barrett Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 14 minutes ago, alcyonecorporation said: Fam, most 928s are autos. Very very very few were manual, although it was an option. I love that, but I couldn't stand adenoidal foamers telling me that it 'had to' have Pasha seats every time I got out. Fuggin' three speeds, too! What were people thinking? It would also be significantly better if it did have Pascha, too... *ducks* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopon Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 I respect the sheer dedication of the owner of this Chrysler because they've spent the best part of £2000 on an almost full respray (along with other unspecified work) only to be left with an almost completely undesirable, LHD, car with a fucked gearbox. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175027823138?hash=item28c078a222:g:dJAAAOSwPBNhlm7V Yoss, Dabooka, LightBulbFun and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, barrett said: Fuggin' three speeds, too! What were people thinking? It would also be significantly better if it did have Pascha, too... *ducks* Pascha, sorry. Try owning an SVX, and watch every po-faced cunt quote that fucking Jalopnik article. Yes, dipshit, I have something that would take yards out of an SVX. It's called a fucking Impreza Sports Wagon and it cost me less than it would to convert an SVX to manual and completely ruin it. Next! Dabooka, SteersWithThrottle and MisterH 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 22 minutes ago, alcyonecorporation said: Pascha, sorry. Try owning an SVX, and watch every po-faced cunt quote that fucking Jalopnik article. Yes, dipshit, I have something that would take yards out of an SVX. It's called a fucking Impreza Sports Wagon and it cost me less than it would to convert an SVX to manual and completely ruin it. Next! You've got it easy. Try hanging with the Palladium bores. 'Oh, centre gearchange model? How quaint'. 'Timkin rear axle? Mine's a Moss old chap'. It never stops! garethj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 1 minute ago, barrett said: . Try hanging with the Palladium bores. That has to be a very select club, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 22 minutes ago, barrett said: You've got it easy. Try hanging with the Palladium bores. 'Oh, centre gearchange model? How quaint'. 'Timkin rear axle? Mine's a Moss old chap'. It never stops! ok fam you win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWhite Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Battered 600 on the K going under the hammer at 1PM https://www.bca.co.uk/lot/K871WFP?VehId=8e610837-cd70-43cc-95b1-0e4d4d63d3e8&Source=DeepLinks&vrm=K871WFP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 hour ago, alcyonecorporation said: Yes, dipshit, I have something that would take yards out of an SVX. It's called a fucking Impreza Sports Wagon and it cost me less than it would to convert an SVX to manual and completely ruin it. Next! Why would you want to do that anyway? The auto suits the SVX just fine - it's not a sports car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Why would you want to do that anyway? The auto suits the SVX just fine - it's not a sports car. bEcAuSe tHe InTeRnEt SaYs sO Tadhg Tiogar, wuvvum and MisterH 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 minute ago, wuvvum said: ....The auto suits the SVX just fine - .... ...As long as it doesn't commit hari-kari, sure 'tis grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Isopon said: I respect the sheer dedication of the owner of this Chrysler because they've spent the best part of £2000 on an almost full respray (along with other unspecified work) only to be left with an almost completely undesirable, LHD, car with a fucked gearbox. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175027823138?hash=item28c078a222:g:dJAAAOSwPBNhlm7V @brownnova your not still looking for a WBoD are you? (I mean you have multiple 2CV's so im sure screaming along at 60Mph doing 4000RPM will be no problem for you right? LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 I'm unsure.... Does this guy (flippsies..) want 'the moon on a stick' or a Big Lollipop? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Toyota-Carina-GL-Auto-1991-47-000-miles-Stored-since-2014-/265403812959?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Not quite 'bring dustpan & brush'!...... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154701538245 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 The ZX versions of these with the 16v engines were pretty cool. This one has an auto box.. https://www.gumtree.com/p/nissan/1988-nissan-sunny-1.6-gsx-auto-coupe-garage-find-/1419865467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poweredbyhopealone Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 9 hours ago, KWhite said: Battered 600 on the K going under the hammer at 1PM https://www.bca.co.uk/lot/K871WFP?VehId=8e610837-cd70-43cc-95b1-0e4d4d63d3e8&Source=DeepLinks&vrm=K871WFP I don't know what part of this advert I like more. The bloody massive dent in the wing? The "We tried to clean it but fuck it, it's only a Rover" state of the wheel trims? The half open window which makes me wonder if that's where it lives? The bonnet appearing to be on crooked The unbeleivable fake white room backdrop which will most certainly have a greasy fella with gut overhanging from his hi-vis shirt behind it? The complete lack of attempt to match the actual ground with the 'studio' flooring? 10/10 would dispair at again. DSdriver, alcyonecorporation, KWhite and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 2 hours ago, tooSavvy said: I'm unsure.... Does this guy (flippsies..) want 'the moon on a stick' or a Big Lollipop? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Toyota-Carina-GL-Auto-1991-47-000-miles-Stored-since-2014-/265403812959?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 🤔 Billericay. Sez it all. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 10 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: ...As long as it doesn't commit hari-kari, sure 'tis grand. There are ways to mitigate it - and they're cheaper than shoving an invariably knackered Legacy GT-B six-speed into an SVX after said Legacy has been pinged off the armco somewhere in the Peak District by some cretin who never serviced it. Either fit an ally rad with a stronger built-in oil cooler or bypass the factory unit altogether and go external. You're looking at a maximum of £1000 to sort it plus a few hundred more to find a chip tune that mitigates the shifts programmed originally. The box changes harder but it's not burning itself out to do so. That said, it's not an impossible conversion to manual but I'd be very wary of the condition of the components needed to do it. The US has a very (very) vocal SVX scene who like to fit 4.44 final drives to cars 'because it makes them faster'; they shout down anyone who wants to do things differently. Cool, yeah, and you're doing 4000 rpm at 70 and the engine's screaming its tits off. You know what's faster than an SVX you've bought and converted for several thousand pounds (after reconditioning the six-speed and not-readily-available-in-the-UK 4.44 rear diff)? A £1500 bone stock Impreza WRX. The US members can't see past their own nose. Most of them want Skylines but can't afford them owing to the price gouging from importers cashing on 25 year rule eligibility. They never got hot GC/GF Imprezas (although they did get more two-doors than the UK) and can't understand that other English-speaking markets bought SVXs which have other, cheaper ways to go fast. I have never understood why you'd want to make a 1700kg GT into a sports car. There are literally thousands of other options available unless you're wedded to the looks of the SVX so badly you have to have it with a manual. People simply don't understand what GTs are meant to do. No-one's talking about fitting better, more efficient autos into SVXs. Maybe I should do that instead of arguing with everyone. An SVX with a modern eight or ten speed self shifter would give far better fuel consumption and be a damn sight quicker without compromising its nature. I do have a Subaru six-speed in the garage, but it's not going in the SVX. Long-term, I want a DCCD conversion on my GF8 WRX. That, to me, is worth the effort. Sorry, I've derailed this thread again. wuvvum, Dabooka and MisterH 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, alcyonecorporation said: ..... No-one's talking about fitting better, more efficient autos into SVXs. Maybe I should do that... What will fit into the available space and mate readily with the engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterH Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 28 minutes ago, alcyonecorporation said: There are ways to mitigate it - and they're cheaper than shoving an invariably knackered Legacy GT-B six-speed into an SVX after said Legacy has been pinged off the armco somewhere in the Peak District by some cretin who never serviced it. Either fit an ally rad with a stronger built-in oil cooler or bypass the factory unit altogether and go external. You're looking at a maximum of £1000 to sort it plus a few hundred more to find a chip tune that mitigates the shifts programmed originally. The box changes harder but it's not burning itself out to do so. That said, it's not an impossible conversion to manual but I'd be very wary of the condition of the components needed to do it. The US has a very (very) vocal SVX scene who like to fit 4.44 final drives to cars 'because it makes them faster'; they shout down anyone who wants to do things differently. Cool, yeah, and you're doing 4000 rpm at 70 and the engine's screaming its tits off. You know what's faster than an SVX you've bought and converted for several thousand pounds (after reconditioning the six-speed and not-readily-available-in-the-UK 4.44 rear diff)? A £1500 bone stock Impreza WRX. The US members can't see past their own nose. Most of them want Skylines but can't afford them owing to the price gouging from importers cashing on 25 year rule eligibility. They never got hot GC/GF Imprezas (although they did get more two-doors than the UK) and can't understand that other English-speaking markets bought SVXs which have other, cheaper ways to go fast. I have never understood why you'd want to make a 1700kg GT into a sports car. There are literally thousands of other options available unless you're wedded to the looks of the SVX so badly you have to have it with a manual. People simply don't understand what GTs are meant to do. No-one's talking about fitting better, more efficient autos into SVXs. Maybe I should do that instead of arguing with everyone. An SVX with a modern eight or ten speed self shifter would give far better fuel consumption and be a damn sight quicker without compromising its nature. I do have a Subaru six-speed in the garage, but it's not going in the SVX. Long-term, I want a DCCD conversion on my GF8 WRX. That, to me, is worth the effort. Sorry, I've derailed this thread again. I have long had a crush on the SVX but have always been put off by the gearbox for 2 reasons: Firstly, I have never felt comfortable with the car changing its own gears, the lack of control makes me feel unsafe, however I reckon this could be mitigated by more experience with them (favourable experience I should add) Secondly, I have it in my mind the SVXs are inherently untrustworthy, by that I mean that even if you keep on top of servicing, it is inevitable that something will shear, snap, or propel itself out of its housing. I would love to be proven wrong on all these counts as it has a shape and presence that makes me go weak at the knees, although I probably shouldn't be distracting myself, it would be nice to see what they are like. Am I right in thinking they only went with the Auto because they couldn't make a manual that could take the grunt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 £400 floppy top A4. No MOT obviously https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/453094039507843 colino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Shite Hawk https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/422643416172989 Amishtat, D.E, anonymous user and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 I can't comment on any particular auto, but I have experience of 4* cars with auto gearboxes. There's no reason to feel unsafe. Occassionally the kickdown makes a decision you might not have made. Sometimes it will drop a gear where you wouldn't bother in a manual, or sometimes not drop down when you'd already be in a lower gear. But you get used to it, and tune your right foot and with time, your subconscious understands the gearbox's rules. * 1.8 cdi Mk2 cavalier with 3 speed auto Omega 3.2 with 4 speed auto Astra J 1.6 with 6 speed auto Astra J 1.4T with 6 speed auto MisterH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 "change of note = no discernible change in velocity!" Ha .... I use my stick for hanging a Low, when needing a bit oomph 🤔 DSdriver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterH Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, New POD said: I can't comment on any particular auto, but I have experience of 4* cars with auto gearboxes. There's no reason to feel unsafe. Occassionally the kickdown makes a decision you might not have made. Sometimes it will drop a gear where you wouldn't bother in a manual, or sometimes not drop down when you'd already be in a lower gear. But you get used to it, and tune your right foot and with time, your subconscious understands the gearbox's rules. * 1.8 cdi Mk2 cavalier with 3 speed auto Omega 3.2 with 4 speed auto Astra J 1.6 with 6 speed auto Astra J 1.4T with 6 speed auto Thank you, obviously it is all to do with the type of car you're wanting and its intended role, but that is reassuring to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 minute ago, MisterH said: Thank you, obviously it is all to do with the type of car you're wanting and its intended role, but that is reassuring to know I mean if autos were intrinsically dangerous, I don't think even the Americans would put up with that. MisterH, KitKat and alcyonecorporation 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 34 minutes ago, cort16 said: £400 floppy top A4. No MOT obviously https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/453094039507843 but might it have the elusive exhaust bits the @Split_Pinhas been looking for ? just down (up) the road from him too (edit) probably not, too modern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Commie Jeep in the parts section Dyslexic Viking, LightBulbFun, anonymous user and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 hour ago, cort16 said: Shite Hawk https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/422643416172989 Deserves a good home - seems to have been nocking about the internet for ages. With an SV engine these are very slow but OK for attending garden fetes or cross-dressing as Miss Marple or something like that. DSdriver, bigstraight6, Remspoor and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 hour ago, cort16 said: Shite Hawk https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/422643416172989 Cool, but expensive for a fairly undesirable car that looks dog rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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