So I gave in and bought a rep-mobile

Post by **Pyoor_Kate** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:30 pm

What with me racking up 40 miles every day, and having to make some long runs up to Norwich in the near future (if I'm very lucky); and also the sickening engine in my car getting, well, sicker... I gave in.

Everyone said you can't run a Morris Minor like a new car - or a lot of people did, and I still reckon you can, if you've got time; 60k miles in 5 years isn't bad by anyone's standards, whether it be a modern car or a classic.

But I want to do Rebecca's engine properly, and I want to use the opportunity to tidy up that engine bay, which is starting to get quite ratty thanks to various incidents with failing petrol hoses.

So today I gave in and got myself a rep-mobile. All independent suspension, multi-speed fan with variable temperature, funny non-round headlamps, and worst of all, not a Morris.

Anyway, here's a pic for you all of the latest addition in what appears to be becoming a fleet... Everyone - Meet 'Brick':

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49965961@N ... otostream/

Post by **gairlochrosie** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:44 pm

Nice car...I like the Viva...I had a couple of them and enjoyed every minute with them. Good Luck with it.

Post by **alex_holden** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:38 pm

I hope it's at least as reliable as Rebecca. I think the trick is to have at least two classics so you can work on one at your leisure while using the other day-to-day.

Post by **chrisd87** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:32 am

My grandad had one of those and it caught fire!

Hope you get on well with it

Post by **Onne** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:45 am

At least it's not modern

Post by **plastic_orange** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:54 am

Don't thrash it too hard, the engines are really soft - you should have gone for the overhead cam one - 1600,1800 or 2.3.
They are a nice car though, good luck with it.

Pete

Post by **rayofleamington** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:23 pm

I still reckon you can, if you've got time [to spend every weekend fixing it]

funnily enough, I remember saying that - and you got annoyed about it? ;-)

Post by **mal** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:23 pm

Nice motor Kate

I had a few Vivas years ago and they were very reliable and smooth to drive.. the last one I had was the GLS which supposidly was the top of the range

excellent car though..
Good luck with yours.

Mal

Post by **Pyoor_Kate** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:46 pm

I still reckon you can, if you've got time to service it regularly
funnily enough, I remember saying that - and you got annoyed about it?

Yeah, and I still disagree!

It's only time to service that I've really needed; until the very cheap engine decided that it really was as worn out as I thought.