SEATMad Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I've kept this one quite... So recently I lost all sensibility and decided to spontaneously spend a considerable about of money on a new shitebox that I don't necessarily however it was too tempting to pass up. Do I need it? No. Should I have bought it? probably not. Is my Mrs foaming with me now? Of course she is. Do I have any idea what I'm going to do with it? No Am I happy? Absolutely! I actually bought a couple of weeks back however due to the logistics of my job (I'm currently serving in the RAF so I bounce around the place quite a lot and I'm only ever home on the weekends), organizing either collection or delivery was quite troublesome to say the least. In the end I opted to just simply get it towed to my home address and today it got delivered and was waiting for me when I got home (I was terribly excited). Anyway, I've had a chance to give it a proper look over and well, it's not bad at all. Some background, its 1 owner from new and comes with a stack of paperwork. Tax discs dating back to 1995 and service history dating back to when it was brand new and 96,000 miles from new all accounted for. There are a couple of issues, small things like it'll need a front window regulator (clue! its got electric front windows) and I believe she's running a bit lean. Other than that it's in really good nick. Rust work has been carried out and is solid underneath and runs decently enough when up to speed, not bad at all. So in true AS style, before I upload any photos (I refuse to use the sellers photos), Try to take a guess as to what I've wasted my hard earned readies on. Clues: . Hatchback . From the 80's . Was featured on the eBay tat thread and wasn't posted my myself . NOT A SEAT! (unfortunately) That's all ya getting 😉 You win a high five if you guess correctly. Thanks for reading. wesacosa, Shite Ron, Burnside and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Everything in the eBay tat thread from the last month? egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 MG Maestro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Third person title, is it a Matra Murena? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim89 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 A SEAT shurely? Or am I reading too much into this ? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Mk2 Golf or a Renault 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 ritmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEATMad Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Some great guesses but a nope so far 🤷🏻♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Oval heritage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Toledo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 eddys jag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobloseven Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Vauxhall Astra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2000 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Audi Coupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surface Rust Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Fiat Uno 500tops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Renault 25? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Is it a Mk3 Escort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokinWaffle Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Fiat....Rimo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 something Japanese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Mitsubishi Colt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Talbot Horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEATMad Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Someone's got it right! photos to come later KruJoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEATMad Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Congrats to @grogee for guessing correctly. Meet my latest financial burden. 1988 Mitsubishi Colt GLX 1500. HillmanImp, Spottedlaurel, MorrisItalSLX and 43 others 44 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 awesome SEATMad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Yes! This seemed like such a good deal. Sold by a man who owned it for 35 years, wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEATMad Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 24 minutes ago, Nyphur said: As a relatively recent joiner to the forum to probably won't have seen the "forum bike" Colt that a good few of us owned previously. Yes I'm aware of this one! I believe @dollywobbler had it for a while, saw it on Hubnut. CGSB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEATMad Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 8 minutes ago, D.E said: Yes! This seemed like such a good deal. Sold by a man who owned it for 35 years, wasn't it? All credit to you who posted it originally! Cheers! yeah the bloke bought it new and I ended up getting it rather cheap so a very good deal all round High Jetter, egg, D.E and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Great motor @SEATMad! I love 80s Japanese stuff. Ooh electric windows, how swish. Can't wait for the thread. 500tops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEATMad Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 1 minute ago, grogee said: Great motor @SEATMad! I love 80s Japanese stuff. Ooh electric windows, how swish. Can't wait for the thread. Thank you mate! I'm the same I cant resist old Jap crap myself. My first job with this is to try to source a new window regulator as the drivers side one is buggered, other than that though she runs as sweet as a nut. Genuinely could daily it. This is what I'll probably bring to Shitefest and other meets if I can make them. 500tops, Burnside and Justwatching 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaGTE85 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Very well played SEATMad! I have not seen one in ages. I would like to ask a SEAT-appropriate question, if I may. The indicator and wiper switches look quite unusual, how do you operate them on the Colt? SEATMad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 My sister in law had one back in the nineties, a three speed auto. We borrowed it once, when I was between cars briefly, to go from Reading to Glasgow and back. It covered that no problem at all and didn’t miss a beat. Rot got it in the end but was sold to the owner of the Mitsubishi dealer, who said he was going to restore it. No idea whether that happened or not and can’t remember the reg. It was a dark blue metallic 5 door, C reg. Well bought! SEATMad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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