my boot unlock switch on the dash doesn't work either. There is a bit of damage (fraying) to the wiring loom where the boot opens. Just use the key instead....
The old car thread
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my boot unlock switch on the dash doesn't work either. There is a bit of damage (fraying) to the wiring loom where the boot opens. Just use the key instead....
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Tisk, tisk.... all should be working, for a cherished old car.
The only thing not working on my 14 year old Honda CRV is the little green light on the main cruise control switch.
I can live with that.
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
I went through a phase of buying old but low mileage, well maintained cars from elderly neighbours. Alas, the replacement cars they've then bought won't be replaced for another 10 years or more, so I've a bit of a wait for the next wave of such vehicles to crop up.
Hicky
Guru
I’m on 183k, I bought it at 171k off eBay on a whim for just over 1K with 12 month MOT fsh, plus free dings and scrapes as I needed a bigger diesel car.
It needs the full treatment as above belt wise.
Ms has a Xtrail and used mine for any distance drives as it’s awesome for fuel on the motorway.....Rochdale to Loch Lomond computer 58mpg calculated 49mpg at speed limits. I purposely went for a Euro3 to avoid a dpf. With hindsight I’d of spent some more money and got a blue Ocean Race.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
OE - cheap, good supplier (Volvo Newcastle):
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Volvo-D5-Engine-Belt-Change-Full-Set-Timing-Belt-Aux-Belt-Water-Pump-Aux/322180973554?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDXT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
You'll also get c15% extra mpg in an E3 over an E4. Onboard display's mpg is an utter work of fiction in that generation, as you doubtless know.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Volvo-D5-Engine-Belt-Change-Full-Set-Timing-Belt-Aux-Belt-Water-Pump-Aux/322180973554?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDXT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
You'll also get c15% extra mpg in an E3 over an E4. Onboard display's mpg is an utter work of fiction in that generation, as you doubtless know.
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My old focus is certainly not cherished. It’s being driven into the ground. Next stop; scrapyard (somewhere between now and 18months time).
cambiker71
Active Member
- Location
- Peterborough UK
My 1998 Legacy estate, great for collecting bikes, parts, broken down family bikes, holidays across the country and it just works! Best £100 I've spent!
That Subaru looks ace
The Focus failed it's MOT, first time since I've owned it.
Headlight obviously misaligned. (That'll he me then)
OS stoplight out. (Bollox as l checked every light).
Bit of welding in one rear arch.
Garage say's it's well worth doing but l will have a think about it. The mot may cost £200 but l can get that scrapping it and l want a Jimny. We'll see......
The Focus failed it's MOT, first time since I've owned it.
Headlight obviously misaligned. (That'll he me then)
OS stoplight out. (Bollox as l checked every light).
Bit of welding in one rear arch.
Garage say's it's well worth doing but l will have a think about it. The mot may cost £200 but l can get that scrapping it and l want a Jimny. We'll see......
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Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
£100 for a family sized Scooby that has plenty of life left in it? Gotta be a bargain.
PS, who's metro is that?
PS, who's metro is that?
That Subaru looks ace
The Focus failed it's MOT, first time since I've owned it.
Headlight obviously misaligned. (That'll he me then)
OS stoplight out. (Bollox as l checked every light).
Bit of welding in one rear arch.
Garage say's it's well worth doing but l will have a think about it. The mot may cost £200 but l can get that scrapping it and l want a Jimny. We'll see......
I always budget for £200 per year for getting through the MOT. £200 is cheaper than getting another car.
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Absolutely. £200 isn't even a monthly payment. Yet you still hear plenty of people buy a new car for 2, 3 or 400 quid a month who justify it because the old car needed £500 of work.
NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
I used to have a 2003 Citroen C3 1.4 HDi 8v.
Did 165,000+ miles in it over ten years and regular wearables and service items aside it only had an air con pipe and the injectors cleaning in all that time. It still had the original battery and clutch when I finally chopped it in. The average fuel consumption never dropped below 60mpg and it would do well over 70mpg on a run. It never used a drop of oil and it had free VED too.
It's still showing as being on the road now, with over 185k on the clock at the last MOT.
Did 165,000+ miles in it over ten years and regular wearables and service items aside it only had an air con pipe and the injectors cleaning in all that time. It still had the original battery and clutch when I finally chopped it in. The average fuel consumption never dropped below 60mpg and it would do well over 70mpg on a run. It never used a drop of oil and it had free VED too.
It's still showing as being on the road now, with over 185k on the clock at the last MOT.
cambiker71
Active Member
- Location
- Peterborough UK
The metro is also mine, a fast appreciating classic
The legacy has been great, it helps that I'm a Subaru garage foreman, although it's been completely reliable, drove nearly 1000 miles on a recent family holiday with zero issues not bad for a 20 year old car! This is my second one, the previous one is still going somewhere, but wasn't in as good condition as this one, I only have this one because a great customer sold it to me for such a small amount of money when they bought a new one!
Black Sheep
Guru
- Location
- Rammy
Dad has a 2008 panda, its showing 35000 on the clock, but I'm thinking this is it's second time round!
The lights on the dash occasionally come on when starting it to show that they work, they go off within the first mile.
the gearbox gaiter trim is in tatters, none of the lights on the knobs and switches light up (the speedo does) when the lights are on.
outside the fuel filler flap fell off one day many years ago.
personally I hate the thing, the rear view mirror blocks my vision on left hand bends and I can never quite get comfortable, but I am quite impressed with it! Dad is expecting it to fall apart on the driveway one day, but until then...
Closer to home, the wife has a car, I'm on two wheels.
I bought a 1999 registered Kawasaki ZZR600 with 23000 miles on it in 2013, sold it with 60000 on in 2017 as there was a gearbox issue I didn't have time or money to fix, bought for £1200
Replaced with (for the princely sum of £1500) a 2001 reg Honda CB600FS (Hornet) with 25k on it, will keep it until I can't fix it and it drops apart, at which point I'll go shopping for something else for about the same amount of money
