Proper shite for a nifty......

[GJR 11L]

Just bought, collecting in a couple of days time:

 

Probably the first ever properly shite car I ever bought, since everything else fits in either at Practical or RR better than on this, the web's most real-life car site, but it's a genuine 58k miler with test until July and a working wireless.

There's a bit of sweating at the front of the bonnet as seen in that first image, and this ding on the front o/s door:

It has working heated seats too, just the job for that "I just pissed myself" sensation as you drive.

Belts were done recently, clutch not that old, loads of history and it works. Properly.

 

I always wanted a heavy, underpowered car with a bizarre type of transmission and a bad image, now I'm about to realise my dream.

 

Feel the joy, fellow autoshiters, feel the joy!

 

I feel a rattle can paint job coming up.......

 

 

Oh, and it's apparently a GL, so it's yer actual posh shite too.

[Guest]

I like it. We should have a 'shite sloe Volvo-off' at Retro Day.I imagine these 340s drive like a tank and have very heavy steering. Are these the ones with a torque tube and a transaxle, or are they the 360s?

[pogweasel]

U SHUD PAINT IT MAT BLACK AND SAND OFF THE PAINT ON THE BONNET AND PUT ON A ROOF RAK WIV A OLD BIKE AN A OLD SUTECASE AND THEN GO DRIFTING COS THESE ARE WELL SICK 4 DRIFTN YO

[Richard]

I like it. We should have a 'shite sloe Volvo-off' at Retro Day.I imagine these 340s drive like a tank and have very heavy steering. Are these the ones with a torque tube and a transaxle, or are they the 360s?

The 340 has a propshaft with rubber instead of UJs IIRC.I reckon my Volvo could out-slow either this or your Amazon.

[garbaldy]

U SHUD PAINT IT MAT BLACK AND SAND OFF THE PAINT ON THE BONNET AND PUT ON A ROOF RAK WIV A OLD BIKE AN A OLD SUTECASE AND THEN GO DRIFTING COS THESE ARE WELL SICK 4 DRIFTN YO

you may have a point there did you see the price the black 1400cc one whent for because it had been driftish speced might have to buy a couple rip out the interior spoil the paintwork and make a mint

[Mash]

Damn Pog beat me to it!

[Guest]

U SHUD PAINT IT MAT BLACK AND SAND OFF THE PAINT ON THE BONNET AND PUT ON A ROOF RAK WIV A OLD BIKE AN A OLD SUTECASE AND THEN GO DRIFTING COS THESE ARE WELL SICK 4 DRIFTN YO

DNT 4GET DA STICK MAN DA STICK IZ DA MST IMPRTANT BITCH.

[Minimad5]

GJR 11L , i like it sir Great purchase

[Rusty Pelican]

Just the sort of thing i need to replace my over complicated , boring , ugly silver Ashtray

[dollywobbler]

Nice. Quality shite!

[GJR 11L]

Well, it's 290 Miles South of me, hasn't been more than a few miles between its last few MOTs and I'm going South on something called a "b u s" to collect the thing, which I'm driving home.

 

I did consider pulling it home behind the Automite, but that has neither a towbar nor a transmission cooler so bus was always going to win that little contest.

 

Apparently, I can expect about 28-30mpg from the 340 if I sit at 60 on the A1 all the way home and resist the temptation to thrash the cherries out of the thing. So that'll be about 20mpg then.......

[Captain Mainwaring]

1.4?

[HillmanImp]

There were one of the cars that lots of people had as a first car when i just passed my test. Nearly bought one myself but bought an Imp instead.Great buy. Hope the drive back up goes well.

[GJR 11L]

Yup, 1.4 litres of raw, wet-linered Renault Sierra power.The drive back home would be the easy part, right now I'm struggling to find a temporary insurance policy for it. Flux, who do my cherished car cover for the Triumph, want £130 to cover the Volvo until the end of April, the plan there being that, when that policy ends, I'd get a full year for both cars for less than AF want for renewal.Eagle Star, who usually don't mind restricted licences won't touch it, other temporary cover specialists on t'interweb are either unable to cover it 'cos it's too new (would cover me if it were pre-1980) or because it's too old (over ten years). They all appear to be a part of the same, big bunch of miserable, uncooperative bastards! :evil:I'll be damned if this is going to beat me, but it's a hefty spanner in the works all the same.

[mnde]

Nice buy! I had a ride in a Variomatic one of these a while back - now that was wierd!!Mark.

[GJR 11L]

Looks like I'm going to have to call the seller and let him down gently then, nobody will insure me for it on a multi-car policy as I'd have to own three cars that were all on the road. Farmyard furniture doesn't count and "everyday" policies are starting at more than four times the cost of my insurance on the Dolly, even though the Volvo is an overweight, sluggish barge with a little engine and the Triumph weighs nowt, has a biggish engine with twin Strombergs and is actually quite a lively wee thing.If anyone else fancies taking this 340, I'll gladly pass the seller's details on.

[pogweasel]

Can't you get it on a 'classic' policy with someone like Lancaster for pence??

[HillmanImp]

Can't you get it on a 'classic' policy with someone like Lancaster for pence??

Thats what i was thinking. Would be sod all p.a. a year as long as you said you were not using it to travel to and from work.My GT6 is £80, I have points and had a crash that was my fault in the last year.

[Tayne]

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[Hudsonpie]

Thats a shame about the insurance....greedy bastards. I had one of these with the heated seats, was driving home from work one night and I was getting hotter and hotter, looked in the rear view mirror to see smoke rising behind me. Fucking element had just kept going and was starting to burn through the seat, I had to rip the seat apart burning my fingers to try and put it out. It was only the fact that I had my tool chest in the boot that I did this, and I wanted to get home without it costing anything...managed to rip the element out and threw it in the hedge and carried on.

[maxpower]

Thats a shame about the insurance....greedy bastards. I had one of these with the heated seats, was driving home from work one night and I was getting hotter and hotter, looked in the rear view mirror to see smoke rising behind me. Fucking element had just kept going and was starting to burn through the seat, I had to rip the seat apart burning my fingers to try and put it out. It was only the fact that I had my tool chest in the boot that I did this, and I wanted to get home without it costing anything...managed to rip the element out and threw it in the hedge and carried on.

so you had the "hot hatch" version

[GJR 11L]

Can't you get it on a 'classic' policy with someone like Lancaster for pence??

Thats what i was thinking. Would be sod all p.a. a year as long as you said you were not using it to travel to and from work.

 

My GT6 is £80, I have points and had a crash that was my fault in the last year.

Perfectly sound advice there. Indeed my Dolomite is only costing £85 with no mileage limit and as an everyday car, though with agreed value.

 

I've been in touch with Flux, with FJ and with a couple of others, but will give Lancaster a shout before I give up.

 

Ideal solution would be to cancel my policy on the daily, which is up for renewal in a Month in any case, then take out a policy to cover both cars, but most "multi-car" policies want you to own at least three cars, one of which, it seems, must be something new and expensive, and that's not a thing you'd ever see in my garage.

 

I wouldn't mind so much, but I'm 45, have been driving since 1981, never had a claim, live in a really "safe" postcode area where the worst thing that ever happens is two dogs taking a dump on the same spot.

 

I'm close to giving up, but will try every possible approach before doing that.

 

I could buy a slightly older example of the same car and more insurers would allow me to insure it as a "cla$$ic", which would cost so little that I'd gladly have a separate policy for it, but what the world needs is insurers who understand the human urge to buy and run shite that falls between the cla$$ic and the downright modern/boring/unfixable.

 

Could you get a friend/family member/significant other to insure it with you as a named driver?

 

Have you asked the seller who they are insured with?

Yep, a company that won't even offer me cover as they prefer their punters to have the unrestricted use of all limbs. Bastards! My brain works and I can still get out of a burning car quickly enough when I have to, but they see a restricted licence as some kind of problem.

[HillmanImp]

Try performance direct. I think that's who I have the Scirocco insured with. That's £120 with commuting included.

 

http://www.performancedirect.co.uk/

 

Think they are just a broker but seem to be able to get good deals.

[theorganist]

Have you tried Footman James.

 

It cost £100 to insure my 1100 for a year, no limited mileage, no excess and they definately do multicar policies as I am adding the Maxi to it soon.

 

http://www.footmanjames.co.uk/

 

Peter.

[GJR 11L]

Have you tried Footman James.It cost £100 to insure my 1100 for a year, no limited mileage, no excess and they definately do multicar policies as I am adding the Maxi to it soon.http://www.footmanjames.co.uk/Peter.

3 is the magic (minimum) number for a FJ multi car policy.

[HillmanImp]

How much did you pay for the car and where is it then? Not that I can take it on (despite the fact I want every car I see on here), but for other punters. Assume it is very southern?

[GJR 11L]

I have cracked it! A buddy of mine is adding it to his trade policy and having me as named driver, then I'll have long enough to sort the fine details later. So I get to do my road trip after all.

[Captain Mainwaring]

Good news! Enjoy the car! :DThe sound the 1.4 makes is so evocative for me!

[Minimad5]

Bet you are chuffed !Well done sir

[ProgRocker]

What a great buy!