embarrassed by your car??

fox_1973

ok just from getting likes for my post in another topic, id thought id start this... i drive a 95 automatic corolla, bought it after i rolled my last car, i was stuck, and a neighbour had it sitting in his garden. Got it for 400 euro 7 years ago and I meant to keep it until I could find something i wanted, ......well 7 years later im still driving it, just got a new nct for another year and i love it! but people look at me funny, the kids are embarressed at school and i get no respect on the road for driving an oldie, its the best car ive driven, (**** on petrol) but its mine and i love it, ive also got a 10 D focus to drive when OH has not got it...so whats your thoughts, should i just get rid of it, or enjoy it like i have done for years?

Avns1s

I wouldn't care less what others think. If it works for you, keep driving it!

Alanstrainor

Keep it!

Jimdagym

Not embarrassed, I just don't love mine. Have it just over 6 years and it's time to change.

newmug

Thats a classic! Why the hell would you be embarrassed by it?

I went from this
...............


to this



and didn't care what folks thought, that particular Rover was rough as a bear's arse tbh.

Stheno

I've always driven old cars and don't give a monkeys what people think tbh?

SniperSight

If it makes you fell good and happy when you see it and drive it, then no-one elses opion matters. Its your car, no-one elses. Hang on to it I say.

Ricardo G

YES, one very similar to this, same faded red turned pink. The only car that i never had an ounce of bother with I was even half tempted to put one of those 2ft black sunvisors on it so oncoming traffic would'nt recognise me

unkel

fox_1973 wrote: »

Got it for 400 euro 7 years ago and I meant to keep it until I could find something i wanted, ......well 7 years later im still driving it, just got a new nct for another year and i love it!

You Sir, are the boss of bangernomics

Well done on your remarkable achievement of zero depreciation over 7 years of owning your car!

Dudess

RoverJames wrote: »

I went from this
...............


to this



and didn't care what folks thought, that particular Rover was rough as a bear's arse tbh.

I love those Rovers. OP that's kinda silly - you're not a teenager. If you love it, simples.

.... you love rovers :eek: proper bird :cool:

Bruthal

What type of cars do you like james:D

inagoodway

i'm in the same boat as you op, i was away for a few years and when i got home they had let some scrap-man take away my 91 primera:mad:

well i didn't buy a new car but my sister moved away and left me her 00 corsa, at first i was like wtf, but now i love the little jammer, unfortunately you have to drive the ring out of it to make "reasonable progress", but you need all your skills to keep her on the road, i live and drive out the country and drive on backroads and bogroads, so u need to brake early for corners, feather the throttle going around corners etc etc

i am thinking of getting me a pair of those rally-driver ballet shoes:D

edit; ya sometimes i'm embarrassed getting into it but you can feel your arse on the road , like the old days

Bruthal

Theres a lot to be said for a car that your not that bothered about, but it does the job.

Mar4ix

Actually to drive Rover is pretty comfortable. I like them also... apart mechanics.

Senna

The exhaust is blowing on my car and wont be fixed till Wednesday, so currently i am embarrassed by my car.

Jammy Donut

Nissan Micra,
Hyundai Accent/ Original Coupe,
Daihatsu (any),
Ford Ka,
Opel Tigra, Late 90s Corsa,
Rover (Unless a Mini Cooper)
Any big MPV, Serena/Sharon

I'd rather walk.

But I love old Volvo 440 Estates, All Fiestas (Once it's a 3 door) And basically all Fords pre 2000, Cougar, Probe, Puma, Orion, Escort etc...


Strange.

Bruthal

A 97 almera i have. Does me fine, although no driving for 2 months at the moment due to a mishap on the stairs:)

dgt

OP theres nothing more satasfying than a cheap car that you enjoy driving. Hold onto it, would be a shame to see it in a scrapyard

fox_1973

cheers guys for the posts, ill get a pic up tomorrow of the old bird, i just think when people see a 95 wine corolla on the road, they think it must be a bangor and either driven by 'the people who live by the road' i dont want to upset any mod, or a 'person of a dark colour' who has bought it for pooey money! but this is actually a great car, mint one owner when i got it, original radio and all trim person, ....just have to get the kids to get in it now!

fox_1973

Jammy Donut wrote: »

Nissan Micra,
Hyundai Accent/ Original Coupe,
Daihatsu (any),
Ford Ka,
Opel Tigra, Late 90s Corsa,
Rover (Unless a Mini Cooper)
Any big MPV, Serena/Sharon

I'd rather walk.

But I love old Volvo 440 Estates, All Fiestas (Once it's a 3 door) And basically all Fords pre 2000, Cougar, Probe, Puma, Orion, Escort etc...


Strange.

that is actually the car I flipped, brand new, wrote it off

fox_1973

newmug wrote: »

Thats a classic! Why the hell would you be embarrassed by it?

its more the kids who are embarrassed by it, me in the school yard in my baby gives them grief! doesnt go well with the 17yr old, he wont even drive it

fox_1973

unkel wrote: »

You Sir, are the boss of bangernomics

Well done on your remarkable achievement of zero depreciation over 7 years of owning your car!

hate to tell you, but ive also earned nearly 1500 from two accidents when people reversed into me, i did repair the damage only cos i love the car but, for 7 years, id say it costs me nothing

I Was VB

I'm still in my 94 Diesel jappo wagon, she's slow as anything but i love her to bits.

yourpics

fox_1973 wrote: »

cheers guys for the posts, ill get a pic up tomorrow of the old bird, i just think when people see a 95 wine corolla on the road, they think it must be a bangor and either driven by 'the people who live by the road' i dont want to upset any mod, or a 'person of a dark colour' who has bought it for pooey money! but this is actually a great car, mint one owner when i got it, original radio and all trim person, ....just have to get the kids to get in it now!

Get the pics up, 95 Corolla is far more reliable than some of the modern junk, full of electrics waiting to go wrong

StonedRaider

who gives a flying $%ck what people think
my first car cost me €900 and kept going for 5yrs.in that time,just the annual service,4tyres,1battery,1 set of wipers,€20 weld on exhaust and a set of rear brake shoes. It was a nissan(with a timing chain)

Buffman

fox_1973 wrote: »

its more the kids who are embarrassed by it, me in the school yard in my baby gives them grief! doesnt go well with the 17yr old, he wont even drive it

Eh, who cares if they're embarrassed! Let them walk to school. As for your son not wanting to drive it, grand, sure you're saving petrol.:D Better for him to learn in a manual car anyway. Anyway, I'm sure he'll eventually learn that any car is better than no car.

I've had a 97 Almera for a few years and couldn't give two squirts about what people think!:D

fox_1973

yourpics wrote: »

Get the pics up, 95 Corolla is far more reliable than some of the modern junk, full of electrics waiting to go wrong

i agree, ive had no trouble with this, what can go wrong? starts every morning

Wedgie

'95 Toyota Estima.

I think it's ugly, but I like it. It runs fine, it's comfortable, it's got lots of room, it's not too bad on diesel, I still think it's ugly though!

Nope, not embarrased at all.

Xcellor

Avensis 2002 - Silver. 1.6 Petrol.

Plain but it has never let me down. 130,000 iles on clock got it at 69. Apart from oil change + new tires have spent nothing else on it. Still does 41mpg.

Fiona

Tell your kids to stop being ungrateful brats and make them walk to school! Keep the car!

inagoodway

mrs crilly wrote: »

Tell your kids to stop being ungrateful brats and make them walk to school! Keep the car!

I KNOW what u mean, mrs c when i was young my ould lad had a pink hillman avenger with a blue bonnet and a screeching belt that would frighten rats, and after that a hi-ace rescued from the scrap-yard, but when u get older you look back at that and laugh about it:)

Fiona

inagoodway wrote: »

I KNOW what u mean, mrs c when i was young my ould lad had a pink hillman avenger with a blue bonnet and a screeching belt that would frighten rats, and after that a hi-ace rescued from the scrap-yard, but when u get older you look back at that and laugh about it:)

My Dad has been in the car trade all his life, his garage used to be beside the house, junk park in the garden was an everyday occurance

Although he he did get me a white Austin Montego for my communuion day and for my confirmation my dream car at the time, a black Mazda 323F with the pop up lights :o:o

inagoodway

mrs crilly wrote: »

My Dad has been in the car trade all his life, his garage used to be beside the house, junk park in the garden was an everyday occurance

Although he he did get me a white Austin Montego for my communuion day and for my confirmation my dream car at the time, a black Mazda 323F with the pop up lights :o:o

not too shabby, my first car was a peugeot 309, mother's car, then got myself a '79 mini, then an '83 escort estate:rolleyes:.

the good old days:)

run_Forrest_run

Octavia 1.6 Petrol '00 - ugly as sin and despite the random screech from the starter (it never seems to get worse, just intermittent) it's been a reliable thing...great boot too;)

inagoodway

this thread reminds me, i have a '96 Lancer out the back, been parked for 3 years, but engine purring like a kitten, might be worth a run at the nct, ?

Anan1

When I was a kid my dad brought myself and my brother to see an old SAAB 95 (95, not a 9-5) estate in orange. We arrived outside the house just in time to see this thing come around the corner trailing smoke behind it. I heard a noise beside me and looked down to see my younger brother softly crying. OP, keep the Corolla. We didn't buy the SAAB, but it would have been character building stuff.

Zubeneschamali

I'm unembarrassable - I had a Multipla for 7 years, and a 1.1l petrol Kangoo Kar for 3.

Big Nasty

inagoodway wrote: »

i have a '96 Lancer out the back, been parked for 3 years, but engine purring like a kitten

Must be a miser on juice!

inagoodway

last time i put juice in it petrol was cheap:)

edit; ya it runs on the smell of diesel of the ould lite-ace parked beside it:D

dar83

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

I'm unembarrassable - I had a Multipla for 7 years, and a 1.1l petrol Kangoo Kar for 3.

Dear lord...

My dad is the complete opposite of a car person, when I was in my most embarassable years we had a Lada 1600 Riva Estate. I have to admit I got slagged for it, but it never really bothered me. My two older sisters on the other hand used to make him park around the corner from their school to get picked up in it. haha.

Anan1

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

I'm unembarrassable - I had a Multipla for 7 years, and a 1.1l petrol Kangoo Kar for 3.

Only the dull are embarrassed my Multiplas.:)

TrailerBob

Not even a teeny bit embarrassed by the 'Cruiser... But have to drive the fiancee's red 06 Beetle the odd time, its a cracking car, but I look like a complete hairdresser in it!!

run_Forrest_run

I remember the day my old man came home with a Mercedes E-Class, it was back in the early 90's but the model was older again, around '85 I'd say (W123??), it was one with the horizontal headlights.

Anyway, the thing used to be petrol but was converted to diesel (I don't know why!) and you could hear it coming from about 5 miles away! Imagine the embarrassment as a teenager waiting for a lift home etc!
It spent more time in the repair shop than it did on the road...ah the memories.
Looks wise, it was stunning but really it was a bad egg:D

Big Nasty

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

I remember the day my old man came home with a Mercedes E-Class, it was back in the early 90's but the model was older again, around '85 I'd say (W123??), it was one with the horizontal headlights.

Anyway, the thing used to be petrol but was converted to diesel (I don't know why!) and you could hear it coming from about 5 miles away! Imagine the embarrassment as a teenager waiting for a lift home etc!
It spent more time in the repair shop than it did on the road...ah the memories.
Looks wise, it was stunning but really it was a bad egg:D

Loads of that went on in the late 80's / early 90's, i.e. Mercs and Bimmers with Nissan Vanette engine transplants.

piston

95 Peugeot 205 here. A one owner from new with FSH and 60,000 miles, bought for €100 a few years after it failed the NCT on few minor details but the owner was presented with an outrageous quotation to fix it. Fixed it myself for peanuts and am still driving it and now showing 160,000 miles. It's needed very little apart from a few brake pipes and a few anti-roll bar bushes (it is a 205 after all!) and the boot lid is the wrong colour after I got rear-ended at traffic lights and couldn't be bothered re-spraying the replacement.

I may be in a minority but I have always loved 205s, fun to drive in the way only a lightweight car can be, seriously easy on juice and they run forever if you don't mind a few unidentified clunks and knocks on a rough road and non-essential parts like ashtrays self destructing. People are welcome to laugh but I've pumped it full of Waxoyl to try and get a few more years out if it.

Having drove a 206 recently, it is the best reason I can think of for preserving a 205. Did Peugeot really consider this progress?

Zubeneschamali

piston wrote: »

Having drove a 206 recently, it is the best reason I can think of for preserving a 205. Did Peugeot really consider this progress?

The 207 is worse again. A new 208 will be along, and Peugeot are trying to link it to the 205, ignoring all the cars they made since.

run_Forrest_run

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Loads of that went on in the late 80's / early 90's, i.e. Mercs and Bimmers with Nissan Vanette engine transplants.

why was it so popular to transplant an engine? Cost reasons? I can't imagine the relative cost of fuel to be any higher back then to what it is today. Mad.

In order to start the car he had to pull a lever/knob out (looked like a stop on an church organ:D) and wait until the elements heated up. Of course that mechanism then failed so he basically used to hot-wire the thing for months...mortified I was

dgt

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Loads of that went on in the late 80's / early 90's, i.e. Mercs and Bimmers with Nissan Vanette engine transplants.

Don't forget some Range Rovers got that treatment too

Boscoirl

Currently driving a 03 Megane 5dr, that is as slow as a tug boat, the front left indicator works randomly so I feel like an obnoxious d**k at every junction when I turn left.

I miss my old car, 98 Polo classic(1.4) it went like a rocket, much more fun to drive than the girlfriend 2.0TDi A3, I had to get rid of it when it started needing work every few months, its still alive though, have seen it a few times in Clonmel after getting rid of it in Limerick