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need a small van for work and looking at either a rascal or a later diahatsu with the 1.3 efi only seen them but not driven one what they like to drive , i will be mostly round town and a few motorway trips prefer the rascal ,being older !but the diahatsu has the higher roofline which would be handy ive read all the stories about them doing 100 miles on 10 p of fuel but was wondering day to day round town what sort of amount they actually use as thats also one of the reasons I'm getting because of the light weight and small engine cheers  |
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Had 2 Rascals and a Supercarry,squillions of miles to the gallon carry a huge amount of curse word and are surprisingly swift up to about 40!A hoot to drive but the downside is that they rust badly and if not looked after properly they will overheat .All in all a great little machine.Our works van is a diahatsu hi jet and in comparing the two I would personaly choose the hi jet as it does everything that little bit better than the rascal.
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If I had two brains I,d still be a halfwit
1969 Morris Minor Traveller
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was leaning towards a hi jet as a lot of the rascals ive seen up for sale have been old wrecks
although some of the hi-jets were pretty rough too! lol
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either that or the Piaggio version?
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I have crashed one of these at 90 and walked away laughing.
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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blimey the windscreen is so close to your head I'm surprised to had anything to laugh with! it wasnt I'm import with a kph speedo was it  |
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bortaf
Posted a lot
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Never mind the surviving how did you get it to 90  |
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R.I.P photobucket
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I didnt! The above post was actually a downright lie.
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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miaspa
Part of things
Posts: 829
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I don't have one but saw this and want it......what is it its sort of rascal diahatsu.  |
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Found my flashing Pao again.
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Super cool!
Anyone know what it is?.
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bootsy75hst
Part of things
"scrap the caddy clyde"
Posts: 229
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i had a rascal van, me and my mate drove it from liverpool to durham at 55 all the way, they are ace little vans, in the winter on the way to work i turned right at a junction but the van decided to do a donut! in the dry they harmless.
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"when the going turns weird, the weird turn pro" hst
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Same engine as the sj410 jeep and they're nails
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dannyb
South East
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my dad has had loads of these things and i was always using them and they are great!
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we've had loads of both in our family, right at this moment we got 3 rascal campers for me mum, dad and sister to take all the kids/grandkids on holidays, a die hat sue mini bus thing to cart dogs about and a long bed 5 speed 1.3 diseasle die hat sue pick up thats gonna get a camper body bunged on it.
the rascals break down all the time in my experiance (so much so that me dad paid for a tow bar to be fitted to my car and bought me an A frame!) points are a known weak point and they don't seem to like them replaced with pointless electronic ones and just eat other parts of the ignition system instead then, they are slow noisy and uncomfy for anyone bigger than a japanese child and they are made of steel so thin you can see through it before it rusts, on the other hand they do loads of mpg, corner on two wheels, you can fit LOADS of stuff in em and buy them for pennies. The daihatsu's seem much more reliable.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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dannyb
South East
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don't forget the honda (acty ?) great little things as long as they are taken care
of and serviced regulaly.
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the rascals break down all the time in my experiance (so much so that me dad paid for a tow bar to be fitted to my car and bought me an A frame!) points are a known weak point and they don't seem to like them replaced with pointless electronic ones and just eat other parts of the ignition system instead then My old suzuki whiizkid used to die every few hudred miles due to points problems, remarkable! Sent me up the fuggin wall and rendered the car unusable to my lass who did not trust it to get her from Newcastle to Sundrland. I replaced everything several times trying to cure it and never did. Glad its not just me! |
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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