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06/4/2022 at 7:26pm
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Quote: Originally posted by 664DaveS on 06/4/2022
My sister had a Reliant van when she was at teacher training college. She drive it on a motorbike license.
I was home on leave from the RAF one weekend so dad and I changed the brake shoes. Had to get the front up high to get to the brakes!....
I had three "Tupperware Trikes", the last being a Robin, on which I had to replace the clutch. According to the workshop manual, either a Borg & Beck clutch or a Laycock clutch was fitted and were interchangeable. This was confirmed at the local motorfactor where I bought a new assembly (forget which brand). Then followed a good 2 - 3 hours on a cold, dusted with snow path, taking off the old clutch and then REPEATEDLY "offering up" the new - which went on, but leaving a small gap between the housing and block. Finally, thawing out in the house, old and new side by side - NO, they're different - and NOT interchangeable! Took both to the motorfactor and showed him (no, I didn't blame him!) and he was shocked - and deeply sympathetic to my tribulations. He did get a new (correct) one a couple of days later, and it went on like a dream!
Incidentally, that was the last Reliant I had as it was stolen some time later - but that's another (amusing) tale! 
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06/4/2022 at 8:07pm
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Some of you have car histories similar to my dad's. He got a motorbike licence as soon as he turned 16 and then progressed to Reliant 3-wheelers, which he could drive without upgrading to a full licence. When he embarked on a career in teaching in the mid-1970s, he splashed out on a new Reliant 3-wheeler finished in grey primer. 'Paint' was an optional extra and rather than pay for it to be painted at the factory, he sprayed it himself in a vivid shade of buttercup yellow.
His journey to and from work at the time took him past the BBC Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham, and to this day we wonder if the sight of his car was an inspiration for Del Boy's van in Only Fools and Horses, which aired a few years later.
After the birth of his first child (me) he had to sell the Reliant because it wasn't big enough to accommodate a pram and all the other paraphernalia. He replaced it with a Morris Traveller, which he kept for at least another decade and which I remember being flat out at about 65mph. This was probably a good thing, because the brakes were utterly hopeless.
When I was about 8 or so he restored a Riley One-point-five, which was capable of 0-60 in about 20 seconds and had a top speed of about 85. It seemed hilariously fast to us! He tried towing a small caravan with it but it wasn't terribly successful, mainly because it caused it to use fuel at about 20mpg and the tank only held 6 gallons. We sometimes wondered whether it would make it from one petrol station to the next ...
My own first car was a 1984 Mini (the original shape) which I had when I was a student. It was rubbish in every way except for one thing - girls seemed to like it. After I had ran it for about a year and killed it, I gave it away to a local enthusiasts club rather than pay to have it scrapped, and found out a few years later that someone had put a whole new chassis on it. I replaced it with a Mk3 Ford Fiesta which was a much better car - not least because it was a proper car - but it attracted no female attention whatsoever 
My more recent car history has been most boring by comparison. I've worked for a company that's run a fleet of VW, Audi and Skoda for about the last 15 years and I can't recall ever had a single mechanical reliability issue. Certainly I want to hang on to my current Arteon for as long as possible because I'm sure that whatever I end up having to replace it with will be worse in some way.
Post last edited on 06/04/2022 20:13:30
Post last edited on 06/04/2022 20:17:58
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06/4/2022 at 8:32pm
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I think the favourite cars I have had to drive were my MK3 Zodiac, Triumph 2500 estate, Volvo V70, and my current X Trail. The worst one by far was the VW campervan. It was ok to drive on a nice, warm sunny day, but terrible in winter as it had no effective heater. That VW was also by far the most unreliable vehicle I have ever had. I always used to say that if it got me where I was going, it probably wouldn't get me back, and often it didn't! I only really bought it as I already had two girls and our son came along so we couldn't get him in his carry-cot in the back of our MK2 Cortina with the two girls. I quite liked driving the VW when it was going ok, but it was a bit of a pain! I never knew what was going to break or seize up on it next! It went to the breakers in the end.
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Lost my virginity in a ford orion in crewkerne. I suspect it would have been more comfortable in an escort.
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07/4/2022 at 11:29pm
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Anyone remember (or have) a Saab two-stroke engine?
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08/4/2022 at 8:54am
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Quote: Originally posted by Gram on 07/4/2022
Anyone remember (or have) a Saab two-stroke engine?
I certainly remember them but I've never owned one. If I remember right my friend's one was a 3 cylinder 2 stroke, and the clutch had an in-built free-wheel that allowed him to change gear without using the clutch. No engine braking though. The only other car I have known to have a free-wheel in the transmission was a Rover, although there may have been others.
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Quote: Originally posted by blueexpo97 on 08/4/2022
Here was me thinking this was about VW   now on my second Touareg, what a great tow vehicle.
Not much a Touareg won’t tow, that’s for sure. Recently had a Tiguan from new, changed it last month, it was an OK car with zero issues, despite it being a top of the range 4x4, it did leave me a little unexcited as a driving experience, and a bit boring tbh. The Touareg is a totally different car altogether, I have never owned one, but have driven a demo for a day, a very easy car to live with I would imagine, if not a little on the thirsty side.
I have now, semi, stepped into the “dark side” and gone Plug in Hybrid with the Hyundai Tucson Ultimate 4x4 PHEV, with just over 1000 miles on the clock now, it is averaging 73.8 mpg. Easily the best riding car I have owned, huge spec, and with 263BHP, not boring! But as a tow car, it will not touch a Touareg.
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09/7/2022 at 6:21pm
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No I didn't pay VW to do anything. I use a local, very good independent garage. They charge a fraction of VW main dealer prices.
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Two drifters off to see the world.
I'm tired of reality, so I'm off to look for a good fantasy.
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