Guest Hooli Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Sorted. Got any salmon? Larrrrrrvvvvley! Tadhg Tiogar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 All they did with it in the end was give it a new badge: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 The Carina has been here for over a month. Time flies. It continues to break without axtually breaking - latest victims are the NSR window and the tailgate wiper - but otherwise it continues to do 36mpg in relative comfort, with heat, space and a really rather good OEM radio cassette setup. It is surprisingly good fun to press on with, it's nippy when it needs to be and it's really a piece of piss to park anywhere, partly because it's so dull people don't even look at it, but also because it's smaller than a current generation Astra estate in EVERY external dimension. I entered a couple of roffles recently; the second I had to pull out of because of reasons not relating to cars as such, but as roffle time came on the first I genuinely didn't want to win. I actually like the Carina. It is economical, capable, comfortable and I don't honestly think I've found a car that fits me as a person and where my life is as the minute better than the Aleutian Blue beauty* parked on the drive outside my house right now. I have been driving since I was seventeen years and three months old. I am about to turn 32. I have had many cars over the years, so I recently sat down with a scribblestick and worked out where the Carina lies on the list. This had two surprising outcomes; one, the Carina really is my first Japanese car - I've had an R8 but they don't count - and two, where the same Carina lies on on that list. It's taken nearly fifteen years to get here, but it appears that the answer to life, the universe and everything is actually as the late Douglas Adams predicted. Ladies and gentlemen, the Toyota Carina E 1.6GS; or as I like to refer to it, number 42. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Steviemillar, The Moog, Tickman and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 when you have boss and sprog and life to happen sometimes car dont matter its a tool lets you get oan wi tha good stuff 32 really ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 the shamen back in the 90s were singing about the carina as Es were supposed to be good. Nope. They seem to like Hondas: (at least I think so.. Is that an accord fastback?) Also.. well bought. Very well bought! Given the state of the fleet here at Talbot Towers, a reliable boring estate car would be *Very* welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 On describing the thread to Mrs. T. (including the Shamen reference) : A philosopher once wrote: "Torquey Torquey, very Torquey". cms206 and clayts450 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Time stands still for no car... and it looks like time is up for this one. On Saturday I purchased no.43, as a direct replacement for the Carina. No.43 will be the newest car on fleet.About three hours ago on ebay, I won no.44. It is now the oldest car on the fleet by less than two months. I've not bought a car in fucking AGES and then done two in a week again... brownnova, dome, Sigmund Fraud and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 ya canny stoap capn SPILL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Time stands still for no car... and it looks like time is up for this one. On Saturday I purchased no.43, as a direct replacement for the Carina. No.43 will be the newest car on fleet. About three hours ago on ebay, I won no.44. It is now the oldest car on the fleet by less than two months. I've not bought a car in fucking AGES and then done two in a week again...43 avensis estate or a newer E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 The question is, is it the one I was outbid on this morning? Stevebrookman, Shirley Knott, davidfowler2000 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 The question is, is it the one I was outbid on this morning?You probably cost me a couple of hundred quid there, Chris! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk aldo135, loserone, dome and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 He only bid £256 because the heated seats didn't work... Cavcraft, cms206 and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Huh, you have got my car, bidding that excessive amount! cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 cooncil estates brutha?? Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Huh, you have got my car, bidding that excessive amount!I said I'd go to 500 expecting it to go to about 800... oops! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I was there as that one closed watching like a hawk ready with my max bid (which was surpassed) too. Looks like a really good buy! Perhaps we should have coordinated and one of us could have had it cheaper! Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Although in fairness I was only interested as it was so cheap... no new cars are needed at Brownnova_towers until relocation time this summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I was there as that one closed watching like a hawk ready with my max bid (which was surpassed) too. Looks like a really good buy! Perhaps we should have coordinated and one of us could have had it cheaper! We needed a committee along the lines of the Great Escape Tunnelling committee! Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 You probably cost me a couple of hundred quid there, Chris! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Anyway well done, I sure you needed it while I only desired it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 but it woulda been chris epic collection thread andy just doon tha road ken Cavcraft and Mrs6C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Any well done, I sure you needed it while I only desired it! Oh I didn't NEED it... but seeing as the Council Estate is still off the road I thought a stand-in Council Estate would be useful. Mrs6C and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I was second in line for the council estate when it came up for grabs from Sam Glover and you took that from me as well! Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 I was second in line for the council estate when it came up for grabs from Sam Glover and you took that from me as well!Yeah... sorry about that too It's out the back of the workshop at work just now needing a steering rack... I'll maybe get round to testing that over the next six months or so for when Council Estate 2 runs out of test. Six-cylinder and Mrs6C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Seeing as my unplanned Volvo purchase was blown out the water by two other shiters bidding on it, this was the actual planned Carina replacement; 2.0i Zetec, 42k on the clock and full Ford service history, along with two keys, dealer plates, dealer stickers, the lot. It needs sills, which I should hopefully have next week for it then I can fetch it up the road from Kilmarnock. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Split_Pin, Jim Bell, Lacquer Peel and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 How much is the Carina? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 How much is the Carina?Not sure... offers? Drives ace but my welder CBA. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 Here goes nothing... a sweaty 156 is chrain wan. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk The Moog, dome and 320touring 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 Chrain 2 made four minutes early... Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk dome, 320touring, The Moog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Fix the carina ffs Mondeo fuck sake loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Doing me an anticipate skattrd, dome and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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