Apparently it had been fully fettled and was like new. So, when it expired in its own juices in a traffic jam an idea was born. Cheap, hopefully reliable, requiring little work and a little rarity seemed like fun! £50 scrap and the hunting began.

Next up £500 for a 1994 Honda Accord Aerodeck (run out old model). Fully loaded and hearse like, it was a brilliant machine..........except the brakes did nothing for your underwear. Ran without problem and got nicked. Got found and Ebay helped put it back on the road - still with crap brakes. A year passed, so away it went for £400.

Next up and too much spent a 1986 W124 Merc 230TE auto. Fairly rust free and fully loaded it seemed a fantastic old bus. Like piloting a phone box on wheels - put it in drive, sight up the tristar and bury the accelerator! Sadly, nothing electric worked! 4 electric windows but only one went up and down and it wasnt the drivers! It also filled up like a swimming pool. Scrap yard tinkering and Ebay had all the windows, one seat and the sunroof working. Sadly the valves stuck and the amount of welding outweighed the amount of metal left so off it went.

Replacing it was the job of a £400 1987 Volvo 240GL. A new clutch servo and 2 years of problem free motoring (the last MOT required £1 worth of work) plus a fantastic turning circle meant it was a keeper. Baby number 3 meant it wasnt! Broken hearted it had to go to another enthusiast (this was my fourth Volvo and means I'm on the look out for more!)

3 children under 10 (one baby) meant something 7 seater so a rather bland but no less shite 1998 Toyota Picnic adorns the road. Utterly reliable and battered to hell it transports the family until something else capable of transporting everything is found. Any ideas?

Nice to meet everyone and if anyone knows where a working Volvo 265 may lay, or if anyone knows the whereabouts of A151ORJ (Ford Sierra), DED721T (Volvo 244) or NLX291P (Ford Cortina), get in touch.

Cheers all

[2shoes]

Hi All,

Just thought I'd introduce myself.

I've been active in Bangernomics for around 7 years (although all my cars over the last 20 years could probably be described as shite!)

After trading my car and buying the missus a new Shitron, I spent months walking and getting fit. Finally though, the craving for 4 wheel luxury and kebabs brought me to a £375 1992 Peugeot 309 poverty spec. Apparently it had been fully fettled and was like new. So, when it expired in its own juices in a traffic jam an idea was born. Cheap, hopefully reliable, requiring little work and a little rarity seemed like fun! £50 scrap and the hunting began.

Next up £500 for a 1994 Honda Accord Aerodeck (run out old model). Fully loaded and hearse like, it was a brilliant machine..........except the brakes did nothing for your underwear. Ran without problem and got nicked. Got found and Ebay helped put it back on the road - still with crap brakes. A year passed, so away it went for £400.

Next up and too much spent a 1986 W124 Merc 230TE auto. Fairly rust free and fully loaded it seemed a fantastic old bus. Like piloting a phone box on wheels - put it in drive, sight up the tristar and bury the accelerator! Sadly, nothing electric worked! 4 electric windows but only one went up and down and it wasnt the drivers! It also filled up like a swimming pool. Scrap yard tinkering and Ebay had all the windows, one seat and the sunroof working. Sadly the valves stuck and the amount of welding outweighed the amount of metal left so off it went.

Replacing it was the job of a £400 1987 Volvo 240GL. A new clutch servo and 2 years of problem free motoring (the last MOT required £1 worth of work) plus a fantastic turning circle meant it was a keeper. Baby number 3 meant it wasnt! Broken hearted it had to go to another enthusiast (this was my fourth Volvo and means I'm on the look out for more!)

3 children under 10 (one baby) meant something 7 seater so a rather bland but no less shite 1998 Toyota Picnic adorns the road. Utterly reliable and battered to hell it transports the family until something else capable of transporting everything is found. Any ideas?

Nice to meet everyone and if anyone knows where a working Volvo 265 may lay, or if anyone knows the whereabouts of A151ORJ (Ford Sierra), DED721T (Volvo 244) or NLX291P (Ford Cortina), get in touch.

Cheers all

[garethj]

Welcome, newbie. I've got 3 kids so I'm familiar with the "anything but an mpv" struggle. A Mitsubishi Galant got all 3 child seats across the back, as did a Volvo S80, however the S80 wasn't a patch on my old 740 in terms of build quality so I couldn't really recommend another.

[garethj]

Welcome, newbie. I've got 3 kids so I'm familiar with the "anything but an mpv" struggle. A Mitsubishi Galant got all 3 child seats across the back, as did a Volvo S80, however the S80 wasn't a patch on my old 740 in terms of build quality so I couldn't really recommend another.

[DSdriver]

Hi 2shoes and welcome. Once you have got your feet up how about some pics of the cars you have owned. May I suggest that everything you have owned has been a little too reliable and that you really ought to try something like a Citroen CX Familiale which will (occasionally) transport your whole tribe plus a couple of friends in supreme comfort.

[DSdriver]

Hi 2shoes and welcome. Once you have got your feet up how about some pics of the cars you have owned. May I suggest that everything you have owned has been a little too reliable and that you really ought to try something like a Citroen CX Familiale which will (occasionally) transport your whole tribe plus a couple of friends in supreme comfort.

[messerschmitt owner]

I'd recommend using protection with the missus and not going down the route of a Ford Galaxy!

 

Bummer, too late - in fact, there's your solution - bum 'er

 

Welcome aboard.

 

Another aye for a CX familiale - pick your most nervous kid to sit in the back row of seats so they can watch the back windows try work themselves loose from the car on every corner! It'll scare the shit out of them - it did me! lol

[messerschmitt owner]

I'd recommend using protection with the missus and not going down the route of a Ford Galaxy!

 

Bummer, too late - in fact, there's your solution - bum 'er

 

Welcome aboard.

 

Another aye for a CX familiale - pick your most nervous kid to sit in the back row of seats so they can watch the back windows try work themselves loose from the car on every corner! It'll scare the shit out of them - it did me! lol

[2shoes]

CX sounds like a cracking idea! Always had a liking for them but not seen many around. I think a 740 with the extra bench could be the way forward unless someone has a late seventies Transit!

You will be happy to know I have been fixed (happier than me anyway!) so no more little un's to spoil the view

I will get some pictures on as soon as and thanks for your comments - although not sure whether to mention messerschmitt owner's to the missus quite yet

[2shoes]

CX sounds like a cracking idea! Always had a liking for them but not seen many around. I think a 740 with the extra bench could be the way forward unless someone has a late seventies Transit!

You will be happy to know I have been fixed (happier than me anyway!) so no more little un's to spoil the view

I will get some pictures on as soon as and thanks for your comments - although not sure whether to mention messerschmitt owner's to the missus quite yet

[messerschmitt owner]

I will get some pictures on as soon as and thanks for your comments - although not sure whether to mention messerschmitt owner's to the missus quite yet

I'm speaking from experience - about the back windows - lol

 

A CX Familiale is a cool way to get about - until the header tank explodes - lol

[messerschmitt owner]

I will get some pictures on as soon as and thanks for your comments - although not sure whether to mention messerschmitt owner's to the missus quite yet

I'm speaking from experience - about the back windows - lol

 

A CX Familiale is a cool way to get about - until the header tank explodes - lol

[2shoes]

Do like the CX idea. Better start looking.

By the way, I meant pictures of cars, not me being fixed!!

[2shoes]

Do like the CX idea. Better start looking.

By the way, I meant pictures of cars, not me being fixed!!

[pompei]

So it wasn't just my header tank then?

[pompei]

So it wasn't just my header tank then?

[messerschmitt owner]

So it wasn't just my header tank then?

I may have 'seen it' happen twice ....

[messerschmitt owner]

So it wasn't just my header tank then?

I may have 'seen it' happen twice ....

[Shep Shepherd]

Welcome along!

 

I think you'd be more likely to find a decent 760 or 960 estate than a 265 nowadays; the last time I saw a 265 on the road was around 1993, and it looked and sounded close to death even then. Sam Glover has a 264 going spare, though

[Shep Shepherd]

Welcome along!

 

I think you'd be more likely to find a decent 760 or 960 estate than a 265 nowadays; the last time I saw a 265 on the road was around 1993, and it looked and sounded close to death even then. Sam Glover has a 264 going spare, though

[rml2345]

Another plus for the 700 or 900 series estate, although if you bought a Sherpa minibus your kids would love* it. Honest*.

[rml2345]

Another plus for the 700 or 900 series estate, although if you bought a Sherpa minibus your kids would love* it. Honest*.

[catsinthewelder]

Welcome along, I've found that you can fit 3 child seats accross the back of an Austin 1100 which is good as I'd choose a lethal injection before a Zafira

[catsinthewelder]

Welcome along, I've found that you can fit 3 child seats accross the back of an Austin 1100 which is good as I'd choose a lethal injection before a Zafira

[Albert Ross]

2 shoes eh? Are they moccasins?

[2shoes]

Welcome along!

 

I think you'd be more likely to find a decent 760 or 960 estate than a 265 nowadays; the last time I saw a 265 on the road was around 1993, and it looked and sounded close to death even then. Sam Glover has a 264 going spare, though

 

To be fair, the last 265 I saw was in a scrapyard and that was around 1989! Thinking about it, I have been warned about that delightful PRV V6 too many times so I might have to search out a 164 but before that I agree with the 760 / 960.

Near me is an awful coloured 1990 and a mint '87 740 estate, plus a ratty Torslanda and an even rattier 240DL estate.

My son loved my 240 so I think to Volvo I shall return! Just need that extra row of seats.

[2shoes]

2 shoes eh? Are they moccasins?

 

Nope, (Morris) Oxfords!! Ho Ho!

[Albert Ross]

Oooh, you are a (B)rogue!

[Shep Shepherd]

Welcome along!

 

I think you'd be more likely to find a decent 760 or 960 estate than a 265 nowadays; the last time I saw a 265 on the road was around 1993, and it looked and sounded close to death even then. Sam Glover has a 264 going spare, though

 

To be fair, the last 265 I saw was in a scrapyard and that was around 1989! Thinking about it, I have been warned about that delightful PRV V6 too many times so I might have to search out a 164 but before that I agree with the 760 / 960.

Near me is an awful coloured 1990 and a mint '87 740 estate, plus a ratty Torslanda and an even rattier 240DL estate.

My son loved my 240 so I think to Volvo I shall return! Just need that extra row of seats.

 

Find a 200, 700, 900 or V90 equipped with the rear-facing 7-seat conversion - or buy a car without it and fit a secondhand eBay-sourced kit to it - and you're sorted!

 

Personally, I wouldn't touch any Volvo fitted with the PRV V6, even if it was as-new; I have too many doubts about the engine's long-term reliability.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Welcome along.

 

CXs are bona fide classics nowadays. A good one is salty, a poor one may cost a packet to keep on the road. What you need is a Renault 21 Savanna.