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Hello,
Wife has bought a new-to-her car which means that her much loved Yaris will need a new owner. It’s just not big enough now we have the wee one. And a pushchair. And the carrycot. And the, well you know how much junk babies accumilate, try getting all that plus two bikes in a Yaris (it will take two bikes and two adults though)
It is worth next to nothing but is far to good to scrap. So, who needs a cheap and cheerful car and what would you do with it? Priority given to whoever has the best suggestion, rather than whoever offers the most. Really want to keep it alive and being used so please no stripping for parts
Boring but practical -anyone want to learn to drive in it? Ideal beginners car.
Much more fun - it's eligable to do the Mongol Rally (google it). If it wasn't for miniH I would be really, really tempted by this. Anybody want to do this?
Anyone want to try to convert it for their dog to drive?
Fit a gun to it and use it as a paintball tank? No need for MOTs
Pop a roll cage in and make a very unlikely rally-car?
What else would give it a good second life? Suggestions please. Not ideas for me to do (unless they really take my fancy) this is for you to take the car and use it.
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This is a 2000 W reg three door in silver, 1.0 litre petrol VVTi, 105ish thousand miles on the clock, still in daily use so going up a bit. MOT until end of Feb next year. It was her aunt’s for many years, then she’s had it for about six and done the bulk of these miles. Very cheap insurance. It’s got airbags, electric windows, ABS, a radio, all kinds of gadgets.
In the four years I’ve known her it’s been very reliable, apart from tyres and oil filters and suchlike it’s had a rear spring, a rear wiper arm, an exhaust manifold and a bonnet catch. Fair bit of service history with it.
She’s very fond of it and would like it to go to a good home.
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Bad bits.
Slight hole in the exhaust, sounds a bit roarty. Need a new one of these sections, under £60 https://www.onlineautomotive.co.uk/Products.aspx?ID=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&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIreKX5djU3QIVSrftCh1B2QvPEAQYASABEgIsw_D_BwE
Front right wheel bearing is rough, needs replaced. Cheap and easy job.
12V socket doesn’t work. I’ve no idea about electrcs so have just ignored this, have a USB battery for charging telephones, SatNavs etc when oot and aboot.
There is a small damp patch on the fuel tank. Not sure how much of an issue this is. This may be nothing to worry about, no smell of fuel or anything like that, not dripping, but might be an MOT issue. Straightforward job for someone with the skills and a ramp, might be a larger bill from a garage. New tank is less than £80 here https://www.cartech-one.co.uk/en/product/3630392-tank-petrol-diesel-fuel-injected-engine-50l?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlsXh29nU3QIVqL_tCh1GLwCYEAQYBCABEgKKIvD_BwE but obviously labour will be the big bit.
.We’re near Galashiels/Edinburgh/Glentress/Innerleithen, it’s in Linlithgow fairly frequently too. You’re welcome to test drive on production of evidence of insurance and could potentially arrange delivery to south Lincolnshire (my sister is coming up and she could get the train and drive it home, or drop it off somewhere near the A1)
Nagging suspicion a piss-take is about to follow, please be nice
Give it to TJ.
He doesnt have a car.
Give it to gnusmas - IIRC he lost his car a while back.
We swapped our similar age & mileage Yaris for a bottle of fizz about 18months ago, just checked & it is taxed and MOT'd till end aug 2019 so still going strong ☺️
Shame it's not that light pearlesent blue that they do - my brother's ex drivers one (inherited from our auntie, funnily enough). I'd like to park the identical car somewhere near hers and get the dopey woman really confused.
It's silver though, so I think she'd notice.
Friend of mine is a nurse, gets really poor pay and has taken on a role where she drives for a couple of hours to do training 3 days a week. Her old Polo is just about dead, so she has to borrow her daughter's Ka. Not sure whether she could cope with a 1L Yaris though...shall I ask her? Opposite end of the UK, so it would start with a Yaris roadtrip! 😆 Not practical that, is it... 🙁
Give it to TJ.
He doesnt have a car.
Can't. he isn't affected by any ads, stealth or otherwise, or marketing.
Give it to gnusmas – IIRC he lost his car a while back.
sounds like a good call.
If you give it to me it will just sit outside my flat rusting away 😉
At the end of the day, it needs a few bits as you've outlined, and unfortunately isn't worth all too much. What about donating it, fire service, local technical college etc?
Hmm. Read a few of gnusmas's posts on here, although not commented as nothing helpful to say, but he has been having a tough time. If you are reading this gnusmas are you local and is it of any use to you?
Where is your nurse friend Dez? Could get it to Northampton if not in a rush, Lincolnshire easily as per above, Fort William in a couple of weeks.
Maybe need a new thread with his name in the title. But bump none the less
Are you looking for anything to swap with?
I'd fly up and grab that for a road trip with my eldest as she's just passed her test and off to Uni
Thread hijack with a not so stealth ad, we have a bag o shite for sale too as the missus brought home her new car yesterday.
Nissan Primera 1.8 petrol 2006. No straight panels. About 9m mot. Has had 3 kids bouncing around in it. Offers of 100 quid and it's yours. Wirral based.
Tomhoward linked this in a thread of mine. I am really touched and sat in tears at your generosity and thinking of me. Thanks to thepurist, tj, orangeboy and yourself andrewh for the thought and offer.
Correct, the mobility car unfortunately had to be returned at the end of July. While a car would be great and really handy, i don't think there is a way of getting it. I live in Carmarthen, West Wales. With 4 kids too I honestly can't think of any logical way to be able to accept your kind offer.
Good luck with it and hope it finds the right home.
Surely someone could get it to you? I'd drive it down but I have no insurance ( I am on holiday next week) and train it back
If someone could solve the insurance issue and assure me its good to drive that far? stop off at Molgrips so he can "fix" it?
Where is your nurse friend Dez?
Southampton!
MY brother works for Toyota too, so could the bits sorted cheap... it's just tooooo farr!
[edit] sorry missed gnusmas' post. There must be a way to get it to him if he needs it.. 🙁
I'm guilty here of jumping onto a thread without reading it through. At the risk of treading on toes, I'd be happy to donate the primera to Gnusmas if he wants it.
Now, on Monday I'm working in Caerphilly and I'd be happy to travel down there in it and get the train back home (Arriva Trains Wales *shudder*) if you could come collect it from there?
Lmk if you want it. Can sort some pics out and I'll even try and clean it a bit!
I bloody love this place sometimes. It's like a Friday morning group hug.
Do it rich. I'll chuck in a few bob to cover your train fare and the beer you need to survive the journey as your offer might save me from being taken up on mine to drive the yaris from Scotland to wales 😉
Hello again,
Have sent my wife a link to this thread, it is her car after all but I know she's more keen for it to have a new life at a good home rather than getting as much as she can for it, would be great if it could live on and be useful to someone.
Replied to your PM TJ.
How much would it cost to transport it? Shiply or such like. As it’s not urgent it might be affordable?
I would be happy to chip into a crowdfund unless the STW collective can set up a car relay across the UK to get it from point A to B.
no pm here andrew.
Sent it again TJ. Not very exciting, mainly about insurance. If Mr Grips could pop a wheel bearing/hub on it and exhaust section (or weld it?) then it's a perfectly fine car.
Mrs H is happy for it to go to Gnusmas and live on. If it's easier to do the Nissan though then no offense taken 🙂
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She does quite fancy a titanium 29er, she'd need a 16", really enjoyed my El Mariachi even though it's too big for her. Even a frame only may be a wee bit optimistic though. Or a few square feet of a local feild to keep a beehive in if anyone nearby has such a thing?
Right folks - we going to do this thing? Which car seeing as there now appears to be two in the mix.
If someone can relay it to Llandrindod Wells I can get it to Carmarthen.
Can someone who knows how to do these things set up a fundme page whatsit for tax/insurance. I'll put a few quid in.
Yeah, no point in having a car if it’s not insured, taxed etc so I’m happy to contribute to that too.
i'll also chip a few quid in if theres a link set up....
Me too.
Awesome effort and what a great idea 👍
I'll chip in, too...
Raises hand 🖐
I too would gladly chip in some quids for insurance/tax/spare parts etc
After posting yesterday, I didn't think twice about this. Saw earlier this morning it was at the top again so had a look. 😲😲😲😟😢😭 That pretty much summed up what I was like when I read it all.
It is a truly wonderful gesture by everyone, but honestly, there is no need for anyone to go out of their way to do any of this for me. You have all been so supportive, kind and generous throughout all we have gone through, and still going through for that matter.
As I have been told previously and have found out loads of times, it doesn't matter what I say, you all decide to do these things anyway. I genuinely appreciate all you have done, from the bottom of my heart. But please don't put yourselves out on my account.
I was chatting with Gnusmas about this earlier today. If things work out I hope to be able to give him a lift to the car, then I'll collect the bricks I'm having from SaxonRider in Cardiff and put some in the Gnus-mobile too. Then back to Carmarthenshire we'll go.
Hello again,
We're easy with whichever car is chosen, just keen to find a good home for ours and if it helps someone out then so much the better but if the Nissan is picked then no worries.
If the Yaris is chosen I could get it to Berwick or Hawick or Moffat next Friday, could do that with a bike in the back and ride home, unless TJ fancies a road trip. Cover runs out the Thursday after so have until then for people to use the 'drive other cars ' bit of their policies.
Yaris insurnace is very cheap (for a couple in their late thirties with many no claims bonuses, others may vary) Tax is surprisingly expensive though, £180 IIRC
I am perfectly happy and will to drive the yaris south. Just let me know if its needed.
Gusnmus. would you do something this easy to help someone out? My bet is you would.
I'm perfectly happy to bring the Primera down tomorrow too but I guess I just need to know if it's wanted or not as it's gotta go asap as the insurance has ended & the missus is shitting it about CIE as it's not SORN.
Ambrose - if you're in touch with Gnusmas would you mind asking if he wants it?
Honestly I'm not fussed either way.
Tax on our 1.0 03 yaris is 120 pa, maybe the emissions are different tho.
Brilliant if gnus takes it, bombproof car.
Last service was 100 quid including the mot.
Rich- I'll ask tomorrow. tbh he's a bit overwhelmed with the way things like this are happening. He's such a great bloke who has had a really, Really, REALLY Awful time over the past year or so. The kids are just so gorgeous, really lovely. The affection, love and adoration for their dad is beautiful. Gnusmas knows that a car in their life would really make things so much more convenient.
Done. He's away from decent 4G at the moment but says he will be back on here later.
Just got home, couple of things to do (feed and bath the kids) and will update later on.
Hi guys. Really sorry but I'm leaving now as it's quite a drive. I'm not bringing the Primera as I'd need to get insurance on it and swap my stuff over before I can go. Wish you all the best with Andrew's Yaris and I'll happily chuck some cash in the pot to help.
Cheers.
TJ - yes, you're right. I would do something like this to help someone out. If circumstances allowed I would do it no question. Haven't pmed you as you said it is playing up.
Kids are fed, bath is running so thought I'd update while I sit next to the bath. I will try to answer some questions about the difficulty in my predicament.
Firstly thankyou to both of you for your extremely generous offers, like Ambrose said i am completely overwhelmed. I still question myself if I deserve what you are all doing. Secondly, thankyou to everyone for thinking of me and for trying to find a way to get a car to me. Also a major thankyou for trying to find a way of sorting the car out before it even got to me. All this really blew my already very fragile and spontaneously explosive mind.
My predicament is a simple one. I didn't want to offend anyone. Both cars have their positive and negative points for me and us to use as a family. This is true for most people and their own choice of car.
Before Rich posted his last post (really sorry for not letting you know sooner, I hope I didn't offend or upset you in any way) I had made a decision. This was based on a couple of things. I would need some time to be able to sort money out, then insure and tax the car. I didn't feasibly think I could sort this out in the next day or so.
The insurance was the deciding factor. My no claims bonus has run out. Nearly 3 years since we last had a car, the mobility insurance doesn't use personal insurance no claims. New insurance quotes sorted yesterday based on the info I had. Cheapest quotes I got were yaris £482 and primera £723!
Looks like the yaris could be in for an unforgettable journey. Hopefully with lots of pics and updates along the way during its relay/long jaunt/handovers from there to here. Could be a really interesting and possibly very stupid thread.
Thankyou all again.
Ok
Lets do this thing people!
But how many bricks can you put in a Yaris? 😉
Ambrose - you have a PM
A quick Google leads me to believe that it will be able to carry 175 bricks!
It might be worth ringing a few insurers directly and explaining you had no claims, transferred to a mobility car, lost it, and now need to reinsure. It may also be worth emailing a few insurers and explaining the whole situation and story, and that it could be a good opportunity for publicity for them. It's the sort of good promotion for companies that money can't buy and in the modern day of viral social media promotions it's a steal for them to get involved and help out. All good insurers will have a pr department
It might be worth ringing a few insurers directly and explaining you had no claims, transferred to a mobility car, lost it, and now need to reinsure.
It's possible to do this when switching from a company car to a personal one, so must surely be possible with motability.
I'll chip in a few quid for the road trip too - I flippantly suggested the idea after all! Someone let me know where to send it.
https://www.gofundme.com/wheels-for-gnusmas
Hope that works and I’ve not jumped the gun!
PS sorry Matt for pinching your photo!
If we can chip in enough, is there anyone in gnusmas's area (fnerrrr....) who can get the work done, or arrange it?
Sounds like a fun road trip Tj. Donated to help with the costs.
duckers and sl2000 have it. I've used Hanson and Robertson in Aberdeen for years- they have always been great.
I suggest that TJ delivers car to someone/ somewhere that can sort any niggles that it may have- bearings, fuel tank, electrics etc.
Another person could then move the vehicle on to a more convenient location to South Wales.
I have checked, Gnusmas has a garage and some tools, but probs not everything required. I have garage, tools but not enough expertise. Can keep it off road in Carmarthenshire though, within easy striking distance of Carmarthen.
What we need is a combination/ unification whereby we can get the car/ TJ/ Gnusmas/ tools/ expertise/ location all together in the same place at the same time. We need to get TJ home too- public transport here in South Wales is pretty rubbish tbh. Any suggestions?
And finally; TJ- you are a star. I am more than happy to offer you a bed for the night should you wish. I'm between Carmarthen and Swansea.
I have to be in Edinburgh on Wednesday this week and back to work on tues next week
Donated some cash, sorry I dont have any time to help!
Any north / west welshies able to give me a hand back to civilisation and public transport after the car is dropped off? No idea where the nearest mainline train is. Chester?
Edit - actually looking at it a bit better Bangor is the nearest station ( Is it?) and suprisingly if I get a train there at 6pm I can get home that night
Er, TJ, you need to be further south. We are talking Carmarthen, not Caernarfon. Opposite ends of the country I'm afraid.
Ah. Ruddy funny welshie spelling.
*gets map out*
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Ruddy heck long time on the train and expensive! 3pm last train to get me home. How long to drive to there from Edinburgh?
Late to the party . . .
But if you can get to me TJ (Monmouth/Chepstow area), I can go over the car, sort any problems and drop you at Chepstow/Bristol train station.
I could then drive the car over to Ambrose/Gnusmas and get the train back home? Or perhaps somebody could collect it from me?
It will take me a couple of weeks to sort the car (depending on the problems) as I'll have to fit it in around work.
Does that help? Best to PM me, as I don't check in here that often these days.
Marko - that sounds spot on thanks
A bunch of legends, the lot of you.
Just noticed this too.
I will totally help fixing anything, I can handle wheel bearings and exhausts - but Marko is a pro and far better than me with cars 🙂
I'd also have helped with transport - only about 90 mins to Carmarthen for me - but you may already have sorted. I can help with whatever picking up/dropping off is required. You might even get a ride in the legendary Passat.
TJ, Glasgow to Cardiff is about 6.5-7.5 hours depending on how hard you press on. I've done the other direction in 6 hours leaving at 7pm. Then you'll need another 1.5 hours from Cardiff to Carmarthen - a pretty easy drive though. Do not be tempted to cut through the middle of Wales unless you like sightseeing and have another hour to spare. If you need a place to stop off either direction my place is just off the motorway, there's also a budget hotel here. Marko's place is probably 1/2 hour closer to you than Cardiff by car if you go with that option.
Also when you get the train back do not go via Hereford and Shrewsbury to Crewe if it tries to send you that way. You'll spend three hours on a rubbish commuter train with uncomfortable packed in seats. Go via Birmingham instead.
Also, there are direct flights from Cardiff to Edinburgh for £150.
Righteo.
Looks like the plan as it exists now is I will get the car down to Marko end of the week. I'm awaiting pickup details from Andrews boss. Need to arrange one day insurance for me to drive it. Anyone any clues?
Ulnless anyone is volunteering to take over from me halfway south? NO problemo for me to take it all the way tho. I do have all my gold plated public sector hols to use 😉
I'll drop it at Markos place so hopefully he can put it in tip top condition then Gnusmus can get the car from Marko
Hopefully the just giving page will mean Marko is not out of pocket for any bits needed and enough left to help gnusmus with insurance
I should be able to get to Marko and back in a day.
Mods mods - change the title to something more appropriate could you?
Did the funding page ever get set up?
Yep - link is in rockthreegozy's post above ^^^^^
> https://www.gofundme.com/wheels-for-gnusmas < Karma points all round, great work everyone.
I'd join you for the road trip if I were at the right end TJ 🙂
I've updated the target as its nearly smashed within 12 hours- amazing! I will donate when I can- this week is job hunting time for me!
Done! Someone bought my iPhone off here so hope my donation goes some way to ease the costs of running the car.
All the best.
Adrian
First target reached - let's get behind this and see how quickly we can get to the next one...
A quick Google leads me to believe that it will be able to carry 175 bricks
God no!!! It's had 100 in it once, plus 10st4 of me and that was more than plenty, it was very low and very sluggish. Came 25 miles down the A7 like that, but hired a van for the other 400 (my van was out of action, hence seeing how many I could fit in a Yaris, it's a weight thing more than a volume thing) Pop 50 in first and see how you get on.
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Anyway, there was some interest expressed to the gumtree ad for it but he hasn't come back yet so I've put my wife and TJ in touch. If Marko could get it into tip top condition (well, make it less noisy) that would be great, perfectly feasable if not paying for labour, the bits aren't expensive.
Gnausmas has greed to pass it on when it becomes too small or whatever or he's in a position to get something better, would be great if this could become some sort of immortal good-karma car, passed around to whoever needs it at the time and kept alive by whoever knows how to fix it.
I don't see why we couldn't bung your wife a nice bottle of something for loosing out on the money she might have got fr the car
id like to put a roll cage in it to make it stiffer in the corners
Bravo chaps. Stw gold.
Nice idea TJ, if there's any in the pot after wheel bearing, exhaust, trainfare, insurance then some flowers or posh choccies would be nice, she's off the alcohol due to breastfeeding miniH. If there's loads left then bung the rest here http://radcliffedonkeysanctuary.co.uk.gridhosted.co.uk/ if everyone agrees?
A wee photo montage of the journey and work done would be great, she's very fond of it and would love to see it it in good shape again.
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Do we think Mick has read the first post and then jumped straight to the end?
The bricks certainly made it corner flat, no rolling then (or indeed any other suspension movement) but I'm not advocating them as a permanent upgrade, they did not make it quicker.
Thanks mods for the title change.
Brilliant job everyone, we could have a yaris meet up...excellent little cars, so many of that era still driving around. Thanks to everyone making it possible.
Right - logistics are looking a tad tricky. . thusday is the best day for me to get it down south. I really would like to get back to Edinburgh that night -( I get rashes and nosebleeds going that far south for too long)
I am guestimating 8 hours at least to get it to markos place in chepstow and another hour to get to bristol and the only train with cheapo tickets is half 4 at bristol. I can get back on a later train but the tickets are well expensive. I'd rather not fly back ( more rashes) and of course the flight is more than the cheapo train.
Can anyone help with getting the car from Bristol area to Chepstow mid afternoon? Would need insurance but its only £25 or so for a day. I don't want to ask any more of Marko really
Or any other ideas to make the logistics easier?
Or do I just bite the bullet and fly back?