2MB Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 A lupo feels like it has brake fade all the time, typical of that generation of volkswagens. Mk4 Golf and Polo 9N have much improved bite and pedal feel, maybe they started putting the servo at the same side of the car as the brake pedal. Interesting comments about the lupo SDI being shit on the motorway, I’ve always thought mine was pretty well suited to it, and pretty refined and quiet at speed. The tickover vibration is shocking though, I keep meaning to look into increasing the revs a bit to alleviate the issue Shirley Knott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Knott Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I keep meaning to look into increasing the revs a bit to alleviate the issue It's achievable via VAG.com, I'd always planned to do ours but never got round to it TBH. RE motorway use, don't get me wrong they're tolerable but certainly not the car I'd pick for that kind of stuff. You're the first person I've ever heard using the words 'refined' or 'quiet' to describe an SDI, let alone the Lupo version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Not diesel, probably rotten and a short test. I might snipe £120 on this sorry case. Could anyone please talk me out of it? You have 40 minutes to do so... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-MICRA-TEMPEST-RA52VUK/292671277268?hash=item44249148d4:g:q1wAAOSw~xVbaX1Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 HTH davehedgehog31 and 2MB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 HTH Screenshot_20180810-113457.pngA pass is a pass and all that. I'll reduce my maximum bid to £115. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 A pass is a pass and all that. I'll reduce my maximum bid to £115.LOL! no helping this one.. Kullekshun assist available. The Moog and davehedgehog31 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 LOL! no helping this one.. Kullekshun assist available.Cheers Sir, nervous wait starts now. I really hope I don't win it. It's only in Livingston, hopefully it would make it home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 SOMEONE PLEASE OUTBID ME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Too late EDIT: I mean, well done, another K11C in the fold ANOTHER EDIT: And that one looks fugging horrible. Same year and spec as Lord_Stirling's Roffle Micra, only more welding, twice. So probably worth a little less than £90, going by previous roffle history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Thank fuck, never won it. loserone and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Knott Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Congrats on not winning! MOT history on that Micra shows corrosion on the sump causing oil loss, although I suppose it would have given you a chance to have replaced or welded the front subframe which are invariably fucked on these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Congrats on not winning! MOT history on that Micra shows corrosion on the sump causing oil loss, although I suppose it would have given you a chance to have replaced or welded the front subframe which are invariably fucked on these.Oh yeah, it looked grim, it would have been a ridiculous thing to buy and a total roll of the dice which would probably have ended up weighed in before it's last MOT. Shirley Knott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 The fucked old Micra plot thickens; https://www.gumtree.com/p/nissan/nissan-micra-.1.0/1309607010 Thats a quick turnaround. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 The fucked old Micra plot thickens; https://www.gumtree.com/p/nissan/nissan-micra-.1.0/1309607010 Thats a quick turnaround.Next week Rab we'll be millionaires. To paraphrase 2 TV shows davehedgehog31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 Well, after all that I've paid the deposit on something small, not diesel and a bit more than I actually wanted to spend. I'm ever disciplined. It is a mental colour. Short haul collection caper to ensue tomorrow afternoon. GrumpiusMaximus, Shirley Knott, Dan_ZTT and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Well, after all that I've paid the deposit on something small, not diesel and a bit more than I actually wanted to spend. I'm ever disciplined. It is a mental colour. Short haul collection caper to ensue tomorrow afternoon.Looking forward to it davehedgehog31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 Looking forward to itIt's really not interesting unfortunately, but it is very BASE and the colour is awful. DVee8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 It's really not interesting unfortunately, but it is very BASE and the colour is awful.Pics NAOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 So, smoll but not diesel and barely shite. It is however full BASE and almost avocado bathroom suite coloured. Kollekshun caper was only 8 miles down the road but has involved three cars and two trains. I had one of these when it was a few years old, it was a great little beastie. Fast approaching banger money but this was one is clean, original and feels tight as a drum. Should hopefully provide good service. Sent from my Moto C Plus using Tapatalk oldcars, GrumpiusMaximus, Lacquer Peel and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Had one as a courtesy car. To say it had 15% of the power of the one that went into the body shop it was a peppy little thing. Window winders look funny davehedgehog31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 No sunroof? Race car... davehedgehog31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 No sunroof? Race car... Quite..https://c1racing.club They have their own series. The Moog, davehedgehog31 and M'coli 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 ^^ That's exactly what I meant! davehedgehog31 and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 When I said "base model" I actually meant to type "pared back race homologation special". M'coli, oldcars and 320touring 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 ^^ That's exactly what I meant!I knew that as soon as I saw the car:) We can expect to see it at SPA( R ) soon.. M'coli and davehedgehog31 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainagain Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Re my comments about non/un Turboed engines. Having driven a Mk2 Astra Mert-it and some old 1980s Merc (no idea of model number) both without turbo they were both dire. The Astra would sit at legal limit all day. But years it took me to get there was not to my liking. Especially as I had just handed back a Pug 307 Turbo Coke Estate.Now I am having a few more problems with my 307SW turbo system. after it was repaired just a few months ago with the same fault. I am very much against the complicated anti-smog devises coke powered cars have these days.Plus travelling a round mainland Europe is getting a bit more difficult with more and more cities making clear air zones and older cars (mine included and it is a 2003) are getting banned from entering.Just hope the UK does not erect too many smog zones. Follow this for a guide on removing the DPF. http://www.peugeotforums.com/forums/307-38/307-sw-110-hdi-multiple-faults-302673/index4.html . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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