Guess who's back

Hope all are well
Probably a bad idea, saved it from being mostly rust and scrapped with a fair chunk of welding and parts.
That's the last engine variant ticked off the list for me

Don't know why you're so angry about it Sam!

Defo not angry, glad I could and was in a position to save it!

It's to do with that thing next to your forum name

You going to do some welding yourself?

You've not owned a 1.8 yet

I could replicate that photo - I have the same colour Coupe (albeit 20vt) and Panda. Brilliant little car the Panda, they have followed a similar pattern to the coupe in that they could be picked up for about 250 euros ten years ago, good ones are now 2k+ over here.

Nice. 16v NA? (and I don't mean the Panda)

That were sold over here! Hmmm waffle seats.....

It's a 16v na panda is 8v of Fury and one I don't think I'll get rid of any time soon

Hello and welcome Samsite999. Take a look around and profit by becoming a club member with workshop manual access etc.
Still lots of events you can join(at the moment) and lots of friendly advice given.
Now go check your oil lots of times.

Finally you've got the good one, Sam!

So, as clearly a newbe, can some one recommend me some oil, tell me if my oil pressure should be like this and what's this magic 3rd gear I have been hearing about?!?

You don't need to worry about the magic 3rd gear Sam, it's a 16v

Wow this is a name i've not heard of in awhile
Nice to see you back here Sam.

All gears on a 16vNA are magic. None of this tedious hanging around waiting for the turbo to wake up and start burning oil.

It's important to remember, though, Sam, that you may need to check the oil as much as once a year.

Welcome back to Coupe ownership Sam

Thanks Theresa, hope you and family are keeping well

Aye Sam, back in the Coop fold

Welcome back Sam. We knew you'd be back. They always come back eventually.

Even [nastything]?

Didn't some one get banned so hard even there name was banned?

The coupe got it's belts done this week and the flexy replaced it drives like an actual car now and was actually two teeth out on the timing.
Things to fix not are blower not working in anything other than 4
Recyrc flap over adjusting and clicking
Water ingress though rear wiper
Icv seems to be dead.... I worry the issue isn't with icv it's with what ever is controling it

That had some dodgy name like Spunknasty if my memory serves me correct.

I actually think it was a normalish username, its been a long time. My memory is hazy

Think of it as "a small farm in the Scottish Highlands, belonging to me"

Was talking to joe the other day, said the forum was quiet, his reply was if every one said it was quiet and no one posts, then of course its going to quiet - do something about it.
So, I hold him, and so should you all, completely responsible for me being here, The wife was not happy when i said i had bought another coupe...

Yourcroft?

Welcome back!

[nastything]
thats it

You and I amongst others know, Sam, that many of our troubles can be sourced to a near a small town on the River Severn

Who

I must be seeing things, Emjay AND Stan back pretty much on the same day


What next....proccy? Sedicivalvole??

AndrewR???

And Sam Simon, and me but no, its awesome to see stan post and emjay

AndrewR???




Please! No!

You weren't quite on the same day Sam - but yes Joe came up with that unerringly simple fact about people not posting =quiet forum

How does the sixteener compare with your others (obviously it's not a turbo...) - do you feel it could do with a 6th gear like the VIS?

Yes Emjay has been enlightened in employing his crossword expertise for us to wade through

Do you remember Turbo_Verde's classic "Stan's love for Mrs. Stan"? I can't believe it was over 10 years ago!

I have seen thing, things that can't be unseen......

The 16v is interesting as I actually drove a 16v na and 20v na back to back at the weekend.

The 16v is heavy, heavy clutch, brakes and much heavier steering. The 20v steering felt far far to assisted after the 16.

I prefer the engine note of the 20v but am more than happy with the performance of the 16v that seems to enjoy being reved far more than the 20v.

Both have there pros and cons and honestly I don't think there is a bad choice, the 20v seems more civilized and easy and the 16v seems like a bit more work for a bit more feel.

If I had to actualy drive it every day I wouldn't choose any, I'd take the porker and it's autobox

You know I've maintained for years the better car for driving is the 16NA - less weight over the front axles. But you're right: it's properly weighted and everything else feels over assisted after driving it. Can't agree about the 5 cylinder noise but that's a personal taste thing... I do like that the 16 just loves to rev... and rev... and rev... (Though I have felt for some time that the brakes could be improved).

Ad as for performance: to paraphrase an old 2CV advert: at 70mph the coupe will easily outpace a Porsche doing 65.

AndrewR wouldn't approve of using three ???

Probably not!!!!