Lewis Mackland Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Hi all! Thanks to Twin-Cam who introduced me to this forum- he's a great Youtuber Here's my first and only car so far, he's a 2008 (my own reg) Toyota Aygo+ 1.0 VVTi 5dr- and I absolutely love it! Group 1 or 2 insurance, £20 tax and 50mpg. What I love about the Aygo is that you can drive it flat out everywhere and still not break the speed limit whilst having a massive grin on your face- listen to the 3 cylinder engine sing away with the dual Overhead Camshafts and Variable Valve Timing - clever stuff. In fact, the 1 litre Toyota engine was the lightest car production engine when launched in 2005.You can seat 4 people and their rucksack with comfort, or use it as a van to empty your shed, or run a mobile car valeting business- the possibilities are endless!It'll sit fine at 70mph on the dual carriageway, and the heater is good.Yeah, the interior plastics are bit rattly and the inside door handle falls off sometimes, but I couldn't think of a cheaper car to run and have a laugh with. Thanks! taxi paul, willswitchengage, Aston Martin and 37 others 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privatewire Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 That's a tidy looking wee car, what's the insurance like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 You've not quite got the hang of Woolarding yet, have you? spartacus, rmt87, Wingz123 and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 These are firmly on my radar at the moment; Aygp preferably, possibly C1, maybe even 107 if I shut my eyes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Mackland Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 Group 1 or 2 I believe- for an 18 year old with a year's experience , PassPlus , Dad as a named driver with not a single claim, living in the suburbs with a driveway it's £550 a year. I know people couple years old still paying upwards of a grand for a Fiesta , Corsa or Polo (2008ish upwards) After a quick Google, I have decieded that "Woolarding's is a bad idea- I'm and 5ft4 and don't want to scratch the car, and the 1 litre plastic engine is nothing special to look at ? paulplom, davehedgehog31, chaseracer and 4 others 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Jolly nice Aygo. Probably one of the closest modern interpretations of a classic Mini, without the Mini's faults? twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 1 hour ago, barefoot said: You've not quite got the hang of Woolarding yet, have you? Bless him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Mackland Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 I'm glad someone has compared it to an original Mini, I often say that myself! Hopefully it'll be worth something one day, because I'm keeping it forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Modern day AX! If it wasn't that they look small as fuck inside (a ZX is about as small as I want to go) they look utter bargain moderns for the prices they go for! And welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 8 hours ago, barefoot said: You've not quite got the hang of Woolarding yet, have you? Its the new trend, squallarding. All the yoof are at it! barefoot and chaseracer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 What Seminary do you attend? Nice little cars, loads of them round here which seeing as noone in Torquay can open a bonnet let alone look after a car properly really speaks testaments to their reliability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Welcome! Great little car in a really nice colour. It certainly is in keeping with the spirit of the BMC Mini, I think we can all agree on that here. Pretty much everything is DIY on these and parts are dirt cheap. Couple that to the £20 tax bracket, good fuel economy and low insurance group and it all just makes sense. Keep an eye on the oil level. They typically like a drink of oil and the sump is very small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daviemck2006 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Modern day AX! If it wasn't that they look small as fuck inside (a ZX is about as small as I want to go) they look utter bargain moderns for the prices they go for! And welcomeI'm just about 6 feet tall and a fat git with size 11 feet and I fit in these quite comfortably with tons of room. The passengers in the back may need their legs cut off though, but I am only ever me in it so that's ok. The boot is small, but as above and seats down it's a good wee van.Sent from my SM-T585 using Tapatalk tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 20 minutes ago, Broadsword said: It certainly is in keeping with the spirit of the BMC Mini, I think we can all agree on that here. I certainly agree with 'the spirit of the mini', but when I drove one, I was expecting it to drive like a mini with all the torque, and breathlessness of an A series boat anchor. It was nothing like, it needs revving/driving hard to unleash what power there is. (Oh, & I'm 3 foot six). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I had a C1 for a week. I loved how it drove, loved how it sounded and loved the gearing. But they are fairly impractical and not totally at home on the motorway (!) Still, you can park where there isn’t a space and I achieved a mixed 58mpg. 7/10 - but definitely future shite. beko1987 and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I love these wee things, especially the original Aygo which I reckon looks the best out the three. One would make a suitable replacement for a K11 MIcra in the 'small, cheap, fun to drive and indestructible' segment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 2 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said: I had a C1 for a week. I loved how it drove, loved how it sounded and loved the gearing. But they are fairly impractical and not totally at home on the motorway (!) Still, you can park where there isn’t a space and I achieved a mixed 58mpg. 7/10 - but definitely future shite. If my commute was say 9 miles down a B road with an average speed of 53mph I bet its fantastic. Not sure I'd like to fling it up the m40 every day though, my zx is only just powerful enough as it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 These are ace and I quite liked my brief encounter with a C1 but an i10/Picanto is better in most ways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 My first car was a Yaris which I believe had the same 1.0 litre 3-cylinder. I was universally mocked by everybody for owning such a dull as ditch water car but there were few who had the bravery to keep up with me on the narrow and twisty roads of rural Aberdeenshire. With the digital rev counter pinned in the red in every gear it was quite fun and very forgiving in the handling department with the bonus that i'd never get less than 48mpg even when my favourite game was trying to get triple digit figures on the digital dash readout.... If I'd have had anything more powerful or a bit twitchier I'd probably have been dead within a fortnight of motoring.The biggest mistake of my motoring career was trading it in (losing almost nothing on it) against a 2012 Corsa 1.4T. The Corsa has since died, the Yaris is still motoring up in Orkney... I imagine the Aygo must be fairly similar but even lighter for extra hilarity and mpgs. LightBulbFun and paulplom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 This is the way to do it - learn to drive, buy an excellent little buggy, join Autoshite. No fucking about with endless dreary threads. Top bombing that man. chaseracer, Justin Case, Parky and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 10 hours ago, barefoot said: (Oh, & I'm 3 foot six). Rubbish! You're barely two feet! beko1987 and barefoot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Nice to see some Toyyo action..... Guy over on RR is revving up his Fiat 126 with a Aygo 3pot! Good on you, m8 beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 4 hours ago, tooSavvy said: Nice to see some Toyyo action..... Guy over on RR is revving up his Fiat 126 with a Aygo 3pot! Good on you, m8 Would you have been tooYota of these had been about when you got your savvy? (or were they already about? If so why didn't you?) tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Have had experience of all flavours of these... we ran an auto 3-pot Aygo to well over 100k as a pool car in the bus company and despite never being in the correct gear it never missed a beat. I also spent a long weekend hooning a 107 3-pot manual, three up round the Western Isles a number of years ago. The Citroen... C1 1.4HDi with delivery mileage, brand spanking new, running on cherry... I managed seven people in it, down two from nine in the Mk3 Golf Van it replaced. Poor show, Citroen. The Moog and chaseracer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 The three pot does sound good. Add the glovebox lid, it's a 30 second job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alusilber Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 On 12/8/2019 at 9:32 AM, Lewis Mackland said: After a quick Google, I have decieded that "Woolarding's is a bad idea- I'm and 5ft4 and don't want to scratch the car, and the 1 litre plastic engine is nothing special to look at The way to Woollard without damaging the paintwork is to rest your foot on top of one of the wheels. I believe the man himself used to do so on occasion. If you can get your foot between the wheel and the wheelarch, that is, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Alusilber said: I believe the man himself used to do so on occasion. Indeed he did. Tickman, paulplom, Alusilber and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Eddie Honda said: Indeed he did. Come on @Lewis Mackland give it a go for the fair folk of this Parish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 On 12/8/2019 at 10:09 AM, barefoot said: You've not quite got the hang of Woolarding yet, have you? On 12/8/2019 at 6:59 PM, beko1987 said: Its the new trend, squallarding. All the yoof are at it! It's the gopnik stance (see "Life of Boris" on youtube). But he's doing it wrong, both feet have to be firmly planted when taking that stance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Mackland Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 Puddle of oil? I had just washed it in the photo and me, and reversed back in the drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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