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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4913527" data-attributes="member: 59506">Man, I Know the cars I had in England are scrapped now. I went through 4 cars in the 6 1/2 years I lived there (actually 5*, if you count the American spec car I originally shipped over). My first car was an '81 Toyota Carina (in '92).  Got rid of it when the brake system crapped out.  Would have cost more to fix it than to just by another used car. My second was a 1977 Honda Civic (light blue color I might add) that the heater didn't work in.  Probably not too far off in size from your Austin Mini.  After driving that for a winter I sold it as scrap (got £50 for it<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />). My third was a '84 Subaru GLF5.  This one was my favorite while I was in England.  It only had a 1.8 or 2.0 Liter engine, but it had dual carbs and was the easiest engine I've ever worked on.  I had to change the water pump on it once, and I probably had close to a foot of open space with which to work.  Took me like 15 minutes from beginning to end (including the sealant).  That little car could move quick!  I only scrapped it because the body and frame were rusting out.  It was costing me too much each year for welding to get it to pass it's vehicle inspection.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> My fourth was a Mazda 323 hatchback (don't remember what year).  I bought it off of a friend just because I needed a car for the last 6 months I was in country (before I left for Korea).  My friend had blown the head gasket on it when he had it, but it had been repaired.  Problem was they didn't shave it down quite right so it would start to leak and stall when the engine got warm.  It was okay for just driving around town or going to work, but anything over about 10 minutes would become a problem.  Just driving from Mildenhall to Cambridge, it would stall about every 10 minutes and I'd have to coast off to the side of the road and let it cool down for a few minutes.  Then I could start it up and drive another 10 or 15 minutes, and then do it all over again when it would stall again.  The last thing I did before I left the country was drive it to a local scrap yard in Mildenhall, got my £50 for it, and left the next day for Korea. *Technically my first car in England was an American spec 1987 Toyota Corrolla FX16 Hatchback I shipped over from the states.  That was an awesome, reliable, and fast little car.  Unfortunately, while it was in-transit aboard the ship, or while in the cargo yard, a large crate was dropped on it.  The skids on the bottom of the crate made huge dents on the roof along the length of the car and the hatchback, broke the windshield and blew out the sunroof, then tipped off the roof onto the hood (bonnet<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />) and creased the hood and both front fenders about 2 inches.  Completely totaled the car. I guess I just didn't have the best of luck with cars while in England.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /></blockquote>

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