October 4, 20179 yr comment_215957 Hi , greetings all . I joined recently as I bought a project 1982 opel ascona 1.6d saloon and have found the site good and helpful and have even bought a good bonnet from a member here . My car has no history ,about 5 owners on the book , mileage that could ve gone round the clock more than once , rust holes all over it , and sounds like a massey ferguson but I love it . I had a '89 astra bought but when this came up for sale I jumped at it . I will put up pics soon Report
October 4, 20179 yr CLUB MEMBER comment_215958 I need a video of it in motion Welcome to the site, can't wait to see more. Report
October 5, 20179 yr Author comment_215968 Do u have any experience with them.? I was told that in their day they were popular taxis Report
October 5, 20179 yr comment_215969 I also have the luxury of a 1.6d cav. Slow but oh so much fun. Pics please of your car Report
October 5, 20179 yr Author comment_215970 Nice one do u have pics of your one , be interested as well in photo of the engine layout mine has a presumably non standard coolant pipe set up , one return pipe has a t piece in it that joins up 2 others , and one connection on expansion tank is blanked off ,no idea why . I will get a couple pics later Report
October 5, 20179 yr Author comment_215973 Not exactly a "minter" but it was cheap and diesel which is rare enough Report
October 5, 20179 yr comment_215974 Love it mate. I'll get some pics of mine this weekend for you. The diesels are slow and unrefined but i can't help but like it. My mate Jase who i bought it off said the same...you really shouldnt like this but somehow you will. He was right. Its slow , it rattles, it smokes bit you know what? Its honest about what it is....and thats what i love. Report
October 5, 20179 yr Author comment_215975 Yep that s my thinkin on it as well , I ve had a golf mk2 diesel before as daily driver so I know about slow and it didn t bother me Report
October 6, 20179 yr CLUB MEMBER comment_215979 Good luck rusty....that needs a bit of TLC, but with time you'll get there. Current mk2 stock: 3 LXs: white c20xe, blue & red std, blue LX parts car, blue GLi, & monaro VXR Renault 5e daily (french go kart) Report
October 7, 20178 yr CLUB MEMBER comment_216009 21 hours ago, Rusty said: Cheers greg , I like ur lx thread nicely done Thanks.....its taken some time (and still is). Getting married, having 2 kids, moving twice and running a business seems to eat up the spare time. Current mk2 stock: 3 LXs: white c20xe, blue & red std, blue LX parts car, blue GLi, & monaro VXR Renault 5e daily (french go kart) Report
October 8, 20178 yr Author comment_216040 Where there s a will theres a way , anyone else have a 1.6 diesel cav ?? Report
October 9, 20178 yr comment_216047 its like when you buy a car that hass never been raced or rallied and then find track day videos of it on youtube Report
October 9, 20178 yr comment_216058 9 hours ago, Paul said: its like when you buy a car that hass never been raced or rallied and then find track day videos of it on youtube Is this where I get to see a video of it at brands hatch.? Report
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