Luxxo Waftybarger Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 On a recent work trip to the Carribean I had the chance to take a few days in a neighbouring island. The shiteometer hit 11. This place was a Datsun/Nissan lovers wet dream. Almost every vehicle was over 15 years old and from only that esteemed brand, often rotting gently under a banana tree. It was like a departure lounge for Yokohama's discards. This particular beauty was held together with string and had what looked like an upturned bucket for a front seat. I'm new to posting pics so more to follow if this post works. catsinthewelder, DVee8, Rightnider and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxxo Waftybarger Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 One of my favourite non Nissan spots from the trip, a Mitsubishi Galant VR4 on steelies with a carrier bag for a door handle vulgalour and Sigmund Fraud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxxo Waftybarger Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 This one ran on veg, or didn't (if you count the foliage making its way in via the rust holes). Sigmund Fraud, vulgalour and Rightnider 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Moar, Perleeze.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Well papped LW and welcome along Any Cherrys sitting in the sun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxxo Waftybarger Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Considering a young couple were hacked to death with machetes up the road from here a few months earlier, papping was furtive. Even so this saloon was a minter and had to be documented. Sigmund Fraud and vulgalour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Yo!!!! Are you anything to do with tahini-slurping former shiter and wheel nut fundamentalist LUXOBARGES R US??? KruJoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwdChina Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 No ...........#290 New members Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Our old mate Luxo (aka Prodromos) has most likely been swallowed into the black hole that is the Greek political circus. More pics like this Bluebird please. That one has a shite-spotter friendly number plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Name the Island or you stole these from someone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxxo Waftybarger Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Sadly no cherries only sunnies. Risking the irk of an angry local waiting to run me over I took a few pics of the worst hire car I've ever had (worse than fiat 500 which is saying something). Sorry these pics are all mine. Island was Tobago, got a break from work on Trinidad. See the wonder that is a Nissan Tiida. Wouldn't recommend. When the hire car woman told me what it was called I thought she was offering me a bad of rice. No abs, esp, traction control etc and drum brakes during the wet season is fun. 4 speed auto that was always one gear too low made flooring it out of corners do sideways wiggling things (which I NEVER do at home). Though it did have electric folding mirrors? I think a few were sold in the UK after they failed to sell in Ireland. Also see a few more choice vehicles including what looks like a corsa with a Chevy badge? Sadly time was very limited and I didn't have much time to stop.Stretched Hummer lived next door. vulgalour and DS20 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Quilted leather door cards on that Tiida? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxxo Waftybarger Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Yes with the finest velour seats. The one redeeming feature, I love velour. overrun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 That Corsa genuinely is a Chevrolet. I had a look on the internet and there's enough evidence to suggest it's a bit of badge engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I did'nt think it possible to make a corsa any more wank than it already is. However I have been proved wrong - put a chevy badge on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Are sills exempt from the carribean MOT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 HELL YEAH (Grotty Corona Liftback) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxxo Waftybarger Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 That corona was hand painted with a potato dipped in nail varnish. Still probably a better drive than the Tiida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 That Tiida must be a stripped out poverty special. We get them here quite well spec'd, which does not mean I like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxxo Waftybarger Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 I seem to have developed a small obsession with tropical islands formerly part of the British empire. Most recent visit was Bequia, famous for an active whaling fleet and not much else. The 90s Jap shite senses were tingling, small remote - check, drive on the left - check, hot enough for shite to survive rust but develop chronic lacquer peel - check. Sadly things did not turn out as exciting as hoped. Of the 6000 residents almost every single one seems to drive a Suzuki Vitara. The others have boring moderns. I have a theory about small islands. A certain car becomes popular and then develops critical mass so that it’s the only thing you can get spares for which means everyone has to buy them. Despite that there were some Jap export gems. There are no roads which permit you to go fast enough to hit the rev limiter in second gear so it really doesn’t matter what you drive. No idea if this is of any interest but since there is some shite you would probably not see anywhere else I thought I’d chuck some pics up. Spots included Many Escudos (rebadged Vitara)Local taxis which are basically cattle pick trucks. Parallel bench seats and no belts obvs. You have to just hang on like a trip to the abattoir.Rotten old saloonsRoller painted Nissan saloonsJRG for winnersDollar buses with 90s era airbrushBashed in MX6 which definitely still droveSunny estateA totally fucked Twingo in a bush down an abandoned estate roadRandom van which I loved4 door original RAV4 which I don’t remember seeing in the UK.A very old Land Rover probs from days of the empire DVee8, ProgRocker and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxxo Waftybarger Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 Again I find myself in a tiny semi tropical island once part of her Maj's empire. There is some papping to be done because in keeping with earlier posts they drive on the left, it's hot and small but sadly this being one of the most oxidising environments on earth means that shite has mostly dissolved before it's ten years old. Added to this all the interesting old stuff is in a part of town where 21 rounds were recently discharged into a crowd in a gang related shooting. Amusingly resprays are part of the MOT equivalent so there are some great rattle can jobs, e.g. matt black Mégane convertible on 19 inch diamond cut alloys spotted but sadly no pics. For now have this pic of the local scrapper. There's just something about exotic vegetation growing from old cars that I like. timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
808 Estate Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 A couple from India. Luxxo Waftybarger and sierraman 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxxo Waftybarger Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 I've been here for 18 months now and the shiteometer is sadly still reading low. Almost everything is Korean and less than 10 years old, I'd say one in five cars is a picanto. I think the PRC esque one car per household rule means keeping rotting chod on the driveway is a non starter. There is no real equivalent of SORN, add to that the insane cost and delays of importing any parts means why would you use up your valuable quota. Clues to location, this is the world's centre of reinsurance and the world's most expensive place to live. Still, on my lunch break today I fancied updating this thread so have at it. A Yaris saloon, Honda Crossroad thingy inexplicably popular, fleet of rental twizzy, Daihatsu weirdness, random rental car (golf cart) and proof that all Vauxhalls are shit everywhere. I've seen some epic lacquer peeled Mitsubishi estates around I'll keep my eye out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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