MOT advise

[biggs682]

It's okay, I have found that you can fix most of these faults yourself cheaply and easily with a black permanent marker pen.

oldest trick in the book but it works

 

[Archie_tect]

If I ever get a car of my own, I'll be looking for something as simple as possible. A proper Mini would do. Trouble is, a lot of the older cars are starting to get collectable, so something in good nick is fairly expensive.

Saw a 'proper' mini yesterday.... forgotten how small they are... would feel a bit vulnerable in one these days... at least on a bike you can get out of the way.

 

[Arch]

Saw a 'proper' mini yesterday.... forgotten how small they are... would feel a bit vulnerable in one these days... at least on a bike you can get out of the way.

I had one, the only car I've ever owned. I loved it.

I'm used to driving a fairly small basic vehicle for work, I don't think I'd have a problem with a Mini.

 

[Hover Fly]

The old Dacia Logans are pretty basic,they were what French farmers switched to when the Berlingo/Partner/Kangoo went upmarket, the trouble is you won't find one second-hand in Britain as they weren't imported. You would have to go back more than 20 years to find a car with a distributor and carbs instead of electronics and injection, emission regulations saw to that.

 

[Night Train]

I still fancy getting my first car, a Mk1 Escort. I think it might be cheaper to buy a running and legal Rolls Royce Silver Shadow.

Alternatively, a series 2 or 3 Land Rover would be quite simple to keep running, though not cheap to run.

 

[Archie_tect]

Saved up for a Beetle after my first job along with compensation from being knocked off my motorbike.... £400
Sky blue 1200 with Czech cross ply tyres... fantastic car: WDW 824K

The windscreen wash bottle was pressurised from a tube screwed onto the spare tyre valve... ingenious: until you got a puncture.

 

[MarkF]

Are you my dad?

Was it easy to get the bulb out? I was told it was tricky.

Easy peasy, it is a 98 Jeep, like meccano, 5 minutes. I did it before with a 2004 Mondeo, a light was driving me mad, that took about half a day and was bugger to do.

 

[MarkF]

If I ever get a car of my own, I'll be looking for something as simple as possible. A proper Mini would do. Trouble is, a lot of the older cars are starting to get collectable, so something in good nick is fairly expensive.

I think my next will be a Volvo 240, maybe 740, a car where you can easily see what bolts to what. That's if the Jeep ever dies.

BTW I use a Vespa for commuting, no road tax (1962), £99 insurance and 100mpg. That is about as low tech as you can get, less than 10 moving parts.

 

[Night Train]

Reading this I am glad my bikes don't have electronic/wireless gear changers.

 

[Archie_tect]

I think my next will be a Volvo 240, maybe 740, a car where you can easily see what bolts to what. That's if the Jeep ever dies.

BTW I use a Vespa for commuting, no road tax (1962), £99 insurance and 100mpg. That is about as low tech as you can get, less than 10 moving parts.

It's a Vespa... no moving parts at all...

 

[Piemaster]

MOT story I liked. Vehicle is a 2A Land Rover, first test after a big restoration and as the owner is in a rush to et it to the test submits it without the windscreen fitted - it's bolt-on so if not there can't be tested. BUT the windscreen washer is fitted so has to work. Result - MOT tester squirting water in his eye