mouseflakes Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 I intended to create a live collection thread, but once I realised Virgin Trains wanted another £5 from me (on top of a £55 ticket) to use their WiFi I lost my enthusiasm for that idea. So, due to my skin-flintery, here's a poor substitute for a live collection thread.... Imagine it's 6:50 this morning and I'm cycling to the station. Crossing the River Kent (it's all up hill from here)... EssDeeWon, Cavcraft, Magnificent Rustbucket and 4 others 7
STUNO Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 Why is all the water going down the big hole in the middle ? mouseflakes 1
mouseflakes Posted August 15, 2015 Author Posted August 15, 2015 Gravity? EDIT: Sorry - that was a rude response. I think it's just a small fall that looks like a hole. Sadly all my photos came out this bad today. Apologies on both counts. EssDeeWon, STUNO, DeeJay and 1 other 4
mouseflakes Posted August 15, 2015 Author Posted August 15, 2015 At the station... First leg completed courtesy of this bike and my firm, sweaty thighs. At the station and on the train I discovered seventeen different ways to tangle backpack straps in parts of a bike. Just to buck the system (as dictated by the poster seen above) I decided I would do a bit of solo sumo. This isn't easy and the best I could manage was to give myself a wedgy and then stomp around the platform scattering handfuls of salt I'd pinched from the snack stand. No one stopped me but I nearly missed my train. KruJoe, dollywobbler, worldofceri and 2 others 5
Lacquer Peel Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 I assume the bike fitted in the boot! Magnificent Rustbucket and mouseflakes 2
mouseflakes Posted August 15, 2015 Author Posted August 15, 2015 ^ Yup - but both wheels had to come off! Less boot space than a Saxo then. Here are the two legs of my train journey - not very interesting really...
Jim Bell Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 Has it got a Bosch pump? mouseflakes and Junkman 2
Lacquer Peel Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 MacPherson struts and a driven rear axle for the boot space lose.
mouseflakes Posted August 15, 2015 Author Posted August 15, 2015 ^ Precisely! I hadn't thought about that until I tried fitting the bike in.
mouseflakes Posted August 15, 2015 Author Posted August 15, 2015 Has it got a Bosch pump? No. Regardless, I shall still try to run it on cheap vegetable soup mixed with 10% diesel at some point. Jim Bell and Lacquer Peel 2
Jim Bell Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 Shrewsbury got its name as it housed the largest shrew cemetary in England during the Middle Ages. The Catholic Church endorsed and offered for sale the transference of a persons sins, to a shrew, which was then killed with a mallet and buried to a depth of 6 feet in consecrated ground. The service proved popular with the landed gentry, of which Shrewsbury (originally Shiresby) had an abundance. Fact. Junkman, purplebargeken, Bear and 10 others 13
mouseflakes Posted August 15, 2015 Author Posted August 15, 2015 ^ Funny enough, this is exactly what the seller and his wife told me when I was chatting with them about the local area. I thought they were telling porkies, but nodded along with them as they told me this. Now I realise it's true! To keep the spirit of the collection thread alive, I'm now going to step away from the laptop for a while as if I'm on a long,boring train journey. Just to keep you in the picture, imagine a number of gents embarking at Preston, not long after 8 AM, who then spend the rest of the journey drinking cans of Carling while reading the sports pages and placing on-line bets. For this is what I observed. Junkman, Magnificent Rustbucket, Jim Bell and 1 other 4
andy18s Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 Shrewsbury got its name as it housed the largest shrew cemetary in England during the Middle Ages.The Catholic Church endorsed and offered for sale the transference of a persons sins, to a shrew, which was then killed with a mallet and buried to a depth of 6 feet in consecrated ground.The service proved popular with the landed gentry, of which Shrewsbury (originally Shiresby) had an abundance. Fact.Except it's pronounced Shrowsbury................ Local joke,i'll get my coat
mouseflakes Posted August 15, 2015 Author Posted August 15, 2015 Final leg on my journey was on the canal path/cycle path leading out of Shrewsbury/Shrowsbury. When I collected the car I found the seller had got a fresh MOT on it, including new temperature sender and fan belt and a couple of new tyres (the garage had noticed these might need doing so did them). All good for me and very decent of the seller (who also had a ZX 1.9 TD - not for sale). Anyway, here's the car (sorry, no fuel stop photo - instead I had to stop and buy 'some kitchen' as sometimes happens)... Petrolize, willswitchengage, Ghosty and 37 others 40
Jim Bell Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 Holy shit! That's amazing. I don't think I've even seen a cleaner one. Magnificent Rustbucket and Junkman 2
Ghosty Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 It's just occurred to me how much these look like someone shrunk a Maestro. Magnificent Rustbucket and Lacquer Peel 2
mouseflakes Posted August 15, 2015 Author Posted August 15, 2015 It's just occurred to me how much these look like someone shrunk a Maestro. They might have shrunk the Maestro, but in the process they've expanded the crease down the flank by the look of it. I don't think I've even seen a cleaner one.The engine bay is what sold it to me Jim Bell 1
rml2345 Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 That looks incredibly fresh! Go to your local "Krooze" (as I believe DA_KIDZ call it) and show the Impreza boys how it's done. mouseflakes 1
Junkman Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 Shrewsbury got its name as it housed the largest shrew cemetary in England during the Middle Ages.The Catholic Church endorsed and offered for sale the transference of a persons sins, to a shrew, which was then killed with a mallet and buried to a depth of 6 feet in consecrated ground.The service proved popular with the landed gentry, of which Shrewsbury (originally Shiresby) had an abundance. Fact. It's also the place where Charles Darwin, founder of the coveted Darwin Award, was born and raised.I'm sure you always wanted to know this piece of important trivia. BTT:That Justy would be GR98 4 OMGSNOKAOS, if you could find it in it. mouseflakes 1
skattrd Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 That looks gr9 and very good of the seller to put a new MOT on it and fit those new parts if that hadn't been arranged before the sale. Jim Bell and mouseflakes 2
Lacquer Peel Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 It looks lovely. How does it drive? They are great in snow chaos.It drove out of there even with dubious Chinese summer tyres. brickwall, Cavcraft, Jim Bell and 2 others 5
mouseflakes Posted August 16, 2015 Author Posted August 16, 2015 It looks lovely. How does it drive?They are great in snow chaos.It drove out of there even with dubious Chinese summer tyres.Since it has a mix of Trayal, Duro and HiFly tyres I'm now expecting it to drive through snow drifts just like yours did The drive home probably showed the car at its worst as it was mainly on motorways. 70MPH was around 4000 RPM, though the engine seemed quite happy like this and the temperature gauge never rose more than an eighth of the way up the scale. It doesn't feel so well planted as my old Saxo diesel (RIP) but is a bit more peppy getting up to speed. The relatively low gearing really shows - great getting up to speed but feels a bit cruel to keep it there long. The 3 cylinder engine sounds odd but seems quite tourqey (is that a word?) - it's like you can feel each of the pistons doing it's thing. I like the cab - it's nice an airy and there's loads of space for your left foot. Incidentally - it got me thinking about similar cars I've driven (not many) and I realised the old '78 Civic I had in the mid-90s measures up pretty well against much later cars (Nova, Justy, Saxo). Lacquer Peel 1
Lacquer Peel Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 The AA liked the Justy. Remember when cars were reviewed on their merits? http://www.theaa.com/staticdocs/pdf/carreports/AA_REPORTS/SUBARU_JUSTY_1.2GLI_R9318A.PDF I think it would be panned now for not completing the Nurburgring in under 10 minutes and covering 74 miles on a gallon simultaneously. HH-R and dollywobbler 2
mouseflakes Posted August 16, 2015 Author Posted August 16, 2015 ^ Thanks for that, interesting read. Pretty much sums it up really. It mentions the long gear stick, which I like actually. Controls are all really light. I seem to recall they were often bought by little old dears living out in the sticks? Most of the downsides of the design can now be described as 'retro character', so all good there. Lacquer Peel 1
wuvvum Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 That is ridiculously clean for a 22-year-old Justy. Those things used to rust for the lolz. They do actually handle really well once you get used to them, although the lightweight feel and low-geared steering can be offputting at first.
dollywobbler Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 Love it. They were popular around here before they all dissolved away. mouseflakes 1
Skizzer Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 That looks lovely, just lovely. It can't be a real Justy though, it's not full of holes. Hologram? Composite-bodied NASCAR Justy? mouseflakes 1
phil_lihp Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 That's absolutely lovely, well scored and nice to hear of another genuinely decent seller too. mouseflakes 1
Jazoli Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 I'll look forward to seeing this around as you obviously live very close to me mouseflakes 1
vulgalour Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 The 3 cylinder engine sounds odd but seems quite tourqey (is that a word?) - it's like you can feel each of the pistons doing it's thing. Torquay. These were developed in Devon. mouseflakes, For Fiats Sake, Lacquer Peel and 4 others 7
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