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Jan 20, 2018 19:39:13 GMT
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cars with bolt-through battery terminals (just Fords probably) moderns which turn on one fog lamp when going round a corner those ridiculous green rovers you used to see with bright orange bits on them cars that you have to use the key to open the boot lid every time anything with 'one life, live it' written on it cigar sockets that turn off when you turn the key off cars that won't let you turn off the wipers half way up the screen, even if you turn off the ignition the wipers still finish, so you can't reach them nicely like on an old car.
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69 Plymouth Fury Convertible 75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door 84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door 78 Datsun 120Y Coupe 78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van 98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo 76 Honda C50 04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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Jan 20, 2018 21:31:14 GMT
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What, the rover 25/200 series BRM special edition?
I have to confess I have a bit of a sentimental soft spot for them. It was a desperate attempt, and a failed one, to try and retain some sense of something at a point where everything was steadily going down the pan at Rover.
I must admit that it's one FWD car I would consider buying... Dirt cheap... With the aim of giving it the beans it never had.
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Jan 21, 2018 10:01:51 GMT
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if that's what they were called yes. They looked like a chavved up car from the factory. (Sorry if anyone on here has one!)
Here's a little detail that drives me mad.. cars that won't let you turn the key to start again without going back to off. (Fords is it?)
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69 Plymouth Fury Convertible 75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door 84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door 78 Datsun 120Y Coupe 78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van 98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo 76 Honda C50 04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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Jan 21, 2018 10:23:58 GMT
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My 110 does that, although if you flick the key right then the lockout doesn't always work, not that it really needs a lot of turning over.
The Rover BRM models are awesome little cars. Setup is a bit tighter than than standard cars (which handle well and are really chuckable on a B road) and despite not being a popular hot hatch -not something Rover was known for- they were immensely good, and somewhat more subtle than the MG ZR that came from the same basic car.
The Orange on the front of course being a reference to the old BRM racing colours.
I can imagine a 1.8 Turbo K Series (or a Turbo T Series) with a trick diff would make for a rather entertaining car.
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Jan 22, 2018 10:05:47 GMT
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Jan 22, 2018 10:50:24 GMT
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There's a very nice BRM on eBay right now. Looks tidy, sounds like a well maintained car, good price.
*itchy trigger finger*
Only reservations are front wheel drive and that the styling cues are still a bit too far in the respectable retired middle-management camp. They should have been bolder with the styling.
Still though... Tempted.
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Jan 22, 2018 13:18:13 GMT
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I would be, but if I'm going to spend money on a Rover then it's going to be one of the big saloons (P6 or SD1) to hot rod some, added to the fact I've no real need for a 2 door hatch.
Shame really as they're a good car.
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Just been out and adjusted the clutch on my Ford EA Falcon because it was becoming increasingly difficult to change gear. What fool makes a clutch cable without putting a locknut on the adjusting nut?
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if that's what they were called yes. They looked like a chavved up car from the factory. (Sorry if anyone on here has one!) Here's a little detail that drives me mad.. cars that won't let you turn the key to start again without going back to off. (Fords is it?) My DAF does it as well ......really annoying.
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Milord
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I think that's a feature on most moderns with an actual key? Something to do with safety perhaps?
MB sprinter MK2, Nissan Navara D40, GF's Fiat Tipo, they all do that! I even seem to vaguely remember my sisters E46 doing that!
Funny enough I can't think of a single car with one of those stupid start buttons that does that! Those all require 26 random other things before you can start them though...
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Currently: BMW E46 320i Touring BMW E34 525TDS Touring VW T3 panel van 1.6d Opel Kadett C1 Caravan 1.2 Fiat 411R
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I fix Land Rovers for a living and EVERY FRICKIN DAY I find myself cursing whoever assembled the things without a sniff of anti-seize/copperslip on the bolts. It's a little detail that could easily be remedied. For vehicles that the marketing bumf practically encourages the owners to take them off road it's a massive oversight. In fact in some instances I'd swear that they keep a vat of saltwater on the production line so as they can soak certain bolts prior to fitting!
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I fix Land Rovers for a living and EVERY FRICKIN DAY I find myself cursing whoever assembled the things without a sniff of anti-seize/copperslip on the bolts. It's a little detail that could easily be remedied. For vehicles that the marketing bumf practically encourages the owners to take them off road it's a massive oversight. In fact in some instances I'd swear that they keep a vat of saltwater on the production line so as they can soak certain bolts prior to fitting! Surely Land Rovers break down so often the bolts don't have time to seize? Most of mine were like that anyway.
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Haha well that too is true yeah! But it's the things you wouldn't expect on cars that were around 40k new. Like 6 year old vehicles that you've got to physically cut components off as the bolts have become fossilised into place. Top tip: If you thought the older models were unreliable? Avoid anything made after 2010 like the plague! (Probably won't apply to most folk on here anyway) I fix Land Rovers for a living and EVERY FRICKIN DAY I find myself cursing whoever assembled the things without a sniff of anti-seize/copperslip on the bolts. It's a little detail that could easily be remedied. For vehicles that the marketing bumf practically encourages the owners to take them off road it's a massive oversight. In fact in some instances I'd swear that they keep a vat of saltwater on the production line so as they can soak certain bolts prior to fitting! Surely Land Rovers break down so often the bolts don't have time to seize? Most of mine were like that anyway.
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Aug 19, 2020 12:22:46 GMT
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My 1970 Morris Minor Traveller has the Lucas indicator stalk on the right. It looks a bit flimsy but has lasted very well. The BMW E39's fuel filler recess is a poor bit of design that allows water to sit in the bottom, with the inevitable bubbling and rusting that follows. Not to mention the windscreen washer bottle placement ahead of the offside sill, which develops leaks due to perished rubber grommets then rusts the front half of the sill out (which is of course, hidden from view by a full length plastic cover underneath that traps the moisture in). Poor show for an otherwise very well designed car. Thread resurrection. Another infuriating BMW design. The exhaust manifold heat shields on the M54. The rivets give out and one, or both shields work loose and you end up with a 'coin in a can' rattle every time you hit 1500rpm under load. The accepted 'fix' in BMW circles is to bend the metal to stop it fouling/bouncing off the manifold, which is just a poor bodge at best. Replace it you say? Ok, I'll just remove the entire exhaust manifold to get it off. Fantastic engine, bizarre design decisions.
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Aug 21, 2020 14:29:57 GMT
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What a fantastic thread! All of these come to a head in the Jag I'm rebuilding (most aren't the fault of the Jag at all). The one thing that really annoys me (and i meen REALLY annoys me to the point i spend money sortinag it or sell the vehical) is gear spacings on diesels, why did manufacturers think OH it's a diesel therefor it needs a rediculasly low first and huge gap to 2nd? Good god this is irritating. Found that while driving the 330d engine donor for my Jag. 1st is way too short, but 2nd is slightly too long to pull away comfortably from a standstill. It's irritating enough that I'm looking into whether you can swap the internals from an S-Type S6-53DZ which actually has gear ratios designed for driving. TORX BITS IN GENERAL , WHAT WRONG WITH A NORMAL NUT . Again on the BMW M57 engine. Random male torx bits everywhere, and 11mm nuts on the intake manifold. Who the F uses 11mm nuts?! I'm replacing them all with regular bolts as they all fit perfectly fine. Head lining sagging issues on Jaguars for 30 years! Always sold as expensive executive saloons with strong smooth engines, fine chassis and sumptuous leather and wood interiors. All lovely - yet how is it that Jaguar couldn't seem to build a car without head lining sagging problems once the car was a few years old? This one is definitely Jag's fault. Mine's actually in half decent nick, but it will go sooner or later and I can't see a way of getting a replacement in without taking the screen out. So while mine's out it's getting a fibreglass-backed replacement from these guys.
Centre armrests that you whack your elbow on selecting second or fourth gear (and sometimes reverse)
Utterly, utterly hate these. There's one in the Alfa 75 I've got (156 facelift seats) and getting rid of it will be one of the highest priorities when I start work on it.
Everything in the 70s was brown My favourite is the velour in a fetching shade of "Bookies' Lung Cinnamon"
I'm convinced that 'blue-grey' is the beige of the modern world. Everyone's painting their houses blue-grey. It's not a bad colour, but the fact that 75% of the country seems to be doing it is ridiculous. Their grandkids will be joking about it in the same way beige is now. Have a bit of originality!
Now that we're onto other people's bad habits...... When people slow down to walking pace to turn left into side roads, swing out into the middle of the road they are turning off, but still end up completely on the wrong side of the road they are turning into.
It's because of this that I've really, really enjoyed driving around our beat up Ford Ranger. You can literally just drive at these people (on your side of the road, with plenty of space for them to get past). They carry on for a bit, then curse word themselves and dive over to where they should have been driving in the first place. Works well for people who don't understand the '1-in, 1-through' rule about low speed lane merging. They're seldom willing to drive into you for it!
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As for my little hate (that hasn't been covered already like poor access to bits you need to fix and random bonging noises).
Mother curse word sunrooves.
I get some people like them, but I can't for the life of me fathom why.
So you're driving along and it's a nice day, but a bit hot and stuffy inside the car. I know! I'll open the sunroof. One of two things will happen, either the sunroof opens and you're deafened by wind noise (how is this different to opening a window), or a little spoiler pops out and neatly diverts any air over the top of the sunroof so there's no change to the inside conditions. Oh, except that now my head isn't shaded from sunlight anymore so I'm now hotter than I was before. If it's cool enough that this wouldn't be an issue, you probably won't be opening your sunroof anyway.
When people realise how pants they actually are, they tend to not use them which means they seize up and the rubber starts to perish, opening up a world of rust problems to a panel that's tough to repair and otherwise pretty well protected. They're also bloody heavy right in the wrong place, and rain glass down on your head in the event of a nasty accident.
Even worse are the webasto ones. Whoever thought hacking a hole in the roof of cars that they knew were rust prone is a good idea?
I'll be ripping them out of all the cars I own that have them, when the time comes along. Useless imitation of proper (and very enjoyable) open top motoring. Just get a drop-top, it's so much better. Failing that, open your windows a bit. That's better too.
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Last Edit: Aug 21, 2020 14:31:32 GMT by biturbo228
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Aug 21, 2020 16:16:41 GMT
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I'm relatively tall so a factory fit sunroof also used to rob me of valuable headroom before we got height adjustment.
Having to dip the clutch on moderns to start them bugs me too. I appreciate why they do it but when I learned to drive, I was taught to check if the car is in gear before starting. I still do, even if I can see it's in neutral.
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Jaguar S-Type 3.0 SE
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Aug 23, 2020 21:05:52 GMT
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People asking at petrol stations Love your car...which ever oldie I’m driving “Must be worth a few quid” Kills the conversation stone dead for me And them new focus rs cars with a drift button......just why?
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Last Edit: Aug 23, 2020 21:08:28 GMT by Mercdan68
Fraud owners club member 1999 Jaguar s type 1993 ford escort
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Aug 23, 2020 23:23:17 GMT
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Oh, except that now my head isn't shaded from sunlight anymore so I'm now hotter than I was before. If it's cool enough that this wouldn't be an issue, you probably won't be opening your sunroof anyway. They are known as a moon-roof in this part of the world! And one moan from me. Why, when you are building a vehicle (yes, Land Rover, I'm looking at you here) that's intended to be sold across over the globe, do you use interior plastics that disintegrate into shards after a few years in hot climates?
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Last Edit: Aug 23, 2020 23:26:14 GMT by georgeb
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When SAAB engineers messed up. The washer bottle is huge, and lives in the front drivers side inner wing. I am slowly working through the A/C system and I needed to change the dryer / low pressure switch unit. The drier is bolted on to two shafts which start on the water bottle itself. Turn the siezed bolt and this turns the shaft instead which in turn breaks the water bottle.
NOt to mention that everything in this area has no rustproofing whatsoever, and the dryer on a saab 9000 always looks like it is about to fall off anyway due to lack of rust protection.
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Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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People asking at petrol stations Love your car...which ever oldie I’m driving “Must be worth a few quid” Kills the conversation stone dead for me And them new focus rs cars with a drift button......just why? See also, "I bet it's thirsty" in respect of anything oldish with a decent sized engine. I don't approach people with a new diesel Audi in petrol stations and say "I bet that's depreciating a lot".
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Jaguar S-Type 3.0 SE
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