Car (or bike) Chat!

[Macca]

They weren't that shit - my old man had one for a bit he said it was like driving a go-kart. He had it 4 years from new and sold it to my uncle he must have run it for about another 6 years with no troubles.

Bidding has gone quite high on that one linked to, up to £900 with a day to go...okay it only has 4K on it but it doesn't start! Not worth that kind of money, I would give £100 tops.

The Allegro gets slagged off too much - they were quite well built and good engines too. The later ones were better. Anyone recall the Triumph Acclaim? real old man's car that one but again reliable and you could buy them cheap in the nineties, always low mileage one owner from new and kept in a garage. Bargain motoring.

[walpurgis]

The Acclaim was a decent car. All Honda under the skin if I recall, the engines just kept on going. If that eBay metro won't start with only 4k on the clock, it has to be something very simple to sort. 'A' series 998 engine, so simple. Just plugs/points I reckon. The coil should be OK.

[Alex_UK]

The Acclaim's follow up - especially in Vitesse form were great. (One of only 3 left in the world?) Fortunately, Maestro and Montego virtually died off with the follow up Rover 200 and 400 series - which were brilliant (I had a '95 216 GTi Three door in white - great car. My Dad had a 414 which was great too - that 1400cc engine was ground-breaking...)

Unbelievably, the Maestro carried on in China, and although reskinned, still exists today! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Maestro

[MartinT]

The Rover 600 was great, too. I had a 620ti turbo and it was a pocket rocket.

[Alex_UK]

The Rover 600 was great, too. I had a 620ti turbo and it was a pocket rocket.

Yes it was - I had one too for a short while. I know a guy at work who still runs a 620D on an 'N' Plate that has done nearly 300k miles and is still going strong!

[walpurgis]

Just spotted a little runabout for pocket money in a local dealer. A 2001 Suzuki Alto 1.0 GL, with FSH and 33k on the clock and only one lady owner. Quite tempted to get it as a shopping car, as these are brilliant in traffic. It runs sweetly and looks like it's been garaged as there's not a sign of corrosion. I had the 1.1 GL a while ago and it was a useful little motor, they have a great reliability record. I'm tempted, even though I've already got a van and estate car.

[Dan W]

I've had so many cars over the years. In fact I bought my first car (mk2 golf gti) when I was sixteen then realised I had no hope of insuring it once I'd passed my test

This is my current car, another mk2 golf (I'm a massive VW lover!) I've had this for about 11 years now and it's my baby









I take it to a few shows and have done the odd show and shine with it. It's my daily car and celebrates its thirtieth this year! It certainly looks better than me at 30

[Marco]

Respect, Dan - very nice!

Marco.

[nat8808]

The Acclaim was a decent car. All Honda under the skin if I recall, the engines just kept on going. If that eBay metro won't start with only 4k on the clock, it has to be something very simple to sort. 'A' series 998 engine, so simple. Just plugs/points I reckon. The coil should be OK.

Bet it would do something with just a load of Easy Start sprayed in the intake.

[nat8808]

I've had so many cars over the years. In fact I bought my first car (mk2 golf gti) when I was sixteen then realised I had no hope of insuring it once I'd passed my test

This is my current car, another mk2 golf (I'm a massive VW lover!) I've had this for about 11 years now and it's my baby

I take it to a few shows and have done the odd show and shine with it. It's my daily car and celebrates its thirtieth this year! It certainly looks better than me at 30

Yes very nice. My girlfriend has a mk1/2 caddy (same B reg as yours but before the minor body re-style of the caddys that came after with their side skirts and stuff). Parked at a service station we decided to park up next to a couple of MK2s like yours on their way to a show - they so looked down on her caddy with it's 90s black alloys, far from neat paintwork and slight moss around the roof etc what with their tens of thousands spend on perfect interiors and body work. They then preceded to tell me what I should do to mine... because it must be my car ? Yawn! Hope you're not like that !

I've always fancied the Mk3 VR6 - an old school friend's mum has one, sadly was her husband's before he died many many years ago. Also sadly she's always driven at about 25 mile per hour.. have been patiently waiting for someone to tell me that she wants to sell it, but it's still there.. being used err wrongly.