Shite at the Vicarage: Toyota Duet and Nissan Figaro

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, grogee said:

What a lovely little thing! 'Domino' is a great name for a car, too. Can't remember when I last saw one. 

10k is incredibly low mileage. Do you know anything about its previous life? 

one priest careful (now) former owner (so)

[grogee]

10 minutes ago, hairnet said:

one priest careful (now) former owner (so)

 

[The Vicar]

4 hours ago, grogee said:

What a lovely little thing! 'Domino' is a great name for a car, too. Can't remember when I last saw one. 

10k is incredibly low mileage. Do you know anything about its previous life? 

There isn’t much history sadly, just the owners manual, original logbook and most recent NCT (MOT) cert from 2013 with 10,470 miles recorded (there’s 10,536 on the clock now).

I googled the name and area on the logbook and the first result was - rather ominously - the owners death notice from 2013, which ties in with the tax/test expiry dates. Seems to have been an elderly bachelor in a rural area who no doubt only used it to fetch his newspaper in the morning and go to Mass on Sundays…

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, The Vicar said:

There isn’t much history sadly, just the owners manual, original logbook and most recent NCT (MOT) cert from 2013 with 10,470 miles recorded (there’s 10,536 on the clock now).

I googled the name and area on the logbook and the first result was - rather ominously - the owners death notice from 2013, which ties in with the tax/test expiry dates. Seems to have been an elderly bachelor in a rural area who no doubt only used it to fetch his newspaper in the morning and go to Mass on Sundays…

One of hundreds out there,  I suspect.

[ProgRocker]

I always liked the Domino. The flat looking rear bootlids always fascinated me. (a la Renault 5).

[The Vicar]

By way of another update to this thread, this passed through the stable recently too:

An August 92 MK3 GTI. Nice car, well spec’d, drove well etc but I just didn’t really gel with it so it left again recently:

This was the new owner trailering it away in his 92 swb Pajero.

This was the state I bought it in two months ago:

[Matty]

24 minutes ago, The Vicar said:

By way of another update to this thread, this passed through the stable recently too:

An August 92 MK3 GTI. Nice car, well spec’d, drove well etc but I just didn’t really gel with it so it left again recently:

This was the new owner trailering it away in his 92 swb Pajero.

This was the state I bought it in two months ago:

I had a red mk3 8v for about 4 years. They are a bit numb as standard. Mine went on coilovers with a small drop, powerflow exhaust etc etc. Transformed it as a car. Loved it. Sold to a cockney expat in France who flew to Heathrow then got a megabus all the way to Accrington to collect!  

[The Vicar]

Domino has finally arrived:

first impressions are good - it has responded very well to a bucket of soapy water. It’s all original and everything works. It fired right up and ticked over lovely with a jump start. 

first jobs to do are a change of oil and plugs and a new battery. I’ll get a timing belt on and 4 new tires, which I’ve already ordered at 35 quid a corner.

shouldn’t be too long til it’s motoring 🙂

[Matty]

it genuinely used to feel like you'd bought a good unit when you realised it had an unused fag lighter 😀

[The Vicar]

It’s still one of the first things I check on the drive home!

[The Vicar]

Work done today:

oil change 

new plugs

new battery 

new wipers

brakes freed up and handbrake adjusted 

left to do now is the timing belt, 4 new tyres and a fuel pump (pump already ordered in my local motor factors)

Test booked for 3 weeks time!

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, The Vicar said:

Work done today:

oil change 

new plugs

new battery 

new wipers

brakes freed up and handbrake adjusted 

left to do now is the timing belt, 4 new tyres and a fuel pump (pump already ordered in my local motor factors)

Test booked for 3 weeks time!

Proper service. Mass approval?

[The Vicar]

9 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Proper service. Mass approval?

My poor parishioners will only pity me some more when I show up in this!

[The Vicar]

Question incoming, although I probably already know (or should know) the answer:

the tyres on the car are original from 1993, and are somehow perfect. No cracks, good thread, holding air etc. 

Is there any reason why I should change them? If I have to I really don’t mind, but just wondering given their condition 

[grogee]

34 minutes ago, The Vicar said:

Question incoming, although I probably already know (or should know) the answer:

the tyres on the car are original from 1993, and are somehow perfect. No cracks, good thread, holding air etc. 

Is there any reason why I should change them? If I have to I really don’t mind, but just wondering given their condition 

Internet wisdom says YOU MUST or KITTENS WILL DIE.

I say: Check the pressures. Go for a little safe pootle at low speeds, let the tyres cool down, check the pressures again. If they've not dropped, they're OK.

Or, inflate to 45PSI, leave for a day, check pressures again - same applies.

It would be a shame to put good tyres straight onto the tyre fire without getting some use out of them.

[barefoot]

In the olden days they used to make tyres from rubber which lasted well and was grippy. Now they're made from shiny black plastic and last five minutes but will save the planet.

[hairnet]

change them

even for the tiny kms itll do 

also ballymun - bulletprewf cassock??

 

[ETCHY]

13 hours ago, barefoot said:

In the olden days they used to make tyres from rubber which lasted well and was grippy. Now they're made from shiny black plastic and last five minutes but will save the planet.

First rule of saving the planet = buy new shit again & again..

[captain_70s]

On 20/06/2024 at 08:26, The Vicar said:

Question incoming, although I probably already know (or should know) the answer:

the tyres on the car are original from 1993, and are somehow perfect. No cracks, good thread, holding air etc. 

Is there any reason why I should change them? If I have to I really don’t mind, but just wondering given their condition 

I'd change them.

When I first got my Dolomite in 2012  it had some quality Yugoslavian numbers fitted. Good tread but had developed some weird bulges in the sidewalls which gave me the fear.

Handling was night and day on new rubber, far less skittish and actually had predictable handling. I'd previously just assumed that was how a 1970s car drove, like shit.

Think the old tyres had just gone hard with age and, let's face it, probably were a bit crap even when new.

[barefoot]

1 hour ago, captain_70s said:

I'd change them.

I'll bet they only cost about thirty bob for a whole set in that comedy size.

[The Vicar]

2 hours ago, barefoot said:

I'll bet they only cost about thirty bob for a whole set in that comedy size.

I have them ordered already at 35 quid a corner. Before even inspecting the tyres on it I had them ordered! I could have cancelled the order but I suppose new ones can do no harm..

[The Vicar]

Positive results after a spin for fuel

filled the tank but the fuel gauge isn’t working..

[ETCHY]

2 hours ago, The Vicar said:

Positive results after a spin for fuel

filled the tank but the fuel gauge isn’t working..

I really like that type/ generation of cheap Japanese car. They are somehow functional tools but cool with it. The boxy functionalism just works IMO.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, The Vicar said:

filled the tank but the fuel gauge isn’t working..

If it's anything like a Hijet it will be the sender. If it does come back to life after a bit don't rely on it until you've proved it's accurate. Ask me how I know...😀

[The Vicar]

Today marks 1 year of ownership of my Ypsilon in Rome. 9,624 km on the clock as of this morning (5,980 miles) with no complaints. It’s a great car for Rome and has taken everything in its stride:

here’s to many more years and many more miles

[EightMegs]

On 15/06/2024 at 16:02, The Vicar said:

Summer is upon us, my holiday time is booked, and I need a set of wheels. I’ve gone in a slightly different direction this year and bought this:

Its a 1 owner car with 10k miles on the clock, and has been off the road for ten years. Plan is to change the timing belt, give it a service, put 4 new tyres on it and send it for a test and let them tell me what it needs. 

Watch this space!

Was he from Mullinavat by any chance? I think I recognise this Domino.

[The Vicar]

4 hours ago, EightMegs said:

Was he from Mullinavat by any chance? I think I recognise this Domino.

Rathduff Ballyragget is the address on the logbook..

[The Vicar]

New exhaust center section today, has quietened things nicely:

[EightMegs]

20 minutes ago, The Vicar said:

Rathduff Ballyragget is the address on the logbook..

Ah, nevermind, different Domino in that case. The one I remember in Mullinavat might have been a 94 KK reg now that I think about it.

[yes oui si]

18 hours ago, The Vicar said:

Rathduff Ballyragget 

I'm sure I saw him play Benvolio... 

On topic, I've not seen an L200 in years. A much younger version of myself knocked around with a lass who got one as her first car and got swept off a Ford within a week. Fond memories...