SiC Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, New POD said: Are the 8 speed autos done with 8 different gears or is it a CVT with programmed steps (like the 54 plate 6 speed A200 turbo I test drove with CVT last year * fecking ace car but gearboxes are chocolate so didn't buy) The ZF 8 speed are separate gears and a proper slush box. Ford and GM have teamed up to make a slush 10spd auto. Used on Mustang, F150 and others. Most manufacturers have given up on CVT as it seems hard to make them long term reliable. These modern slush gearboxes can select any ratio and not need to shift them in order. Computer controlled 5 speed boxes are tolerable. Newer it is, the more advanced and way superior driving experience they give. Even shitter as they age though when they go wrong and no one ever maintains a auto gearbox over here properly. I've not been in or driven a mechanical auto gearbox that has been good. Either they sliiiip into gear for smoothness or they bang in to gear for speed. As there is no computer orchestrating proceedings, they almost always can't change between their behaviours. Jamie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Yes. Hell yes. Oh.. 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dodge-B1500-Swb-day-van-3-9-v6-Lpg-camper/274548476066?hash=item3fec5d48a2%3Ag%3AK54AAOSwSadflek3&LH_ItemCondition=3000 Coprolalia, spartacus, Cavcraft and 7 others 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Shite Ron said: 4 and 5 speed slushboxes are modern. Real cars have 3 speed slushboxes. I generally prefer a manual but have a few automatics, they are generally much cheaper to buy and give a different but not unpleasant driving experience when you are used to them. Also automatics are usually much cheaper to buy secondhand. As I say, I have an auto myself, I prefer one with 8 cogs rather than 4 or 5? I've given the reason why, reaction times are, in my opinion, abysmal. The e46 tiptromic I had recently it felt like an age before it kicked down and could overtake safely. My car you can literally tap the throttle and its offf, and it's only a 2.0 diesel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 3 hours ago, New POD said: You should try a mk2 cavalier 3 speed auto. Preferably with a smaller engine. I had a 1.8 Cdi Auto given to me free in 2004 and the gap between 2nd and top was so large it was full of illegal migrants attempting a crossing in stolen fishing boats. Wish I'd kept* that car. Are the 8 speed autos done with 8 different gears or is it a CVT with programmed steps (like the 54 plate 6 speed A200 turbo I test drove with CVT last year * fecking ace car but gearboxes are chocolate so didn't buy) It's an 8 speed slush box effectively so 8 seperate cogs. I think the only other auto I have had an affinity with is the dsg Vag unit but as you put, they are chocolate so would be frightened to death of owning one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Yoss said: Absolutely. Calling the 90s archaic is making me feel old. My 90s stuff is the height of modernity to me. That's more like it. My idea of modern is having a Borg Warner 65 instead of a 35. I was 8 when the auto box in an S type was released so I've seen them come on quite a bit in a short time 😅 Yoss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 This is groundbreakingly shit in all the right ways https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133552490123 KWhite, horriblemercedes, Cavcraft and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 40 minutes ago, jamiechod said: It's an 8 speed slush box effectively so 8 seperate cogs. I think the only other auto I have had an affinity with is the dsg Vag unit but as you put, they are chocolate so would be frightened to death of owning one. The ZF 8 speed is the most amazing thing, I’ve only driven 2 cars fitted with it , both have over 600 bhp , but the way it will kick down 4 gears and launch past dawdlers, is instantaneous and doesn’t feel like something mechanical happened , just one minute you’re doing 50 then a few seconds later , double that , without feeling a single change. The rev counter would probably give it away, but to be honest I’m usually too busy to look down! When I get back behind the wheel of one of my archaic Merc 7 speeders it feels like a BW35 ( low on fluid) . It should last forever in a 420d . To show my age I remember 2 speed Powerglides too, my Dad had a Viscount when I was 10, and I had a 67 Impala that I ever even noticed was only 2 speed, it was when I sold it the new owner mentioned it. The first 5 speed auto I drove , I managed to drive 100 miles on the day it was delivered new with top locked out, it was a W124 300e 24 and I’d knocked the lever to the left. I read the manual that night. Jerzy Woking and Jamie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 When I first got the ex-Bramz Buick Park Avenue, it was stuck in third so was effectively a single-speed auto. I drove it 100 miles like that and it was perfectly adequate, although pulling out onto busy roundabouts required careful timing. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 £400 SMX https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/352215136052812/ Disco Fever, Remspoor, Coprolalia and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 55 minutes ago, sdkrc said: This is groundbreakingly shit in all the right ways bid up to £430, that's quite surprising! sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 My Saab 900 is a 3 speed BW35 and I’ve done many miles in that. It’s a bit revvy on the motorways and not the most economical because of the lack of lockup, but around town the way it slurs along is utterly delightful. Yoss and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 That Mondeo looks like it's been prepped for the oval, which is the best things for them. Ps: @wuvvum I was winning the listing for that taxi but bottled out of a bigger offer when I got outbid. I think it finished at about £190. egg, outlaw118 and wuvvum 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 56 minutes ago, cort16 said: £400 SMX https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/352215136052812/ Was on my way earlier, driving a mate West to purchase. His insurance said Naw. Flippin Saga...I was looking forward to fettling it. spartacus and cort16 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scdan4 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 This is interesting https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303742816351 spartacus, 500tops, Cavcraft and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1965-Austin-Morris-BMC-tipper-lorry/303741842496?hash=item46b86cb440:g:05sAAOSwq69flyq7 strangeangel, Coprolalia, Yoss and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 9 hours ago, Asimo said: cramped, gloomy, sweaty, whiff of coolant / fags / air freshener Have you been to my house? Wilko220, Cavcraft, Amishtat and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogeyhead Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 9 hours ago, Asimo said: Just sitting there really: cramped, gloomy, sweaty, whiff of coolant / fags / air freshener. I'll take the bus, at least then I won't have to change gear. And this is so much cooler. because https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202010225291748 Passengers please enter by the red door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, bogeyhead said: Passengers please enter by the red door. a FWD mondeo with a mismatched passenger door, no wheel trims, no interior pics or a RWD jaaaaaaaaaaaaag with a manual box and full cow, (nothing in description RE coolant leaks/fag smells so bizzare comments) for £25 extra, #autoshite Supernaut and bogeyhead 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 https://m.facebook.com/groups/196144481494131?view=permalink&id=349535439488367 I don't need another old red Rover with lacquer peel. I don't need another old red Rover with lacquer peel. I don't need another old red Rover with lacquer peel. wuvvum, Brodders, Amishtat and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogeyhead Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 22 hours ago, doug said: £850. Apt sellers name. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-C15-D-Campervan-1-7-Diesel-Spares-Repair-Unrecorded/333765464905?hash=item4db5f8d349:g:rAkAAOSwggRflTVL Interior upholstered from a sofa found in a skip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: https://m.facebook.com/groups/196144481494131?view=permalink&id=349535439488367 I don't need another old red Rover with lacquer peel. I don't need another old red Rover with lacquer peel. I don't need another old red Rover with lacquer peel. yes, yes you do. DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: https://m.facebook.com/groups/196144481494131?view=permalink&id=349535439488367 I don't need another old red Rover with lacquer peel. I don't need another old red Rover with lacquer peel. I don't need another old red Rover with lacquer peel. EVERYBODY needs more red Rovers with lacquer peel. Even if you've already got some. #truefacts DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: https://m.facebook.com/groups/196144481494131?view=permalink&id=349535439488367 I don't need another old red Rover with lacquer peel. I don't need another old red Rover with lacquer peel. I don't need another old red Rover with lacquer peel. I know a guy who has some very popular* wheel trims which may or may not fit these going spare. 😆 DoctorRetro and camryv6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Cute little fella' https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-Classic-Cars/333766469906?hash=item4db6082912:g:1H4AAOSwEJdflrH~ Soundwave, somewhatfoolish, egg and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 These are one ugly bastard of a car https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Focus-Ghia-1-6-petrol-2001/193726687829?hash=item2d1b02aa55:g:ZWoAAOSwq39fbQEf That's bloody tidy though. Jamie, DoctorRetro, Brodders and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-mk3-astra-1-6-premier-5-doors-53k-milage-mot-till-22-10-21/203153884120?hash=item2f4cea43d8:g:lDMAAOSwhkdflsHR Brodders, M'coli and michael t 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 5 hours ago, sdkrc said: This is groundbreakingly shit in all the right ways https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133552490123 That is dreamily shit! Proper cloud nine. £510 seems a bit much though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hyundai-Terracan-CDX-2-9-CRTD-Spares-or-Repairs/114485941210?hash=item1aa7e4d3da:g:rKQAAOSwWSxfmIAX 'Just failed MOT on welding' And about 275,000 other things. In fact, if you're bored the MOT history of this car is comically bad. horriblemercedes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-streetwise-s103-spares-and-repairs/203155687605?hash=item2f4d05c8b5:g:dWQAAOSw33FfmFrx 'spares repairs due to tapping noise but goes quiet after a while' Asking for a friend: that likely to be sticking tappets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 12 minutes ago, Cavcraft said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hyundai-Terracan-CDX-2-9-CRTD-Spares-or-Repairs/114485941210?hash=item1aa7e4d3da:g:rKQAAOSwWSxfmIAX 'Just failed MOT on welding' And about 275,000 other things. In fact, if you're bored the MOT history of this car is comically bad. That thing hasn't had much love, has it? Among many, I really liked these: NEARSIDE SIDE STEP CORRODED LIKLEY TO FALL OFF OFFSIDE SIDE STEP CORRODED LIKLEY TO FALL OFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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