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What's the oldest car you saw on the road today?

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    #4802
    sligojoek
    Registered Users Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    Nice nipple slip by the Cortina.


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    #4803
    m17
    Registered Users Posts: 4,322 ✭✭✭m17


    Galway
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    #4804
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users Posts: 3,917 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    Peugeot 505 Limerick, what a beaut


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    #4805
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    I'm sure you can attest to this yourself Martin when I say that north Dublin - particularly Whitehall, Marino, Drumcondra and Glasnevin - is still full of these yokes. Pass through any of these areas tomorrow and you're bound to see one or two, be they on the road or sat up in a garden but even still I never get tired of seeing them.

    Its funny how you can relate certain cars to certain parts of the country/county.

    The one thing common across all of Ireland is old Toyotas. Would you say the Starlet is more common in North Dubliin and the XLI Corolla is what you mostly see in rural Ireland?


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    #4806
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    tuxy wrote: »
    The one thing common across all of Ireland is old Toyotas. Would you say the Starlet is more common in North Dubliin and the XLI Corolla is what you mostly see in rural Ireland?

    I was going to say the very same thing last night in my original reply :)


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    #4807
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    tuxy wrote: »
    The one thing common across all of Ireland is old Toyotas. Would you say the Starlet is more common in North Dubliin and the XLI Corolla is what you mostly see in rural Ireland?

    This. I spend half my time in Dublin and half in the south, and it's definitely Jackeen starlets and culchie Corollas!


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    #4808
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,192 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    tuxy wrote: »
    The one thing common across all of Ireland is old Toyotas. Would you say the Starlet is more common in North Dubliin and the XLI Corolla is what you mostly see in rural Ireland?

    Very true. This is in Cavan town.
    There is another one always parked nearby, a kind of rose pink/purple one. Some day I'll get all three in a row...

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    #4809
    Means Of Escape
    Registered Users Posts: 1,897 ✭✭✭Means Of Escape


    Lovely BMW e38


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    #4810
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Very true. This is in Cavan town.
    There is another one always parked nearby, a kind of rose pink/purple one. Some day I'll get all three in a row...

    The 1999 was the best year to get that shape Corolla, rev gauge as standard and 4efe engine which is more reliable than the one with vvti.


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    #4811
    selectamatic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    tuxy wrote: »
    The 1999 was the best year to get that shape Corolla, rev gauge as standard and 4efe engine which is more reliable than the one with vvti.

    Did they get electric front windows as standard too in 99? just wondering as my 99 e11 saloon has them.


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    #4812
    sligojoek
    Registered Users Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    I see this around a lot. Pity about the paintwork. It's in good nick otherwise and running very well.

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    #4813
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Ooooh I would just love to attack that with a bottle of t cut!


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    #4814
    sligojoek
    Registered Users Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    Ooooh I would just love to attack that with a bottle of t cut!

    Or 2.

    My OH has an 06 Astra that's nearly as bad. I'm going to have to do something with it soon. It ruins an otherwise grand car.


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    #4815
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,192 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    97 Astra outside the NCT centre in Cavan town today.
    For a really common car, they are remarkably scarce now.
    I wonder if the "Electra" sticker on the back was an official Opel offering.
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    #4816
    Old diesel
    Registered Users Posts: 5,788 ✭✭✭Old diesel


    selectamatic wrote: »
    tuxy wrote: »
    The 1999 was the best year to get that shape Corolla, rev gauge as standard and 4efe engine which is more reliable than the one with vvti.

    Did they get electric front windows as standard too in 99? just wondering as my 99 e11 saloon has them.

    Our 2.0 diesel has the front electric windows too.

    Plus ABS.

    Did cupholders come in for 99 as we have those as well but hard to imagine a 97/98 having cupholders but no rev counter.


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    #4817
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


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    #4818
    Duke O Smiley
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    Old diesel wrote: »
    Our 2.0 diesel has the front electric windows too.

    Plus ABS.

    Did cupholders come in for 99 as we have those as well but hard to imagine a 97/98 having cupholders but no rev counter.

    My 97 had cup holders


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    #4819
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,923 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    Peugeot 505 Limerick, what a beaut

    Peugeot's have to be, model for model, the most ageless cars out there.


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    #4820
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,923 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Beautiful little Fiat 126 in Soho last night. Adore these machines.


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    #4821
    sligojoek
    Registered Users Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    DeepBlue wrote: »
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    I love the X with nothing before or after it.


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    #4822
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Sealed with a kiss, what's your problem?


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    #4823
    sligojoek
    Registered Users Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    SmartinMartin wrote: »
    Sealed with a kiss, what's your problem?

    No problem.

    I used to own a CB-X motorcycle. We used to call it "The X".


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    #4824
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    In hindsight maybe I shudda put a smiley in that post!


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    #4825
    selectamatic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    My 97 had cup holders

    Yep the 3 98 ones I've had did too.


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    #4826
    Odyssey 2005
    Registered Users Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭Odyssey 2005


    Spotted in Clare


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    #4827
    Odyssey 2005
    Registered Users Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭Odyssey 2005


    Also in Clare


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    #4828
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,221 ✭✭✭pablo128


    Odyssey 2005 wrote: »
    Also in Clare

    The Galant is no spring chicken either.


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    #4829
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Coolock village this evening

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    #4830
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    tuxy wrote: »
    The 1999 was the best year to get that shape Corolla, rev gauge as standard and 4efe engine which is more reliable than the one with vvti.

    Having owned both id have the vvti if given the choice. They are smoother and quieter, have a nicer interior and better seats and they look better too.

    No doubt the 4e-fe is as robust as they come but the vvti with a small bit of care is also a very reliable unit.


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    #4831
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,923 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    JohnBoy26 wrote: »
    Having owned both id have the vvti if given the choice. They are smoother and quieter, have a nicer interior and better seats and they look better too.

    No doubt the 4e-fe is as robust as they come but the vvti with a small bit of care is also a very reliable unit.

    I have a 97 4efe. I've never been more in awe of an engine. It blows my mind how much abuse it can handle for such a tiny little 4 pot.

    Just a beaut of engineering.


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