richardmorris Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Barry Cade said: This is the local one,, might be nosey. Developed by Renaultsport seemingly... I think I may be too tall for them.. All the ones I’ve just seen have been blue metallic. that one looks smart in black. Can’t think they’re easy to sell, sp could he a deal to be bargained. says he who has had a new fiat TIPO cross for a year now and not seen another on the road! Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 44 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said: Plural is new to me but after a quick google I understand. And not sure but changing to Yarises now. Think that's right? Don't worry about it, he asks because noone knows the answer! brownnova and Dyslexic Viking 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 minute ago, richardmorris said: All the ones I’ve just seen have been blue metallic. that one looks smart in black. Can’t think they’re easy to sell, sp could he a deal to be bargained. says he who has had a new fiat TIPO cross for a year now and not seen another on the road! I've had 2 black X1/9's with tan leather.. it's tugging some heartstrings! The dealer that has it asks top money, but the car are right. Just checked the MOT history, and it had a few failures on it's first MOT at 3 years old... nothing sinister though. I've never seen a Tipo cross either! richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Barry Cade said: I've had 2 black X1/9's with tan leather.. it's tugging some heartstrings! The dealer that has it asks top money, but the car are right. Just checked the MOT history, and it had a few failures on it's first MOT at 3 years old... nothing sinister though. I've never seen a Tipo cross either! Yes, once I’d parked them together I realised why I liked it. Andyrew, Barry Cade, Yoss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 13 minutes ago, Barry Cade said: I saw one today, and have been browsing.. A dealer locally has one in for sale, in a rather nice spec. Autocar likened it to a modern X1/9... 😆 Hmm... More of a Clio convertible than a modern X1/9. If that's what you're expecting you'll be very disappointed when you open the boot. Still look quite interesting though. Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, loserone said: Don't worry about it, he asks because noone knows the answer! I was most interested in knowing if it was correct in order to learn English better, but it doesn't help if no one knows what is correct. But I feel his one suggestion that I used sounds right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Yoss said: Hmm... More of a Clio convertible than a modern X1/9. If that's what you're expecting you'll be very disappointed when you open the boot. Still look quite interesting though. There's nothing comes close to an X1/9.. but I don't have a garage now and wouldn't press one into daily use now. Can't afford an Elise, don't want an MR2, had a Fiero and hated it. Don't do Honda's.. Yoss and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, Barry Cade said: There's nothing comes close to an X1/9.. but I don't have a garage now and wouldn't press one into daily use now. Can't afford an Elise, don't want an MR2, had a Fiero and hated it. Don't do Honda's.. the fiat 124 spider is rather nice but still £10k plus. I was tempted one last year, but needed a practical load carrying car not a sports car, DVee8 and Barry Cade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 hour ago, brownnova said: Would the plural of Yaris be Yarises or Yari? Yarii? Like Auris, Aurises, Aurii? God this is confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, Barry Cade said: There's nothing comes close to an X1/9.. but I don't have a garage now and wouldn't press one into daily use now. Can't afford an Elise, don't want an MR2, had a Fiero and hated it. Don't do Honda's.. I mean if you want something that (almost) nobody else has but that is still quite conventional mechanically (Clio based I think) then why not. And as long as you can put up with people taking the piss out of the name. When I say people I mean the general public, I think it would be quite popular in here. Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 36 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said: Yarii? Like Auris, Aurises, Aurii? God this is confusing. Lexus, Lexuses, Lexii (channels inner Alan Partridge) GrumpiusMaximus and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Barry Cade said: Today's infatuation is the Renault Wind. Help. Nothing wrong with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Barry Cade said: Today's infatuation is the Renault Wind. Help. Suitable for flatulence too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 hour ago, brownnova said: Would the plural of Yaris be Yarises or Yari? If it was anything it would be Yares. AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 It could be like sheep… the plural being simply Yaris… AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Baa. Though Yeti is both singular & plural... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Focuses or Focii ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Got too work... sent out too jump start an ambulance, decided to swap with one I had and drive it back to my base, 2 miles down, the dash lite up and started to die, limped through some lights, called recovery out, they came charged it for 30 mins and I spiritly drove it back to base and in spitting distance it started to fail but managed it before it dropped dead... so that was missus sister and ambulance jump started. Dyslexic Viking and Six-cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I got snow. richardmorris, Six-cylinder, GrumpiusMaximus and 21 others 22 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 5 hours ago, stuboy said: Got too work... sent out too jump start an ambulance, decided to swap with one I had and drive it back to my base, 2 miles down, the dash lite up and started to die, limped through some lights, called recovery out, they came charged it for 30 mins and I spiritly drove it back to base and in spitting distance it started to fail but managed it before it dropped dead... so that was missus sister and ambulance jump started. Used to get a lot of these which blew the main maxi fuse next to the battery which would cause a non start. Jump leads under the bonnet would allow them to start, but wouldn't charge.. I've bypassed a few to get them through a shift, then kept a stock of the fuses in the truck.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Just been to see a Seat Mii at a local dealer. £5295. 2013. looked great until I looked closer (it was black met and raining) It had Mk1 Ka levels of corrosion round the filer cap. Everything I'm seeing at dealers for 5k ish is rough. Looked at a Panda Twinair the other day and the rear quarterlight was smashed, and it had obviously been sitting a while. Did notice a Toyota IQ though.. That's today's infatuation. A Hyundai i20 came up this morning on Gumtree at 10am. 09 plate, overheating... looked good otherwise so I sent a polite message to ask when I could come and view. got a message back a little later with a phone number. Checked listing again and the price had gone up by £50, then the advert dissapeared as I was reading it. I despair, I really do.Everything under a grand that is not quite scrap goes in minutes... do these people not work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 19 hours ago, Yoss said: Once there I was riding round on old buses, as some of you will have seen, some of which were going inside ULEZ but my observation is that are still plenty of non compliant cars both sides of the boundary. In Bristol we are getting CAZ. Not ULEZ but a similar sort of thing. The old busses have been upgraded to be Euro 6 compliant. I've seen 2006 plated ones with Now EURO6 compliant stickered on the side. Presumably something like a fleet of busses, it makes sense to spend out to get then approved. 19 hours ago, Yoss said: So how does it work if you are parked inside the zone and stay there? If it doesn't move, then it won't pass a camera. Thus no charge. A colleague is having a debate what to do about his non compliant 2007 Civic Diesel. He walks into work usually and only uses the car for visiting family/friends outside the city or shopping. He figured the £9 per day charge (with fuel costs) is enough that it's probably cheaper for him to just catch a taxi when he needs to bring shopping home. Given his annual mileage is well under 3k per year and cars parked on the road in cities get ruined, it doesn't make sense him replacing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 19 hours ago, Yoss said: These two were in the same road in Golders Green, well inside the zone. Shirley these aren't compliant if my Škodas aren't. Forgot to say that Petrol Punto is complaint. Many petrol cars are compliant that are near the 2005 cutoff when everything became Euro 4. My 2003 TT is compliant too. If it was diesel then it wouldn't be. Yoss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeT Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Did a trip to Belgium over the weekend, for Spa activities and to start off the (enjoyable) process of stocking up on goodies for Christmas. We took my 2005 330i. On 188,000 miles now It’s definitely in shite territory on mileage. Final scores. Fuel economy is Impressive from a ~260HP, 24 valve six that’s not in the first flush of youth. One fuel stop was needed, 508 miles covered and 59.7 litres added. Funicular from the hotel to thermal spa. Very novel, even if the hotel is a little costly. Most of the spots were while on the move, including an Opel Ascona. Did see the real hallmark of a French speaking region, though. Finally, the current Bavarian MoronWagen outside Franchimont castle. The old one, in 2019. still missed. It has a couple more trips to do, and then it’s service time. If the ports hold up, we’re also off to Berlin in it before Christmas too. Dyslexic Viking, GrumpiusMaximus, Barry Cade and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 23 minutes ago, JakeT said: Did a trip to Belgium over the weekend, for Spa activities and to start off the (enjoyable) process of stocking up on goodies for Christmas. We took my 2005 330i. On 188,000 miles now It’s definitely in shite territory on mileage. Final scores. Fuel economy is Impressive from a ~260HP, 24 valve six that’s not in the first flush of youth. One fuel stop was needed, 508 miles covered and 59.7 litres added. Funicular from the hotel to thermal spa. Very novel, even if the hotel is a little costly. Most of the spots were while on the move, including an Opel Ascona. Did see the real hallmark of a French speaking region, though. Finally, the current Bavarian MoronWagen outside Franchimont castle. The old one, in 2019. still missed. It has a couple more trips to do, and then it’s service time. If the ports hold up, we’re also off to Berlin in it before Christmas too. That’s impressive economy, is it the auto or manual? barefoot and JakeT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeT Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 1 hour ago, HMC said: That’s impressive economy, is it the auto or manual? This one’s a manual, when I bought it I was doing 25,000 miles a year and I get scared of high mileage autos breaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 My drivers license was up for renewal and I’m now in the golden age between 21 and 44 so I can get a 10 year license in New South Wales. I’m now all good to drive until the 20th of December 2032, that feel like a lifetime away. Dyslexic Viking and Eyersey1234 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Prius, preii or just shit 🤷 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 22 minutes ago, andyberg said: Prius, preii or just shit 🤷 Sanctimonious git wagons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Must resist.... Coprolalia, LightBulbFun, Rust Collector and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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