tooSavvy Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Escort 'Popular' 1.1 anyone ?? TS Parky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madrat Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Suzuki Alto or Splash SX2 (discontinued about 2/3 years ago) egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Moden fuel gauges are damped too, they just seem to have done it much better because they're still accurate - well, mostly. If you drive an old car the fuel gauge is all over the show depending whether you're on level ground, accelerating, cornering, braking etc. On really old cars they even used to slosh up and down with the fuel in the tank - I remember by mums Talbot Sunbeam being like that.This isn’t damping - the central half of the range (half to three quarters) just always shows as exactly half. Not the same as smoothing the variations. In a car with marginal cooling like my ZTT this means there’s nothing at all to show he car is heading for overheating until it jumps to the 3/4 mark - by which point it’s already over 100c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 What was the most base Felicia?Felicia Lx on launch had a clock, rear wiper, and all of 54 bhp, facelift Felicia L was the same spec, no power steering, no radioI think the facelift L may have been more basic than the original LX. We had one of those and it had a centre console. I've seen facelift L's with just a two foot (exaggeration) gearstick sticking out of the floor. I've never seen one without a radio cassette. And of course they all have a massive clock in place of the tacho of posher versions. This is probably a more useful measurement of speed than the speedo on 54hp models. Just thought I'd get that Skoda joke in before anyone else did. Tadhg Tiogar and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 It CHANGES GEAR FOR YOU??? Get out of here posho madrat, Datsuncog, cros and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 There's a lot of very basic W212 (09-13) E Class Mercs around, manual gearbox, plastic seats , no Nav , no electrics bar Windows and locks. These things, unsurprisingly, are very undesirable and cheap.They've got about 130 bhp to pull 2 tonnes around, all they need is a foot operated horn/ alarm and extra large ashtray to match the spec of a Taxi Pack mk2 Granada. AMC Rebel and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Could have they fitted a bigger gear selector?! Jim Bell, HarmonicCheeseburger, chaseracer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Height of luxury i know AND its got a radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Base model Renault 5 Campus. Early models had rear wash wipe and a 5 speed box - as extra cost extras. No centre air vents, two speed wipers, 2 speaker radio, no fag lighter, manual Windows, and manual locking. But despite the poverty it was an incredible amount of fun to drive and I would have another in a heartbeat HarmonicCheeseburger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elstro1988 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I bought a Corsa for my daughter. Miserable thing. Three cylinder, keep fit windows and no power steering. The radio was just a radio, not even a cassette. One’s too many, ten’s not enough! *SHUDDER* 3-pot Corsas are an abomination. On topic, my Nova is definitely a base. No clock (just a blanking plate), no tacho, mirrors are adjustable outside only, and it's also the 1.0 pushrod engine. But rare in black. brandersnatch and Nicola H 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Mrs BMH has had a couple of MII's and the display is somewhat "lacking". But there's an optional satnav that fits on top of the dash that also does all sorts of engine info such as temp, revs etc as well as all the radio functions. Mind you is fooking expensive so when you trade one in you always forget to include it. Think I've got two, one of which is unused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 I think vent deletion must be the mingiest thing a manufacturer can do Lacquer Peel and madrat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Morris Cowley deletions over the much-better selling Oxford.... (for the sake of thirty quid) Passenger sunvisor. Heater (although many were specified as an extra) Chrome side strips Exterior window bright-workClock (and some say water temp gauge although mine has one) 300cc of B Series Powah Upholstery not from real cow One of the pair of twin-tone horns (parp,parp not cow)And the horn ring on the steering wheelOver-riders Carpets Try and add all that lot for £30.... Ford seemed to do well out of bASe speccers but Morris only sold 1 Cowley for 7 Oxfords. Austin tended to keep quiet about their basic versions although there was a "pre de Luxe" Farina Westminster which had a tin dash instead of walnut veneer. Other low-points of bASe misery that come to mind are the 2 seater "Chevette Scooter" marketed by Chevrolet that had no rear bench seat - just blanking plugs on the floor-pan and the round-headlight version of the Peugeot 504 sold as a Break Commerciale. The most recent deliberately stripped out vehicle I can recall is the original Ford Ka. timolloyd and cros 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 My Volvo C70 was fairly basic when I got it,it was like someone wanted the T5 engine & couldn't afford any options.It had vinyl/cloth seats,no passenger airbag,plastic gearknob,aircon instead of climate control,black plastic trim instead of wood,& 3 or 4 blank switches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Base model Renault 5 Campus. Early models had rear wash wipe and a 5 speed box - as extra cost extras. No centre air vents, two speed wipers, 2 speaker radio, no fag lighter, manual Windows, and manual locking. But despite the poverty it was an incredible amount of fun to drive and I would have another in a heartbeat I must admit mine did have 5 forward gears and the ability to clean the rear window without getting out. It didn't have a glovebox lid or clock though. Me being strange I removed the rear wiper but fitted the clock and glovebox lid. skoda_fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 2005 GM era Saab 9-3 1.8i. Naturally aspirated wheel trim...this is as low as Saab went right? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201803274970885 Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 2005 GM era Saab 9-3 1.8i. Naturally aspirated wheel trim...this is as low as Saab went right? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201803274970885 Base Spec 9-3 - 1.jpgBase Spec 9-3 - 2.jpg I'm noticing Saabs all the time at the moment and I always feel like the wheels on 9-3s are too small, but those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoda_fan Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 The basic Citigo ("S") is alarmingly devoid of basics for a modern. Manual windows, no rev counter, no proper fuel gauge just strip thing at the bottom of the speedo, steelies, pretty shocking in actual fact. Until recently no Citigo even had lifters on the rear parcel shelf, and the four door versions have pop-out windows as the door isn't big enough to wind the glass into. Surefire future shite. I know all this cos I've been seriously contemplating one as a fun little thing to blat around in. Not sure if the VW and Seat versions are similar. AMC Rebel and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 The 2CV was available until 1990... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Pneumatic tyres were extra on the Trojan Utility even though most other cars at the time had been fitted with them for 25 years. Worse than a blanking plate instead of a gauge is having one where the starter motor should be as on Henrys E27n. Not even a car, I know, but what the fuck. anonymous user, timolloyd, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 I absolutely love tractors for exactly this sort of thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 The answer to “what was the last car...” is always the Land Rover Defender. Followed immediately by everyone on here telling me it’s not a car.Where the default answer then becomes a Morgan 4/4 AMC Rebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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