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[worldofceri]

22 hours ago, MJK 24 said:

Apple Pie

 

I’ve fawned over a lot of rods in magazines and at shows over the years but that is just about perfect. Steel or ‘glass?

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

London, where I am this morning, is 2,660 miles S. of the North Pole - on Latitude 51.50°N.

If you are at 60°N. you are about 560 miles north of us here.

Shows the difference the Atlantic makes to our weather.

We are also virtually at sea level of course.

Bergen and Oslo are at around 60 N , similar to the Shetlands.

[RetroShite]

Decided to raffle this one off next week.

 

 1990 VW Taro 2wd pickup. Bought it in the summer, just had a new clutch fitted and new mot but after driving it around at the weekend I'm just really not feeling it so it's got to go.

[MJK 24]

VW Taro!  As rare as rare can be!

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

5 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I have no idea about latitude, but I am about 60km inland and 173 meters above sea level in southern Norway.

And I usually get the first snowfall around 1 November here, so this is nothing unusual, but it varies from winter to winter.

Edit, if the map in the link is correct, I am roughly in the middle between latitude 57N and 60N.

https://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/norway-lat-long.html

If you were to sail due west you would arrive at Orkney lat 58.9N

Orkney enjoys the benefit of being over 530miles from London.

(The voyage has been done before ...)

 

Odin's Raven in 1979

https://www.anesite.com/vikingship.html

[wuvvum]

5 hours ago, RetroShite said:

Decided to raffle this one off next week.

 

 1990 VW Taro 2wd pickup. Bought it in the summer, just had a new clutch fitted and new mot but after driving it around at the weekend I'm just really not feeling it so it's got to go.

Bloody hell, I'd forgotten those things even existed!

[Popsicle]

6 hours ago, RetroShite said:

Decided to raffle this one off next week.

 

 1990 VW Taro 2wd pickup. Bought it in the summer, just had a new clutch fitted and new mot but after driving it around at the weekend I'm just really not feeling it so it's got to go.

I papped this a couple of years ago on the M90 with a truckman top on it, looked sweet.

[RetroShite]

1 hour ago, Popsicle said:

I papped this a couple of years ago on the M90 with a truckman top on it, looked sweet.

Yes, I still have the awful looking canopy.

Same owner for the last 30 years. I quite possibly paid over the odds for it as they were pricing it with sentimental value. Initially they wanted £7k but I got it down to £4.5k and just spent a further £500 on a new clutch plus did some welding for its mot. I love the look of it but it's not very nice to drive, slow, under powered, heavy steering etc

[worldofceri]

Had a bit of spare time this afternoon so I gave my mother’s Clio a quick wash and vacuum. She’s had it since new and it’s done fewer than 38k miles. It turned 20 years old in July.

The photos flatter it as it’s Pogweaseled and  lacquer-peely af, and every panel is scraped or scratched.  I’ve had a bit of a poke around underneath though and surprisingly couldn’t find any rust on the shell really at all. The front suspension components all look quite corroded so will perhaps need wishbones before too long (the strut top mounts already need doing).  Back axle looks OK; Don’t know if they’re a weakness on these like they are some contemporary Peugeots?

Whenever these are mentioned or come up for sale there always seem to be comments along the lines of mayo under the oil cap. Surprisingly, given the low mileage and the amount of time it sits around doing nothing, this one has never suffered from it.

I use it occasionally and it still drives pretty much like new. I don’t really like driving it, mind you, as it’s slow and I find the upright driving position annoying.  My son is 15 now and, although she hasn’t said anything yet, I think my mother might give up driving in a couple of year’s time and let him have it. 

[Popsicle]

9 minutes ago, RetroShite said:

Yes, I still have the awful looking canopy.

Same owner for the last 30 years. I quite possibly paid over the odds for it as they were pricing it with sentimental value. Initially they wanted £7k but I got it down to £4.5k and just spent a further £500 on a new clutch plus did some welding for its mot. I love the look of it but it's not very nice to drive, slow, under powered, heavy steering etc

Ouch £7k does seem a bit optimistic, find another though. I only recall seeing that one, never seen another, I don't think they where popular when new. Shame you've not gelled with it, it does look a straight, honest truck.

[adw1977]

Bad news from AROnline

EDIT: Just realised there is this thread on this subject.

Edited October 30, 2023 by adw1977

[stuboy]

The galaxy has had couple of no oomph then back too normal, missus moaned about it, tried injector cleaner , Italian tune up, long drives etc. Etc but fault keeped rearing it's head, till one day researching it someone muttered about they suffer with Maf problems... hmm I wonder... so I splashed some cash on a new one, but couldn't change it as the bolts are 5 starred security fittings, so to amazon to order a set... so now all swapped and so far so good..

[wuvvum]

On 29/10/2023 at 21:28, wuvvum said:

Yesterday evening I jumped in the Getz and drove down in the pissing rain to just outside London.  The reason for the 5 1/2 hour round trip was that I'd bought this.

It's a folding electric scooter, and yes it is road legal.  It's on a 64 plate, Chinese made (natch) and has a 1hp electric motor in the rear wheel hub and a 36v lithium ion battery under the footboard.  It has a partial twistgrip throttle like the shifter on a cheap mountain bike, an on/off LED headlight (no sidelight or main beam), indicators in the ends of the bars, cable disc brakes and a surprisingly loud horn.  The seat / luggage rack assembly unclips with a simple spring clip and lifts off (once you've unplugged the wire to the rear light) and then the handlebars fold down flush with the footboard.

So what's it like to ride?  Absolutely fucking terrifying.  It takes off like a scalded cat and will wheelie if you don't have your weight far enough forward.  The wheels are tiny, there's lots of play due to the folding nature of the beast, it's slow (23mph flat out on the flat) and it weighs bugger all so bounces around all over the place.  I bloody love it.

There is a reason I bought it (apart from the fact that it's hilarious fun): when I dump a car at the station when I'm heading off on a collection mission, when I get home I can then hop on this and ride to the station to pick the car up - quicker than cycling and better than relying on the sparse bus service around here.  It'll get from here to Norwich on a charge although it'll take a while and I'm sure it'll be fun* being overtaken by Farmer Giles in his John Deere and silage trailer.

Here it is in the boot of the Toyota.  It'll fit in the Getz fine but only with the rear seats folded down.

I went to see a mate on this this evening, 8 miles in total on unlit country lanes.  Absolutely petrifying.  I'm not exaggerating when I say that 23mph felt too fast at several points - hit a bad bump in the road even at that speed and it feels like you're going to come flying off.  Headlight (LED) is mediocre but just about adequate for the speeds it can do.  One has to keep both hands on the bars at all times - hitting any kind of a bump while riding one-handed will send it into a speed* wobble.  

That said it hummed along OK and the battery is still showing over half full so the 20-mile quoted range seems plausible.  I might try and stick to smoother roads from now on though...

[bigfella2]

3 hours ago, worldofceri said:

Back axle looks OK; Don’t know if they’re a weakness on these like they are some contemporary Peugeots?

 

The rear axles don't cause any bother on these, they aren't a torsion bar setup like PSA stuff. These things are tough like cockroaches, probably the only car to survive a nuclear apocalypse.

[RetroShite]

Accidental eBay win!

 

My dad had one of these when I was younger, I think he inherited it from his father and kept it for a good few years. He always had company cars so only have vague memories of the Corolla on family holidays. 

It got scrapped eventually due to some minor issues like a flat battery or something, my dad isn't very mechanically minded and I'm sure he had to pay to have it taken away.

Looking forward to seeing what this one is like. Probably very dull.

[Wilko220]

No smoking sticker for that classic '90s dodgy minicab look!

[SiC]

14 hours ago, stuboy said:

Don't discount changing this again soon. The cheap MAFs are generally absolutely dogshit. It'll work for a bit but they don't last and often bugger up the fuel economy too. My TT had a BBT branded unit from Euro Car Parts on it. I was getting ~20-25mpg with reduced boost. Replacing it for a genuine Bosch (only £60 too) restored it to 30+ mpg and all the power back.

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, RetroShite said:

Accidental eBay win!

 

My dad had one of these when I was younger, I think he inherited it from his father and kept it for a good few years. He always had company cars so only have vague memories of the Corolla on family holidays. 

It got scrapped eventually due to some minor issues like a flat battery or something, my dad isn't very mechanically minded and I'm sure he had to pay to have it taken away.

Looking forward to seeing what this one is like. Probably very dull.

A lad I knew had one of these back in the early 2000s, albeit in manual form.  The only thing I remember from driving it is that it didn't appear to have a rev limiter and would do 70 in second gear, which was going some for an early '80s 1.3-litre family car.

[richardmorris]

[wuvvum]

Ooh, EB110.  Don't think I've ever seen one of those in the metal.

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Ooh, EB110.  Don't think I've ever seen one of those in the metal.

I think there was a blue one here a few years ago.  I was a little busy at the time, but don’t think it was running to hear it - I think they pushed it on to the truck.

[egg]

Hi folks - did you miss me? What do you mean you didn't even notice!

Not been a great time, my daughter has been in hospital for last 11 days, she's OK, but we went through half a dozen GP visits and an A&E visit that escalated into a hospital stay.

Hopefully things have turned a corner now.

The i10 FTP'd on me (battery) while at the Drs - great - had to do an Autoaid call out because of my daughter being unwell and no time to mess about. Call-out was efficient - but did cost me the £25 for an 'older' vehicle. Tayna got a new Yuasa here the next day - have found their service to be very good. Also had a clean MOT pass on the i10 today, which was good.

[richardmorris]

Had an audit today from BSI. Much of which was spent looking out the window at various bugatti, mclaren and Ferrari.  When he saw my 2cv poster on the wall  he asked if I watch YouTube videos as he follows Hubnut! Although he does prefer the large engined vids ( Betty and the previous jag etc) and any mention of TWC makes him stop watching

He says he’s far too invested in Ian’s home life- cats, dogs, holidays etc!

He also watches Modern Heroes (and Fully Charged show.)

his daily is a Passat, but dream car a DS ( this was just as a powder blue Aston Martin DB5 stopped outside the office window). 
 

i mentioned that a friend  ( @Six-cylinder) had a new Range Rover that has failed to proceed more often than a Peugeot 404, he said that as a native of Solihull he didn’t believe it and that it must have been specified with the faults as extras.

 

all in all, not a bad audit.

[RetroShite]

My Mrs father died recently and left a car that we've been tasked with disposing of.

It's a 2013 Peugeot 107 on around 75k miles and one owner from new plus FSH. Interior is minging, it's never been vacuumed and it needs a good clean inside and out.

The proceeds of its sale will go back to the estate. It's mot'd until March and could be a cheap runner for someone but I'm really not sure what to do with it as I can't see anyone wanting it in its current state.

 

[richardmorris]

4 minutes ago, RetroShite said:

My Mrs father died recently and left a car that we've been tasked with disposing of.

It's a 2013 Peugeot 107 on around 75k miles and one owner from new plus FSH. Interior is minging, it's never been vacuumed and it needs a good clean inside and out.

The proceeds of its sale will go back to the estate. It's mot'd until March and could be a cheap runner for someone but I'm really not sure what to do with it as I can't see anyone wanting it in its current state.

 

Ideal first car for someone ? A good valet / car wash first?

[2flags]

2 hours ago, RetroShite said:

My Mrs father died recently and left a car that we've been tasked with disposing of.

It's a 2013 Peugeot 107 on around 75k miles and one owner from new plus FSH. Interior is minging, it's never been vacuumed and it needs a good clean inside and out.

The proceeds of its sale will go back to the estate. It's mot'd until March and could be a cheap runner for someone but I'm really not sure what to do with it as I can't see anyone wanting it in its current state.

 

Sorry to hear this. Our condolences to you. A good wash and valet should spruce it up no end. [If you don't fancy doing it yourself, then the local hand car wash would do for not too much cash.] That should be very easy to sell. Ideal first car. 

[Split_Pin]

4 hours ago, egg said:

Hi folks - did you miss me? What do you mean you didn't even notice!

Not been a great time, my daughter has been in hospital for last 11 days, she's OK, but we went through half a dozen GP visits and an A&E visit that escalated into a hospital stay.

Hopefully things have turned a corner now.

The i10 FTP'd on me (battery) while at the Drs - great - had to do an Autoaid call out because of my daughter being unwell and no time to mess about. Call-out was efficient - but did cost me the £25 for an 'older' vehicle. Tayna got a new Yuasa here the next day - have found their service to be very good. Also had a clean MOT pass on the i10 today, which was good.

I hope your daughter makes a full recovery. I haven't experienced anything more stressful than my boy being in hospital, thankfully its not been for a good few years.

[stuboy]

12 hours ago, RetroShite said:

Accidental eBay win!

 

My dad had one of these when I was younger, I think he inherited it from his father and kept it for a good few years. He always had company cars so only have vague memories of the Corolla on family holidays. 

It got scrapped eventually due to some minor issues like a flat battery or something, my dad isn't very mechanically minded and I'm sure he had to pay to have it taken away.

Looking forward to seeing what this one is like. Probably very dull.

my mum had same just in manual flavour, sadly she can no longer remeber or the yugo 513 she had, i did show her the pictures.

[Lacquer Peel]

Double the Rexton, double the ?

The one in good condition has a hole in the block and a seized engine because someone thought it would be good and also smart to keep messing with a manual boost controller without a gauge.

The other is hanging but has a good 85k engine

[egg]

11 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I hope your daughter makes a full recovery. I haven't experienced anything more stressful than my boy being in hospital, thankfully its not been for a good few years.

Thanks SP, indeed, I'd say I'm running on my reserve fuel tank right now.