Popular Post Supernaut Posted April 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2021 Hey all, long time no collection thread from me (I bought the Saab 10 months ago now! Time flies!). Let's take this opportunity to introduce a new member to the forum, @Saltyscotsman. He's been thinking about getting something shite for a while, and now is the time. This is going to be one hell of an introduction, too. A few days ago now, a Mitsubishi Galant was posted in the ebay thread by @Ghosty. This one, to be precise. It looked nice. 1990 H, in blue, with low miles and a very clean MOT history. However the last MOT (which was spotlessly clean) was in 2018. The car is also located in Surrey. Both @Saltyscotsman and I are in the vicinity of Aberdeen. The following happened on our small discord server: Thus, we now have a car that hasn't had an MOT since 2018 sitting in Surrey, which needs to get back to Ellon, roughly 12 miles or so north of Aberdeen. At this point, we contacted @worldofceri to get some figures. Then, @rantingYoof bravely volunteered his driveway in the Northampton area, and his services in driving it to an MOT garage. This means the plan so far is to get Ceri to transport it to Yoof's driveway then Yoof will take it to a garage while being wired money for any work it may or may not need. Then, Salt and I will likely get a flight to Birmingham, get picked up by Yoof, then drive the Galant north. I'm providing assistance due to my previous experience in stupid collections and my diary being completely empty for the next couple of weeks. Did I mention this is utterly, utterly stupid? The last time I did the Northampton - Aberdeen run was in late 2015 in that Lexus LS400 after another friend (now living in Oregon since late 2016) bought it from @rantingYoof so at least it was a known car. I think @dome, @320touring, @dollywobbler and a few others also know that car. That was done overnight on empty motorways in a time of about 9 hours. This will be done with roughly 1/3rd of the power* in a totally unknown car during a global pandemic. WCPGW?! *The carb-fed 1.8 in these Galants apparently makes about 85hp. So it'll be slower than either of my 1990s shitboxes. Fun times. As a thread is useless without pictures: Nice, isn't it? Doesn't help my nerves, though. The timescale so far is for Ceri to collect it on Wednesday the 21st, so no movement as of yet. This thread is just being put here to keep everything in one place. Live updates will hopefully follow at the tail-end of the week! wuvvum, Jim Bell, angle and 53 others 56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I saw that on eBay. looks great. I was tempted myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltyscotsman Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Hi The Galant is such a lovely car and I have poor impulse control I'm actually proper excited since this is my first shite car that is also as old as me and past car history is modern Shite Jim Bell, dome, reb and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 It may lack power, but it has TWO tripmeters! tooSavvy, horriblemercedes, mk2_craig and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 A friend our ours had one from new. His was the 2000 on a H. At the time I would have said it was the smoothest car I had ever been in - the seats were lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Which part of Surrey was this in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 You tagged that many people in the thread so far @Supernautbut neglect me! The damm thing will be sitting in my driveway for a while if it makes it up here mind... 😛 Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 IF 17-Coffees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 if no leak fluid problem not i r disapoint scottish peeple no involve swedish vehicles ceri could go fetch it on the bus lol easy joab fae him Gazebo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Mitsubishi and Volvo were close collaborators at one time.............so fits in with Scotlandshire entry requirements......... Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 55 minutes ago, hairnet said: if no leak fluid problem not i r disapoint scottish peeple no involve swedish vehicles ceri could go fetch it on the bus lol easy joab fae him My Saab is involved. I own a Saab, and I am involved, thus the Saab is loosely involved. So there. I've still to own a Volvo but whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooManyPeopleMovers Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 That looks absolutely delicious...as I may say being a 1990's Mitsubishi licker. If you plan on doing any work on the car (This is Autoshite, of course you will!) you may want a workshop manual. See here: http://mmc-manuals.ru/Old_Mitsubishi_Cars This page has workshop manuals for most 1990's Mitsubishi's, including so far as I can see, your new Galant. Good luck. mercedade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Hmmm.... My alloys would go straight onto that! BonChance with plans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 3 hours ago, Saltyscotsman said: Hi The Galant is such a lovely car and I have poor impulse control I'm actually proper excited since this is my first shite car that is also as old as me and past car history is modern Shite Outstanding genius. You'll fit right in with inspirational purchases like this. Welcome. Well bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Me wondering what I'm involving myself in...Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk Lord Sterling and 17-Coffees 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macscrooge Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Fabulous story and a great looking car. I hope the collection goes well - but how could it not, with such a flawless plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, Macscrooge said: Fabulous story and a great looking car. I hope the collection goes well - but how could it not, with such a flawless plan? As there a pussy in it 'pawless flan!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 When I saw the ad for that , I knew it had "Autoshite" written all over it. Glad it's ended up here. wesacosa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 issa evo innit guv?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sh'Eds Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 That's a thing of beauty. GLWT Collection tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltyscotsman Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 10 hours ago, rantingYoof said: Me wondering what I'm involving myself in... Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk I hope you've oil proofed your driveway and got the dust pan and brush 😰 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMotor Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 It'll be fine*! Shitebag if ya dinnae do it! You've done very well on that. Nice to see A Galant full stop let alone a clean one. More the sitting about its done that'll be the issue with getting home. Also think, it go well enough. Just the long motorway stuff might be buzzy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltyscotsman Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 18 hours ago, Agila said: Outstanding genius. You'll fit right in with inspirational purchases like this. Welcome. Well bought. Inspirational? Genius? I don't think my family have ever used that words in a when talking about myself😂 also I think so most inspired so purchases was buying an X-90 at the start of lockdown but I think this is better Agila 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Lovely car, and I really dig the wonderfully convoluted scheme for getting it back up to northeast Scotland, somewhat reminiscent of Operation Market Garden or the Italian Job in fact. 17-Coffees and Saltyscotsman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 20 hours ago, TooManyPeopleMovers said: That looks absolutely delicious...as I may say being a 1990's Mitsubishi licker. If you plan on doing any work on the car (This is Autoshite, of course you will!) you may want a workshop manual. See here: http://mmc-manuals.ru/Old_Mitsubishi_Cars This page has workshop manuals for most 1990's Mitsubishi's, including so far as I can see, your new Galant. Good luck. Pop round and dribble on my Sigma as much as you like, maybe change the clutch while you're here 👍 TooManyPeopleMovers, Saltyscotsman, Supernaut and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 20 hours ago, tooSavvy said: Hmmm.... My alloys would go straight onto that! BonChance with plans Depending how perished the tyres are that may be an option! You're up in the NE of England though, so I imagine by the time we're going past you we will have already found out if the tyres on it are knackered or not. 1 hour ago, JMotor said: It'll be fine*! Shitebag if ya dinnae do it! You've done very well on that. Nice to see A Galant full stop let alone a clean one. More the sitting about its done that'll be the issue with getting home. Also think, it go well enough. Just the long motorway stuff might be buzzy. I've done long distance stuff in my E36 316i plenty of times. It sits at about 3,250rpm at 70mph so I'm used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Another Galant, excellent! The '94 GLSi I drove to Germany and back was probably the cleanest car I've ever owned. If this one is half as decent you really shouldn't encounter any problems at all. mitsisigma01, tooSavvy and Supernaut 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 @Supernaut ...... A bit of 'stealth action' may be required = stealing them off SuziQ Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooManyPeopleMovers Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 hour ago, mitsisigma01 said: Pop round and dribble on my Sigma as much as you like, maybe change the clutch while you're here 👍 Ah, I would love to come and dribble on your Sigma. But I'm in New Zealand! World events asides, it's still quite a trip to come and change a clutch. And my clutch changing skills (nil) may not be up to scratch. Surely any decent mechanic can have a go? We got your Sigma as a Magna. There used to be heaps when I was growing up...now I barely see any. Is your Sigma the 2.6 or 3.0 litre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Wheels sorted, then https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/218109/lotus-eclat-wheels-collect-lancashire Oooof!! GIB Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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