Dick Longbridge Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Peak Toyota era right there. Excellent purchasing. My fiancée had a G plate Corolla when we met years ago. I'd bet money if she'd abandoned it in a field at that point and tried to fire it up now, that 'Yota lump would still fire up with minimal fuss. They got everything so right at that point. DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 Just now, Angrydicky said: Love it! Looks familiar too, I'm sure I've seen it driving about. Local reg, which garage supplied it new? Fosters or Essex Park maybe? I've seen it about too, it's always been in Southend I believe 2 owners from new Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, tooSavvy said: Clean as a Clean Thing.... MOT Photos of the under crackers.... Check A .... The pressed steel rear track arms Check B .... Fuel pipes just infront rear n/s tyre Good Catch m8 It seems very solid underneath at first glance. Will have a proper look at the weekend Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 My 1991 one went off the road 2003/4 according to DVLA. That didn't have the A/c or Econ buttons. Really pleased you have saved this for the AS community. tooSavvy and DoctorRetro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 This thread brings satisfaction. DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 2 hours ago, wuvvum said: HFM??? How else do you think he keeps a CX on the road... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 21 minutes ago, Floatylight said: How else do you think he keeps a CX on the road... It's not SM money, though.... barefoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 That looks like an excellent daily driver DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 😍 Small flat panel immediately below the stereo - cupholders? DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, yes oui si said: 😍 Small flat panel immediately below the stereo - cupholders? No, really wide ashtray unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Boooooooo DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefag Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 2 hours ago, St.Jude said: What's the ECON button do? My 1990 Australian imported Mazda 626 estate had A/C with an Econ button. It reduced how often the A/C compressor engaged and drew power from the engine. It was more about marketing than anything else. St.Jude, Shite Ron and DoctorRetro 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Great save! DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 What a day. Totally knackered now! A massive thanks needs to go to my long suffering fiancée for actually fronting the money so I could pick this up today, otherwise I might have missed out ... I didn't ask her to, it was her idea! You know that feeling when you've found 'the one'? 😁 Anyway, off to bed now. I have to show my 'appreciation' 😛🤣 wesacosa, yes oui si, Jim Bell and 8 others 9 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 3 hours ago, DoctorRetro said: I really do miss the days when a car manufacturer would just randomly plaster something like “16 VALVE” on a dashboard to fill some space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jude Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, DoctorRetro said: What a day. Totally knackered now! A massive thanks needs to go to my long suffering fiancée for actually fronting the money so I could pick this up today, otherwise I might have missed out ... I didn't ask her to, it was her idea! You know that feeling when you've found 'the one'? 😁 Anyway, off to bed now. I have to show my 'appreciation' 😛🤣 Can we swap wives? Just for the appreciation of cars. Nothing else. I don't own a goldfish bowl. DoctorRetro and Minimad5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 This is outstanding and amazing, the saving it & the car! I love it! 🤩 DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 27 minutes ago, DoctorRetro said: You know that feeling when you've found 'the one'? 😁 ' You’ll fit right in with that carina that’s for sure. Ahhh..... Low Horatio gearbox and St.Jude 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 44 minutes ago, DoctorRetro said: Anyway, off to bed now. I have to show my 'appreciation' 😛🤣 Ya dirty booger! Tadhg Tiogar and St.Jude 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 46 minutes ago, DoctorRetro said: .... massive thanks needs to go to my long suffering fiancée for actually fronting the money so I could pick this up today, otherwise I might have missed out ... I didn't ask her to, it was her idea! You know that feeling when you've found 'the one'? 😁... Might have to be a budget AS wedding as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Might have to be a budget AS wedding as well.... That's the plan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, High Jetter said: Ya dirty booger! As long as the single piston doesn't seize, resulting in FTP, sure be grand.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefag Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 In the very early 90's, my now Wife wrote off her '83 1.6 Stanza and replaced it with a 1.6 Carina. It was light years above the Stanza in every possible way (particularly handling, the Stanza was, and proved, downright fucking dangerous) and despite being the model before this one, it confusingly was also a Carina II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Yeah, I liked the Stanza I had, but it never felt entirely stable when cornering hard. Sheefag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefag Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 I'd driven some real old dogs before and have done since but the Stanza was, and remains, the only vehicle that I'd qualify as a really bad and dangerous car. It was a seat of the pants thing, that feeling in your arse when the back of a car steps out, the Stanza would give you that at fairly modest speeds. The unwary would try to correct the non existent skid only for the car to pitch the other way and the next thing is you're dealing with driver induced snaking and not knowing how the fuck you got there. The 988cc Cherry N10 estate that my wife had before the Stanza, defined underpowered but the grip and handling were just immense and encouraged you to just drive it flat out. It was overall, a great car and the Stanza which replaced it, was meant to be a major step up - it certainly looked like it. The Stanza was a very pretty, comfortable and well equipped car for the time but the 1.6 I drove fairly regularly when it was still a young and low mileage car, was dreadfully underpowered, brakes were poor, the steering was horribly heavy and there was something downright wrong and dangerous about the rear suspension setup. It was just a bad car. The Carina by contrast felt like several decades of time-travel forwards in performance, comfort and engineering integrity. tooSavvy, DoctorRetro, chadders and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL Bloke Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Well done saving this, it looks like a good 'un. 👍 DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 That looks handsome and a half man. Well saved. DoctorRetro and tooSavvy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 Footnote to this story. It's now MOT'd for 12 months and only advisory was the front number plate! Definitely a happy ending! Spurious, rob88h, juular and 12 others 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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