Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Is 33.1 mpg normal for a Mazda 323 GLX 1.5?

[hairnet]

@Mrs6C volvo

omg

youre def sctsch

 

[catsinthewelder]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

Was that the FoD after you held shitefest 15? 😇

[Six-cylinder]

15 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

Was that the FoD after you held shitefest 15? 😇

It was similar!

Our Range Rover was broken for our Shitefest, as Range Rovers often are.

[catsinthewelder]

I remember 🤣

Thats me obscuring the numberplate.

[Westbay]

On 06/11/2025 at 23:00, Six-cylinder said:

It was similar!

Our Range Rover was broken for our Shitefest, as Range Rovers often are.

I told you the porta loo was overflowing !

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, Westbay said:

I told you the porta loo was overflowing !

This was our solution to that problem the following year!

[Six-cylinder]

Nothing car wise yesterday and I had to watch endure Oxford United loosing to West Bromwich Albion!

Better today, two classic car shows first in Bedford at 9:30 this morning. A mixed group of cars with lots of not that old, personalised Fords and Vauxhalls, but this keeps me up to date with the changing car scene.

The second in Milton Keynes at 1pm a real mix of cars and plenty of them. I have not always enjoyed this meeting because of racing up and down the duel carriageway and cars doing pops and bangs in the car park. This time it was well behaved and lots of very interesting cars. 

The car of choice today was going to be the Mazda 323GLX, but after the rain was pushed back to late afternoon I took the Morris 1300. 55.5 perfect miles today including mid 60s mph cruising on duel a carriageway. 

[Westbay]

😍 Thames Van 😍....

[Six-cylinder]

5 minutes ago, Westbay said:

😍 Thames Van 😍....

It wasn't standard, it had twin exhaust pipes and looked nice. V6 or V8 is my guess, but I did not hear it running.

[Westbay]

21 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

It wasn't standard, it had twin exhaust pipes and looked nice. V6 or V8 is my guess, but I did not hear it running.

Even better !   Only thing not entirely sure of is the graphics starting half way along door ...

[Six-cylinder]

My first car driven by my late brother.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

My first car driven by my late brother.

Oh. Not sure what that is, but he was younger than you? That's hard. PM if you like, that's shite.

[Six-cylinder]

It is wet and windy so tonight it was a choice of stay home in the warm and watch TV or go to the Brackley Classic Car meeting.

[hairnet]

so you went to the pub and watched tv

where was the black and white pic taken and is it still black and white there

323 oof

[Six-cylinder]

23 minutes ago, hairnet said:

where was the black and white pic taken and is it still black and white there

323 oof

My parents house, Hurley we were there until 1964 and colour was too expensive!

My dad built the house with his hands.

[hairnet]

even then the rust was being swept up

 

 

[richardmorris]

On 08/11/2025 at 11:00, Six-cylinder said:

This was our solution to that problem the following year!

A room with a view - in both directions!

[barrett]

On 10/11/2025 at 19:26, Six-cylinder said:

My first car driven by my late brother.

It's a late-30s Triang 'Epoch' like this one

I think you know what you have to do...

[Six-cylinder]

4 minutes ago, barrett said:

It's a late-30s Triang 'Epoch' like this one

I think you know what you have to do...

Thank you.

I had never been able to find it.

But not my size now.

[meshking]

22 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

My parents house, Hurley we were there until 1964 and colour was too expensive!

My dad built the house with his hands.

Ah nice, one side of my relations farm in Hurley. I’ve probably been past that house a hundred times!

[Six-cylinder]

10 minutes ago, meshking said:

Ah nice, one side of my relations farm in Hurley. I’ve probably been past that house a hundred times!

It is in Mill Lane and has doubled in size over the years.

[Six-cylinder]

I fitted a new coil to my Mini Mayfair today, not easy as the lower bracket bolt was seized. Then the screw that holds the coil in the clamp was also seized and I had to cut it off to release the coil and bend the bracket out of the way to put a larger spanner on the lower bold that then gave in to me. The good news is after a nearly 40 mile test drive the misfire has gone.

It is one step forward and two back as it has a water leak where the heater valve is bolted on the head. Also I am getting a tinkle/rubbing noise when turn for a junction.

I gave it the beans up the Tingewick bypass dual carriageway and nearly broke the law! It showed 68mph on the GPS by the second bridge uphill!

[Six-cylinder]

I don't find my standard Mini Mayfair very noisy, but the dB meter on my phone app says it is 102 dB at 55 mph, is the app getting it wrong?

[richardmorris]

22 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Thank you.

I had never been able to find it.

But not my size now.

One for each foot?

[richardmorris]

25 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I don't find my standard Mini Mayfair very noisy, but the dB meter on my phone app says it is 102 dB at 55 mph, is the app getting it wrong?

I’ve not checked the 2cv yet with an app but could be similar.  Neighbours at work had this Ferrari last week that was reading 120db in our unit with the double glazing closed.

 

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I don't find my standard Mini Mayfair very noisy, but the dB meter on my phone app says it is 102 dB at 55 mph, is the app getting it wrong?

didnt know you could sing to radio 3

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I fitted a new coil to my Mini Mayfair today, not easy as the lower bracket bolt was seized. Then the screw that holds the coil in the clamp was also seized and I had to cut it off to release the coil and bend the bracket out of the way to put a larger spanner on the lower bold that then gave in to me. The good news is after a nearly 40 mile test drive the misfire has gone.

It is one step forward and two back as it has a water leak where the heater valve is bolted on the head. Also I am getting a tinkle/rubbing noise when turn for a junction.

I gave it the beans up the Tingewick bypass dual carriageway and nearly broke the law! It showed 68mph on the GPS by the second bridge uphill!

Heater valves were a notorious failure

[Tayne]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I don't find my standard Mini Mayfair very noisy, but the dB meter on my phone app says it is 102 dB at 55 mph, is the app getting it wrong?

120db would be very loud for a car.

Trackday noise limits are 105

 

[Surface Rust]

11 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I don't find my standard Mini Mayfair very noisy, but the dB meter on my phone app says it is 102 dB at 55 mph, is the app getting it wrong?

Check to see what weighting the app is using. 'A' weighting is closest to human hearing response. 'Linear' would usually give much higher figures in comparison. 

Also ensure that it is averaging and not giving a peak response.

[Six-cylinder]

9 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Heater valves were a notorious failure

The valve has been replaced, it seems to be bubbling at the edge where it meets the cylinder head.