DoctorRetro Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 4 hours ago, barefoot said: If the Proton has a Bader box and air conditioning, the Almera should go. I can't imagine that either of them are that exciting to drive. Manual, no air con. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 8 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: Manual, no air con. Fuck it right off then, hateful cars Protons. Glad to have been of assistance. purplebargeken, Sealtainn, GrumpyCat and 9 others 4 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 mother gm says keep the almera The Moog, DoctorRetro and 95 quid Peugeot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 hour ago, gm said: mother gm says keep the almera Mother gm is probably right. Although I've looked at the exhaust for the first time and wished I hadn't. It's going to require some ingenious bodgery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 10 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: Mother gm is probably right. Although I've looked at the exhaust for the first time and wished I hadn't. It's going to require MORE ingenious bodgery... Ohdearme, Tickman and The Moog 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Just keep the Almera. Protons might be good Autoshite material but what’s the point of changing to something else when you’ll (by your own admission) get bored with it and try and sell it in 3 months time. That’s when you’ll discover that, outside of this forum, no one wants an 18 year old Proton. Lacquer Peel and Ohdearme 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I think you'd end up bored as there can't be much difference between them, dynamically and driving? Both East Asian hatchbacks, from the same era and both petrol. There can't be much in it, surely?! Marm Toastsmith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Almera is utterly reliable. Yeh they rot but if you can keep on top of that you really wont have any problems even if you never service it for the next 10 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 16 hours ago, TheDoctor said: Absolutely. I think to be fair, I need a break from scrabbling with funds, trying to sell one car to get another, thinking the grass is greener etc and just run the current car until it dies, mot fails etc. Then maybe, just maybe start the process again... I bought my omega in 2016. I assumed that if it lasted 1 month, I'd keep it 6 months. It had 163k on the clock and now has 218k on the clock. BorniteIdentity and Ohdearme 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 These are questions I ask myself weekly. Does my car work? Do I need a car right now? Is there any reason I should get rid of my current car? Does it have cruise control? Is it faster? Do I trust the new one more than the one I have? If I spent the money on my current car would it be better? I have 1st refusal on my son's mk4 Astra but I don't know if I could use it daily. Manual, no cruise, not very fast. I would sell the mx5 to fit it in the garage. Lacquer Peel, Ohdearme and EssDeeWon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 9 hours ago, Wingz123 said: Almera is utterly reliable. Yeh they rot but if you can keep on top of that you really wont have any problems even if you never service it for the next 10 years Is it? Mine wasn't. But I agree, keep it while it's running well. You will tire of it, but you can at least save some money for the next loony car you buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 32 minutes ago, New POD said: These are questions I ask myself weekly. Does my car work? Do I need a car right now? Is there any reason I should get rid of my current car? Does it have cruise control? Is it faster? Do I trust the new one more than the one I have? If I spent the money on my current car would it be better? Either you're on the wrong forum, or AS isn't what it was. ? loserone and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 3 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said: Either you're on the wrong forum, or AS isn't what it was. ? There are some people who change cars at a whim and others who spend good money to keep the same car on the road. More than the car is worth. It's all AS to me. EssDeeWon, HarmonicCheeseburger, BorniteIdentity and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I think the best solution here is for another AS member to buy the Proton to remove the temptation. DoctorRetro, Fumbler, Ohdearme and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 16 hours ago, loserone said: Is it? Mine wasn't. But I agree, keep it while it's running well. You will tire of it, but you can at least save some money for the next loony car you buy. I've had several and they've all been pretty much maintenance free. They run and run and run. Chain driven engines so no cambelt to have to worry about. What was your experience? Typical 90's/early 2000's jap car. They all drive the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, Wingz123 said: I've had several and they've all been pretty much maintenance free. They run and run and run. Chain driven engines so no cambelt to have to worry about. What was your experience? Typical 90's/early 2000's jap car. They all drive the same. The QG15 and 18 engines have weak timing chains. 15 has a weak gearbox. Apart from that they are robust and those problems definitely don’t happen to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 keep almaz- just check slam panel behind grill/bumper for grot cos the rad can fall out if buggered too much. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Wingz123 said: I've had several and they've all been pretty much maintenance free. They run and run and run. Chain driven engines so no cambelt to have to worry about. What was your experience? Typical 90's/early 2000's jap car. They all drive the same. Snapping genuine springs, cracking genuine discs, stretched timing chain, £5k in 50k and two years. Oh, and of course the front cross member, done by Nissan at half price because it should have still been under warranty. I replaced it with a high mileage MX5 which was much better built. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 That proton looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Some of the Nissan's exciting* features... Dan302, BlankFrank and Ohdearme 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 I now don't have a working car. I cannot get the piston compressed to get the pads in. And you know when you have the bright idea to press the brakes slightly to push it further one way, hoping it will loosen and you can force it back? Well... Now I can't get the old pads back in either. Fucking hell I'm shit at this. Oh, and the new discs are too big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Having never had a car with rear discs before.... D'oh. Onward we go.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 All done. Well, at least the pads are... Found the excellent* bodges on the exhaust... Not that I'd had done anything different... It's surprisingly quiet for having no back box at all.. EssDeeWon, BlankFrank and Dick Longbridge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, TheDoctor said: Having never had a car with rear discs before.... D'oh. Onward we go.. What a load of cobblers; if the brake pedal isn't being pressed fluid just flows back into the master cylinder reservoir, brakes wouldn't be much use if they locked up and stopped you every time the fluid heated up and expanded. Certified Tech? Certified bullshitter more like. The Moog and Ohdearme 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 minute ago, somewhatfoolish said: What a load of cobblers; if the brake pedal isn't being pressed fluid just flows back into the master cylinder reservoir, brakes wouldn't be much use if they locked up and stopped you every time the fluid heated up and expanded. Certified Tech? Certified bullshitter more like. I didn't read that far, just got the info I needed. I always just take the lid off the reservoir when I compress the pistons. That's what my dad taught me. I didn't use a special tool either, just some mole grips. somewhatfoolish and Ohdearme 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyCat Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 15 hours ago, Snipes said: That proton looks fantastic. ...and it made it to the Festival of the Unexceptional. BorniteIdentity, loserone, 500tops and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 On 7/18/2019 at 9:48 PM, Wingz123 said: Almera is utterly reliable. Yeh they rot but if you can keep on top of that you really wont have any problems even if you never service it for the next 10 years I've looked underneath. I'm not 100 % sure this will make it past another MOT. Also it drives like crap anywhere outside the 2000-3000 rev range. No idea where to start with that though. Vacuum hoses collapsing under high acceleration? Air filter clogged? Exhaust flow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: I've looked underneath. I'm not 100 % sure this will make it past another MOT. Also it drives like crap anywhere outside the 2000-3000 rev range. No idea where to start with that though. Vacuum hoses collapsing under high acceleration? Air filter clogged? Exhaust flow? Sell it now then whilst it’s worth something? Just a suggestion. It’s always roulette at the ‘dog end’ of the market, but I always like to cash in my chips before the scrap man cometh. Dick Longbridge and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 minute ago, BorniteIdentity said: Sell it now then whilst it’s worth something? Just a suggestion. It’s always roulette at the ‘dog end’ of the market, but I always like to cash in my chips before the scrap man cometh. Yeah, but what am I likely to get for it, and what is available for that kind of money that isn't going to be the same or worse? Probably better to run it until November, scrap it for 140ish, and save up in the meantime... That's the plan anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: run it until November ? The Moog and 500tops 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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