Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Six-cylinder]

With it misfiring on one its still got one/seven* more than "normal" cars

*_{not sure if its a 6 or 12}

It is a 6, Mrs 6C would like a 12 but I am not brave enough!

 

Hold on,we have two 6s maybe we should trade them in for one 12!

[Six-cylinder]

beige oof to the left

[Six-cylinder]

I have been to look at a 1996 Chrylser Stratus convertible today.

 

The reasons I did not buy it:

 

• Exhaust rear box missing (seller has a secondhand stainless box which he says he will have adapted to fit the system).

• 3 tyres, while they have some tread are badly cracked on the main tread Patten.

• Wheels has been aerosoled black badly and you can see the flaking lacquer under that.

• Hood while working and not leaking is old. It has a small slit where it folds above the side window glass.

• Heater does not give any hot air but fan works.

• Aircon not working

• Rear bumper corner has hit something and damaged the paint.

• Interior looks tired with minor slits in the leather. Drivers door panel smashed by speaker.

• Odd minor jerk from gearbox.

• Driver door edge touched in badly by hand.

• MOT only 3 months

 

I have not broken my pledge to NOT buy any new cars in 2017 because we have not reached 2017 yet!

[Guest Breadvan72]

Surely the clincher should be:-

 

"looks fucken gopping".

 

If this is anything like the Sebring convertible that I once rented on me holibobs, it would be like a bendy rubber thing on corners, so lacking in stiffness was that shed.

[Six-cylinder]

Surely the clincher should be:-

 

"looks fucken gopping".

 

If this is anything like the Sebring convertible that I once rented on me holibobs, it would be like a bendy rubber thing on corners, so lacking in stiffness was that shed.

OK not too many likes for these, but I do and have driven them thousands of miles including one epic trip in the USA when I drove one 11,000 miles in 6 weeks!

[hairnet]

It is a 6, Mrs 6C would like a 12 - i wont do as im told

 

Hold on,we have two 6s maybe we should trade them in for one 12!

claire - tell him ffs

[hairnet]

I have been to look at a 1996 Chrylser Stratus convertible today.

 

The reasons I did not buy it:

 

• Exhaust rear box missing (seller has a secondhand stainless box which he says he will have adapted to fit the system).

• 3 tyres, while they have some tread are badly cracked on the main tread Patten.

• Wheels has been aerosoled black badly and you can see the flaking lacquer under that.

• Hood while working and not leaking is old. It has a small slit where it folds above the side window glass.

• Heater does not give any hot air but fan works.

• Aircon not working

• Rear bumper corner has hit something and damaged the paint.

• Interior looks tired with minor slits in the leather. Drivers door panel smashed by speaker.

• Odd minor jerk from gearbox.

• Driver door edge touched in badly by hand.

• MOT only 3 months

 

I have not broken my pledge to NOT buy any new cars in 2017 because we have not reached 2017 yet!

they call them camaro or firebird i think also

 

just no - ruuuuuunnnnnnn - think even eddyperv would run

 

ps - curfew??

 

I CALL BULLSHIT

[purplebargeken]

Doesn't look too bad, a bit like the bastard offspring of an MGF and something else.

[Six-cylinder]

claire - tell him ffs

She is away I am home alone, I should have arranged some madness of my own!

[panhard65]

The S2 is off the road at the moment because we have stripped the thread in adaptor that the oil pressure gauge sender screws into and I can't find a replacement.

Just a thought but could you take the sender out of the adaptor and screw it straight into the block ???

[Six-cylinder]

I never owned up but on boxing day I found this one for sale in a Garage just outside Tewkesbury, I am a but put off because the brake discs are rusty and there is a lot of condensation inside the car.

[Six-cylinder]

Just a thought but could you take the sender out of the adaptor and screw it straight into the block ???

The sender has a tapper thread. Earlier cars without the adaptor have a paper oil filter housing and the sender screws straight into that.

 

I have a Helicoil set, thread seal and will give that a try.

[bangernomics]

[quote name="Six-cylinder"

1975ish Peugeot 103

 

Any details on this fellow please.

[Dave_Q]

...I have not broken my pledge to NOT buy any new cars in 2017 because we have not reached 2017 yet!

 

Are we having a sweepstake on this?

 

If so I'll have the 11th of January.

[Six-cylinder]

Any details on this fellow please.

It is a Moped, not sure of the year as I have no paperwork. The 103 was not sold in the UK.

 

I bought it from castros_bro earlier this year and panhard 65 has helped me find a supplier for a new clutch/variator, which I now have. It is with the father of my mech who is going to put it back together for me in the spring.

[anonymous user]

I have not broken my pledge to NOT buy any new cars in 2017 because we have not reached 2017 yet!

I'm sure you will stick to it and await your next purchase.

 

I have not broken my pledge, the car is not new.

I have not broken my pledge, it's not a car, it's a van/tractor/motorbike/hovercraft/bus.

[hairnet]

first week of jan

 

mot history the red one see how long its stood for...........

 

discs no bother but if the seals are fecked - sod that on a floppy top

[hairnet]

I'm sure you will stick to it and await your next purchase.

 

I have not broken my pledge, the car is not new.

I have not broken my pledge, it's not a car, it's a van/tractor/motorbike/hovercraft/bus.

he wouldnt get bruises

 

shes as bad as him lol

[Six-cylinder]

first week of jan

 

mot history the red one see how long its stood for...........

 

discs no bother but if the seals are fecked - sod that on a floppy top

A8 SYG

It has MOT until 12 May 2017

 

Advisory notice item(s)

front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)

front Fuel pipe slightly damaged to rear (7.2.2)

oil leak

nearside front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)

offside front lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt

[Six-cylinder]

Only thing is there is a broken knife on the boot lid!

[hairnet]

location puts me off

[Asimo]

Forget that Chrysler tat ( I have driven Strati And Sebringz so I know) and spend the dosh on go-juice for Daimlers.

[Six-cylinder]

Forget that Chrysler tat ( I have driven Strati And Sebringz so I know) and spend the dosh on go-juice for Daimlers.

Interesting how the Sebring/Strutus has only attract negative comments even on a forum for the unloved!

[bangernomics]

Interesting how the Sebring/Strutus has only attract negative comments even on a forum for the unloved!

I had one as part of a fly drive in 2008, 2.4 drank fuel, very slow, a bit wallowing but comfortable with it. Interior looked somewhat flimsy but that's modernish American cars, built to a price as everyone is brainwashed into wanting the new 2017 phlegm xl etc.

[cms206]

If it helps any Chris, I actually do like the look of the Sebring/Stratus thing. I may well be in a minority but for 90s Merkin stuff I reckon they look GR14.

 

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[Six-cylinder]

I had one as part of a fly drive in 2008, 2.4 drank fuel, very slow, a bit wallowing but comfortable with it. Interior looked somewhat flimsy but that's modernish American cars, built to a price as everyone is brainwashed into wanting the new 2017 phlegm xl etc.

The youngest I have driven is 2004, much the same as 1996, a few more bhp that was welcome. The bit I find strange is this forum champions unloved cars but have we found one for universal hate! I want one even more.....

 

Edit - cms206 had not put up his post when I wrote this, 2 For 18,976 Against!

[Skizzer]

^ Good man.

 

Likewise, I'd happy cruise around in a solid roofed one just to give the Top Gear fans something to sneer at. They were quite popular in Switzerland, which tells you all you need to know.

 

Canvas roofs (on any car since Prohibition started) are against my personal religion though so you're on your own with that.

[bangernomics]

The youngest I have driven is 2004, much the same as 1996, a few more bhp that was welcome. The bit I find strange is this forum champions unloved cars but have we found one for universal hate! I want one even more.....

 

Edit - cms206 had not put up his post when I wrote this, 2 For 18,976 Against!

I think I essentially said it was a good candidate for AS. A bit wobbly but comfy, thirsty so ideal for a ruinous hobby like shitism.

[Six-cylinder]

Mrs 6C has returned from Wales tonight wanting to know what I am going to do about viewing the red Sebring!

[hairnet]

told you shes a bad influence