Hi all, thanks firstly for a brill website - i've been watching and surfing for a while. I've spent a long time reading and enjoying.
In 2000 I had a T plate silver propeller wheel 1.7 as an inherited 'company' car... It was a small company and I got the lease car when I replaced the previous job holder. I loved it and fell in love with it. Left the company after exactly a year, but with one nagging sense of loss...
11 years later, 3 kids growing up later, the Vauxhall Zafira died and we needed a new motor. Focus or Mondeo?, but having once been a two car family we also threw a 'Top Gear Challenge' into the mix. 7k for a new motor or can we get 2 reasonable bangers for 7k?
Whole day car hunting, last garage in the city area, giving up hope...
Fantastic! - Fiesta Flame - immaculate - in our price range.
In to show room, talking to sales person, test drive etc. Small window behind sales person...
WHATS THAT????
Oh thats where we keep the new stuff that comes in and stuff going to auction.
No - Whats THAT?
24hrs later - mine, all mine... 51 Plate 1.7 Pacific Green. 41K miles. Top Gear Challenge Complete. Two car family again.
Yes, its nearly 10 years old and i'm not blind to the brown 'beauty spot' it has on the NSR wheelarch (anybody know what that might be????? Doh!!!!!) and the Ford electrics that will probably die any day soon, and the condensation in the OSR light cluster, but i'm SO happy - driving with a smile is what its all about.
Any how, happy old man and hello to you all.
Here's a question that I have not managed to pin down here on the website. I also asked another local owner who answered 'about an inch'.
My T plate (T167MRJ - are you still out there?) boot opened fully when I pressed the key (3 times!) but this one just releases and the boot only pops up about a centimetre. My local friend's 'inch' seems about similar. This seems a bit mad if you have a granny/kid/briefcase in one hand and the keys in the other, you need to put something down to get a finger underneath the lip to open the lid...
I have looked hard and carefully WD40'd the struts (they are clean as a whistle) but to no avail. My Q - was I lucky with T167MRJ or can I do something with my new Poo so the boot actually opens fully when I press the key??
There is something on here (or Pumapeople) that talks about installing more powerful struts, but I will be inclined to leave it if I was just lucky before. I don't need the boot to open that badly, but it would be sensible if its a user adjustable part.
Any knowledge out there?
Hello again and apologies for being new. TTFN.
In 2000 I had a T plate silver propeller wheel 1.7 as an inherited 'company' car... It was a small company and I got the lease car when I replaced the previous job holder. I loved it and fell in love with it. Left the company after exactly a year, but with one nagging sense of loss...
11 years later, 3 kids growing up later, the Vauxhall Zafira died and we needed a new motor. Focus or Mondeo?, but having once been a two car family we also threw a 'Top Gear Challenge' into the mix. 7k for a new motor or can we get 2 reasonable bangers for 7k?
Whole day car hunting, last garage in the city area, giving up hope...
Fantastic! - Fiesta Flame - immaculate - in our price range.
In to show room, talking to sales person, test drive etc. Small window behind sales person...
WHATS THAT????
Oh thats where we keep the new stuff that comes in and stuff going to auction.
No - Whats THAT?
24hrs later - mine, all mine... 51 Plate 1.7 Pacific Green. 41K miles. Top Gear Challenge Complete. Two car family again.
Yes, its nearly 10 years old and i'm not blind to the brown 'beauty spot' it has on the NSR wheelarch (anybody know what that might be????? Doh!!!!!) and the Ford electrics that will probably die any day soon, and the condensation in the OSR light cluster, but i'm SO happy - driving with a smile is what its all about.
Any how, happy old man and hello to you all.
Here's a question that I have not managed to pin down here on the website. I also asked another local owner who answered 'about an inch'.
My T plate (T167MRJ - are you still out there?) boot opened fully when I pressed the key (3 times!) but this one just releases and the boot only pops up about a centimetre. My local friend's 'inch' seems about similar. This seems a bit mad if you have a granny/kid/briefcase in one hand and the keys in the other, you need to put something down to get a finger underneath the lip to open the lid...
I have looked hard and carefully WD40'd the struts (they are clean as a whistle) but to no avail. My Q - was I lucky with T167MRJ or can I do something with my new Poo so the boot actually opens fully when I press the key??
There is something on here (or Pumapeople) that talks about installing more powerful struts, but I will be inclined to leave it if I was just lucky before. I don't need the boot to open that badly, but it would be sensible if its a user adjustable part.
Any knowledge out there?
Hello again and apologies for being new. TTFN.