"bingham123" (bingham123)
06/17/2018 at 18:23 • Filed to: None
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"bingham123" (bingham123)
06/17/2018 at 18:23 • Filed to: None | 14
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So I sold my Volvo 850 estate and got a Toyota
My baby, shame she had a drinking problem
There she is, my Volvo estate. She was a 2.5 5cyl petrol auto, I paid £300 for it last year. I was almost crying when it went as I new her fate......... She was going to be parted out and that makes me sad as I would happily have driven all the way to Scotland and back without thinking about it. In the 9months of owning it I replaced the radiator then the fan relay died so I made my own. And the fuel pump relay needed a tap to work again.
Anyway on to the Toyota, it’s a estima emina Japanese import (JDM AF bro) paid the grand total of £450 for 2tons of awd jdm goodness
Is an 8seater and I need all of them as I have 6kids. They all love it as there is loads of space and the seats in the middle row are able to turn around and that according to the kids is “so amazing”
Normal way round,
I even have a table to go in the middle. The entire back of the car can be turned into a bed by folding all the seats down.
As for maintenance there is a small flap under the front passenger seat
that’s how you check your oil and top it up, so far in the almost two weeks IV owned it iv had to change a coolant temperature sensor (£6)and that was a pain..... To get to it I had to take out the driver’s seat and a bracked, move the carpet out the way and then undo a billion bolt that you can’t see because the carpet is in the way then once all the boots are out you remove a whole chunk of the floor. It took a little over a hour to do that then 30seconds later the sensor is replaced and then another hour and it’s all put back and drivable.
To replace the spark plugs you have to do all that again, oh the joys. So the engine is under the front two seats slanted at 70 degrees it’s a 2tz-fe mated to a 3 speed auto with overdrive and that sends the power to a awd system Toyota called “all trac” I think.
Te exterior doesn’t reflect the interior, the outside has bumps and scrapes everywhere while the interior is really good, there’s a few marks here and there but the seats/ carpet and factory fitted floor mats are almost mint. Will get some more photos tomorrow
So that was my little ramble about my new car
How did my post read? Was it ok? Any input to make a better post in appreciated. A work in progress, my first “real” post
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> bingham123
06/18/2018 at 20:01 |
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Sounds good to me! Quite the interesting purchase! Have you gotten used to the turn signals being on the wrong side of the column yet then? :P
Nibby
> bingham123
06/18/2018 at 20:02 |
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congrats! i’ve been here for... 7, 8, fuck if i remember how many years
and this is one of the coolest purchases i’ve seen here
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> Nibby
06/18/2018 at 20:15 |
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When it comes time to replace the CRV, I am going to do my best to get a Delica.
HammerheadFistpunch
> bingham123
06/18/2018 at 20:28 |
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Mani want that. The seat fabric alone..
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> bingham123
06/18/2018 at 20:41 |
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It’s a Previa but sexier.
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bingham123
> Nibby
06/18/2018 at 22:31 |
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10 points to me
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bingham123
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
06/18/2018 at 22:32 |
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Im giving this to my wife after Christmas and getting ether a delica or a land cruiser
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bingham123
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
06/18/2018 at 22:33 |
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Yah it took me a while but I’m getting there. Still put the wipers on at junctions some times lol
pip bip - choose Corrour
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
06/19/2018 at 05:00 |
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you mean turn signals on the correct side.
:)
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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> pip bip - choose Corrour
06/19/2018 at 05:25 |
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LIES! :P
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pip bip - choose Corrour
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
06/19/2018 at 05:29 |
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:P