Weird Car’s weird cars! ‘I DON'T LIKE THE ALLEGRO SO I'M GOING TO DAILY IT''

[High Jetter]

Sorry to hear you're not a fan of it. No chance it'll grow on you?

[Weird Car]

2 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

No chance it'll grow on you?

I'm not sure, we'll have to see, it just seems to lack much charm or character which is very odd for a classic 

[wesacosa]

well thats a surprise, I was convinced it was the MGF but I suppose this is more obvious 

Shame you not enamored with it so far, hope it grows on you 

[Weird Car]

3 minutes ago, wesacosa said:

well thats a surprise, I was convinced it was the MGF but I suppose this is more obvious 

Shame you not enamored with it so far, hope it grows on you 

It's the old adage 'don't believe everything you read on the Internet' 😆

 

And thanks, we shall see  

[bramz7]

Well thanks for bringing it closer because I've always fancied something Allegro shaped. 

 

[High Jetter]

37 minutes ago, bramz7 said:

Well thanks for bringing it closer because I've always fancied something Allegro shaped. 

 

My parts manager at Caffyns had a red one as a company car. He rang the neck of it on the A259 from Ebo to Seaford. Similar to my area manager at Longlife with his 1.3 Marina. They can shift, if stirred.

[af1]

I fancy an allegro. 

[barefoot]

Just curious to know what you don't like? We had a 1300L and it was ok in little letters. A 1500 auto in Ghia spec should be a little better. But maybe Allegro really was just a bit crap and 40 odd years have done it no favours?

[Weird Car]

21 minutes ago, barefoot said:

Just curious to know what you don't like?

Rides bouncy 

 heavy steering  

Uncomfortable and unsupportive seats 

Overall build quality really isn't great in comparison to other 70s cars I've owned but overall its a lack of character sort of thing, I'm comparing it quite heavily to my old Lada 2101 which had so much more to character, though to really give the VP1500 a fair chance i've stuck the MX5 in the garage for a little while and i'm going to be using the VP as a daily so I'll keep the thread updated on whenever I start to like it as time goes on, I mean at the end of the day underneath its a cheap economy car built during the worst time for the British motor industry so I have to forgive and try to look past some of its short comings 

 

[bangernomics]

Pretty cool thing, needs a paisley paintjob for me. Add me to the list if its early sept when you move it on as I can come in on the ferry rather than the plane.

[motorpunk]

On 05/08/2025 at 17:33, Weird Car said:

Collecteded an Allegro well technically VP 1500, it was pretty obvious with my dribbling on @HMC' s thread when he bought it that I'd eventually own it, speaking of, thanks @HMC for letting me have first refusal and letting me have it for just £450, honestly a steal

I'll start of with the collection, it made it back to Portsmouth from Tavistock which is good, not entirely without fault though I might add, we got to the M275 into portsmouth when the belt snapped and we very nearly overheated, that being said its been very hot today and the temp gauge had stayed just below middle for the entire drive up to that point so that's got to be worthy of a congratulations if anything 

Okay now the big bit, impressions...

I don't like it

 

I know I know, boo hiss and all that, but it's true, I feel like I've let the side down as being a big BL and BMC nut  I really thought I would like it, I've always wanted one but I just honestly don't like the way it drives, so it definitely won't be a long term keeper unfortunately, i feel like because i wanted one for so long i built up a false assumption it would be better than it is but I guess we never know until we try aye? So after some fettling and minor improvement it'll be back up for sale i reckon

That looks awful. But if I make enough (any!) royalties from my book on Red Robbo then I’m probably going to try and buy it, or something similarly shite. 

[Matty]

Just now, motorpunk said:

That looks awful. But if I make enough (any!) royalties from my book on Red Robbo then I’m probably going to try and buy it, or something similarly shite. 

Please calculate how many copies I would need to buy for that to become reality. In my head any situation where a man pulls open the up and over on a sunny Saturday and thinks "Elise or Allegro today?" is one i want to make happen.

[UltraWomble]

Is it a Badermatic?
Colour me interested when you get rid.

Try inflating the front tyres to 38psi to improve the steering.

[trigger]

If it's bouncy then the displacers are probably shot, it will never right nice until they've been replaced.