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Car Forum / Australian Car Forums / General Car Topics (Australian group) / April 2004Best car ever?
Went and borrowed my father in laws Hyundai Excel while he is in Iraq for work. The thing hadn't been started for 12 weeks so I thought I better bring the jumper cables. Got in it and it started first turn of the key as if it had only been driven that morning. I knew it had only had one service in it's entire 9 year life. It had 185,000ks on it. Besides a noisy wheel bearing and some tappet noise the thing runs like a new one. I stopped at Repco for an oil filter, air filter, spark plugs and 5 litres of oil so I could give it a service. Total bill $44.95. Put $20 of fuel in it so I could run around for the week and got 3/4 of a tank. Drove from Mandurah to Perth (75 ks) and the needle hardly moved. Sure the thing is no performance car but it is pretty inoffensive to drive. But god it can cop abuse and runs on the smell of an oily rag. Best car ever? Fraser <| Fraser Johnston |> did write on 27Apr2004 at 9:58:59 PM > Went and borrowed my father in laws Hyundai Excel while he is in Iraq for > work. The thing hadn't been started for 12 weeks so I thought I better [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Fraser Dunno about that, but bait taken nonetheless. Check the equivalent Loser/Mudza models cf the Hyundai for condition. There be a truth there:-0. Besides, they did fit camber adjusters to the front suspensions and *standard* (ie didn't delete them like most others) rear foggies - which goes a long way towards proving that they did give a tad more than a rats arse about their customers - even if they did miss a few million welds and not put the correct stickers on the silly bloody jacks.  SignatureToby quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur Warning: All posts to be treated with a grain of salt. By Order K.K. > <| Fraser Johnston |> did write on 27Apr2004 at 9:58:59 PM > > Went and borrowed my father in laws Hyundai Excel while he is in Iraq for [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > 185,000ks on it. Besides a noisy wheel bearing and some tappet noise the > > thing runs like a new one. Lucky you got a bearing noise, only noise a guy at works made was the scraping of axle steel on road when it fell apart. > Sure the thing is no performance car but it is pretty inoffensive to drive. > But god it can cop abuse and runs on the smell of an oily rag. > > Best car ever? My wife had one and it was pretty good value. Sure it was simple, a bit noisy and it steered like a boat, but for a cheap-arse runabout the thing never missed a beat and had reasonable hoon value. > Sure the thing is no performance car but it is pretty inoffensive to > drive. But god it can cop abuse and runs on the smell of an oily rag. > > Best car ever? my excel has been good to me and my hip pocket for the past 5 yrs .. i wouldn't go as far as to say it is "the best car ever" but given what it has cost me to run the car after nearly 250,000kms ... it has been good .. now .. if only i can get enuff $$ together for a turbo, an intercooler and some exhaust work .. and some mechanical work .. and lots of dim sims ... i'll be a very happy vegemite :) ps .. bloody hell.. nearly forgot the stickers to make the car look faster :) > after nearly 250,000kms > > now .. if only i can get enuff $$ together for a turbo, an intercooler > and some exhaust work .. and some mechanical work .. and lots of dim > sims ... i'll be a very happy vegemite :) Nothing like kicking a dieing Horse! Ron > Sure the thing is no performance car but it is pretty inoffensive to drive. > But god it can cop abuse and runs on the smell of an oily rag. > > Best car ever? Like most cars made in the last 10 yrs they are relatively reliable but when I look at the way they are engineered and screwed together I have try and stop myself throwing up. IMO they are very cheap and nasty and anyone with half a clue about cars wouldn't touch one or inflict one on someone they know. Only positive thing I will say is an early Excel is the easiest car I've fitted a cruise control too, fitting the same model cc to the same owners Camry took twice as long. Daryl > > > Sure the thing is no performance car but it is pretty inoffensive to drive. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Daryl the best car ever is the hsv gts 300 kw's this could rip any car around the 90,000 dollar mark yours truly the clit commander >the best car ever is the hsv gts 300 kw's this could rip any car >around the 90,000 dollar mark Bwaaahahahahahhahahahahahahaaaaa! Oz1...of the 3 twins. I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you. > Went and borrowed my father in laws Hyundai Excel while he is in Iraq for > work. The thing hadn't been started for 12 weeks so I thought I better [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Fraser I reckon it will start breaking down now that you taken out the good oil. :) SignatureBen Thomas Apparently less than 10% of accidents are caused by drivers exceeding the speed limit. haha i was about to say the same thing ;) same thing happened to a mate in his XF. hasnt done a service since he got it, n hes done just on 100,000ks in it, never missing a beat! decides its *finally* time to do a service on it, n the very next day, it breaks down haha > I reckon it will start breaking down now that you taken out the good oil. :) I was thinking that. The oil that came out was really black and thick. Most of it had baked onto the dipstick. At least the head is no longer making terminal noises. Just needs a wheel bearing but I couldn't be arsed. Fraser Fraser Johnston wrote in message ... >Went and borrowed my father in laws Hyundai Excel (snip) >..it had only had one service in it's entire 9 year life. It had >185,000ks on it. ..... I dunno what the single-cam Hyundais are like but the twin-cam ones don't like going much past 90,000 without a new cam-belt. You'll have to put TWO in! Scott >X-No-archive: yes >Fraser Johnston wrote in message ... [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >You'll have to put TWO in! >Scott one. there's a chain at the rear of the head linking the camshafts together, still a good idea to change it though. still only normal scheduled maintenance for any car though. I have a webcam in the tropics http://ii.net/~farmerjim/ Jim Vatunz wrote; >>Fraser Johnston wrote in message ... >>>Went and borrowed my father in laws Hyundai Excel (snip) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >there's a chain at the rear of the head linking the camshafts >together, still a good idea to change it though. ~ Erm.. it was a joke Joyce! (they need replacing at 90,000 and he's done 185,000 so he needs two....) ~ >still only normal scheduled maintenance for any car though. ~ Yeah.... If the maintenance is being done! (Read the first message again). Scott >X-No-archive: yes >Jim Vatunz wrote; [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >Erm.. it was a joke Joyce! (they need replacing at 90,000 and he's done >185,000 so he needs two....) oops. >~ >>still only normal scheduled maintenance for any car though. >~ >Yeah.... If the maintenance is being done! (Read the first message again). >Scott Maybe it had it's service at 90,000 and was done then. hardly likely though and certainly a time bomb i wouldn't want to be driving. I have a webcam in the tropics http://ii.net/~farmerjim/ > >X-No-archive: yes > >Jim Vatunz wrote; [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > I have a webcam in the tropics > http://ii.net/~farmerjim/ It has had a timing belt. Amazingly. It is probably due for the next one. Fraser >>X-No-archive: yes >>Fraser Johnston wrote in message ... [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > together, still a good idea to change it though. > still only normal scheduled maintenance for any car though. Hmmm.. straight though to the keeper!! :) Best car ever built (IMO and many others in the know) is the 70's 450SE/L* A high point for Benz of which they are still to reach again Talk about lasting and strength,this is the one *Excl. the complicated and thirsty 6.9 V8 CDIHL > Best car ever built (IMO and many others in the know) is the 70's 450SE/L* Yeah, but you're not in the know, and your opinion don;t mean sh.t around here dickwad :) Regards, Noddy. >> Best car ever built (IMO and many others in the know) is the 70's >> 450SE/L* > > Yeah, but you're not in the know, and your opinion don;t mean sh.t > around here dickwad :) Yes, he does come up with strange ideas. :-) Sick tastes too. >>> Best car ever built (IMO and many others in the know) is the 70's >>> 450SE/L* [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Yes, he does come up with strange ideas. :-) >Sick tastes too. You once again show that you have no clue. http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/car_info/mercedes_benz_450SEL.html " First offered in 1975, it shared the grand 600s 6.3 litre V8 but had it bored out to 417ci/6.835Ltrs to produce an appreciable 286hp and highway pounding 550Nm of torque. It was and remains the biggest postwar engine mercedes ever made. A 0-100 figure in the low 7s made it the quickest luxury 4 door in the world at the time, but it was its freeway abilities past 100kmh which really impressed and left all in its wake. " Oz1...of the 3 twins. I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you. >>On 29 Apr 2004 06:12:31 GMT, Jagwire <Newsguy> scribbled thusly: > >Yes, he does come up with strange ideas. :-) > >Sick tastes too. > You once again show that you have no clue. > http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/car_info/mercedes_benz_450SEL.html [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you. The 300SEL 6.3V8efi is in fact the Falcon GTHO beater,be that as it may, that was the model that really made the world sit up and take notice of Benz,and was the end of RollyRoyce being called BestInTheWorld [Which they still continued to do] I was refering to the next model,the 450SE/L, this is a landmark vehicle for them and rightly named world-car-of-the-year,very safe,very fast,very strong,very high quailty,very lasting, a bulletproof Benz I know the service manager at a Benz dealership here in Vic.,he confirms it is a bullet-proof vehicle needing very little done to keep running in tip top condition,also not uncommon for them to have 100,000'sMILEs and still not even showing any signs of wear,best Benz ever built is his words I also know a panel-beater and he claims the metal is so tough it needs heaps of heat on it work it and very well designed and built The Benz owners club also have a big rap for that edition The 6.9 was too complex ,and all the V8s go through fuel at a alarming rate They should still be building them today,prob. still safer than a Falcodore One of my all time fav. vehicles CDIHL |
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