Can't really post any pics from my phone.
Cars in good condition considered its age and mileage.
May have gotten three figures out of it....
May have gotten three figures out of it….
You were carrying a db-meter?
The exhaust isn't that bad. Sounds more like a raspberry fart when you rev it a bit.
More a case that I had to pop its cherry 😉
If you’re near Horfield Road, Chew, there’s a pint with your name on it in The Wellington. The pie and chips is good too. (Proper pie it was with a full pastry surround for you northern doubters).
No way!?!
Can an ikkle Yaris even do 100....😀
..... Kmh?
This is quite exciting.
Well done chaps, you're all STW legends.
Nicely done gentlemen, restored this old cynics faith...
MrsH is following his thread
No it won't do 100 😉
Actually of our two vehicles (ooh, get us) it was the nippiest!
😁
It was quite a nippy wee thing andrewh - didnae mind bouncing of the rev limit in 2nd and 3rd 😉
I didn't really but the motor felt sweet as a nut
Gnusmobile has landed. I'll get some pictures when the rain stops
Marko
TJ has gone up in my opinion solely based on his actions on this thread . Of course everyone else who has donated time or cash to this project has as well, but you lot were all starting at a solid 7/10 on the robometer. TJ was, a little further down the scale but has redeemed himself massively
I do abit of charity donation, Bulllheart etc . The difference here is 100% of cash / time / effort is going to the receipient. I am not donating to keep the CEO of (EG) save the children on £120k PA and 8% of my donation actually reaches Africa where it digs a well.
Bloody well done everyone. Good Job.
Thankyou to everyone that has done everything they can to make this happen, it is truly unbelievable. Can't wait to see more updates and pics. It is nice that it has been a hassle free journey all round, thankyou again to all.
I haven't had much chance to post anything the past couple of days. Weather has been atrocious, high winds and flooding thanks to storm callum. Luckily, we live away from the river, but not that far away. One friend had their house flooded, another friend lost some roof tiles and water was pouring into her bedroom. Along with hundreds more.
I offered both families (and others I didn't know) somewhere to stay for as long as was needed. Our friend with the leaky roof, her husband was trapped in work and couldn't get home. I told her to bring her 2 young kids round. She came round yesterday at 2:00ish and i put them up, fed them, kids all played together. Really nice under the circumstances.
Winds have stopped but the water is still extremely high. Hopefully it starts to subside later today.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dramatic-pictures-show-river-levels-15277772
Back up North now after a kind lift from DannyBGoode.
In Sheffield having a mug of tea and a bacon sandwich before another lift back to Halifax
Aye. Turned out Chew’s in-laws live just a couple of minutes from my house so after a fairly hideous drive (because of the weather not the company!) he’s safely there and I’m about to tuck into a nice restorative Maccy D’s.
Good feeling on this thread finally pushed me over the edge and I subscribed. I left the UK in the mid-2000s and, alongside 5 or so school friends, STW gives me my link home. Now reading Issue One with a cup of milky tea. Best to all. Gaidong (real name Oli)
edit: Oh, I don't have a "P" yet...
Good Lord, that first portrait on p6 is a bit offputting!
top work Chew! Nearly home!
edit: Oh, I don’t have a “P” yet…
That might need someone in office hours to activate? (Guessing, I've no idea whether there's a manual process somewhere or not, would seem odd but who knows.)
If it doesn't sort itself out, email subs@ in the morning.
So now its up to the spanner minkeys
Well done all, great effort.
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I offered both families (and others I didn’t know) somewhere to stay for as long as was needed. Our friend with the leaky roof, her husband was trapped in work and couldn’t get home. I told her to bring her 2 young kids round. She came round yesterday at 2:00ish and i put them up, fed them, kids all played together. Really nice under the circumstances.
For gods sake man with the other thread too your some kind of human being aren't you. If anyone deserved a life long Premier subscription to this place its you.
And if you don't get one, when your's expires please drop me a line - your next one is on me.
I took the decision to drop it in for a fresh MOT and have a good look around underneath. As we expected it failed.
We need 2 front wheel bearings and a front spring (both sides will be replaced). The exhaust leak is a hole in the 'Cat', so I'll need to remove the system to weld it up. Hopefully a patch will fix it, but the hole prevented testing the emissions.
Both rear tyres, while both legal are perished and as we know one has a slow puncture, so I'd suggest we replace both of them.
Lots of advisories as well, but in short the underneath of the car is a bit 'crispy'. I sure some welding of the sills/floor will be needed next year. If it was a customers car in normal circumstances I'd suggest they got rid of it.
Parts on order
Thanks for the update marko. Happy there's not much wrong for the mot, and that it has got all the way to you with no issues.
Lots of advisories as well, but in short the underneath of the car is a bit ‘crispy’. I sure some welding of the sills/floor will be needed next year. If it was a customers car in normal circumstances I’d suggest they got rid of it.
This worries me if I am honest. The long term costs and upkeep. I understand it is an older car and there will be things that need replacing or repairing.
I have found it very difficult to write this post. I understand it reads a bit offish, that is not how it is intended. I don't want to seem ungrateful as I am not. I am truly grateful for everything all of you have done. I just hope I can keep the gnusmobile going.
That doesnt sound offish to me, if it gets you mobile for 12/24 months and helps in any way i would say its done its job.
Keep it for a year then get rid, once you get back on your feet again.
Dont think anyone will think anything other than that.
Its a short term measure to assist in the immediate future, which I’m sure it’ll do admirably.
But sure you’ll get a year out of it, maybe pass it on to someone in a similar position next year.
if you can get 12 months ticket and all safe and reliable without spending silly money then that would be great.
Ditto to the above. And it will help you to build up a no claims bonus.
Yes agreed, old cars are a lottery. I small bump thats not your fault and it will be written off, you will get next to nothing. Just enjoy it while its going. The underside does look bad tho, ours is mint but had an easy life in a garage.
I can honestly say I hadn't thought of it as a year or two car, I was thinking of it as a longer term car. Maybe that was over thinking it on my part. I understand what your all saying, and it does make sense. Hopefully it will be motable next year too without many issues, that would be great.
Sorry for the previous post, just a bit panicky after a really difficult and stressful day.
Thankyou all again. Your kindness and efforts are genuinely appreciated.
Damp patch on fuel tank. No idea what’s going on, garage told this to the wife, I didn’t get chance to look. Fine at the moment, may be an MOT issue in Feb, may be fine. (New fuel tank is about £80)
I had a Y reg yaris and the fuel tank was metal and rusty, but worse than that one, it also had a couple of patches where fuel was very slowly leaking through giving a damp patch. if it's not failed the MOT it'll be fine for a while and as above replacements aren't much, maybe have a look again after winter, mine got to the stage where you could smell the fuel standing near the car. The underside of mine was also very crispy but it had lived in Scotland for many years where the roads are mostly salt for half the year. Great little cars!
I might have a 55 polo going free in a month or two if you want a second set of wheels! It is also a bit crispy underneath and tbh I preferred the yaris.
I can honestly say I hadn’t thought of it as a year or two car, I was thinking of it as a longer term car.
TBH, whether it lasts six months or six years, it still resolves an immediate problem, n'est-ce pas? If and when it dies we can cross that bridge again.
As a friend of mine once said (in defence of a shedded Mk2 Escort), "second-class motoring is better than first-class walking."
Drive it until it needs work or fails it’s mot. At that point make the decision as to whether it is worth spending money on.
The answer will probably be ‘no’ but that decision point will be 3,6,9 months away etc. In the meantime you and the kids will have dry, warm relatively economical transport.
Also, two Yaris wheel trims on the way to Marko to hopefully replace the trashed ones.
I completely agree and feel foolish for my previous posts. Unfortunately, a difficult and stressful day all round and nothing today has been easy.
I am extremely grateful and will be glad of having the car as an option, especially with the winter months ahead.
As a friend of mine once said (in defence of a shedded Mk2 Escort), “second-class motoring is better than first-class walking.”
This is very true. I like that quote. I had a mk1 escort, it was my first car. Would love another one, best car I have had. On that subject, if anyone has a mk1 or mk2 escort lying around needing a home.....
Don't push your luck (-:
I don't think anyone thinks you're being ungrateful. Text is a difficult medium. Reading back, my post could be interpreted as implying that and that's not the case. Point was simply, run it into the blummin' dirt, it didn't owe anyone anything when it left its previous home.
+1 Cougar.
I didn't think for one moment that you're ungrateful. The car will see you through, and when it's cream crackered we will sort something else out.
Life is tough, I'm not experiencing what you're going through, but I have lost a number of close family members (both Mum and Dad in a short space of time plus aunties and uncles) so I can appreciate the pain you're feeling.
But from the pain comes hope - as each new day dawns the pain recedes a little. Bit by bit. Each day gets a little better.
I wish you luck my friend 🙂
I think we'd already established that it wasn't ideal for you (mainly a bit small) but was much cheaper to insure than Rich's Primera so entirely understand it being a short-term stop-gap.
The reason we got rid is that it wasn't worth spending nearly the value of the car to fix and it was becoming far too small for us with the arrival of the wee one. When it eventually reaches the end of it's time with you it would be great if you could pass it on to someone else, or post up here and see who knows someone who needs it, MrsH would love for it to become a 'good kharma car' and get passed around to whoever needs it. If there are kind people like Marko out there it hopefully becomes feasable to keep it alive, labout costs meant it wasn't worth us spending the required amount. She would be dead chuffed if we could type it's reg into tge online tax checker thing in four or five years time and find it still is going somewhere.
I have little to add to this that's not already been said, apart from "jolly good effort all those involved in the idea and the logistics, top work all around"
One brief thought for Mr Gnusmas, based on having owned an identical model a few years ago. If you're over 5ft 10in, and happen to be squatting down near the open tailgate, then stand up without looking carefully, it's all too easy to open your scalp up on a sharp corner of that tailgate. Just beware. (By 'squatting' in this instance, I mean I was wringing a sponge out in a bucket, not laying cable) Great little cars apart from that booby trap.
This is an amazing thread. I keep dipping in and feel a bit uplifted each time. People are good, especially here.
I bloody love our Yaris; comfy, reliable, great visibility and if you stay in gear and change quickly they're almost fast to 60.
Get under it with some underbody wax. Most parts, like bearings, can be replaced easily with scrap items from a donor car. Looks like this one has got a lot of salt on it. Give it a good wash underneath, inspect, undercoat and repair and you'll be grand.
OEM Denso plugs (very cheap), air/oil filter and new semi syn (consult the manual carefully, the oil spec/temp chart is backwards as hell) and the motor will sing.
Collected the parts yesterday.
Crikey Toyota bits are expensive! 2 springs and 2 front wheel bearings £206. These are quality ones - FAG and Lesjofers. (I don't fit the cheap junk supplied by a well known national parts chain BTW).
I'm trying to fit the work in around the day job, but I'm aiming to have it already by the end of the weekend at the latest.
Sits back and waits for 'I could have got then for half the price'. type comments.
Marko
Great work Marko. No-one will dare criticise your efforts whether they can buy the parts cheaper or not... You're doing over and above the normal
Morning all
Think I'm up for the Chepstow to Cardiff leg, sounds like Sunday or Monday evening might suit?
Marko - do you want to let me know when you're done and she's ready to roll again, and I can pick up and drop over to molgrips...
Big fan of decent parts here.
Question re the rust underneath though - would a coat of Waxoyl not help protect what's left?
