Nexia Idiocy: That'll be the Daewoo

[Richard_FM]

I picked up an early Daewoo brochure a few years ago:

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I bought my son one of these when he finished uni. Brilliant little car, 16v 1400 engine, air-con, alloy wheels, electric windows all round, central locking, all on a 1996 car. Paid £500 for it. Ran it until the head gasket failed. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

23 minutes ago, 2flags said:

I bought my son one of these when he finished uni. Brilliant little car, 16v 1400 engine, air-con, alloy wheels, electric windows all round, central locking, all on a 1996 car. Paid £500 for it. Ran it until the head gasket failed. 

Decadence!

That will have likely been a GLXi. My one is a GLi and as such, I get air conditioning and that's about it really. Still a surprising feature for a budget car from 1996.

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Yes, I was amazed at all the features. I was running a new Ford Focus at the time, and this little cheapy had nearly all the toys the Ford did! I do remember that not all cars of this era had power steering! My son was well impressed!

[grogee]

10 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Was out with the Sloth of Magnificence yesterday. Just a wee jaunt from where it's stored down to Irvine and back again. 44 miles round trip. That was my first proper drive of it also, and I've had some thoughts on it. Here's the problems, thus far:

• PWR Light on: indicates a gearbox fault - looking like the selector switch is goosed. It shuffles through the gears fine but sometimes it's clunky as fook.
• Wobbly at speed: wheel balancing, probably. Those Corsa alloys are a bit rough anyway. Original steels going back on soon if I can get some part-worns for it.

And you know, the good:

• Fuck me, it shifts if you nail it. Really rev happy in the same way the Vectra is.
• It's pretty cool, in a shite sort of way.
• It somehow goes round corners.

Winning. Hoping to have it out again on Friday.

Was in Tesco, and saw one of those wee waving chinese cat thingies, so money was parted with, for a cat, and blu-tack...

Listened to some giffer tunes (Manhattan Transfer, do they count as giffer?), and plodding along at slightly less than the speed limit has been pretty fun.

You're winning at life! 

I'm jealous of the car, the tapes but most of all - THE CAT!!! Where does one source one of those? 

[AnnoyingPentium]

2 minutes ago, grogee said:

THE CAT!!! Where does one source one of those? 

My local Tesco had them in, randomly. Probably to do with the Chinese New Year, mind you.

Either way, I'm going back to get a couple more...

[High Jetter]

At one time they offered to replace your 2yo with a new one, for free. Car, that is.

[somewhatfoolish]

32 minutes ago, grogee said:

You're winning at life! 

I'm jealous of the car, the tapes but most of all - THE CAT!!! Where does one source one of those? 

Aside from Teh Internetz, available at all good chinese tat shops.

[AnnoyingPentium]

19 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Aside from Teh Internetz, available at all good chinese tat shops.

Aye see, that's great and all, but it's nae solar powered cat...

Might just be the most cursed looking picture of the year, but here we are.

[somewhatfoolish]

Soz, solar cats are available.

[grogee]

9 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Soz, solar cats are available.

£6.89???

Who do you think I am, Jeff Bezos???