Post by briandamaged on Feb 15, 2009 22:07:46 GMT 1
New year, new whip.
What a festering bag of shite. Belonged to my mate's Mum who has given up driving at the age of ninety-something. And no, it doesn't smell of piss. Yet.
;D
It's erm....pink.
Offside wing's well and truly borked. I could swap the gold one on though, they're only bolt-on.
Original dealer sticker in back window (note pre-'01***' STD Code)
Passenger's side looks a bit better as it's still red, only this time with traces of moss and tree sap.. Still a sizeable dent in the rear quarter-panel though, just behind the B-post.
Missing door mirror. Again the gold one would be a donor.....
Shame to lose this sticker, but it's in the back window, and the tailgate.......
.....is well and truly crunched.
I've heard of going Green.......
....but that's ridiculous. Looks like someone's been at it with a Brillo pad.
Front bumper's no better, but again it's only cosmetic, and there's a willing replacement lurking in the background.
Inside it's scruffy, but would scrub up well, as nothing's actually damaged....note the T-handle poking up through the floor, rather than the usual spindly gearknob.....yes it's an auto which means there's 1580cc of detuned GTi lump under that bespoke humped bonnet.
And here, ladies and gents, is it's saving grace.
Yep. 47,000m from new.
;D
Not only that, it drives like it as well. Tight as a gnat's chuff, and after a momentary hesitation off the line (caused by the blowing exhaust, no doubt) it's bl00dy quick. The power steering and spackamatic box mean it's utter simplicity to drive.
So now what do I do? The MOT's due sometime in March, and the tax is up at the end of February so the intention is to swap my insurance onto it and give it a shakedown to see what it's like on petrol (there's even half a tank of gas in it) and (provided it's not too much of a gas-guzzler) what, if anything, it would need to get through another test. Certainly it will need an exhaust unless we can cobble up a legal but noisy replacement.
If it's all OK, then my old diesel-powered 205 will give up it's offside wing, nearside door mirror and tailgate, then I'll lob some NATO Satin Olive paint on it (a suggestion which has aroused the usual round of sanctimonious nose-thumbing from the Retro-Rides 'Fashionista'
), drop the 1600GTi alloys on it that are in my shed and wazz round in it for 6 months. I might just MOT and roll it as-is, right down to the moss......
So no.....it's not a 2cv, in fact it's yet another decrepit shed, but it was free.....and while it's never going to be as cheap to run as an oil-burner, it drives commensurate with its low mileage. It just looks.....dreadful. SWMBO just LOVES it.
Of course I might change my mind and frag them both......
What a festering bag of shite. Belonged to my mate's Mum who has given up driving at the age of ninety-something. And no, it doesn't smell of piss. Yet.
;D
It's erm....pink.
Offside wing's well and truly borked. I could swap the gold one on though, they're only bolt-on.
Original dealer sticker in back window (note pre-'01***' STD Code)
Passenger's side looks a bit better as it's still red, only this time with traces of moss and tree sap.. Still a sizeable dent in the rear quarter-panel though, just behind the B-post.
Missing door mirror. Again the gold one would be a donor.....
Shame to lose this sticker, but it's in the back window, and the tailgate.......
.....is well and truly crunched.
I've heard of going Green.......
....but that's ridiculous. Looks like someone's been at it with a Brillo pad.
Front bumper's no better, but again it's only cosmetic, and there's a willing replacement lurking in the background.
Inside it's scruffy, but would scrub up well, as nothing's actually damaged....note the T-handle poking up through the floor, rather than the usual spindly gearknob.....yes it's an auto which means there's 1580cc of detuned GTi lump under that bespoke humped bonnet.
And here, ladies and gents, is it's saving grace.
Yep. 47,000m from new.
;D
Not only that, it drives like it as well. Tight as a gnat's chuff, and after a momentary hesitation off the line (caused by the blowing exhaust, no doubt) it's bl00dy quick. The power steering and spackamatic box mean it's utter simplicity to drive.
So now what do I do? The MOT's due sometime in March, and the tax is up at the end of February so the intention is to swap my insurance onto it and give it a shakedown to see what it's like on petrol (there's even half a tank of gas in it) and (provided it's not too much of a gas-guzzler) what, if anything, it would need to get through another test. Certainly it will need an exhaust unless we can cobble up a legal but noisy replacement.
If it's all OK, then my old diesel-powered 205 will give up it's offside wing, nearside door mirror and tailgate, then I'll lob some NATO Satin Olive paint on it (a suggestion which has aroused the usual round of sanctimonious nose-thumbing from the Retro-Rides 'Fashionista'
), drop the 1600GTi alloys on it that are in my shed and wazz round in it for 6 months. I might just MOT and roll it as-is, right down to the moss......So no.....it's not a 2cv, in fact it's yet another decrepit shed, but it was free.....and while it's never going to be as cheap to run as an oil-burner, it drives commensurate with its low mileage. It just looks.....dreadful. SWMBO just LOVES it.
Of course I might change my mind and frag them both......
