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captainspeed wrote: »Ah the Mk2 Avensis is a grand old yoke for low maintenance. Nothing goes wrong with them, which is more than can be said for anything German.
The 1.8 is fine compared to the rubbish small petrols and diesels most people have but obviously it's as dead as a do-do if you're used to something faster.
The brakes are rubbish in them (that's a standard feature), the steering is feel free and is overly light (that also comes as standard) but they're actually a good handling car and the VVTi is a revvy little unit, the gearbox is quite nice in them apart from the long throw. They're leaps and bounds ahead of older Toyotas to drive but if you're used to a BMW or something sporty (like I am) it's a big culture shock.
They're comfortable as well, fine and quiet and the ride is excellent but yeah the seats aren't great in them.
Try running it on 10W40 if it's fond of a drop of oil. We've got a 1.8 VVTi in the family and it was going through 5W30 at quite a rate, since we switched to 10W40 it's hardly using anything.
We've had our 2005 one since brand new and there's 193,000 miles on it now, it's needed a gearbox, clutch, wheel bearings and there was a problem with a coil once as well but it's been pretty much fault free otherwise, everything else that's gone on it was just usual wear and tear stuff like tyres, pads etc.
It was the pick of the bunch for anything of that vintage! Ticks all the right boxes: plenty available, cheap to buy, not much to go wrong and relatively modern (by my standards)
There was no way I was going to buy some lawnmower engined dishwasher as a stopgap car however I don't feel confident overtaking with it under certain applications, but it's not meant to be driven fast, or hard. Just in a leisurely manner I find; I'll happily accept that. I'm expecting a wallop of extra power high in the rev band that isn't there, hence I never drive it hard as there's no point. Having said that it's leaps and bounds over a 2003 D4D Avensis I used to regularly drive which was slower again (a dead auld c*nt of a yoke!)
It isn't as maneuverable as the C220 but I am aware FWD will never be as versatile in tight spaces. I can fire it into corners, but it isn't happy about it. It kind of lumbers around in the bends and I find the steering masks feedback due to it's light nature. It did step out in the wet when I first got it, caused by lift off oversteer coupled with Austone tyres which were immediately binned for a set of Pirellis I had lying around. No more wet problems! Gearbox was replaced at some stage with one from a 1.6VVTI along with the n/s driveshaft, the gears actually feel precise compared to any manual Merc with the vague slow input and I have adopted clutchless driving once again as a result. I did look into shoving in a 6 speed from a Celica for the laugh, but would not make economic sense when not keeping the car. Brakes are quite crap compared to what I'm used to but seeing as I never drive it aggressively/harsh they do the job well
The seats could have more adjustment, a huge letdown. I have genuinely tried dozens of positions and just don't feel snug when driving which is a pity as it is quite pleasant inside the very spacious cabin with lots of handy features otherwise. Having said that, I had an E11 Corolla which was so hateful in so many ways I actually quite liked it a lot. I had Celica seats to wang in but the engine fired a rod out before I could fit them and forgot about the seats until I sadly let the car go earlier this year
I may use them as office seats instead!
I debated running 10w40 but seeing as it was so poorly maintained in the past I decided fully synth 5w30 with Lucas stabilizer and a hot soak was the way forward for now. I won't be keeping this car long enough to warrant another oil change as progress is being made fast on my next old daily driver, even though in the 3 weeks I've had this car I've put up over 1500 miles
needless to say, despite what I've done it still burns oil averaging 1 litre per 1k miles and will occasionally puff out blue smoke on take off 
I've only put service parts into it and whatever handy second hand stuff I've had lying about (bulbs, fuses, tyres etc). The main expense so far is running it but seeing that it regularly averages 44mpg per tank (once it hit 48.1) it isn't as expensive as I had anticipated initially
I would genuinely buy another one again but would go for the 2.0 or 2.4 petrols (I am aware they're not the most common in miserable tax obsessed consumer land and may give HG trouble to begin with) over the diesels
I would finish off by saying it was better than I expected, I'll put up more pics of it in due time 0 -
Our old 850R is the one car from my childhood I'd be happy to buy off whoever currently owns it, if it's still alive at all. It's the car that started my love of all things motor driven. Edit: No NCT in 4 years. Probably dead
Your dad had good taste, what was the reg of it and what colour was it ?0 -
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No car was more out of place on the day
Still had great fun warbling around the place. 5 Cylinder sounded great on the home straight. Any car can be fun if you drive it right.
It was so funny and surprisingly quick man!
It was so amazing to see an s40 pulling past st170's and ss3 celicas
Staying with my car on the straights!
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It was so funny and surprisingly quick man!
It was so amazing to see an s40 pulling past st170's and ss3 celicas
Staying with my car on the straights!
Car of the day
It handled the day surprisingly well! It was nippy enough and took a few by surprise. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here, obviously its an S40 with a suit jacket hanging up but I was quite proud of it!
Climate control and Lionel Ritchie all the way!0 -
Sexual Chocolate wrote: »2.4 non turbo ?
Sorry, yeah non turbo only 170bhp odd or something like that. Nice little engine though and 13k km its been perfectly reliable.
There's a lot to be said for old school tech and none of these complicated newer turbocharged yokes. 0 -
Sorry, yeah non turbo only 170bhp odd or something like that. Nice little engine though and 13k km its been perfectly reliable.
There's a lot to be said for old school tech and none of these complicated newer turbocharged yokes.
Ah nice. Theres one for sale on DD for 2.4k, was debating whether to look at it or not.0 -
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Sexual Chocolate wrote: »Ah nice. Theres one for sale on DD for 2.4k, was debating whether to look at it or not.
Probably my one! Meant to take it down - taxed it again and going to drive it for another few months yet.
It's a great daily car and can make you giggle with the stainless exhaust. 0 -
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Probably my one! Meant to take it down - taxed it again and going to drive it for another few months yet.
It's a great daily car and can make you giggle with the stainless exhaust.
I've seen yours on Facebook and it looks like a candidate for sleeper of the year. Love the colour, same as my (unwashed and unloved) S60.0 -
Probably my one! Meant to take it down - taxed it again and going to drive it for another few months yet.
It's a great daily car and can make you giggle with the stainless exhaust.
Yep that must the one I actually noticed it was took down just after I mentioned it above and said to myself "wtf, as soon as I mention it on here its gone" :pac: 0 -
James Bond Junior wrote: »I've seen yours on Facebook and it looks like a candidate for sleeper of the year. Love the colour, same as my (unwashed and unloved) S60.
Appreciate the comments lads. Ah 'tis a good little car, a good example of how the Irish tax system affects these cars. You have that lovely E36 is that right?Sexual Chocolate wrote: »Yep that must the one I actually noticed it was took down just after I mentioned it above and said to myself "wtf, as soon as I mention it on here its gone" :pac:
Yeah must have been mine! I'm a sucker for old school character :pac:0 -
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No no it was a real experience watching it lap the track, the car looked fantastic, the crisp lines you were taking etc.
It is a lovely colour, non of this PCP 50 shades of grey crap, it was really keeping great pace with some very noteworthy machinery.
You caught and passed the Cayman S over about 5 laps as I looked on.
On track I only slightly had you, if I was to buy something in the morning it would be the wonderful 166man s40.
I'm not talking it up or anything sorry now, just was a pleasure meeting your good self and your great taste in cars as always!
Haha you're a gas man! Great to see there's still a sense of humour around here :pac:
On a serious note - your E36 was brilliant on track. To be fair all the cars there were of a high standard. 0 -
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If we're regaling in Mk8 Civic electrical woe tales, mine, without fail every morning, decides that the ABS simply must be active for the first 5 minutes continuously. As in, every touch of the brakes brings the rumble. After 5 minutes the ABS/VSA warning lights come on, which at this point is better than them being off...
Should really get that fixed 0 -
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