Suzuki Alto, is it Autoshite?

[Stinkwheel]

Well I’ve been driving the little pink (formerly red, maybe red again pending can be arsed ness with actually polishing it up) Alto for a while now.

Impressions, pretty good actually. Didn’t expect it to be, but happy with it.

Handles like a go cart, does 50mpg, surprisingly quick for what it is. Must be light as a feather. It’s much better at 80mph than say any perodua I’ve driven. (As in it doesn’t feel like you might die in the Suzuki but it does in a perodua)

 

It’s like a really competent small car of about 34 years ago. Except it’s only 15 years old. It did melt one of its spark-a-lator wires again, for unknown reasons, but I popped a new one in and it’s been good as gold.

 

 

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[TrabbieRonnie]

On ‎12‎/‎20‎/‎2019 at 8:40 AM, sgtberbatov said:

You bought a Trabant then, well done!

I think you'll find...

 

Trabants have two cylinders... Well proper Trabis anyway, the last of the line VW Polo-engined efforts obvs have twice the pistons (four stroke too...! Perish the thought!).

 

Trabant licker here, sorry.

[TrabbieRonnie]

Did have an Alto briefly myself... Was the first car I ever bought/did up/sold for actual profit.  I liked it, reminded me of my old mk3 Fiesta... which was nice.

[St.Jude]

9 hours ago, TrabbieRonnie said:

I think you'll find...

 

Trabants have two cylinders... Well proper Trabis anyway, the last of the line VW Polo-engined efforts obvs have twice the pistons (four stroke too...! Perish the thought!).

 

Trabant licker here, sorry.

I stand licked!

I mean corrected ?

[Stinkwheel]

Just to update the Alto news....
Boringly reliable really. Needed an MOT back in mid March, so replaced some rear brake pipes and it passed. Since then I’ve stuck a new battery in it as the old one just died.
I’ve decided I like it so I ordered a new clutch kit and cambelt kit, as the clutch has very little travel and the cable adjustment is all used up. And who knows when it had a belt.
Grand total for both items 65 quid.
These things are really cheap as chips.