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

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    #1532
    johndaman66
    Registered Users Posts: 4,095 ✭✭✭johndaman66


    pablo128 wrote: »
    A good mate had one in that colour for a good few years. It used to wind him up something terrible when I called it pink. "IT'S FCUKIN BEIGE!" he used to roar at me!:pac:


    I wouldn't blame him! How you could even begin to argue that car is pink is beyond me...pink is a totally different colour. Mind you I wouldn't be shouting it from the roof tops if I owned a beige car eithertongue.png


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    #1533
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,221 ✭✭✭pablo128


    johndaman66 wrote: »
    I wouldn't blame him! How you could even begin to argue that car is pink is beyond me...pink is a totally different colour. Mind you I wouldn't be shouting it from the roof tops if I owned a beige car eithertongue.png

    Ah there was a pinkish hue off it. And even if there wasn't, it was a cheap laugh at him. Never failed to get a reaction!:D


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    #1534
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Some weird JDM oddity, e10 corolla I think.

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    Fiat tipo bonnet makes an appearance


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    #1535
    joujoujou
    Registered Users Posts: 13,525 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    Camry. Nice one. :D


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    #1536
    I Was VB
    Registered Users Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭I Was VB


    she's for sale too!
    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/car/11434364

    Im not the seller or have no interest in helping the sale of this camry


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    #1537
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
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    Picked it up

    So an update on this. I've been driving this daily since Monday and have covered x3 times the mileage that the last owner covered from August 15-Jan 16 :pac:

    Not an issue with it. Lovely to drive


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    #1538
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    So an update on this. I've been driving this daily since Monday and have covered x3 times the mileage that the last owner covered from August 15-Jan 16 :pac:

    Not an issue with it. Lovely to drive

    Is that a fuel injected one? I had a 92 one in black, one of the last of the carburettor models I believe. It had a very unusual high end dash with a rev counter, bulb failure module, oil pressure gauge etc. Very nice to drive but an absolute pig on fuel low 20's to the gallon. I think someone before me had been tinkering at the very complex weber carb.


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    #1539
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Its fuel injected yes. It has been quite decent on fuel so far, I've been doing just local trips this week though

    I was using my 1.4 Renault 19 daily a few months ago and it gave awful fueling problems, could never get it right and it was a pig on fuel too


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    #1540
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    Its fuel injected yes. It has been quite decent on fuel so far, I've been doing just local trips this week though

    I was using my 1.4 Renault 19 daily a few months ago and it gave awful fueling problems, could never get it right and it was a pig on fuel too

    I never resolved the shocking fuel consumption on the Teapot I always suspected one of the dual floats in the carb was punctured. Removal of the carb was a huge task, most of the work needed to be done from underneath the car with sockets on long extensions believe it or not. Such a pity as it was a beautiful car to travel in, nice high comfortable seats and with practically no road noise the kids and the wife were asleep in seconds, giving me a nice quiet journey. They're almost non existent now. Does your 19 have the twin choke weber or are you cursed with the dreaded single choke solex?


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    #1541
    power pants
    Registered Users Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭power pants


    I Was VB wrote: »
    she's for sale too!
    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/car/11434364

    Im not the seller or have no interest in helping the sale of this camry

    camrys used to be everywhere not so long ago. now rarely see any due to the scrappage deal


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    #1542
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


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    #1543
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,189 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    That last photo, a man with a serious Citroen problem!


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    #1544
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    That last photo, a man with a serious Citroen problem!

    First photo is a man after my own heart

    There was an e24 6 series in with the Citroens at one stage


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #1546
    Mech1
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    I recon I seen that white corolla on the M50 this evening. It came on at Sandyford and headed north.


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    #1547
    johndaman66
    Registered Users Posts: 4,095 ✭✭✭johndaman66


    Mech1 wrote: »
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    I recon I seen that white corolla on the M50 this evening. It came on at Sandyford and headed north.


    I think I seen the red one on the M50 today also. Up around Swords/ Airport direction.pacman.gif


    Shall I get my jacket and go?


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    #1548
    Baraics Pollox
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭Baraics Pollox


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    So an update on this. I've been driving this daily since Monday and have covered x3 times the mileage that the last owner covered from August 15-Jan 16 :pac:

    Not an issue with it. Lovely to drive

    Very rare car! By any chance did you purchase it off someone with the surname Keegan?


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    #1549
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Baraics Pollox wrote: »
    Very rare car! By any chance did you purchase it off someone with the surname Keegan?

    I did indeed!


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    #1550
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    johndaman66 wrote: »
    I think I seen the red one on the M50 today also. Up around Swords/ Airport direction.pacman.gif


    Shall I get my jacket and go?

    In its typical 80's condition.


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    #1551
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    I was behind a 91 Jetta on Friday I managed to get a quick pic with my phone I'll try and upload it later. It was petrol too which is rare enough around these parts.


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    #1552
    Baraics Pollox
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭Baraics Pollox


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    I did indeed!

    I know the car well enough so, had it a good long while and done very little motoring in it! Always caught my eye as it was always parked in the driveway!


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    #1553
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Yes indeed, a friend of mine lives in the same estate and thats how I became aware of it. I used to see it around the locale too

    Only 58 thousand on the clock, and Mr Keegan had it since 1999.


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    #1554
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    Yes indeed, a friend of mine lives in the same estate and thats how I became aware of it. I used to see it around the locale too

    Only 58 thousand on the clock, and Mr Keegan had it since 1999.

    The exact same radio that was in mine. No acc on the ignition switch was a pain as the volume knob wore out making finding the correct volume a scratchy trial of the nerves.


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    #1555
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Would you believe Fiat want 65 euros for a code for the radio.

    My brother knows of two for breaking out Meath direction though thankfully so hopefully I can salvage a radio from one of those with a few other bits


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    #1556
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    Would you believe Fiat want 65 euros for a code for the radio.

    My brother knows of two for breaking out Meath direction though thankfully so hopefully I can salvage a radio from one of those with a few other bits

    That's ridiculous. What do you need to give them to get the code? The local guys here are decent enough they might give it to me if I talk nice to them. Pm me if you're interested. Did you try any of those online unlock sites? Is it a philips radio they used? Luckily my one had all its books and paperwork including the radio code card.


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    #1557
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    jca wrote: »
    That's ridiculous. What do you need to give them to get the code? The local guys here are decent enough they might give it to me if I talk nice to them. Pm me if you're interested. Did you try any of those online unlock sites? Is it a philips radio they used? Luckily my one had all its books and paperwork including the radio code card.

    They need the serial code off the radio and the cars reg number. The local Fiat dealership that maintained the car for the last 18 years has closed down, and I was hoping they would have given me a hand so I had to ring another

    Funnily enough I have the owners manuals, service books and the radio manual but the code doesn't seem to be anywhere :confused:

    If its alright, when I get the chance I will take out the radio and get the serial number and send you off a pm. I'd love to be able to keep the original radio in it


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    #1558
    jayo26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,779 ✭✭✭✭jayo26


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    They need the serial code off the radio and the cars reg number. The local Fiat dealership that maintained the car for the last 18 years has closed down, and I was hoping they would have given me a hand so I had to ring another

    Funnily enough I have the owners manuals, service books and the radio manual but the code doesn't seem to be anywhere :confused:

    If its alright, when I get the chance I will take out the radio and get the serial number and send you off a pm. I'd love to be able to keep the original radio in it

    If you haven't taken the radio out already you may get a nice surprise and see the code wrote on the radio.


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    #1559
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    jayo26 wrote: »
    If you haven't taken the radio out already you may get a nice surprise and see the code wrote on the radio.

    My brother said the same thing! It would be great alright, I'm just back from Roscommon earlier this evening and I can safely say the radio was sorely missed


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    #1560
    vibe666
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    you don't see this every day! :)

    There was actually another one behind me too, but after 5km i gave up as i still couldn't get them all to manoeuvre into a single line. :D

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    #1561
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


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    I'm just after helping the owner of this Starlet fill it up with fuel a few minutes ago. It was truly immaculate and I did ask if she had it long, "since new" was the reply.

    I couldn't help but smile though as she locked it up and went to pay. And then drove out in front of me after I had time to steam clean my own can and everything, at about 15 mph :)

    God this might sound sad bit it has just made my day.


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