The Dark Wob

Hello,

I thought I had better start a thread about my stuff.

As can probably be seen, I buy stuff I like and don't toe the line of owning something with an XUD. I like Renaults though.

Here is my Audi 80 Cabriolet which I won in a raffle in February 2019. It's given good service and all the family like it. I bought my 3rd 75 in May this year. I should probably just keep this one. Diesel automatic, Contemporary SE with a remap. Goes well and the seats are warm. I like it a lot. I've had this shitbox for 10 years. No idea why. On its 2nd engine and slowly becoming less rusty every year (slow process) This was my wife's choice after I had to hand back my financed Dacia Duster last year when I was made redundant. Great to drive, but smoky and a bit unreliable. Likely run this till July 21 when the MOT runs out and get her something else.

I like those Audi 80s, from the time when they were aspirational, before MB, BMW and them went flat out for volume.

Those R56 Minis are just pigs. A litany of oil leaks, warning lights, fault codes, chain rattle and on petrols, the spectre of oil smoke.

I dislike Audis as a matter of course but the Corsa looks neat.

The Reverend Bluejeans wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:04 pm Those R56 Minis are just pigs. A litany of oil leaks, warning lights, fault codes, chain rattle and on petrols, the spectre of oil smoke.

You have just described almost my entire ownership experience!

The Reverend Bluejeans wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:04 pm Those R56 Minis are just pigs. A litany of oil leaks, warning lights, fault codes, chain rattle and on petrols, the spectre of oil smoke.

Well it is a BMW.

Split_Pin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:25 pm

The Reverend Bluejeans wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:04 pm Those R56 Minis are just pigs. A litany of oil leaks, warning lights, fault codes, chain rattle and on petrols, the spectre of oil smoke.

You have just described almost my entire ownership experience!

All the fun* of owning a classic Mini without the ignition woes and rampant rot then.

That 75 looks very P5-ish with the window vents....

I have fond memories of Audi convertibles, I was kidnapped at gunpoint in an 06 plate A4 ragtop.

Crikey, do tell!

Split_Pin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:36 pm Crikey, do tell!

I'll get around to it on my taxi thread eventually.