Sold Fucked Maxus £234 Gloucester

[Kiltox]

I’m in an Oobah on my way to get the Maxus. It better not be shit in a fucked way

[Christine]

Midi's are fantastic 

[DaveDorson]

Hold on, can you get on another train to Chard and be a WINNER?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vauxhall-midi-van-similar-to-bedford-midi-panel-van-long-mot/222742440868?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

 

My dad used to have one of these.  Ancient commercial tyres and greasy roundabouts in these = total hilarity.

[Mally]

Try to leave the seats there if you can, they weigh as much as a large Elephant.

[DodgeRover]

See if they'll swap the Maxus for the midi on the way back?

[dollywobbler]

Oh and a word of warning. The Maxus panels and gear linkage are flimsy as f*ck. I rate them as vans, but you do need to bear those two things in mind. 

[Kiltox]

Bought it. It’s shit. Hopefully make it home.

[SiC]

Well I've not heard from him since his last PM to me earlier, so I can only guess he's bought it and on his way back to Cheltenham.

 

Looking at the traffic out there at the moment, it'll get a good stop/start city traffic test...

[Mally]

Can always kip on the back seats to pass the time on.

[Kiltox]

Tesco car park cunt parking not actually a van teaser shot

 

[Kiltox]

Look at this pile of fucking scrap

 

 

It’s SLOW AS FUCK and to add insult to injury, limited to 75 so it cuts the revs. I thought the sticker saying such was just a remnant of its past with RM but no!!

[320touring]

It's like an actual dystopian future!

[wuvvum]

Look at this pile of fucking scrap

 

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It’s SLOW AS FUCK

That doesn't sound right.  It's a SWB 120 so should absolutely fucking fly, given that my LWB 95 didn't exactly hang about.

[Kiltox]

Ah. Must be fucked. Made it home though.

[beko1987]

Would love to see the clag cloud when you rip the limiter out!

[BorniteIdentity]

I honestly reckon you've done good here - time will obviously tell but, on the surface, you've got a shit van from the AS manufacturer of choice with a royal provenance.

[SiC]

Ah. Must be fucked. Made it home though.

Didn't need the high techhit it with the biggest hammer SiC recovery and repair services in the end?

 

Did the Citroen dispatch guy get back to you? Annoying that was email only as that probably would have been the best one out of the lot!

[SiC]

Also that looks like the perfect vehicle to practice a bit of mopping on.

[Kiltox]

It is a bit fucked. Something clunking from the front suspension (it’s had a recent drop link, could be the other side if both weren’t done)

 

Clutch/flywheel is a bit juddery when pulling away.

 

Slowness.

 

Temp gauge doesn’t work but the heaters do get warm.

 

If anyone knows anything about these piles of arse please let me know, I think it needs a fettle. Volunteer polishers also encouraged - I have the gear just no driveway

 

Nine hundred sovs were not parted with.

[cort16]

950?

[egg]

What's it for?

[HMC]

Has it got the ghosting of the original Royal Mail livery on it? On Ex rm vans it usually sticks out a mile and I'm strange but I wouldn't mop it as it would get rid of that link to its ragged to death past.

[wuvvum]

Split boost hose possibly, assuming no warning lights on the dash?  Obviously I can't tell from your post exactly how slow it is, but I would expect one of these to be capable of hitting the ton with relative ease if it's running right (and not restricted obvs), and acceleration probably not that much slower than your Duster.  They really are quite incongruously quick for an old van - probably due to the tinfoil panels keeping the unladen weight right down.

[HMC]

^ I always feel wuvvum is our autoshite commercial vehicles specialist.

[Dave_Q]

Cos I'm cool like that I've just been reading some Maxus reviews and buying guides, they do mention that the payloads are way higher than the equivalent Transit/Sprinter etc, probably because the panels are pressed from 0.2mm steel and its got about as much equipment and comfort as a coffin.

[dollywobbler]

What Wuvvum says. The one I drove was decently brisk.

[Kiltox]

I’ll need to go through the pipe work etc. Somethings definitely not right.

 

Failed a MOT for excessive smoke then passed - can the boost be turned down to stop being so claggy?

[Kiltox]

Pissing thing is on disabled tax too. Fucking fuck off.

[twosmoke300]

Worlds easiest egr valve to get to !

[Kiltox]

So now I know what the EDC light means.

 

And it’s on.

 

When the standard EML went off fine I didn’t think it would have a second engine management light.