Dollywobbler's Consolidated Tat Thread

[dollywobbler]

That Xsara looks a very VERY sensible option. So naturally, I'm unleashing two entirely separate plans that aren't as good, starting Wednesday.

[Zelandeth]

  On 12/04/2021 at 14:16, wuvvum said:

There's an easy answer to all that - one I have found myself being tempted by on a number of occasions recently.

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You know...with the steelies and the black mirrors and bumpers, I actually kind of like the look of that.

[wuvvum]

Me too.  It's just a shame Dacia have gone all decadent and fitted electric windows in the front and central locking.

[R1152]

  On 12/04/2021 at 17:05, wuvvum said:

Me too.  It's just a shame Dacia have gone all decadent and fitted electric windows in the front and central locking.

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Capitalist running dogs! 

[wuvvum]

0-62 in 16.7 seconds though, so the performance is even more shite than the old model.

[richardmorris]

  On 12/04/2021 at 17:06, R1152 said:

Capitalist running dogs! 

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That’s the French for you!

[Zelandeth]

  On 12/04/2021 at 17:12, wuvvum said:

0-62 in 16.7 seconds though, so the performance is even more shite than the old model.

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Ouch...out run by a Lada Riva (measured mine at 15 after the injection conversion).  That is a tad leasurely by the standards of a modern car!

[N19]

  On 11/04/2021 at 08:46, dollywobbler said:

Wow. That's certainly special...

As was this. I remember seeing it about in Coventry.

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My first thought when scrolling past that image was that it was an LTI TX1...!

[wuvvum]

  On 13/04/2021 at 08:54, Zelandeth said:

Ouch...out run by a Lada Riva (measured mine at 15 after the injection conversion).  That is a tad leasurely by the standards of a modern car!

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I've been trundling around in an Iveco that takes almost a minute to hit 60, so 16.7 seconds would feel positively dragster-like...

[Zelandeth]

  On 13/04/2021 at 09:58, wuvvum said:

I've been trundling around in an Iveco that takes almost a minute to hit 60, so 16.7 seconds would feel positively dragster-like...

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True...my van is similar!

[junkyarddog]

  On 12/04/2021 at 14:18, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202103099953134?include-delivery-option=on&make=CITROEN&radius=1500&fuel-type=Diesel&postcode=bb13jp&price-to=2000&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=price-desc&transmission=Automatic&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&body-type=Estate&page=1

 

 

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2 bags for a 20 year old Citroen!!!

 

[Remspoor]

In one of your recent videos you said you liked the phase3 Allegro. have you seen PCs latest video?

 

 

[R1152]

Every time I look at an Allegro 3 I am catapulted back to 1981/82 and learning to drive in a Damask Red one: MAV 766W.

Edit: is that one of the add-on electric window units you could buy from Halfords at the time?

Edit Edit: oh my goodness, I know Ian and Dawn but from a different sphere altogether.

[wuvvum]

  On 13/04/2021 at 16:45, R1152 said:

Every time I look at an Allegro 3 I am catapulted back to 1981/82 and learning to drive in a Damask Red one: MAV 766W.

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I had a W plate Damask red Allegro 3.  1.0L it was, slow as feck but amusing to punt around town in until one of the suspension pipes let go.

[R1152]

  On 14/04/2021 at 14:38, wuvvum said:

I had a W plate Damask red Allegro 3.  1.0L it was, slow as feck but amusing to punt around town in until one of the suspension pipes let go.

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This was a 1.3 HL. The driving instructor taught my father, elder brother and myself, using BMC cars: respectively an A35, an ADO16 and an Allegro, He changed this to a Pug 205 when the diesel ones came out. Sadly he passed away not long after that: he was ex-RAF and could be a bit of a martinet TBH.

Became untaxed in August 1992 according to the DVLA.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 13/04/2021 at 09:58, wuvvum said:

I've been trundling around in an Iveco that takes almost a minute to hit 60, so 16.7 seconds would feel positively dragster-like...

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Oddly enough, my oul 635 took 16.7 secs to do a quarter-mile at Santa Pod, at best. Was considered very slow, because automatic. 

[MT606]

  On 14/04/2021 at 18:16, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Oddly enough, my oul 635 took 16.7 secs to do a quarter-mile at Santa Pod, at best. Was considered very slow, because automatic. 

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my 1944 MB Jeep took considerably longer than that....although I did beat the other jeep.....

[dollywobbler]

My 2CV did the quarter mile in 28 seconds at Santa Pod. Into a headwind. Wonder if she's any quicker now she's 652?

[Six-cylinder]

  On 16/04/2021 at 06:25, dollywobbler said:

My 2CV did the quarter mile in 28 seconds at Santa Pod. Into a headwind. Wonder if she's any quicker now she's 652?

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Autocar road test 1975 did it in 23.6 Secs.

[dollywobbler]

New motor.

 

[maxxo]

  On 16/04/2021 at 13:17, dollywobbler said:

New motor.

 

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excellent choice! i am also a recent mk1 owner and they are truly wonderful

i have an aftermarket radio shroud which covers the lock and alarm buttons if you want it?

 

[OM646]

  On 13/04/2021 at 10:42, junkyarddog said:

2 bags for a 20 year old Citroen!!!

 

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Here in PT it's the 1.4 HDi's that fetch some serious money. I'd much rather own a 2.0

[maxxo]

regarding the tailgate struts, in a typical citroen fashion they are behind the headlining

does the split tailgate operate?

[dollywobbler]

  On 16/04/2021 at 13:34, maxxo said:

excellent choice! i am also a recent mk1 owner and they are truly wonderful

i have an aftermarket radio shroud which covers the lock and alarm buttons if you want it?

 

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Cheers. That'd be worth having - ian@hubnut.org

[dollywobbler]

  On 16/04/2021 at 14:51, maxxo said:

regarding the tailgate struts, in a typical citroen fashion they are behind the headlining

does the split tailgate operate?

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The tailgate window does not operate. Switch is buggered.

[Spurious]

  On 16/04/2021 at 16:15, dollywobbler said:

The tailgate window does not operate. Switch is buggered.

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That was my second estate and I didn't even know there was a split tailgate 🤔

[2cvspecial]

knew it was a C5

[500tops]

  On 16/04/2021 at 17:31, 2cvspecial said:

knew it was a C5

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Sinclair is not the same as a Citroën

[Crackers]

I've got to be honest, I absolutely hate these (nothing personal, it's not really not my kind of car), but, it does look utterly spectacularly comfortable. I've got to give it credit for making absolutely no sporting pretentions whatsoever, the driving position looks fantastically comfy. Waft-tastic.

[maxxo]

  On 16/04/2021 at 16:15, dollywobbler said:

The tailgate window does not operate. Switch is buggered.

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might be worth taking a look at the wiring that enters the tailgate, there crap and often break

does the rear wiper function?