Automatic for the people....

[Father Ted]

close by and affordable auto

Any thoughts chaps?

[TheScrapman]

Corr, rather!Monaco with all it's leathery goodness FTW!Good to see you back on here sir and looking sensible transport !

[andrew e]

ITS A XMAS MIRAKLE INNIT

[VWPowered]

have to agree, monaco with the leather, electric windows etc have it

[Mr Lobster]

Damn yes! Looks pretty cheap as well!

[Ratdat]

Those can't be all that common these days, surely? Can't recall seeing one in recent times.

[STUNO]

welcome back, it looks rather delicious. can it cope with bionic arms and legs ? if you cant have it , can you post it to me please..pleaseMERRY CHRISTMAS

[Torsten2001]

Shove 300 notes under his nose and the keys will slide your way! I've heard they can be trouble but honestly I would not hesitate!

[j-j]

Leather seats in a super mini ! Cool Renault dashboard! Solid gold shite - buy!

[M'coli]

Looks great!

Welcom back Ted/Marty, good to see you posting again!

 

I've just realised we should have got you one of these

filled with G&T or a "banana" bag filled with malt!

 

Merry Christmas!

[Father Ted]

Going to swing by on boxing day (so called because the churches used to give mony to the poor from out of the "poor boxes") and shove a note through offering £300 - my offer for the Saab was refused, so there it sits on her drive!A 1.8 automatic - in a renner 5 shell - sounds fun.Otherwise got my eye on a Nissan jelly mould 1300SLX auto for £500

[M'coli]

[Pratchett]FT: nice location, if you can survive the coffin, ron...[/Pratchett

[Parky]

Are they sure thats a 1721 Auto? I was always under the impression the Automatic model was only available with the 1397 "Cleon" motor and the manual was the one with the "F" series 1721 engine. Either way, they are mighty little motors and well worth the money. If you get it, expect occasional electrical problems and please please please keep the cooling system tip top as they are quite happy to blow head gaskets IMHO - not on "K" series scale but they can be weak on these.If you dont get it, I might take a trip up myself for it!

[Richard]

Are they sure thats a 1721 Auto?

Registered as a 1.4The enquiry is completeThe vehicle details for G45 GHG are:Date of Liability 06 10 2008Date of First Registration 01 08 1989Year of Manufacture 1989Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1397CCCO2 Emissions Not AvailableFuel Type PetrolExport Marker Not ApplicableVehicle Status UnlicensedVehicle Colour BEIGEBut on the bright side...Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle 6 Months Rate £66.0012 Months Rate £120.00

[Father Ted]

Been & left my details at the garage but not oprn untill the new yaear.

 

spoted this pug estate on the bay, but the engine looks like a 1700 citroen unit, not pug 1900

 

I thought pugs had their intercooler front mounted. Not sealing neatly onto the bonnet?

[Milford Cubicle]

Not enough room for a front mounted intercooler on the 405, they're all top-mounted.Might look like the Citroen 1.8TD because it has a Lucas injection pump. All late 405s had themThat Monaco looks amazing by the way.

[AnthonyG]

Welcome back Father Ted. Great to see your mishap has not damaged your taste for top notch shite!Beige leather seats in a Renault 5 - whats not to like ?

[Father Ted]

Oh, noe that is weird,

Dizzler - check

Sports convertable - check

Auto - check

[25v6turbo]

Renault 5 monacos are lovely,i,ve owned 3,the autosbx are a little fragile like all Renault autos,its fully loaded and has PAS as standard,champange beige is a rare colur,mocco brown is the most common,and tungsten grey,just make sure it has all the goodies including the bag under the rear parcel shelf!!,and it drives fine,gearchange is smooth etc..

[Gompo]

Oh, noe that is weird, Dizzler - checkSports convertable - checkAuto - check

..Surely just registered wrongly.. DVLA comes back with 'Heavy Oil' too, but in the description it says manual too, whereas the pics say otherwise..

[Cavcraft]

FT, have you seen the BX auto 'spotted' on BXC? Needs a head gasket but looks half decent and potentially cheap?

[Father Ted]

 

F'king perfect - just too far away for me to sort out. Bumflakes.

[Cavcraft]

Reckon it'd drive back as is with some K-seal? Jump a train and take your RAC card with you, plenty would be willing to help resurrect it including me. My mechanical skillzors are weak but willing to help out if wanted?

[Father Ted]

Even the RAC wont believe that i'm phoning them because the CHG has just gone when confroneted with the above....

[Cavcraft]

Even the RAC wont believe that i'm phoning them because the CHG has just gone when confroneted with the above....

Ah yes, just testing Never mind, where there's a way there's a will and I have RAC card and can travel if needed. Any idea what happened to Sleepy's old BX auto by the way?

[Father Ted]

Nope, no idea what hapened to Aarons old auto - the number plate was worth a few bob (ADM).

 

Offer on Monaco rejected, not really prepared to pay £500 for a G plate renner 5, no matter how much leather.

 

I espied this today on the evil bay, bike up to about £850 and ends today, so I may be a bit more flush than I thought - anyone know much about these things:

[Mr Lobster]

Never even seen one before! I suppose being a small Mitsubishi it will be reliable but the looks put me off personally! Looks a fairly decent thing beside that though.Tartan headrests FTW!

[Father Ted]

Yes, the whole thing is ticking a lot of the shite boxes, funny name, wheels like a Mk 1 metro, burburry tartan interior, top speed of a milk float, looks hideous whilst being obscure J tin and hopefully reliable. Just wondered what it was based on and what parts support was likely to be like in this country.

[garycox]

I like that it's unusual, hideous, has a very silly name and is probably really reliable...But then I also think it's crap, mainly for the same reasons...A difficult one, I think it's the sort of thing I'd love my neighbour to have just so I could look at it and marvel at it's ugliness, but I don't think I could live with the experience of driving it in public...

[wilko]

It looks like the bastard spawn of a "bmw" mini and a rover metroErgo, is massively shite?