Here's something I haven't seen in ages...

Max_Damage

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1349278

I'd put this into the same league as the Isuzu Gemini: rare, obscure Japanese cars!

Can't remember the last time I saw one of these!

EDIT: Interesting description given when you put the reg. into Cartell!

carchaeologist

I was after a 1996 4x4 one of these a few years back,lad wouldnt sell it though. That one is an original irish car too. Who sold Subaru in tipp north in 1991?

Max_Damage

carchaeologist wrote: »

I was after a 1996 4x4 one of these a few years back,lad wouldnt sell it though. That one is an original irish car too. Who sold Subaru in tipp north in 1991?

Was the 1996 one the one based on the Suzuki Swift?

carchaeologist

Max_Damage wrote: »

Was the 1996 one the one based on the Suzuki Swift?

Think so,twas much curvier,the 4x4 would have made a great base for a home made field/forestry car!:D

Max_Damage

I think the Justy was the smallest 4x4 car you could get at the time.

Back around the time just before I got my first car in 2004, I was looking around for a Justy myself, but they were pretty much impossible to find second hand!

carchaeologist

Max_Damage wrote: »

I think the Justy was the smallest 4x4 car you could get at the time.

There was a button on the gear stick if i remember rightly,was it for selecting the 4x4?

SugarHigh

So why is the description "MITSUBISHI FK 415H"?

Is that just the most similar car in their database?

Max_Damage

Weren't they a viscous coupling?

I think the CVT versions (which were rubbish from what I heard) had a button alright on the gear shifter.

EDIT: Found this CVT one on Car Domain:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/472825/4

Blue850

Max_Damage wrote: »

I think the Justy was the smallest 4x4 car you could get at the time.

Fiat Panda 4x4

Pdfile

Max_Damage wrote: »

Weren't they a viscous coupling?

I think the CVT versions (which were rubbish from what I heard) had a button alright on the gear shifter.

EDIT: Found this CVT one on Car Domain:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/472825/4

CVT is s***


no its not the smallest but will a take a 2 liter turbo ( or 2.5 ) from an impreza and smoke anythign on a 1/4 mile...

theirs 3 of these around the back from me waiting to become sought after or they'll be traded for parts...

nippy little joke though.

johnos1984

carchaeologist wrote: »

Who sold Subaru in tipp north in 1991?

Singland Motors in Limerick was the nearest which I am aware of. There was also a dealer near Horse and Jockey

aravan2010

It was Eamon Ryan in Littleton. He is still there.

johnos1984

aravan2010 wrote: »

It was Eamon Ryan in Littleton. He is still there.

I understood he had lost the franchise when it was given to Slatterys in Puckane

Bitten & Hisses

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I remember McLaren tested a F1 car in the 90`s with CVT and it was 4 seconds quicker than the standard car. It got banned by the FIA pretty much instantly

It was Williams

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/05/03/banned-continuously-variable-transmission-cvt/

Owen

One in two? :pac:

Max_Damage

Anyway.......

The fact of the mater is that the CVT 'box in the Justy was notoriously unreliable. That said, CVT's have come a long way since. Still wouldn't by a car with CVT (or automatic) regardless.

macplaxton

^^^^ Don't know what you're missing

carchaeologist

carchaeologist

G'wan the 66!:D(gratuitous burnout vid)

I Was VB

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1419154

Max_Damage

^ Another twat that calls them a 'Robin Reliant'

Sam Russell

I Was VB wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1419154

Like the petrol cap.:D

carchaeologist

I Was VB wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1419154

Hmm..cork city reg,were these sold here new or is it an import? I cant remember ever hearing of a dealer. They race them in england in sort of banger races and have the nickname 'Pigs':P

macplaxton

When was AZF?

A Mk1 Robin would be 1973 - 1981.

(and the bottom photo is a bunch of Rialtos)

Actually, if anyone has one of these registered as a car here, it shouldn't be. I have confirmation here from the Revenue Comissioners at the CVO.

Max_Damage

macplaxton wrote: »

When was AZF?

A Mk1 Robin would be 1973 - 1981.

(and the bottom photo is a bunch of Rialtos)

Actually, if anyone has one of these registered as a car here, it shouldn't be. I have confirmation here from the Revenue Commissioners at the CVO.

My cousin has an '84 Rialto, although it's still on English plates. I don't think he's too bothered registering it to Irish plates!

carchaeologist

macplaxton wrote: »

When was AZF?.

Mid 1986,just after the county and city registers were combined.

macplaxton wrote: »

A Mk1 Robin would be 1973 - 1981.
Actually, if anyone has one of these registered as a car here, it shouldn't be. I have confirmation here from the Revenue Comissioners at the CVO.

They should be classed as motorbikes/trikes?

macplaxton

I was contacted a while ago by a man from Mayo who had bought a 1998 Robin from the north. The local office wanted €720 VRT from him. Anyway as the paperwork had been submitted, he had to cough up and put in an appeal. (with information I had that assisted the appeal) This was successful and I've got a copy of the letter here, he got a €600-odd back.

€2/cc up to 350cc and €1/cc thereafter LESS 10% for every year old it is up to a maximum of 90%. So pretty much all of them are €120 for VRT and €76 for motor tax.

(If over 30 years old, then €50 VRT (cat C) and €22 for motortax)

So if the paperwork is incorrect (highly likely as the local offices don't have a clue), please get in touch with me as I would like to assist and add to my evidence pile as much paperwork as possible so that these cars are processed properly in the first instance.

Bitten & Hisses

Max_Damage wrote: »

The fact of the mater is that the CVT 'box in the Justy was notoriously unreliable. That said, CVT's have come a long way since.

Apparently Audi's multitronic is notoriously troublesome

zilog_jones

Max_Damage wrote: »

Weren't they a viscous coupling?

It was selectable 4WD on the manual versions too, there's a picture here (can't link directly, below all the other cars): http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/inspector124300/folder/889738.html

I think the Justy was the smallest 4x4 car you could get at the time.

The smaller Subarus (Rex/M80/Signet and later Vivio) were available with 4WD as well (Rex was same push-button system as Justy, Vivio had viscous coupling), but I'm not sure if either were officially sold here with it. The 4WD Vivio was certainly sold in the UK at least.

SugarHigh wrote: »

So why is the description "MITSUBISHI FK 415H"?

Is that just the most similar car in their database?

Does this look similar? (Real answer: Probably a data entry mistake)