Hi Folks
Thought it was about time I posted on here as I've been around since the Andyspares era.
We've still got our wonderful Dyane that's shown on my avatar.
For a couple of years my transport is a Xsara HDi - nowt wrong with it and fantastic mpg, but it's a modern, full of electronics (a subject which I do know summat about) and if anything needed any serious repair, nobody seems to know anything about them; spares will eventually dry up and be expensive, as modern cars have carefully calculated eat-by dates. It still has those ancient springs and torsion bars for suspension as well.
My car criteria are simple; reliability, comfort, spares availability, ease of maintenance and room for camping gear. My wife's Dyane does it; an E-Type or Ferrari would be no use at all.
The best one I ever owned was my GSA Pallas, and I regretted selling it (to another Dyane owner a few miles down the road in 2005.) It had about 70,000 on the clock and ran beautifully. Metallic blue bodywork was a bit faded, so a respray was on the cards.
Matt never actually used it, so first call was to ask him if he wanted it; answer was "not really" so it's now mine again. After not running for a few years, a charged battery took a few minutes and it settled down to a nearly inaudible idle. Wouldn't rise, though.
The other aircooled flat-four that sounds like gravel in a spindryer, eat your heart out!
A quick bleed of the pressure regulator and some more LHM and up she came.
The floors are perfect, a bit of work needed on the wings and one sill and a complete stripdown of the body and trim ready for a respray will mean I'll have a proper car by January.
Though I am perfectly capable of welding and spraying having done it many times, I haven't the time, inclination nor room, so Rob Moss (Chevronics) whom I've known for years is doing it for me; the car is being transported down there to Hitchin.
Watch this space.
Takes a long while, but eventually we learn sense!
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- uhn113x
- Posts: 1161
- Joined: 06 Jan 2004, 22:06
- Location: Near Leeds, United Kingdom
- My Cars: 1981 Dyane - on road all year round.
1982 GSA Pallas - on road April - September.
1997 ZX 1.9D Dimension. - x 1
Takes a long while, but eventually we learn sense!
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Mike in West Yorks
1982 GSA Pallas
1982 Dyane
1997 ZX Dimension
1982 GSA Pallas
1982 Dyane
1997 ZX Dimension
- DickieG
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They can be rather expensive to run, I spent quite a lot (loads) in the first couple of years after I bought mine.uhn113x wrote:That's right, Dickie; sold it as maintaining it takes your life over, but a great car.
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14 BMW 535D Tourer
19 BMW i3s
06 C3 Desire 1.4
72 DS 21 EFi Pallas BVH