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I will like to buy a Carina E from Ireland

That car still has life, gave it a second chance to be on the road again.

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2.0 carina e, '97. It was regularly backfiring when I bought it, replaced plugs&cables yet it turned out to be oil leaking into the distributor. Replaced it & now drives great, hassle-free . Its quite a peppy engine, specifically when using the overdrive :). Fully agree with you, seats are absolutely great for my sore back!

It is crap, but very lovely.

I love my old Carina2, I never found a love for the Carina e tho. I rate my 1990 carina higher than my 2006 Honda Accord s too…

Nice car in its day

What happened?! Building works near you throwing up dust? Or farmers?

(Check oil level too.... :) ) VERY useful advice for any Rovers... :)

I love seeing things like this and wondering what they were... and the history of why if came to be left there... Maybe "Broke down" and then forgotten about... or dumped by someone and as it was out of the way no-one chassed up on removing it.

This is exactly the problem mine has currently on both sills. I'm looking at £2,000 as I need complete new entire sills and for new holes to be drilled and then welded onto the chassis.

Didn't realise you had Fred Astaire tap dancing in your engine bay. ;) Could be worse, the tapping noise could be coming from the bottom of the engine. :O

You’ve made a great car of it 👏

I was there that day. That's me with my motorbike helmet in hand around 19:10. I move to the US the next year - that's a crazy blast from the past - thanks for uploading!

Awesome Mighty Streetwise. :)

Just bought a Mk2 2004 Clio 182 for 2 grand. Couple of body bits needing done and wheels are needing changed but what a fun thing to drive! Bang for buck the old Clio's are great!

Ah, in chod we trust.

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What's the modern?

Is one car a fleet 😂

The Twingo from the same generation is great too. But you won't find one for 250 that's for sure.

Think you have a leak there

i have a 1999 1.4 16v with 100hp and its awesome, my gearbox is also on its way out though

2024 year of the Streetwise #yots24

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If a Jobs worth doing... it's worth Rover-ing it. :) Great fix.

Bonjour j'ai exactement la même depuis 2 ans qui est de 2002. Avec 145000 km au compteur. Je viens à peine de passer le contrôle technique qui est ok et la seule chose qui pourrait poser problème à l'avenir c'est de la corrosion sous le châssis . J'aime cette petite voiture que je trouve très fiable avec un entretien facile et qui est pour la ville très pratique. Avance celle-ci, j'ai eu aussi pendant 12 ans une micra du même genre mais plus puissante 75 chevaux que j'ai dû me séparer à contrecœur 225000 km parce que corrosion chassis.

CA Colt, fantastic car 😁

Wonder how that road and the surroundings would compare to today - almost 30 years later. Fabulous bit of historical footage. I’m guessing the Colt is long gone to its recycling reward? I had a Black Vectra TD then. Pretty sure it’s not around anymore!

This is brilliant and great to see Margaret and Jimmy’s house. Who filmed it?

Wow, is very rusty unfortunately! Good job. Btw... The Astra? Hope still alive and well, my favourite of the fleet

Good on your for getting stuck in. The 2nd side looked like you had improved a lot. If you are finishing a panel that get's hidden I find seam sealer does a better job of sealing the gaps and covering welds up and provides better rust protection than filler. Also I would recommend get some cavity wax in there or it will rust from the inside out fairly quickly on Irish Roads, Great that you are saving this car and getting it back on the road.

Fair play to you 👍

Wow

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Even looking at the two rear sills, in the second one your welding has improved. "Good enough" is how I'd say - immeasurably better than what it was like while never going to win a concourse competition (but that was never the idea). A great example to not be afraid to have a go yourself. :D

First of the Carina e were built in Japan jti chassis number . English built are sb1 chassis number from 93 on . GTi were all Japanese built

It Pains me to see such a Car abandoned. All the new Cars will never catch up to this beautfiul Car, it is the Most reliable Car i have ever seen. If it werent for Rust my Mom would still drive it today. Most Loyal little Pocket Rocket❤❤ this Nissi got me into Cars

Don't get rid of the Astra: it's a great car! You'll regret getting rid of it

£450… 😮that’s for nothing! Well done on a great purchase.. hopefully the timing belt stays in one piece for you!

Great purchase!

Only thing i want to know is how to get those stupid clips off reee

Still see many of these on the road

Octavia

hello, could you please show me where fuel filter is located on this car? :D

Sounds like my car

It's like a Little Tikes Cozy Coupe!

It’s a lil’ guy haha

Sound like it could be the head gasket given it was starting to heat up prior. Anyway its not a massive job to do the head gasket on a TU engine, and they are known for going. I think it would be a shame to not get it done. If I recall you hadn't changed the cam belt, so just treat it as an add-on to a cam belt change.

These engines are known for blowing their head gaskets. Coolant change every 2 years is vital.