they had the dauphne on the list and i don' get it. we hadd a 66 that was peppy, reliable and really good on gas. never spent more than $2 aa week which was about 8 gallons. i even stuffed 6 cheerleaders in it with me. i kept shifting one's knee into second.
snipped-for-privacy@netscape.com wrote: : : Second problem was just irritating. Anyone know what ISO threading is? : Oh, thank you for the reviving the memory! Not of ISO, but of the bastardized fasteners on the crapalier.
If it bolted directly to the engine block, it was good old english threads. So, the water pump was 1/2". Otherwise, it was metric. So, the water pump pulley was 13mm (or 12). Otherwise, it was TORX - ie, the bolts that held the disc brake caliper on was TORX. Size 1, I believe. Nice to find that out when you have the tires off replacing the pads...
Bruce
They are now cool due to Delboy and Rodney
As to performance. My mum had one pre car licence and it would beat a lot of hot hatches at traffic lights
I saw one with twin exhausts, came in useful as a wheel barrow
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While humorous he had some serious contenders in it. He did make a few mistakes though.....the Jeep Cherokke from the mid-80's put us on the SUV track, not the Ford Explorer, he totally forgot the Chevy Vega and it's Pontiac counterpart which were total dogs that ran about a month longer than the loan to buy them lasted (contemporary with Pintos and Pacers but far worse mechanically) and what about the Mustang 2?
Mad-Modeller wrote
Oh no, he nailed the Trabant, Ich bin ein junk.
I have no idea about its reliability but for looks the Mustang II was pretty nice and more in keeping with the original idea of the Mustang. '71-'73 models were the aberrations.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
Once upon a time I knew a fellow who had one. Poor Ralph spent a lot of time getting rides from others as the Dauphine decided to stay home that day. Worse times were when she decided to go out, a little. That usually involved a ride to the garage on the Hook.
Bill Banaszak, MFE sr.
I'd like to nominate the Pontiac Sunbird. I had one briefly and I found myself parking it at dangerous locations in the hope a dump truck would back over it. Since it had cost me a fair sum I decided it would be wiser to take it back whence it came and get something much better.
To list all my complaints would take more time than I care to commit to that POS. Suffice it to say that the radio was great and the halogen headlights were superb - when they worked.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
we must have gotten the opposite of a lemon. ours always ran.
Don't mess with Reliant 3 wheelers - some run Rover V8s
I waited to see if someone more elequent(?) than me to bring this up-Renault R5 (Le Car) -that underpowered non standerd POS. It was theonly time I got a free muffler from Midas (It was right under the right fender) . It had a heater with the same temp of a hamster in love. And to add insult to injury the last year I had it I had to have it repaired at a porshe dealership can you say a two day wait to have it just tuned-up -then it blew up (Three bearing main do that) the porshe dealer wouldn't give me all the parts- the only time I had to theaten them with a lawer ;)
Hmmm guess you got a bad one ;-). The Renault 5 I had in the UK was a great little car and the only problem I had with it was rust over the rear wheel wells but that was a known design fault as mud and salt gathered there. I must admit I was partial to French cars when I lived in the UK and had a Renault 16, 5, 14 and Fuego in that order and finally switched to a Citroen BX before I emigrated. All ran well and were comfortable and the last three were used for towing various sizes of camping trailers/caravans too.
i thought porsche dealers were lawyers. just to afford the pos's.
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