Found the problem with the brakes...

"You've got to love honest sellers." Not 100% the seller did it. He's a mate at a garage who fixes things (cheap), £10 to re-gass the air con allegedly. When we got to the sellers house he was out shopping in it, and turned back up with wife, sister in law and his kiddie (less than 12 mont...

Sat and looked at the (lack off) space in front of the garage and thought, "yep, I bought a Matiz yesterday that appears* to have no o/s/r brakes". Oops were you aware of the braking situation before attempting to stop? Stopped OK on test drive, just handbrake didn't engage " spring ...

Sat and looked at the (lack off) space in front of the garage and thought, "yep, I bought a Matiz yesterday that appears* to have no o/s/r brakes".

That's a Donny registered car, surprised it hasn't got a caravan in tow.

My Holbay Rapier did the same, would tick over OK but died in similar circumstances. Annoyingly my GLS Hunter (same engine and box) didn't. I just put it down to having annoyed the gods of petrol power on one two many occasions. Just get used to heeling and toeing, you'll be grateful in future years...

bub2006 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 7:09 pm Hello and welcome from the Derbyshire branch.

Although my mother was from Derbyshire, I've lived in the People's Republic for the majority of my life.

So, after much trying, and apparent rejection by the computer systems that run the universe, the very nice
Warren t claim has sorted my problems. A massive thanks to him and Hooli.
So, anybody who's ever been on the beige forum will know me and my interests. If not, I'll leave you guessing.