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Post by WDB on Mar 15, 2021 10:00:31 GMT
Well, it ain’t gonna happen. I showed the 900 to the Familial General Assembly and it was unanimously rejected as too old to be safe. I suspect a VW Up would have been accepted without demur — and that may actually be a more crashworthy machine than a 900. But a car from a maker that had safety features in the 1960s that others didn’t adopt till the 1990s gives me more confidence than most.
But facts weren’t really the issue here, even for Boy1 the engineering student. The 900 was dismissed on emotional grounds and I don’t really care enough to fight for it.
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Post by Humph on Mar 15, 2021 10:09:59 GMT
Ups, and their derivatives, have weak clutches, or so I'm led to believe.
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Post by Humph on Mar 15, 2021 10:12:40 GMT
Loads of headroom in Renegades...
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Post by bpg on Mar 15, 2021 10:28:57 GMT
Is that for 37.85 litre hats ?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2021 10:30:20 GMT
Well, it ain’t gonna happen. I showed the 900 to the Familial General Assembly and it was unanimously rejected as too old to be safe. I suspect a VW Up would have been accepted without demur — and that may actually be a more crashworthy machine than a 900. But a car from a maker that had safety features in the 1960s that others didn’t adopt till the 1990s gives me more confidence than most. But facts weren’t really the issue here, even for Boy1 the engineering student. The 900 was dismissed on emotional grounds and I don’t really care enough to fight for it. Interesting one. Does the size advantage of a 900 ovecome the modern safety measures in a washing machine like an Up? I suppose that would depend upon the nature of any specific accident/incident. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2021 10:33:09 GMT
Ups, and their derivatives, have weak clutches, or so I'm led to believe. So do Aygos/C1s/108s. Ask my niece for anecdotal evidence. Mind you, she's a pretty nervous and mechanically unsympathetic driver, so perhaps that's a factor. Either way, she's just scrapped her MOT failure 57-reg C1 for £100. I am a bit miffed, I'm sure I could have got it back on the road for my lad, but the location of the car and the lockdown restrictions combined made it an awkward propostion to recover it here. |
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Post by Humph on Mar 15, 2021 11:26:47 GMT
Somewhere around 2009/10 they upgraded the Aygo and derivative clutches I believe. Yes, that's a pity you couldn't get hold of that one for £100. I'm sure you'd have been able to get it back up together for not much.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 12:50:28 GMT
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Post by WDB on Mar 24, 2021 13:06:52 GMT
Already got one. We keep paperclips in it.
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Post by Humph on Mar 24, 2021 13:08:21 GMT
Renegades have a lot of headroom y'know...and, they are uber cool...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2021 10:42:22 GMT
So I'm back to this thread.
Would like to find something before December/New Year. Budget : £2500. Petrol, manual. B (but big B) or C category. My short list, keeping under Group 10 insurance:
Ford Focus
Vauxhall Astra
VW Golf
SEAT Leon
SKODA Octavia
FIAT Punto
FIAT Bravo
Citroen C4
Peugeot 307
Mazda 3 (only 1.4 sneaks under G10)
Toyota Corolla
Proton GEN-2
His list:
Not a Ford
Not a Vauxhall
Japanese (silly beggar is obsessed with JDM, which of course isn't happening)
Anything quite shit, which nobody will recognise.
I think that the only thing which qualifies for from both lists is the Proton GEN-2, and it would have to be a 1.3, of which there is precisely one example for sale in the country today.
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Post by Humph on Oct 4, 2021 11:18:29 GMT
One of my son's MTB mates has an old Honda Jazz, not the obvious choice for a 21 year old, but he doesn't care, and he can get two bikes and camping gear in it. Another, for similar reasons, has an old Panda.
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Post by WDB on Oct 4, 2021 12:52:20 GMT
How Japanese is a Proton?
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Post by Humph on Oct 4, 2021 13:02:09 GMT
I think, but don't quote me, but I think some Proti were based on old model Mitsubishis.
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Post by EspadaIII on Oct 4, 2021 14:11:20 GMT
I suspect all were...
Well perhaps not the ones based on old Daihatsus.
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