Cars

[Booney]

The XT goes in for some rust repairs and closed door respray next week. Can't wait for it to be finished off.

[dedja]

Who still maintains and services their car?

As a family with 5 cars, I now service them all.

I still enjoy doing as much maintenance as I can, especially with the oldest car, a 2003 Mk4 Golf, which has some challenging electrical and canbus gremlins (par for the course with his model). I've managed to conquer most of them, but there's still one or 2 that have so far eluded me.

This has been the kid's hand-me-down first car for a few years now, and despite their best efforts to kill it, I've managed to resurrect it when insurance wanted to write it off. Pays to know a good repairer who is willing to be creative.

Literally 30 mins after I posted this, I get a call from my wife that our daughter’s car won’t start. Yep, the Mk4 Golf.

Jump start, new battery and now good as gold.

Nice of both of them to sit in the cars whilst I jump started in pouring rain.

[Jase]

So, just to get this out of the way, I know Sweet Fanny Adam’s about cars, my son bought a 2013 Barina and has had nothing but trouble…. He works permanent part time so doesn’t have a heap of money and has the chance of picking up a 2015 Renault Clio which is fully serviced blah blah blah, etc etc…

Are Renault a good car?

The person selling it is a mechanic that my Father in Law uses and recommends, but after the Barina disaster are Renaults OK?


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[dedja]

If you don’t know anything about cars then find someone who does to help inspect. I suspect you’re jumping out of the pan into the fire going from a Barina to a Clio, but really don’t know without personally inspecting.

Also, do a PPSR check, which verifies whether the vehicle has finance, has been stolen or previously written off. It will be the best $2 you’ve ever spent

https://www.ppsr.gov.au/

[tigerpie]

I want a grand Cherokee jeep.
I know they've had their issues but hoping to get a goodun.
Anyone got or had one with major problems?

[dedja]

I want a grand Cherokee jeep.
I know they've had their issues but hoping to get a goodun.
Anyone got or had one with major problems?

[Jase]

If you don’t know anything about cars then find someone who does to help inspect. I suspect you’re jumping out of the pan into the fire going from a Barina to a Clio, but really don’t know without personally inspecting.

Also, do a PPSR check, which verifies whether the vehicle has finance, has been stolen or previously written off. It will be the best $2 you’ve ever spent

https://www.ppsr.gov.au/

Thanks Dedja...

There is also the option of a Lancer, which we have had Mitsi's before and they have been awesome...

[Bandit]

Went to the Dixon woodside airstrip car meet on Sunday - what a turnout, would have been over 1000 cars, place was choccers. Put it in the diary for next year.

[Booney]

Doors and rear 1/4s have some pitting, boot ( behind bumper ) as shown, the rest is straight, clean and ready for the next stage.

[Bandit]

I've got panels in the body shop, car stripped in my shed to follow once shop has the room, gold star if you can name the car from the pic!

[Booney]

Morris Minor?

[Bandit]

Good guess but not quite. FJ holden.

[Psyber]

If you don’t know anything about cars then find someone who does to help inspect. I suspect you’re jumping out of the pan into the fire going from a Barina to a Clio, but really don’t know without personally inspecting.

Also, do a PPSR check, which verifies whether the vehicle has finance, has been stolen or previously written off. It will be the best $2 you’ve ever spent

https://www.ppsr.gov.au/

Thanks Dedja...

There is also the option of a Lancer, which we have had Mitsi's before and they have been awesome...

I've only once driven a Renault Clio, but the Renault Megane RS 265 I bought in late 2009 is the best car I've ever had.
I plan to keep it till it dies.

The worst car I ever had was a Maserati 222E and the Alfa Romeo GTV6 I had before it wasn't much better. They cured me of considering Italian cars.

[dedja]

C’mon Psybe, everyone knows that you have to enjoy the unique experience of owning an Alfa … and once you do, then never again.

[Corona Man]

Secured a motor for daughter this morning. A little Nissan Micca. Low k’s, plenty of rego.

Dad job done.

[Psyber]

C’mon Psybe, everyone knows that you have to enjoy the unique experience of owning an Alfa … and once you do, then never again.

Actually, the Alfa was reasonably good to drive and handled well. However, that was until one Friday night at about 5.30pm on the corner of Fullarton Rd and Glen Osmond Rd when the foot brakes failed totally. Fortunately the hand brake still worked...

It turned out the brake line was too close to the exhaust sytem which tended to overheat and the brake fluid vaporised. Enzo, the mechanic I used then, put in a new brake line further from the exhaust with a binding of asbestos rope as a further protection and replaced the brake fluid with a higher temperature tolerant fluid usually used in race cars.

It was OK then, until the rust warranty ran out. The rust warranty only meant the body rust would be fixed free (not prevented) for the first 5 years.When that ran out it was time to move on. My mistake was to move on to the Maserati which I didn't keep long, but traded in on a Porsche 968CS...

[dedja]

Just replaced the ABS module on a Mk4 Golf … far out what a bastard it was to bleed.

Did 3 ABS pump bleeds as well as all 4 corners but pedal still went flat to the floor.

The next obvious check point was the master cylinder, and in the end it was a stubborn air pocket in there which eventually freed.

Phew, thought I was up for a new MC at one point.

[tipper]

Doors and rear 1/4s have some pitting, boot ( behind bumper ) as shown, the rest is straight, clean and ready for the next stage.

any update Boonster? got her back on the road yet?

[Booney]

Back together and ready for paint, I'll post some pics tomorrow.

[Booney]

First coat of poly on, getting painted today.