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[SiC]

11 hours ago, Stanky said:

 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315641519329

£120, bet if you offered £100 he'd snap your arm off

 

10 hours ago, EightMegs said:

Offer's accepted and it's on its way. Pending order for a brand new one on Amayama cancelled...

I bet whoever selling that is going to their partner and saying "See! Told you it's worth keeping hold of and trying to sell all these old obscure engine bits, someone else will want it eventually!"

[Rust Collector]

The temperature here, whilst balmy compared to the rest of the UK, has dropped to the lowest I think it has been so far this winter. I decided to see how the XUD powered XM started with just one cycle of the cheapest eBay glow plugs rather than the standard* two cycles that it needs to get going in the cold. Scenes from my driveway this morning were similar to this:

Think I best get some proper glow plugs.

[Stinkwheel]

14 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

The temperature here, whilst balmy compared to the rest of the UK, has dropped to the lowest I think it has been so far this winter. I decided to see how the XUD powered XM started with just one cycle of the cheapest eBay glow plugs rather than the standard* two cycles that it needs to get going in the cold. Scenes from my driveway this morning were similar to this:

Think I best get some proper glow plugs.

So, the same as when they were new then 😉

[Yoss]

I seem to have bought a practically new car, by my standards anyway. 

Mrs Yoss has always gone on about how much she likes VW Up!s in Mayan Blue. I agreed we could get one one day and that day seems to be today. I agreed on the proviso that it be a five door, as the three door looks odd with that little triangley rear side window. And also that it be a High Up! as they look better with the alloy wheels and front fog lights. So what are the chances of finding a five door High Up! in Mayan Blue? I thought I was fairly safe as most High Up!s come in more expensive metallic colours. Then my friend sent her the link to this one. What's more it was only 28 miles away so I really had no excuse.

As it was so close there is no collection thread as it only took half an hour to get there. 

 

Stopped for lunch at a garden centre on the way home. 

 

We now have four cars. I often felt like I wasn't trying hard enough compared to some people's efforts on here but I'm catching up. 

 

And it goes nicely with next doors Matiz. 

Also, as well as being a High Up! It has a number of extras on top. The most obvious of which, which I love and was one reason I didn't object to buying it was the colour coded dashboard. 

A very rare option that really brightens the place up in an otherwise quite black interior. The standard dash is piano black on the higher spec cars. Not only is this brighter, it doesn't show fingerprints like the black does. 

Obviously I would have preferred the Škoda version but even I have to admit they don't do any colours as good as this one. And anyway, all variants are built in the same factory in Slovakia, near Bratislava so it is in effect a Škoda with a VW badge on, rather than the other way around. At least that's what I'm telling myself anyway to justify buying it. 

The Triumph is the only car narrow enough to park down the side of the house and still get out. If we had four moderns this would not be possible. 

[Yoss]

The place we bought it from had some odd stuff in stock. The oddest being this. 

A convertible ute! It's a Chevy SSR apparently. No me neither. 

A couple of these retro Toyota Landcruisers. 

At least three two tone 500s, at least one of which was an Abarth 595.

There was also some sort of Ferrari in the corner but I ignored that as I have no interest. In reality I just got distracted by the Chevy as he was moving it to get another car out for MOT. £25k if anybody is interested. 

[Supernaut]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

Mrs Yoss has always gone on about how much she likes VW Up!s in Mayan Blue.

Lovely!

That looks absolutely cracking. A mate has a red Up with steel wheels and a black dashboard, but it's still absolutely ace. I've had a go of it a few times and covet it. They have the manners and ride quality of a much bigger car somehow.

[Schaefft]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

The place we bought it from had some odd stuff in stock. The oddest being this. 

A convertible ute! It's a Chevy SSR apparently. No me neither. 

Chevy SSR's are great trucks with an LS and manual, there really is nothing like it. Shame this one is silver.

[andy18s]

Iirc Tyler Hoovie had the panel van version of these .

[Marshall2810]

2 hours ago, Yoss said:

I seem to have bought a practically new car, by my standards anyway. 

Mrs Yoss has always gone on about how much she likes VW Up!s in Mayan Blue. I agreed we could get one one day and that day seems to be today. I agreed on the proviso that it be a five door, as the three door looks odd with that little triangley rear side window. And also that it be a High Up! as they look better with the alloy wheels and front fog lights. So what are the chances of finding a five door High Up! in Mayan Blue? I thought I was fairly safe as most High Up!s come in more expensive metallic colours. Then my friend sent her the link to this one. What's more it was only 28 miles away so I really had no excuse.

As it was so close there is no collection thread as it only took half an hour to get there. 

 

Stopped for lunch at a garden centre on the way home. 

 

We now have four cars. I often felt like I wasn't trying hard enough compared to some people's efforts on here but I'm catching up. 

 

And it goes nicely with next doors Matiz. 

Also, as well as being a High Up! It has a number of extras on top. The most obvious of which, which I love and was one reason I didn't object to buying it was the colour coded dashboard. 

A very rare option that really brightens the place up in an otherwise quite black interior. The standard dash is piano black on the higher spec cars. Not only is this brighter, it doesn't show fingerprints like the black does. 

Obviously I would have preferred the Škoda version but even I have to admit they don't do any colours as good as this one. And anyway, all variants are built in the same factory in Slovakia, near Bratislava so it is in effect a Škoda with a VW badge on, rather than the other way around. At least that's what I'm telling myself anyway to justify buying it. 

The Triumph is the only car narrow enough to park down the side of the house and still get out. If we had four moderns this would not be possible. 

Always liked the Up! And a great colour too. Dad had a High up, and provided excellent service. I opted for a mid range Move up without the fancy wheels which were a pain to clean

[plasticvandan]

Love the up exclamation mark,I've hankered after one for a while,but keep reading how they grenade gearboxes,which pits me off a little

[Schaefft]

7 minutes ago, andy18s said:

Iirc Tyler Hoovie had the panel van version of these .

That was an HHR, very different vehicle.

[chadders]

21 minutes ago, plasticvandan said:

Love the up exclamation mark,I've hankered after one for a while,but keep reading how they grenade gearboxes,which pits me off a little

Our oldest one is 13 years old with no gearbox troubles, the newest 8 again with no troubles. Both are manuals so maybe it's an auto issue?

I'd have another in a heartbeat.

[barefoot]

I saw a Microlino today, the graphics were a terrible mistake as it probably looks a millionty times better without them.

[stuboy]

Ðay 3 and last day of driver training at ebbsfleet football club.. the renault business drives well and no slouch but.. radio is trash, too high pitched speakers.... HAVC controls are in the wronĥ g place as too low..door panels are as thin as tin foil... 

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, Yoss said:

The place we bought it from had some odd stuff in stock

These two look very close outside:

[Yoss]

1 hour ago, plasticvandan said:

Love the up exclamation mark,I've hankered after one for a while,but keep reading how they grenade gearboxes,which pits me off a little

Well the fact this only has 33k on it hopefully means it'll be OK for a couple of weeks. 

 

1 hour ago, chadders said:

Our oldest one is 13 years old with no gearbox troubles, the newest 8 again with no troubles. Both are manuals so maybe it's an auto issue?

I'd have another in a heartbeat.

To be honest I didn't even realise there was an auto until a couple of days ago when I started comparing them all to ours. Is it like a mini DSG or is it a proper auto? 

A friend of mine, who pointed the advert out to Mrs Yoss in the first place loves them. He's the sort who chops his cars in even before the three years is up (he leases them all). He tries other things from time to time if he can get a stupidly good deal but always come back to these. Now you can't buy them new any more I think he'll be sticking to the two he has. He's had loads, of all three badges but currently has an Up! in that nice pale blue and a white Up! GTI with bronze Ronal Turbos on it.

He's never had any gearbox troubles but most of his are nearly new. 

I've never seen another car with only three parking sensors, but then it doesn't really need any. 

 

[Yoss]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

These two look very close outside:

I'll assume the Panda is one of theirs or else that is a bit cheeky. Parking wasn't great there and the showroom was full so they had a couple of there stock out in the road. 

[comfortablynumb]

Sorry @Yoss, the Triumph beats the others hands down 😁

[Yoss]

Just now, comfortablynumb said:

Sorry @Yoss, the Triumph beats the others hands down 😁

I won't disagree with that. I'll have had it 30 years in November so it's not going anywhere. I'll probably be buried in it!

It drives surprisingly well. It doesn't feel that different to a modern car which is not something you can say about all 60 year old designs.

The steering is a bit heavy at low speeds, mainly because I have a smaller Mountney steering wheel and slightly wider tyres on the Sprint wheels but the steering is surprisingly direct and high geared. It's a 1300 TC so has the Spitfire spec engine with a few weeks on top. 

I've been using it as my daily since I broke blue Favorit about a month ago. The only thing that dates it is that in warm weather with the roof and windows open I come home smelling of exhaust fumes but that's OK isn't it? 

[EyesWeldedShut]

Did some coppering.....

 

[wesacosa]

8 hours ago, Stinkwheel said:

So, the same as when they were new then 😉

not sure if the lucas EPIC pump helps but mine starts perfectly and without clag on even the coldest UK days

[Rust Collector]

1 hour ago, wesacosa said:

not sure if the lucas EPIC pump helps but mine starts perfectly and without clag on even the coldest UK days

Mines ok with two cycles of the plugs. One cycle and no joke it fills the whole front garden with a cloud of clag. I can’t believe I haven’t had a neighbour complain yet.

My two BX’s with the 1.7td and Lucas pumps both started after what felt like a single crank of the engine, and were smoke free, so I did wonder if my expertly* bodged rebuilt Bosch pump is the culprit.

[Split_Pin]

10 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

The temperature here, whilst balmy compared to the rest of the UK, has dropped to the lowest I think it has been so far this winter. I decided to see how the XUD powered XM started with just one cycle of the cheapest eBay glow plugs rather than the standard* two cycles that it needs to get going in the cold. Scenes from my driveway this morning were similar to this:

Think I best get some proper glow plugs.

So that's why my neighbour's flight was cancelled.

[barefoot]

31 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

Mines ok with two cycles of the plugs. One cycle and no joke it fills the whole front garden with a cloud of clag. I can’t believe I haven’t had a neighbour complain yet.

My two BX’s with the 1.7td and Lucas pumps both started after what felt like a single crank of the engine, and were smoke free, so I did wonder if my expertly* bodged rebuilt Bosch pump is the culprit.

Sorry to be thick, but I've never owned a diesel. Do you mean that you let the glow plug light go out, then switch it off and on again for it to do the glow plug thing twice before cranking it?

[Rust Collector]

6 minutes ago, barefoot said:

Sorry to be thick, but I've never owned a diesel. Do you mean that you let the glow plug light go out, then switch it off and on again for it to do the glow plug thing twice before cranking it?

No worries, you’re not being thick at all - that’s exactly what I’m doing. Turn the key to the ‘on’ position for the first time, wait for the glow plug light to go out, turn it off, turn it back to the ‘on’ position a second time, wait for the glow plug light to go out a second time, crank the starter and it fires straight up.

I’ve heard of another school of thought that you should crank the starter just before the glow plug light goes out the first time, as the glow plugs will be hotter, but it makes no difference on my XM.

[wuvvum]

I often find the glow plug light goes out before the glow plugs switch off - I've had a number of cars where the relay has clicked out several seconds after the light has gone off.  I think in some cars the light goes off as soon as the plugs are warm enough for the engine to start (calculated on time vs engine temp - obviously can't compensate for knackered plugs).

[Rust Collector]

13 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I often find the glow plug light goes out before the glow plugs switch off - I've had a number of cars where the relay has clicked out several seconds after the light has gone off.  I think in some cars the light goes off as soon as the plugs are warm enough for the engine to start (calculated on time vs engine temp - obviously can't compensate for knackered plugs).

I think that a lot of relays run the plugs for a while after the light goes out, but having taken a measurement with a multimeter it looks like the XM doesn’t function that way. I do wonder if a glow plug relay with that functionality could be swapped in.

[AnthonyG]

On 05/01/2025 at 09:14, GrumpiusMaximus said:

There’s another forum that I’ve been on since I turned 16.  I’m now 36.  20 years.  And I DO remember the early Internet as I was first online in 1995…

According to that ‘who’s posted the most’ link I found out I first joined this forum on the 7th February 2006, so only another year and month to go…😮

[Steve79]

Didn't the felica 1.9d glow plug relay kick in as soon as the drivers door was opened?

[High Jetter]

I've only had 3 dizzles - 87 2.0 Bluebird from new, '94 ZTT from 170 odd k miles, 2011 Vx Combo from 110k miles. Get in, seatbelt on, turn key and it starts, no delays - light on or off.