crazyjim wrote: » I think the allegation is that the 9-5 was tarted up a little but the accountants were allowed to pare back cost of construction by insisting on cheaper parts. Generally resulting in a nastier less premium feel
unkel wrote: » Dame Edna are poor built quality? That's new to me. They don't suffer from the one major known problem that the earlier 9-5 have, the sludge
Furzy wrote: » It's the poorer quality post 2005 Saab 95
alastair wrote: » Check this one in case it's your superglue handiwork.http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C808146
choons wrote: No NCT?
BOBIDGE wrote: » https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mint-bmw-e46-need-gone-asap/13283723 Thoughts? I'm lost looking. Insurance has rocketed despite having another NCB under the belt (8 now). The choice now in banger money or a 2007+ car. The current car is a 2003 1.6 corolla so that plays it's part in the quote. Pain! 20,000 miles a year but would prefer non diesel.
colm_mcm wrote: » I'm not so sure. They were pretty crap in the 90s. Actually, just remembered, 19 years ago I was working in a garage. This day I was changing a tyre on old fashioned tyre machine, the type where you had a big bar and you worked your way around the machine to take the tyre off. Well, I was taking a tractor tyre off a wheel and the bar slipped, and went flying against the back of a Citroen AX Van that was in for a fecked fuel pump. It hit the boot door and broke the corner off it. Never saw a plastic panel on a car before. Superglued it up and said nothing.
unkel wrote: » Why? The whole point about bangernomics is the principle of dump & start again. It looks like you've already failed on this point much more than your car has failed you. Flog that piece of sh1t and buy a proper bangernomics car. Next!
hullaballoo wrote: » I'm going to do my best to keep this old bird on the road
hullaballoo wrote: » Picked this up on Tuesday evening for €550. NCT valid until August. Very good spec for its age and very clean. I was going to buy 04/05 but the price of this won me over. Edit: just to add, it also came with a good 1/2 tank of fuel in it. Edit: Sorry, I'm still in work and half asleep. It's been a long week. It's a Honda Accord 1.8 SE Executive with 85k miles on the clock. Plenty of mod cons, A/C, heated front seats, 4 electric windows, electric driver's seat, sunroof, cruise control, Bose stereo (the seller seemed to think this was the most important selling point!). There is minor damage to the rear bumper but fixable easily enough. I nearly set the clutch on fire on the test drive having never driven a Honda of its vintage before. That was excruciatingly embarrassing so I kind of had to buy it at that stage, even though I'd already decided on it!
unkel wrote: » Well wear, great buy What was so different driving a Honda "of that vintage"? Did it not have the usual 3 pedals on the floor and a gear stick to your left?
hullaballoo wrote: » Thanks! It is a fine looking car and everything seems perfect mechanically. Even the electronics are all a-ok! I'll try and get some of the interior tomorrow and post them. It looks and feels very fresh considering it's age but I suppose an average of 6k miles a year inside it will do that. Haha! I suppose it could still be the same with Hondas and I would know but the clutch is an on/off switch, which I'm reliably informed was common if not universal in Hondas that age. The bite point is also very late, so it will take some getting used to.
JohnBoy26 wrote: » ?
Deleted User wrote: » I think he means when it bites, IT BITES.
nd wrote: » You should be able to adjust the bite point, even on hydraulic clutches.
Soarer wrote: » Or just be a man and get on with it.
bear1 wrote: » Well this escalated..
morritty wrote: » The Other half's all fella had one a while ago and his clutch was exactly the same, if your used to a clutch with a low enough biting point, then the accord nearly feels like its clutch is slipping.
Hugh Mungus wrote: » I had a 1.6 Audi 80 back in the day too. A tank. A very very very slow tank.
Hugh Mungus wrote: » I had a 1.6 Audi 80 back in the day too. A tank. A very very very slow tank. Mine was immaculate. Sold it to a Polish lad and about three months later I saw it wrapped around a light pole.
colm_mcm wrote: » Funny you should say that. The boot door of the AX was made of a plastic called ZMC. Fiat used it on the Tipo too, That's the only interesting thing about the AX for me, its a lesson in weight saving.
unkel wrote: » Same quality commie steel that the Italians used?
Hugh Mungus wrote: » I had a 1.6 Audi 80 back in the day too. A tank. A very very very slow tank. Mine was immaculate. .
wotzgoingon wrote: » I wrapped the six/four around a telephone pole. I said oh brother, throw it in the gutter and go buy another.Anyone know the song them two lines are from.
