Saabnut Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 As most are probably aware, I have a few* cars, indeed I have come to the conclusion that there are a few too many really. So, I made a decision last year to reduce the fleet. Since then the fleet has increased by about 6 so that is going well* then. Decided a few months ago that I really mean it this time, and just before the lockdown I had expressions of interest on the Fiat 500 and the Rover P5b (both of which I really do not want to sell, but....) and in the Sunbeam Talbot that I would like to sell. The lockdown stopped all that so the number of the fleet remains the same. As a gesture of good will, I decided I would not look on ebay, gumtree etc and have even avoided the sale pages on here, making sure no more purchases would occur. So, 52 days ago I left Chez Saabnut and was locked in a hotel for 37 of those days. Since then I have been offshore so remote from everything automotive (My pictures from my office thread shows how remote) and as I am avoiding all shite sale sites on the very slow internet connection, I am safe. Or not. Last night, totally out of the blue, I got an email from a friend, saying his cousin has bought a replacement car and did I want his old one for notverymuchatall as, and I quote, it would make a good van with the rear seats out. It is possibly the most AS car I have ever owned, being an N reg, 2.0 diesel automatic, and slightly on the large side so performance will be brisk*. Apart from the make and model, the fact it has good tyres and had a new battery last year and it has MOT until August (hoping for a Boris extension), that is all the details I got. So, of course I said yes! Fortunately* my friend lives near Sheffield, so the fact it is being delivered on Saturday does not help as it will be 350 miles from Chez Saabnut and I am stuck offshore with a possibility of not getting home again until Augustish. I have no idea what colour it is, if it has cow or cloth but a google suggests a grey import. Any guesses? LabRat, barmatt, Twiggy and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmatt Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Citroen Xm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Toyota Previa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 TooManyPeopleMovers and Wingz123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 serena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Yup. Nissan Serena or whatever the Japanese market versions were called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Grey import, plus good van with seats out, and auto box all say to me Japanese MPV thing. Probably something really obscure like a Mazda Bongo Super Joy Fluffyballs Goldfish Pleasure Machine. LightBulbFun, puddlethumper, brownnova and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treehugger Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Ssangyong rodius? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 I am going to give up on these guessing games I put up approx age and engine/box details and the second post by @aldo135 gets it right! Actually a Toyota Estima but the same thing. I have no idea what they are like, never driven one and had to google to see what it looked like. Well done guys, will have to buy something more obscure next time! Hoping for a picture or two at the weekend.... eddyramrod, aldo135, Tickman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Saabnut said: I am going to give up on these guessing games I put up approx age and engine/box details and the second post by @aldo135 gets it right! Actually a Toyota Estima but the same thing. I have no idea what they are like, never driven one and had to google to see what it looked like. Well done guys, will have to buy something more obscure next time! Hoping for a picture or two at the weekend.... Talk to @KruJoe, he has one - the famous Pleasure Wagon is a Lucida, which is the same thing I think? Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I reckon that's a 2.2d, the later model is a 2.0, I didn't think it was available as an auto though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Saabnut said: I am going to give up on these guessing games I put up approx age and engine/box details and the second post by @aldo135 gets it right! Actually a Toyota Estima but the same thing. I have no idea what they are like, never driven one and had to google to see what it looked like. Well done guys, will have to buy something more obscure next time! Hoping for a picture or two at the weekend.... It’s the kind of tat that comes up often on my car searches! A lot seem to be turning into DIY Campers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Vehicle of choice for Robert Forster ('The Disappearer') in Breaking Bad paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Quite different from the Cadillac Saville he drove as Max Cherry in Jackie Brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 He's so flippin great in that film. 174/10. (I just watched 'El Camino' the other day, thats how i was reminded about the Toyota) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Mitsubishi Delica? camryv6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I like these, always used to be impressed with how good they seemed to be. Did we get the AWD versions here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 oo an estima enema ? good luck looking the specs/trim levels- there's fappin eleventy twelve of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Being a fat bastard, I am wondering if I lost some weight, would it reduce my gravitational pull that seems to attract shite to me..... Just a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 Received an email this morning saying the bus executive coach has arrived at my friends. Looks tidier than I was expecting for 150 pictures of Her Madge strangeangel, Supernaut, w00dy and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrabbieRonnie Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Nice! I used to have a Liteace, sort of a predecessor to the Estima/Lucida, and loved it. You can tell everyone you're driving a turbo-charged, mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive Japanese import! Well bought! Saabnut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 On 5/27/2020 at 12:53 PM, strangeangel said: Talk to @KruJoe, he has one - the famous Pleasure Wagon is a Lucida, which is the same thing I think? This is ridiculous, but the Estima is the Japanese version of the Previa. In Japan, car tax was based on size though, and the Estima fell into the top band. That meant they also sold the Estima Emina and Estima Lucida which were something like 10cm narrower so they were cheaper to tax. AFAIK the two are identical apart from the front end, but one was sold in Toyota dealers and one in Corolla dealers (because in Japan they're different). Emina: Lucida: jon.k and Saabnut 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieInExile Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 £150. That must be the best pounds of money to pounds of metal ratio ever achieved on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 change the title - if the svm see that without seeing pics youll be inundated :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 top buyage! tho slightly disappointed its not an actual coach of some kind LOL can you imagine the recovery operation! @Zelandeth hanging upside down in the engine bay operating the throttle @dollywobbler up front driving/recording everything while all of us are seated each holding an airline furiously huffing and puffing to keep the brakes operational Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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