I might be getting a car!!

[Spastik_Roach]

Its a blue 1974 Austin Maxi... offered for free in the newspaper.

I rung up the people selling it and they said it had been parked for a few years, but it was running good and well when they parked it.

Heres a pic of what it will look like!

However this will only be a paddock car ;)

http://www.ianhardy.net/albums/bvvr001/crw_3364l_std_std.jpg

[KeRmIt]

LoL ... looks funny im guessin FF car? eh id rather hav a rwd 4 a paddock but beggers cant be choosers eyy lol hav fun wif it

[Spastik_Roach]

Yeah its FWD, wanted RWD but meh.

[clutch-monkey]

not bad for a free car..

[GTR Dreamer]

pretty cool, id have anything for a paddock car.............is it a manual? doesent look that great but hey its a padock car...who cares!!!

[Spastik_Roach]

Don't diss the mean Maxi...its got Chrome Hubcaps :D

Pretty sure its a manual, probably a 4 speeder.

[Spastik_Roach]

Oh by the way that pic isn't of the exact car i might be getting, just same colour.

[clutch-monkey]

i can imagine you rounding up the sheep in that, lol :)
is it registerable and everything? or are you keeping it as a fun car

[Spastik_Roach]

I'm not sure if it was be registerable, i'll have to wait till I possibly go and check the car out tomorrow. Probably a bit rusted.

[GTR Dreamer]

will they give it to you? or will you have to take a parent....?

[Egg Nog]

Make sure that you drive it as hard as you can until it simply cannot drive anymore.

[derekthetree]

Oh by the way that pic isn't of the exact car i might be getting, just same colour.

he he i thought it looked a bit too shiny for a car that had been parked for a few years :D . Any car that runs and is free is a amazing find.

[Spastik_Roach]

Well i'm not absolutely sure it runs. Battery might be stuffed. I'm not sure. I'll get back to you all.

[Matra et Alpine]

Thnking it throughtS-R. As I'd said, not a lot of Maxi's around. It might be worth getting it for free and then calling around and see if any collector wanted to restore a Maxi. Like I said, not a lot around, but plenty of bits !! Heel over here even Marina's get talked about as a "classic" !!!

[Spastik_Roach]

Marinas? *shudders*

[McReis]

Marinas? *shudders*


My father has been the proud owner of three Marinas 15.d! :D
Two were 2 seater vans and one was un ugly 4 door black with red interior!!! "Oh God! I'm at the night club!!" :D:D
I can't describe how bad they were...

I once bought a Peugeot 104 with 4 more friends for 25€... I had no drivers license and took the car to a place were there were some new streets made for and industrial zone. Nobody went there at weekends and we used to spend sundays doing our best to destroy the poor old car...
We crashed twice but couldn't manage to end the jb as someone has the car was stolen from us! :D:D

[pimento]

It wouldn't be hard to fix up if it wasn't running. The engine probably isn't too different to the one in my mini, which means that there's not a lot to go wrong. Get some into on the carby (most likely an S.U.) so you can take it apart and clean it, cos it'll definately need it. It's very easy, if you're careful you could do it without, but it's always nice to have a picture for backup. For the oil in it (the carby, not the engine) use sewing machine oil. But yea, good luck man, sounds like fun.

[Mustang]

My father has been the proud owner of three Marinas 15.d! :D


god help him :p

[McReis]

god help him :p


Poor man... He was almost as crazy as this guy.

[drakkie]

my grandpa owned a marina too, i think

[spi-ti-tout]

Make sure that you drive it as hard as you can until it simply cannot drive anymore.
Haha have a personal vendetta aginst them Maxi's? :D

[Matra et Alpine]

http://qldleylandp76.itgo.com/marina/marinatcengland.jpg
added front aid and rear wing to reduce drag by 14 percent - so it was probably then a 0.8Cd :)
CCC magazine even tried to make a rally car out of it
http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/featurepics/100436.jpg
it DID NOT WORK :)

[UCR]

I hope you can find some jobs on it lad :)

Good little get you started car.

[Spastik_Roach]

Well i've rung up about the Maxi, it needs a tyre and a battery, so its out.

HOWEVER.

There is a Honda Concerto for sale, 100 dollars NZ.

It runs and everything, sounds promising!

It has a very noisy exhaust apparently tho, possibly holes? Would some sealent or something fix that?

[Spastik_Roach]

I'm going to look at the Concerto in an hour or so.

[Spastik_Roach]

Poor man... He was almost as crazy as this guy.

Roflmao :D

[16-4Veyron]

SR, acording to your profile your 12.... :confused:

[Spastik_Roach]

Yeah...and?

I'm getting a paddock car to drive on the farm.

Anyway.
I went to have a look at the Concerto, exhaust isn't actually that loud, exterior is a bit beat up (few dents and stuff) but the interior is actually quite nice, it has wood grain trim and electric windows etc.

[Spastik_Roach]

Concerto 1.6: 79 kw.

:D

[clutch-monkey]

i;m not sure you can handle all that power :)

[Spastik_Roach]

I'll be burning off Mclarens and Ferraris all day :)

[clutch-monkey]

i'd love to see a pic of it when you get it, and when you've finished driving it into the ground

[Spastik_Roach]

I'll See what I can do, I should be getting a Digi Cam soon.

I'm gunna line the interior with fluffy cotton material! :D

[clutch-monkey]

get a big set of fluffy dice :)

[16-4Veyron]

Yeah...and?

I'm getting a paddock car to drive on the farm.

Anyway.
I went to have a look at the Concerto, exhaust isn't actually that loud, exterior is a bit beat up (few dents and stuff) but the interior is actually quite nice, it has wood grain trim and electric windows etc.


Well my point was, you cant really get use out of a car if your 12... :p
Do you mean your parents (or family) is gettin a new car??
Either way, thats an awesome car.

[clutch-monkey]

Well my point was, you cant really get use out of a car if your 12... :p
Do you mean your parents (or family) is gettin a new car??
Either way, thats an awesome car.

he can get use out of it, but on private property only, hence he called it his 'paddock-car'.

[Spastik_Roach]

Not getting the car anymore.

[Spastik_Roach]

Might get a different car in a month or so, i'm not sure. Right now i'm pretty pissed off.

[Spastik_Roach]

I might be getting a beach buggy sort of thing instead, which i'd be happy about.

[derekthetree]

never mind plenty more fish in the sea :D

[Alfasudcrazy]

Not getting the car anymore.

Pity - you can't beat electric windows while driving around the farm ;)

[Prius]

how can you get a car, you are not even old enough to drive it.

now only if they will offer a Trofeo for free........
http://www.cars-on-line.com/17400/90olds17484-A.jpg

i would be a very happy man. even happier when I turn 16 and I don't have to be driven in it but I could DRIVE it!

[Rockefella]

how can you get a car, you are not even old enough to drive it.
I heard that LeAnn Rhimes (sp?), the famous country-singer had 5 cars by the age of 15 or 16.

[Quiggs]

I heard that LeAnn Rhimes (sp?), the famous country-singer had 5 cars by the age of 15 or 16.
One of which was a black Viper RT10. Too bad her music is terrible.