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From: Tyne Valley
Originally Posted by soulcrew,Aug 15 2007, 11:46 AM
i bet tyres are cheap for that.
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Originally Posted by WRumbled,Aug 15 2007, 12:38 PM
Why don't you just stick it on the For Sale forum and be done with it, Neil?
We all know it's going to end up on there sooner or later.
We all know it's going to end up on there sooner or later.
Might as well keep it for the winter at least
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Aug 15 2007, 05:51 PM
If you've only got 160 BHP, you don't wanna be much over 1,000KGs:
Redlines in 5th, and makes a lovely 'Kerrang' sound at 6,500.
Handles exactly like modern FWDs don't.
Redlines in 5th, and makes a lovely 'Kerrang' sound at 6,500.
Handles exactly like modern FWDs don't.
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That's partly because its platform is as ancient as the Civic's and partly because it's got the perfect layout for a compact car.
The 4WD helps too.
Back in the early 'sixties, Subaru brought a Lloyd Arabella over from Germany, dismantled it, copied it & rebuilt it on a 2,400mm wheelbase. Thus the Subaru 1000 was invented. The rest is well-known.
The 4WD helps too.
Back in the early 'sixties, Subaru brought a Lloyd Arabella over from Germany, dismantled it, copied it & rebuilt it on a 2,400mm wheelbase. Thus the Subaru 1000 was invented. The rest is well-known.
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The Arabella was a superbly-engineered car; light alloy engine & suspension, detachable body panels like a Smart, folding rear seats, blown-bulb warning lights, high-specification. And it went like a Subaru!
Consequently it was hideously expensive against the primitive twin cylinder crap from BMW & DKW, etc and lost the company huge anounts of money & they eventually went bust...
And like the Mini, its testing was during a summer drought, so they didn't realise it filled with water if you opened a 1/4 light. The Germans called her "Aquabella" and the warranty claimes were a bit expensive.
Consequently it was hideously expensive against the primitive twin cylinder crap from BMW & DKW, etc and lost the company huge anounts of money & they eventually went bust...
And like the Mini, its testing was during a summer drought, so they didn't realise it filled with water if you opened a 1/4 light. The Germans called her "Aquabella" and the warranty claimes were a bit expensive.