Bye bye Skoda, buy new £200 car, fix new £200 car...
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- čas přidán 26. 02. 2019
- In this video, I have my final drive in the Skoda, buy a new £200 car, fix the £200 car, then drive it 150 miles home. It had a massive induction leak...
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This car was sold as the Mazda Lantis or Astina in some markets. Also sold under the Eunos brand in Japan. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Most you tubers are buying lambos, Ian buys a £200 Mazda/Eunos! I wholeheartedly approve.
Thats why we love this channel! 🤗
And he loves it like a Lamborghini...
@@terryatkinson3182 lambowot? Reliant you say?
You make it sound like this is the only enthusiast channel.
There's yer actual Bangernomics, right there, working as intended. Excellent.
Not really when the MOT has >2 weeks left. . . It certainly won't go through it smoothly this time.
Hubnut: "No point in having a Haynes manual for the Skoda anymore"
Me: Looks at bookcase with 4 Haynes manuals on for cars I don't own anymore...
I just like looking at them. Haynes manuals are a work of art - alongside Lego construction booklets.
Haha - I agree. I must have about 15 of them tucked away, including ones for the Mk2 Jaguar, Alfasud and Hillman Imp!
I keep my old Haynes manuals , Its driving history .
Call me sad, but I used to read them when I was a kid. I learned a lot about cars from them. Of course, it's a different story when you try to use one to repair your own car and realise that half of the steps don't correspond with the pile of rusty nuts and bolts laid before you...
@@rich_edwards79 I did the same
We're all in the same boat here, chaps. Love an old Haynes manual.
Those passenger side doors,could they be described as "Went faster stripes"?.
you are the "game of thrones" of bangernomics -
we all get attached to a character then its gone!
I love it - keep up the great work!
Very nice car I’m going to miss seeing the Skoda I hope the new owner looks after it
They sure know how to key a car in Yorkshire!
Probably some Lancastrian raiders.
Probably had a collision with a rhino at the safari park...
Grenville Phillips southport is in merseyside
@@leon370 or Merseyside is in Southport 😂
I was going to say practice your filling, sanding and painting skills, then I saw the hole made by a transformer!
This is why I love watching Hubnut, most people try to buy a better car than the one before , not Hubnut. I can see your next purchase been something like Fred Flintsone went around in.
Every newly qualified impecunious young persons dream car ! Few tins of filler, a couple of rattle cans, some go faster stripes and stickers and a loud exhaust and heaven awaits (hopefully not literally).
Love these car collection trips, probably my favourite part of Hubnut. Keep up the good work!
Good to see the Skoda has found a new home. Always remember. Love is like a fart, if you have to force it, its probably shit. I find it best not to mess your trousers trying to guess what lies within. ;-)
“The biggest fault with this car is that it does everything a bit too well”. Another classic Hubnut quote to add to the collection. Like a lot of people am sad to see the Favorit go, particularly as a long time ŠKODA fan, but loving the 323 already; looking forward to future videos on it. Great to see all these rare-ish cars.
Assuming you can get an MOT what you need next is the same colour car sitting in a scrapyard with good doors. Oh and a sunroof, wipers, tyres........air intake duct......an idle control valve.......and probably brakes, all the usual service items. But you may still have a good cheap car, if you can control the urge not to then part company, and that’s the real challenge!
I'm a big fan of Skoda's, amazingly the only real survivor of the Eastern Bloc motors that have gone on to compete with the best cars in the family hatch category. Viva Skoda!
Don't forget Dacia, very popular on continent as family choise.
Great video Ian...Interesting to see the steam engines!!..Used to love watching all the Fred Dibnah Programmes with these kind of vehicles..
Fred was a legend in his own right!
Lovely old steam engines, the days when things were built to last forever!
"Home again, home again, jig a de jig, two hundred quid down and I've bought a pig"!
That's some keying on that Mazda - what did the previous owner do to piss off King Kong?
Tesco car park dings, nothing a good wax and polish cant fix LOL
Glad to see that BMW drivers are the same the world over!
Frazzle Face Yep, I live in Southern California, and it’s an infestation/cesspool of BMW’s. So many of them drive like a bunch of entitled butt wipes......
Audi drivers (in the UK anyway) now come a very close second!
my 325ti compact being the unloved one, seems to have the optional fit indicators and the ability to let other people out of junctions. Never mind at least it isn't an Audi
There was a (German) meme on Facebook years ago... "If you're feeling utterly useless in your job, just remember there's some poor sod fitting indicators at BMW all day long!" :-D Then of course there's the saying that goes at least back to the 60s "Mercs have built-in yield signs!".
The vehicles with the absolutely worst reputation in Austria where I live are Aixams and their ilk though. Until the late 90s or so they could be driven by anyone over the age of 24 without any sort of licence or formal training, so their drivers tended to be unpredictable at best. Some called them "Tippler's Porsches" because they were said to be popular among alcoholics who'd lost their licence. I seem to remember I actually had a chat with someone who did just that with a 60s-vintage Puch Meister cabin scooter in 1998 or thereabouts.
@@BarryAllenMagic They are in third place nowadays over here behind the diesel Geely-Volvo twats.
Well done - from your live stream I was expecting your journey home in this to be in several instalments over the next few weeks or so!
I love your channel please do not stop making videos
I always liked these. They don't look too dated all these years later and still full of Japanese practicality.
If you need a cheapo motor, old Japanese stuff is the best by a long way I reckon
I found this channel purely by mistake some many months ago , now I am addicted simply brilliant , glad the Mazda got you home .
I love the fact that for £200 you still deliver! Bang goes the profit. Generous to a fault! At least you inherited a nearly full tank of fuel.
Hi, Atlantic 252 was the only radio station I could pick up from barmouth to llandudno on a Sunday night. Happy days.
Excellent ! "Iong wave radio - Atlantic 252"
Didn't know it still existed
In all of my 20 years, I think I've only seen 10 323's but they were mostly 3 door. Think only 2 of the 10 I seen were the 5 door like yours. It's nice to see a long and well forgotten car in 2019. Good on you Ian.
I suspect that you are going to find an awful lot of perished rubber under the bonnet.
Regarding the sunroof leaking ... looking at the amount of moss (and presumably other algal) growth, the leak could be capillary action between the glass and its rubber seal. Take the glass out (often easier said than done) and give everything a serious good clean. The only car I ever had with a sunroof leaked but doing a deep clean (so the glass could seal against the rubber rather than against something biological) cured it.
All that sunroof needs is a sheet of plasterboard. I hate sunroofs.
Intrigued by the 323F, always kinda wanted to own one but never did...many thanks for sharing your experiences with this example.
Excellent choice of new car Mr Hubnut! I love it, looked like such a hoot driving it on those Welsh lanes! Looking forward to seeing more videos of this beauty!!!! 😍
Glad you got home OK. The Mazda Allegro certainly flies! Thanks again Ian, very entertaining video.
I was looking forward to that video - really enjoyed it. Thanks. Good luck with the MOT.
What a great choice of car! Had the smaller 323c back in 2002 - 2006 and it was a blast to drive. Only two major problems; rusted like there was no tomorrow and a bit too much noice in the cabin otherwise absolutely awesome. Will be interesting to follow your adventures in and with this car
Your sunroof "leak" maybe just condensation due to cold nights and sun on the roof. However, that can be due to wet floors due to other leaks including possible blocked sunroof drains. Primera experience talking here.
I like these. A neat and tidy shape, and sporty for a 4 door.
Blocked drains are the usual culprit. Just jack up one courser of the car at a time and pour water from a teapot....
I have to say as someone who is completely clueless and disinterested in cars in general, your channel is so entertaining and interesting and having driven some pretty ropey motors in my time, it does speak to me :) Good work! (My first car was a £20 Mk1 Fiesta, I went one better with the next, a free Mk 2 Fiesta 1.4S....)
I believe you gave the impression it would be a keeper, based on comments made when you first brought it.
Nah. Very few cars make it to the hallowed list of keepers. TWC and Elly the 2CV are about it.
@@HubNut don't forget the nippa!!
Great car that's the best definition of a good old banger, love it. I do really like the look of the 323f and agree with you about the windows. Talking about the Lada Samara, I had a 3yr old 1.5L mid range one, and it was nicer than i expected. It was easy to drive, motored well and was quite refined for what it was. It was quicker than I thought it would be and handled better than expected. My only real niggle with it was the gearbox, reverse was by 1st and only needed a slight extra push over to engage reverse, but if you rushed at junctions or traffic lights, you could very easily inadvertently put it in to reverse and not realise till you almost hit the car behind you. I wrote it out after about 8mths after hitting black ice one new Year's eve on way home from work, after I got home, I got ready and went out with drinking with family and friends, a hell of a way to start a new year.
Brilliant had the privilege of owning a 1989 323f with the pop up lights lovely memories. Thanks for the video mate
Wow! A few years ago I used to have a Mazad exactly like this, even in the same color and with just as many dents! If there is one car I really regret getting rid of, it was this. I even had the same issue with the pipe from the air cleaner box. I used superglue to fix it. You should however have it checked for rust. Especially the rear of the sills, the front floorboards and the rear crossmember tends to rust quite a bit. Mine had a few holes in the sills and the floorboard. The rear strut towers should also be checked for rustholes, but those are usually easier to check from the inside of the trunk.
Anyway, congrats! These are great cars. Can't wait to see what you'll do this this :)
Hmmm bright sunny day and the sunroof is leaking. What an interesting buy. Very intrigued by the wonderful scratch on the side and the hole in the door. Great video as always.
Another great video! At 7:20 where you see the Beluga - that’s the M53 junction right by my house 👍🏼👌🏼 the new Beluga XL is amazing
I wouldn't even bother replacing the hose until you've had it MOT'd lol.
I don't intend to!
One thing to keep at eye on is the where the top radiator hose connects, the o-ring on the distributor can leak oil onto the top hose and cause the rubber to degrade and the hose to pop!
My cousin had two of these, they were surprisingly quick! I have seen a Hyundai Pony for sale....I quite fancy it for my fleet
A mate of mine had one of these years ago, twas lovely, went like the clappers! Great car in it's day!
Great video. I can see why you went for a 323 it went well on those Welsh curves! Impressed!
This is going to be an interesting venture , looking forward to the journey.👍
Always liked that model of 323, great looking side and rear on it. Good to see that one is still running dispute the abuse it seems to have suffered. Good luck on the MOT ...
The Mazda drives pretty well to see after the emergency repair of the air intake pipe. Good car :-)
New to the channel!! Never seen someone buy such a dog of a car and constantly see the positive side of all the issues. So entertaining to see. I wouldn't buy that Mazda from my next door neighbour never mind travel 140 miles. Would love to have seen the advert for the Mazda . How the hell can you make that car sound like a good buy hahaha keep them coming Hub nut
I'm not really a fan of the later 323F's. The pre-facelift ones (323F 1.6i GLX's) with the popup headlights are the one to own! *Maybe, with a pair of colour matching right doors, some roof sealant for the sunroof, a secondhand rear reflector panel, CV-axel and boot, intake hose and colour matching front bumper it would look way better!* Contact a junkyard if they have a Mazda 323f it this particular colour. It's pretty common on those later 323f's and maybe the would gif you the parts for free or with a good discount, they aren't much worth anyway!
Good luck with the MoT!
nicer looking the older ones are imo
Nice to see the Skoda going to a home that will look after it and yes please try to get some Allegro badges lol, for some reason that really amuses me and would confuse the hell out of people.
You make me laugh Ian. Sometimes your whimsical manners are most amusing. I understand your sense of humour and your presentation of ridiculousness. Brilliant. Pete 🇬🇧
Certainly some nice design going on there, and seemed very nippy. Just needs a couple of recycled doors (both different colours naturally.
Enjoyed that. Well done with the fix.
Nice fix with the silver tape, re-do it in black and job done, no need to purchase a replacement!
Lady Fiona the traction engine Ran from Sydney NSW to Mudgee on a daily service. What a mission that must have been back then!!! It's about 270Km and takes around 3.5 hours to drive it in 2019 but back then it would have been a full days steaming ,not to mention snow in winter and drying heat in summer.
A matron at boarding school had one of these in that same turquoise colour. Loved the design of them.
Seeing this brings back so many memories! My 1997 Mazda 323F 1.5 Innsbruck Special Edition had an identical interior in every way (apart from a Sony cassette player), although the sunroof did not leak.... The Innsbruck had low profile tyres, a rear boot spoiler and spats along the rear sills (like the V6), and so looked even more sporty, but had an even harder ride than the GLX. The engine, identical to the car in the video, felt stronger than 90 bhp, but did not return very good economy (just 35 mpg or so). I had to sell it after about three years, as I couldn't afford to run it any more, but I would definitely have another, probably with less moss and fewer holes in the bodywork...
I was never a big fan of the exterior, but i love the interiors, they feel quality. the inside hasn't changed much since the previous model with the nicer looking exterior and pop up lights :) nippy little motors
Hi Ian,I had a knock from a CV Joint on my last car,Renault scenic,for over 4 years,so long as boot not split,no problem.Good luck with your latest purchase.
I had a 323 for 4 years until a young lady ran into it and wrote it off. Mine was a special edition 'Intrique' with alloys and a spoier, I put cream leather seats in it. Mine was immaculate and went very well indeed. It looked quite exotic and no body knew what it was! Everybody complained how low it was! I broke the wreck for spares but they are all gone except for a set of shabby alloys with scrap tyres. Free if you wanted them? They are good interesting looking cars with surprising performance. Now I am in to Alfa 147.
By the way your a great driver loved seeing you push on in the country lanes nice one thumbs up.
Safely home. It was never in doubt...🙂.
Totally agree with the sweeping generalisation of BMW drivers.👍
It's official, Hubnut has lost his mind!
Dr Hubnut would be quallified to issue him a certificate to say he has'nt.Why do you think he's avoided the room with rubber wallpaper and jimjams that button up the back for so long?.
@@k1ckyscotland988 Dr Hubnut? is this a lunatics running the asylum thing? lol ;)
Ee,Hubnut is married to Dr Hubnut,he mentioned it a while back,or maybe I just dreamed that.Maybe it's been me whose been mad all along!.Nah,could'nt be.But then again the mad never recognise their own madness.
@@k1ckyscotland988 Didn't know that. I've obviously not been watching as long as you.
CreateDezign even more qualified than you think. I believe she's a VET... And I'm not sure Ian is totally human...
Always loved the Mazda 323, gorgeous car with superb engineering, a real classic. Never driven one though but have read good things about the driving experience too. Just typical that in that state still drives brilliantly.
I had one of these for about 6 months in the early 2000s and it was great :)
Love the shape of the Mazda. Bet it's fantastic to drive xx
All that pissing about with badges and you got rid of it !
Brad Kells .....He went from the frying pan directly into the fire.
@@crispindry2815 In his mind LoL!
My mum had a 323F when I was younger, I absolutely loved it! I believe it was a 1.5 too
I hated when she sold it but a truck took the side out 👎
Tbh it looks like a truck took the side out of this one too lol
I'd love to do a proper resto job on one of these. I always thought (at that time) the idea of a 5-door coupe fascinating, as opposed to a typical 5-door hatchback or 4-door fastback. These Mazdas sat a bit too high off the ground for me but I bet the had a more focused edition in Japan.
I had the same .... mine was M reg .. Alloys and a spoiler .. but exactly the same colour.. Fantastic car .. loved it to bits .. I have had 3 in total .. 2 Pop up head light mk1's and this one.
Love the colour of t he 323, the sunroof might benefit from a good clean, lube and some silicon spray on the seals. You never know.
Always liked the look of the 323 especially the 5th Gen gtx and the 6 Gen 323f with wrap around rear spoiler and pop up head lights at the time 1980-1990 I was driving VW Sciroccos a 323f left me for dust on the newly built A47
I noticed your car has the earlier, big black push button boot release which if I remember rightly also unlocks the central locking.
We had a 323F courtesy car which had the big black boot release button, and I discovered much to my amusement I could easily stick the handle of a teaspoon into it and unlock the car and boot LOL
A mate of mine had one of these from nearly new, loved it to bits. Got rid of it when he had a promotion and got a Company car - a Vectra, hated it to bits
When I was 16, my parents bought a new 1990 Mazda 323 hatchback, crimson red with black trim, which I drove to school with my younger brother and parked amongst the other kids' 1980s vintage Camrys and Civics. I loved that car, and it never let me down. After I went to university my parents used it as a beater car and squeezed every last mile out of it.
Great car Ian, love those 323s. Fingers crossed for the MOT!
Glad you found the running problem, gave you a better chance to test the capabilities of the new fleet member. Obviously MOT is the main issue, prior to you spending anything on this cheap run around, that MOT needs to be assessed. Bit of tape will cover the hole in the door, to stop a possible sharp edge MOT failure. Don't know about emissions given the inlet leaks. But MOT booking asap would be my priority. But you must do as you see fit. You are after all is said the owner at the end of the day. Good luck!
Another fine video , can't wait to see what the antics with the Mazda will be .
i used to live in burnley , the part of the video with Todmorden in takes me back , used to take my bike for a ride that way some nice roads
My old man had a Mazda 626,was probably the most comfortable and quiet car hed ever bought..although had alot of trouble with the sunroof leaking :D
Used to have the previous generation 323f years back, GT model so had the 1.8 engine. Loved that car with its pop up headlights. Looks like you passed through my neck of the woods early on in your journey home. Could have dropped in for a cuppa. Would have been nice to meet an internet star.
Good luck with the Mazda, hope the mot prep doesn't uncover anything major.
Hi Ian,awesome video,there is gonna be some interesting videos about this 323f,its got you home 140 miles that's good,the exterior could need some work but for £200 its not bad,lets hope the MOT is good.drives really nice from this footage.
In ontario where crown is prevalent, you only get an MOT type test at sale of used cars, only a basic emmissions every 2 years so they probably don't pay heed to the wet look
Hey hubnut... just watched the daimler videos and the collecting of the zx.. I was really onterested in your route back home as i know the air balloon roundabout, Hereford and most surprisingly Kington. I spent many holidays as a kid at my aunts farm on Hergest ridge. Having moved to Namibia, with a tc marina it brought back some happy memories. Thank you and all the best... oh and we all have indicators on the right so when i bought a izusu i was often wiping the winscreen at turnings.. lol!!!!
Love that new motor, Looking forward to more of this and Foxy Ann
If it wasn't so crusty this would be verging on the exotic! :) I loved these back in the day. My brother had a 2 litre V6 at the time and it flew - sounded great too.
How you find the time to edit and post so many videos is a mystery, looking forward to your adventure with this one 👍👍
Oh dear.
And I thought the Skoda was a duffer. . .
I’m genuinely sad to see the Skoda go, it surprised me how much I liked it! There’s something about the lack of electronic gizmos and the simplicity. Somehow I don’t think your new arrival will be as trouble-free 🤔
We will see...
Screwdriver, a pair of pliers and an adjustable spanner every time I pick up a new car. My favourite spot for buying motors is south west preferably Cornwall, gives me a chance to ride the coast train through Dawlish. Took a jack and a wheel brace for a Landrover last time. Cheers
i thought you were in twc when you were filming in the transit. thats one farty sounding exhaust. i do enjoy the fact you have ultimate faith that the car will get you home.
Sunroof is likely a clogged drain. Just dealt with that in the Volvo, but with 3" of accumulated water in the passenger footwell (rained 20" in 24 hrs) above the carpet it also took out the amp under the seat.....
This has encouraged me to consider making an offer for a rather battered Peugeot 605 downstairs in our condo carpark here in Bangkok ..
Great adventure, the sunroof would be my first battle ergo. the carpets and seat need taken out to dry so the floor can be checked. It is quite a good platform for a quick flip, just allot of labor involved tho. never thought I'd see you in a post 80's Mazda.
Another wee adventure done. Wonder if the mot will turn into one..might be pleasantly surprised, plenty positive waves needed i think. Always liked these and the one with the pop up lamps as well, bit different. Btw, as an old old bmw driver, i thought audi drivers had taken our bad rep crown ages ago... ah well maybe not then haha
323 Forte, really nice, my brother have 4 of those, 3 in green and 1 in purple!
I wasn't wow'd by the Skoda but I came to like it! Glad to hear you made some profit.
Fantastic video, Carry on the good job. Thank you so much.
Nice buy Mr. Hubnut. Very good looking car and an absolute steal. Great shed. Shedding is cool.
Mazdas are fun sporty little cars. We had a pair of late 80's 626s. Very fun to drive. They were high mileage though and if you let them idle too long, they would put out a plume of blue smoke, also if you downshifted and let the engine do the braking. My wife's Mazda got terminated by being rear ended by someone. Very sad. Mine finally got too tired and I had to replace it. Those cars still hold a special place in my memory.