SiC Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, dollywobbler said: Nova/Corsa had Isuzu diesels. Cracking little motors by all accounts. Rover Metro used the TUD diesel shared with Saxo/AX/106. Turns out the Micra K11 could be had with that PSA diesel in Europe! Suzuki Vitaras could have the larger XUD diesel too. Clean Air Zone has arrived into Birmingham, Bristol in October and a few other places are getting one too. Pre 2015 diesels and many pre 2005 petrols will be sold off in those areas not because they're knackered but because their owners can't use them. A lot I imagine will be part-ex'd but there will be some on the open market. How that will affect the used market I don't know. But maybe worth keeping a few saved searches around those areas. bobdisk, dollywobbler, N19 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertiePuntoCabrio Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 23 hours ago, Remspoor said: We all know why you purchased the Charade. But even that seems to have written it's own fate. Type for another small hatch to be called into driving school duties. That would also be great practice for the other half where she gets to experience something different. In driving that is 🤭 Get a Panda! (Unless it turns out you don't actually like them which we will find out in a future video soon. Hopefully!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, BertiePuntoCabrio said: Get a Panda! (Unless it turns out you don't actually like them which we will find out in a future video soon. Hopefully!) I will not be getting a Panda...or do you mean DollyW? That has been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_Fearn Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 For motoring on an absolute mingebag shoestring that is a bit more than AN car, a 169 Panda is the only answer. Stick with the 1.2 for maximum bangs for your buck. If you’ve never driven one and are anywhere near Derby any time soon you are more than welcome to try mine out. mk2_craig and BertiePuntoCabrio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 Cheers. Drove a 1.1 Active Eco recently. Definitely not enough grunt in one of those! Invacar tinkering was the order of the day. Got the old throttle cable out. Yeah, it had failed pretty well at the throttle twist grip end. Started fitting a new cable using a universal kit, but it all went a bit wrong when trying to refit the twist grip and something important broke. Need a new twist grip now... Bit irritating, but these things happen. Then I tried to fire up the new Oltcit, but either the fuel in it has totally gone off, or the level is too low. Net result is no fire. So I went to drive home in the 2CV and it refused to start. It oddly missed twice on the journey to the unit, but was then absolutely fine. Bit annoyed as it's booked in for MOT next week. No idea what's up with it. Had to drive home in the borrowed PT Cruiser instead. Six-cylinder, Coprolalia, Remspoor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 16 minutes ago, dollywobbler said: Invacar tinkering was the order of the day. Got the old throttle cable out. Yeah, it had failed pretty well at the throttle twist grip end. Started fitting a new cable using a universal kit, but it all went a bit wrong when trying to refit the twist grip and something important broke. Need a new twist grip now... luckily for you? REV's twist grip is also pretty FUBAR so I made sure to get a link to the set that @Zelandeth fitted which are these https://www.classicbikeshop.co.uk/twist-grip-throttle-set-with-beston-grips.html not yet actually ordered a set myself etc yet, but they seem to fit TPA well On 04/03/2021 at 22:21, Zelandeth said: Package arrived this morning for TPA. Installation was pretty straightforward...Though I still had to fabricate a cable end. I think I just need to go to Speedy Cables or similar and just order a proper cable. The issue seems to be that (unsurprisingly) the cable has a standard motorcycle type barrel connector at the handlebar end...but finding off the shelf motorbike throttle cables more than a couple of metres long is tricky - and this needs to be a touch over five metres long because of the routing. As it is having trimmed away the frayed bit of cable I'm now down to literally millimetres to spare, and it's a bit frilly at the handlebar end so will likely fail again in the not too distant future. Nevertheless, it does mean that I've now got matching grips on the handlebars which looks SO much better. The throttle action is also way better...It always felt very much as though it wasn't attached to anything before, so you were never quite sure how much throttle you were applying - and I'm not 100% certain that I was ever actually getting full throttle as the old twist grip was distorted and binding up at several points in its travel. New one is all metal so should hopefully fare better. New grips are a good deal chunkier than the old ones which I think will be a good thing. Will have to wait for a test drive to be certain, but just sitting in the garage it feels better I think. and probably worth linking to this again for throttle cable bits https://autoshite.com/topic/29443-zels-motoring-adventuresjag-citroens-mercedes-ac-model-70-0606-incorrect-parts-frustration/page/117/?tab=comments#comment-2253935 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 3 hours ago, dollywobbler said: Cheers. Drove a 1.1 Active Eco recently. Definitely not enough grunt in one of those! Invacar tinkering was the order of the day. Got the old throttle cable out. Yeah, it had failed pretty well at the throttle twist grip end. Started fitting a new cable using a universal kit, but it all went a bit wrong when trying to refit the twist grip and something important broke. Need a new twist grip now... Bit irritating, but these things happen. Then I tried to fire up the new Oltcit, but either the fuel in it has totally gone off, or the level is too low. Net result is no fire. So I went to drive home in the 2CV and it refused to start. It oddly missed twice on the journey to the unit, but was then absolutely fine. Bit annoyed as it's booked in for MOT next week. No idea what's up with it. Had to drive home in the borrowed PT Cruiser instead. Like I said on fb use a Shimano gear selector, comes with the cruise control option.. mk2_craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 6/10/2021 at 2:23 PM, SiC said: Clean Air Zone has arrived into Birmingham, Bristol in October and a few other places are getting one too. Pre 2015 diesels and many pre 2005 petrols will be sold off in those areas not because they're knackered but because their owners can't use them. A lot I imagine will be part-ex'd but there will be some on the open market. How that will affect the used market I don't know. But maybe worth keeping a few saved searches around those areas. So lots of decent usable cars will possibly get binned so folk can PCP their way into some modern tub of shit they can't afford & that has been produced at great cost to the environment, to allegedly save the planet...! Essex V6, Lanciaman, Alusilber and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 I don't think those clean air zones are about saving the planet as much as saving the lungs of the local nuns and kittens. SiC, BorniteIdentity and Remspoor 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 Cheers LBF. I'd spotted similar on eBay but can't really justify expense right now. She'll have to wait. Went back to the unit this evening. 2CV fault was just a failed connector. Re did that, washed the C5. Feeling better, I drove the 2CV home. It went well*. Clutch stopped disengaging properly. Marvellous! Managed to limp home. Old cars are gr-12. HarmonicCheeseburger, Coprolalia, 2cvspecial and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 12 hours ago, dollywobbler said: Clutch stopped disengaging properly. Marvellous! Managed to limp home. Old cars are gr-12. bugger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM646 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, dollywobbler said: Now that's some Valtteri Bottas level of bad luck you've been having, huh? HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wgl2019 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 7 hours ago, dollywobbler said: Definitely not enough grunt 7 hours ago, dollywobbler said: Invacar 7 hours ago, dollywobbler said: 2CV Theme? 🤐 Cord Fourteener, BertiePuntoCabrio, AnthonyG and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 Ha! It was fun. Went up to the unit today. I was going to swap the 2CV for something else, having limped it there with minimal gearchanges, but then decided to investigate. Pretty easy to see the issue once I looked - the two lower bellhousing nuts were loose! Explains why the clutch has started juddering as well. Did them up, all good. Quite why they were loose, I've no idea. Never had that happen before. I assume they must have been tight at some point between fitting that engine, driving to Croatia and back and now. N19, Floatylight, Eyersey1234 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Yay! Glad you had fun 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 57 minutes ago, dollywobbler said: Ha! It was fun. Went up to the unit today. I was going to swap the 2CV for something else, having limped it there with minimal gearchanges, but then decided to investigate. Pretty easy to see the issue once I looked - the two lower bellhousing nuts were loose! Explains why the clutch has started juddering as well. Did them up, all good. Quite why they were loose, I've no idea. Never had that happen before. I assume they must have been tight at some point between fitting that engine, driving to Croatia and back and now. The flipside in the frustration about old cars and their quirks, is when a very simple fix cures a seemingly impossible/difficult/expensive problem... LightBulbFun, Cord Fourteener and Jerzy Woking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jude Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 19 hours ago, wuvvum said: I don't think those clean air zones are about saving the planet as much as saving the lungs of the local nuns and kittens. I read on the increasingly Daily Mail-lite Birmingham Mail/Live site that once Brum gets its air quality under control and it's at good levels, the CAZ will stop. Followed a week later saying the current CAZ area isn't good enough and they want to expand it immediately. Be under no doubt, that schemes like this function as a fundraiser for council Christmas parties. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 6 hours ago, St.Jude said: I read on the increasingly Daily Mail-lite Birmingham Mail/Live site that once Brum gets its air quality under control and it's at good levels, the CAZ will stop. Followed a week later saying the current CAZ area isn't good enough and they want to expand it immediately. Be under no doubt, that schemes like this function as a fundraiser for council Christmas parties. Like the ripples in a lake. Just look at London to see how a scheme (or three) just spread and spread and spread. St.Jude, Remspoor, bobdisk and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Seeing this made me think of Hubnut and Aging Wheels... They Love the Car That People Love to Hate https://nyti.ms/2TkdITB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jude Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 4 hours ago, R1152 said: Seeing this made me think of Hubnut and Aging Wheels... They Love the Car That People Love to Hate https://nyti.ms/2TkdITB The irony of being behind a paywall that all people hate. Talbot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 minute ago, St.Jude said: The irony of being behind a paywall that all people hate. What? I thought I'd clicked the "share" link. Sorry about that... try this: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/business/yugo-cars.html?smid=url-share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jude Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 20 minutes ago, R1152 said: What? I thought I'd clicked the "share" link. Sorry about that... try this: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/business/yugo-cars.html?smid=url-share Don't be sorry, I know this site isn't the site for people who actually pay for their news stories I'll give it a read now, as I'm watching Gino Fred and Grumpy Prat on ITV4, and I'm very disappointed Grumpy Prat wasn't decapitated by the wire catch fencing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 9 hours ago, St.Jude said: The irony of being behind a paywall that all people hate. Surely a pay iron curtain in this case… 14 hours ago, R1152 said: Seeing this made me think of Hubnut and Aging Wheels... They Love the Car That People Love to Hate https://nyti.ms/2TkdITB If you like Yugo history I have to recommend this book: A great read, really fascinating. Also makes me realise mine hasn’t seen the light of day in almost 12 months…. Cord Fourteener, Remspoor, St.Jude and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 And I always thought the worst car in history was the KdF-Wagen... Cord Fourteener and Fumbler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Labeling it as "the worst car in history" seems exceptionally harsh. I'd drive a Yugo in preference to several other vehicles. Sigmund Fraud, Fumbler, mk2_craig and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 The book title is very tongue in cheek, I think it was how one motoring review described it. But I agree, I’d pilot the Yugo over many other vehicles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Yugo as art: Isopon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 I think it's a year since I decided to buy my Yugo. That hasn't gone particularly well... In happier news, the Matiz is back! Rear sills repaired, one rear wheel arch repaired, fresh paint on the sills, buffed up so the old paint matches the new paint. Seems rather effective! I fear a mechanical overhaul is going to be needed at some point, but she's under 7000 miles from the big 100k, so hopefully she'll last that long at least. Chap doing the welding said she's remarkably solid apart from the bits needing work, so that's always good. Braddon81, LightBulbFun, Steviemillar and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 2 hours ago, dollywobbler said: I think it's a year since I decided to buy my Yugo. That hasn't gone particularly well... Scarily it’s only a couple of months off two years ago that we were stood in my kitchen when I saw mine for sale! dollywobbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 maybe you need a primera p12 wagon as family bus- becos laguna* without most of the french! *i only found the interior lights & later rear wiper arm as being the same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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