***** Motors Chat - Round 5*****

toastedpickles

dgt wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUpbOliTHJY

Shut it! :pac:

colm_mcm

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MuppetCheck

Bpmull wrote: »

That would be more or less what the Astras performance would be would it taking weight into consideration, assuming it's the 1.4 petrol astra pickles has. Is there a website that gives all them performance figures it's handy to read them like that altogether. Rather than just scattered through car reviews.

This is handy sometimes.

http://www.zeperfs.com/en/

Ardennes1944

Spent 3hours cleaning the mould and 11 years of crap and general yuckyness off the mazdas interior today, removed the seats and will wet vac the crap out of it tomorrow.
it wasnt running smooth at all so cleaned the throttle body and now runs as should.
There is one problem left, when accelerating slowly from a standstill theres a clunking coming from the front of the car for a second and then it goes away. Im thinking an engine mount maybe? car doesnt seem that planted at the front and seems to want to hop with any quick take off from standstill

Love the simplicity of the car so far, only gripe is that theres a lot of rattles to sort out!

Old diesel

pred racer wrote: »

Dont do it, you will regret it.
I've had 2 cars with similar performance to that yoke and its soul destroying!

Couldn't agree more - especially if you've to do any sort of a long distance journey at all.

How many miles do you do in the week???, whats the realistic fuel saving on something like the Corsa when compared to say a Corolla 1.3 or even the Rover 600 posted in the bangernomics tread.

I think unless the budget is massively tight - id rather spend (for example) 40 quid a week extra on fuel for the Rover rather then have the Corsa.

Just my thinking - which fully deserves to be ignored

toastedpickles

Old diesel wrote: »

Couldn't agree more - especially if you've to do any sort of a long distance journey at all.

How many miles do you do in the week???, whats the realistic fuel saving on something like the Corsa when compared to say a Corolla 1.3 or even the Rover 600 posted in the bangernomics tread.

I think unless the budget is massively tight - id rather spend (for example) 40 quid a week extra on fuel for the Rover rather then have the Corsa.

Just my thinking - which fully deserves to be ignored

Well I never said i was going to buy it! I'm just looking, I might come back with something entirely different! I've a few on the list for the following few days

Old diesel

toastedpickles wrote: »

Well I never said i was going to buy it! I'm just looking, I might come back with something entirely different! I've a few on the list for the following few days

My apologies - wasn't meaning to have a pop at you for considering buying the Corsa.

At the end of the day - you should buy the car that best suits your needs - and if that's the Corsa - then that's the car to go for.

I suppose as someone looking to go in the other direction this year - I suppose I have a different outlook on things.

Apologies

toastedpickles

Old diesel wrote: »

My apologies - wasn't meaning to have a pop at you for buying the Corsa.

At the end of the day - you should buy the car that best suits your needs - and if that's the Corsa - then that's the car to go for.

I suppose as someone looking to go in the other direction this year - I suppose I have a different outlook on things.

Apologies

Oh god no i wasn't taking it seriously at all, I never take anything seriously, no need to be sorry at all

I'm just saying that I might end up with anything, but im starting small, I could end up with a 406 dtubro

pred racer

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Spent 3hours cleaning the mould and 11 years of crap and general yuckyness off the mazdas interior today, removed the seats and will wet vac the crap out of it tomorrow.
it wasnt running smooth at all so cleaned the throttle body and now runs as should.
There is one problem left, when accelerating slowly from a standstill theres a clunking coming from the front of the car for a second and then it goes away. Im thinking an engine mount maybe? car doesnt seem that planted at the front and seems to want to hop with any quick take off from standstill

Love the simplicity of the car so far, only gripe is that theres a lot of rattles to sort out!

Engine mount would also show as a judder when you try to accelerate from low speed in high gear.
Mine clunks on take off at the moment, there is a bushing gone in the front, but it also rattles over small bumps.

Ardennes1944

If i leave off the accelerator pedal abruptly the car will jerk a good bit, its a horrible loud noise to have when taking off

Cleveland Hot Pocket

toastedpickles wrote: »

Well I never said i was going to buy it! I'm just looking, I might come back with something entirely different! I've a few on the list for the following few days

DO IT!
We can have a n/a daysul corner at the meets :P

Ded_Zebra

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

If i leave off the accelerator pedal abruptly the car will jerk a good bit, its a horrible loud noise to have when taking off

That would be your engine mount alright

toastedpickles

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

DO IT!
We can have a n/a daysul corner at the meets :P

And be talking about the fodder and cahhel! :pac:

Cleveland Hot Pocket

toastedpickles wrote: »

And be talking about the fodder and cahhel! :pac:

And tie down the bootlid with strimmer cord. ?

toastedpickles

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

And tie down the bootlid with strimmer cord. ?

Ah sure why not!

pred racer

Probably engine or gearbox mount so. Check the exhaust rubbers too.

Ardennes1944

thanks guys. expensive jobby??

wotzgoingon

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

And tie down the bootlid with strimmer cord. ?

I had a car once where the bonnet flew up smashed my windscreen while doing 100km/h. Luckily it was on a back road with nobody around, I had to jam on the brakes if there was a car behind me it would probably gone straight into me. I had to tie it down then with what ever I found in the boot.

toastedpickles

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I had a car once where the bonnet flew up smashed my windscreen while doing 100km/h. Luckily it was on a back road with nobody around, I had to jam on the brakes if there was a car behind me it would probably gone straight into me. I had to tie it down then with what ever I found in the boot.

Wasnt a clio by any chance?? they had that apparently

wotzgoingon

toastedpickles wrote: »

Wasnt a clio by any chance?? they had that apparently

No carina e. The boot wasn't closing right. So my oul fella was messing with it 10 mins before it blew up he reckons it wsn't secure, it was secure for about a month before he went messing with it.

toastedpickles

wotzgoingon wrote: »

No carina e. The boot wasn't closing right. So my oul fella was messing with it 10 mins before it blew up he reckons it wsn't secure, it was secure for about a month before he went messing with it.

A certain cleveland has one of those i do believe :pac:

That sounds rough I'd be scrapping/selling/sorting it with optional brown leather after that :pac:

wotzgoingon

toastedpickles wrote: »

A certain cleveland has one of those i do believe :pac:

Yes he has the diesel one I had the 1.6 XLi 110hp one. I miss that car. It's the type of car where I had the attitude where I was booting down bog roads and never washed it ever. It's even on google maps outside the parents house, even though I had it off the road at that stage.

toastedpickles

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Yes he has the diesel one I had the 1.6 XLi 110hp one. I miss that car. It's the type of car where I had the attitude where I was booting down bog roads and never washed it ever. It's even on google maps outside the parents house, even though I had it off the road at that stage.

Ah yeah i know the type haha, my dad had one of the corrollas of that time, he drive the life out of it and it just kept going, and that's the only nice thing you'l ever see me write about them :pac:

pred racer

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

thanks guys. expensive jobby??

Normally a 10 min job for the engine mounts. Depends on the car though.

The 335 is booked in with George Dalton for next Wednesday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpLCjrayo-8

pred racer

Scratchy might be there at the same time, hope turbo problems aren't contagious:pac:

pred racer

pred racer wrote: »

Scratchy might be there at the same time, hope turbo problems aren't contagious:pac:

I hope Alfa problems full stop aren't contagious :P

OSI wrote: »

Replacing the second turbo?

Yes sir!

Here's one especially for ShadowHearth. The whole video is brilliant but go to 2:47 for the best bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8yVQTkpMBs

pred racer

Thats class boi!

I was just in Portumna, Al Hayes is churning out the 141 commercials, I seen 6 of them passing through the town while I was there. All white!

hoodie6029

No sign of 141 LS 1 thread yet. This is a bad start to the new year.