Motors Chat - Round 7

My primera(p11 estate) seats fold down exactly as in the second pic with the back seats just slightly raised. Some cars I've had the back bench tilts forward and you get a flat floor but you loose length then. Just ask at the test drive maybe. Thinking of buying a 2002 v40 myself that I was offered.I know it's history from new. Really solid car, Don't know if i'll get the cash together in time though.

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

What about a Honda Jazz KKV? Those seats fold flat and they're big enough to sleep in. Should be very reliable too.

Here's some light reading material :pac:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Frugal/comments/22kdvy/as_requested_i_have_been_living_in_my_car_to/

I will read that, as the title sounds like it could be a laugh

But from looking at this ad, where they have a photo with the seats down (a very helpful photo, I might add!) I don't think it's somewhere I'd be in a hurry to try and fall asleep!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-jazz-fit-automatic-2002/8535405?offset=9

The high roof is nice, but I think I'd happily sacrifice that for a longer 'bed'. :P

Hal1

How about the citroen c8? It has loads of room, and as far as I know the rear seats can be removed. The rear doors look like the slide back to open.

Here's one here: http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-c8-price-reduction/6905623?offset=4

Hal1 wrote: »

How about the citroen c8? It has loads of room, and as far as I know the rear seats can be removed. The rear doors look like the slide back to open.

Here's one here: http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-c8-price-reduction/6905623?offset=4

Jesus, the seats on the front of that look incredibly comfortable! :eek:

Is it the same car as a Renault Espace?

Either way, good as it may be, 1k per year on tax and a higher sale price than I'd like would put me off it. Also, I'd say shifting it on when I'm done with it would be difficult (for the same reasons I don't want it).

I'd say if i cap myself at a 1.6 engine, resale will go smoother, and if i buy something for less than 1500, I'll probably end up selling it for about the same I paid for it.

The plan at the moment is to buy a car to keep for ages. But I tend to get bored quickly, and once the summer is over, i'll probably have finished up my camping adventures and may want something different, so, for better or worse, I'm taking resale into consideration this time around.

What I really need to avoid is a money pit (I dont mind trivial things breaking, cos nothings getting fixed on it anyway, but I'd like it to always actually work for me, with going from A-B). Primera seems to be liked online, so im leaning towards that, now..

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Kkv, have a look at mazda estates (rare) and MPVs. I found mazda to be very good for little clever touches regarding seating/load area.
Most would be 1.8 petrol or 2.0 though.
the mazda 5 replaced the premacy. Older premacys could be fairly shook by now, I've never seen an owner that looked like they knew what a dipstick was.

The load space in a gen2 Honda CRV is taller than most. Not sure if flat. 2.0 30mpg petrol is the cheap to buy option. Should be extremely reliable obviously.

Yaris verso? (Fugly!)

Would a car derived van suit, eg kangoo passenger, doblo passenger (mostly wheelchair adapted though).
Just throwing things out, not sure if any are great options.

MM it's totally stock, can't believe the sound off the standard exhaust. I heard it through the Jack lynch tunnel and it'd blow you away!

Beautiful car!

Foxhole, Yep exactly the one!
I'm going to go for gold centres in the rc's and get some gold bolts too!
Just so that it doesn't like a replica of Peters car!

YbFocus wrote: »

MM it's totally stock, can't believe the sound off the standard exhaust. I heard it through the Jack lynch tunnel and it'd blow you away!

Beautiful car!

Foxhole, Yep exactly the one!
I'm going to go for gold centres in the rc's and get some gold bolts too!
Just so that it doesn't like a replica of Peters car!

Supposed to be meeting him now on Sunday, looking forward to seeing it!

Everyone's E36 with BBS wheels looks the same anyway so not really copying :pac:

A replica of his car is not a bad thing either!

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Mind yo doorseals mind yo window regulators people. Brrrr!

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Supposed to be meeting him now on Sunday, looking forward to seeing it!

Everyone's E36 with BBS wheels looks the same anyway so not really copying :pac:

A replica of his car is not a bad thing either!

Feck off :pac:
Its definitely not a bad thing, but it's the same colour and all so couldn't do it!

YbFocus wrote: »

Feck off :pac:
Its definitely not a bad thing, but it's the same colour and all so couldn't do it!

His old car is now sitting on AC Schnitzer Type 2 wheels, looks fantastic!

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

His old car is now sitting on AC Schnitzer Type 2 wheels, looks fantastic!

It would! Jesus I'd love type 2's but they're impossibly expensive!

YbFocus wrote: »

It would! Jesus I'd love type 2's but they're impossibly expensive!

Same way I see Style 95's and 37's, stupidly expensive for genuine ones.

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Same way I see Style 95's and 37's, stupidly expensive for genuine ones.

Style 95's would be mind blowing on your car!

YbFocus wrote: »

MM it's totally stock, can't believe the sound off the standard exhaust. I heard it through the Jack lynch tunnel and it'd blow you away!

The JB4 on mine has different maps and all the performance maps deepen the exhaust note as they all move the wastegates closer to the seals. I can move them closer again or further away and it's noticeable between maps.

I was down in Cork recently enough at a squash open and I was staying in a friend's place so had to drive through the JLT twice a day. Windows down, power up.......yes indeed sir

YbFocus wrote: »

Style 95's would be mind blowing on your car!

Pretty much my thinking, 37's are just a bit too common on E39's for my liking.

Would look like this:

Finding a decent set at reasonable money is hard!

^ At first you'd think it's a turf-burner but then it turns into a fecken M car :pac:

If it's got tits or tyres, it's going to cause you trouble

joujoujou

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Trying to remember a quote I heard:

"Cars are a lot like women as they break your heart and cost you a fortune but the difference is you cant beat a car"

[...]

There's a thing that makes cars better than women - cars are not talking! :P

ba_barabus

OSI wrote: »

Whatever you do then, don't think about getting married. I went from "Hmmm, wouldn't mind a 151 GTI" to "I'll pay the tax next month, I've to pay for the suits this month"

I'm in the same boat but I bought the Alfa the same day I bought the ring. :cool:

Supergurrier

Gah group A induction kit arrived today after waiting for 4 weeks for them to get a piece of it in stock and they forget to send me the bloody Elevate top pipe, grrrr

Cheensbo

Got my hands on a new (old) caliper this evening, bish bash bosh and jobs a good'un, new fluid in, bled & tested in 45 mins.

Love owning & working on old hapes, no fancy electronics or mechanisms to get in the way of proceedings.

So i think a few pictures of this 800cc's of fury are in order! :pac: well just the one but still, granted, i think one's too much :pac:

dgt

Cheensbo wrote: »

Got my hands on a new (old) caliper this evening, bish bash bosh and jobs a good'un, new fluid in, bled & tested in 45 mins.

Love owning & working on old hapes, no fancy electronics or mechanisms to get in the way of proceedings.

They were whipped off and away anyway... Tis an mmc and a fair few bits on it left :d

toastedpickles wrote: »

So i think a few pictures of this 800cc's of fury are in order! :pac: well just the one but still, granted, i think one's too much :pac:

Some yolks! Whats the plan for it? Hg, nct, sell her on, retire!

Interslice wrote: »

Some yolks! Whats the plan for it? Hg, nct, sell her on, retire!

Pretty much!

Gona hit the big bucks with this one! :pac:

toastedpickles wrote: »

Pretty much!

Gona hit the big bucks with this one! :pac:

Should sell handy enough up in the big smoke

Interslice wrote: »

Should sell handy enough up in the big smoke .

Ah yeah, new hg and whatever for the nct, how much should i be looking for? they seem to be going for about 7/800ish

Supergurrier

toastedpickles wrote: »

Ah yeah, new hg and whatever for the nct, how much should i be looking for? they seem to be going for about 7/800ish

Ahh shurre a cool grand like.

Supergurrier wrote: »

Ahh shurre a cool grand like.

Ah now its no st