MLR's Bogan cruise ship

[Watermouse]

They have been on there a while, I saw them a couple of months ago.

I also went the dark side agin from a long break from V8’s and got a VZ SV8 WITH 210km for $6,000 from a deceased estate.  Love the lazy torque and damn it goes well but not like yours. 

[The Bogan]

2 hours ago, Watermouse said:

They have been on there a while, I saw them a couple of months ago.

I also went the dark side agin from a long break from V8’s and got a VZ SV8 WITH 210km for $6,000 from a deceased estate.  Love the lazy torque and damn it goes well but not like yours. 

Nice buy, these 5hit boxes are going for stupid money, hell, even a good LS long block is worth a mint

 

I believe they are just refurbished frames with new coulson foams and covers, so, basically knock off's

There's a joint in Vic that does nice covers for the VX SS seats you can fit yourself, but, by the time you factor in fitting and the time taken to strip, refit and glue the door trim panels, they aren't that much cheaper

And from previous experiences, I'm no auto trimmer

The knock off's include everything, all seats with new foam, door trim inserts and console, so basically just bolt/clip in

I'm going to head in tomorrow to have a look at the quality and go from there

I also got a quote for billet half shafts, $3500, but, the guy said they still might break because in the end they would still be 28 spline and the torque the car makes would likely kill them on a prepped track with drag radials, and if they didn't it would be the drive shafts next to so, so, more $$$$ on billet stuff that might break

He did say the best option would be a 4 link 9" conversion, but all the fab work, and parts, would be around $20k.....nope

In other traction control news, Jacek from RaceTCS contacted me to see how things are rolling, I told him I was super happy, but no testing was done at the drags because of the breakage, we swapped emails for a bit, we chatted about the platform and its short comings and he has sent me a new configurator to try with the drag radials on tarmac where the tyres aren't hooking as hard

I'm going to give that a go roll racing at some stage, it seems that no one wants to buy the ET Street drag radials I'm trying to sell anyway, so instead of them sitting around doing nothing they may end up going on for fair weather cruises and some rolls at WSID

As for actual drag racing, unless I win alot of money to waste on a old VX Commodore it isn't happening with drag radials again, and I'm fine with that....sort of.....

Note to self: buy a Lotto ticket 

[The Bogan]

So, after getting no reply to a few email and phone call questions sent to the seller of the Coulson seats I did a little digging and drove to the address, but I couldn't find it from the address

I did see a joint full of rough JDM cars which was like a import wrecker, so headed in there to ask if they knew where it was as there was no signage anywhere, there was a few guys in the process of stripping cars and chatting, when I asked a guy standing in the yard he said the guy "worked here, but wasn't here", as he was away 

I couldn't even see signs of where someone would do upholstery 

He recommended that I just purchase the seats on eBay and the guy will get in contact with me

The joint was called "Just Upolstery" in Ingleburn

Dropping over $4k for seats that I cannot see, to a joint that seems hidden and looks like a chop shop is something that sends my "spidey sensors tingling"

I think I'll look elsewhere 

 

[The Bogan]

So, I have made an executive decision to replace the little Yaris, sooner rather than later, it is just as old as the Yaris, but, it is still 4cyl, but, 6 speed manual sedan, K24 V-Tec Yo.....

I found a clean unmodified 2009 Honda Accord Euro that ticked all the boxes and runs sooth as

Interior is mint, but paint needs a attention, some polish and a good wash and wax should see it all shiny shiny

Pics of the new bus will come once it is at a acceptable condition to warrant photos 

And yes, major servicing of all wet things, filters, and sparklers will be done pronto

 

[Duncan]

Lol, that might be a record, even for you

[Watermouse]

Thanks for that info mate

yep, sus hey

love the sound of the new pulleys

cheers, Ian

[The Bogan]

1 hour ago, Duncan said:

Lol, that might be a record, even for you

Me and Jackie took the eldest girl and one of her girlfriends out the other day, the poor little Yaris struggled hard up some hills, to the point of having the throttle pegged to get up some hills

That got me thinking, I went for a spin in a mates K swapped Civic a while ago, it was awesome fun rowing gears in the thing, he has a few Honda's and we got to talking about fun cheap dailys as I was saying that I eventually want to sell the Yaris, my only concern was fitting in 4 people, he recommended a Accord Euro, plenty enough power, fits 4, and the Euro has a pretty good handling package, well, for a daily anyway, plus he said he rated the K24 as it has more than enough torque to "pull the skin of custard" without needing to ring its neck, unlike the K20, and the 6 speed manual is the pick of the litter for fun

I have been checking car sales sites for a while, this one popped up, looked good, and had the 6 speed, so BAM, I pulled the pin

[soviet_merlin]

The Honda has got to be so much nicer to drive than the Yaris! The only emotions I get from the shitbox rental Yaris's I have driven have been frustration and anger.

I haven't driven the Accord but other older NA Civics were a joy to row through the gears and drive out. Not fast, but feel good.

[The Bogan]

47 minutes ago, soviet_merlin said:

The Honda has got to be so much nicer to drive than the Yaris! The only emotions I get from the shitbox rental Yaris's I have driven have been frustration and anger.

I haven't driven the Accord but other older NA Civics were a joy to row through the gears and drive out. Not fast, but feel good.

The Yaris IMO does the job it is made for, cheap and fuel efficient city car, I'm asking it to do more than that power wise, and it is saying "Robbo, No power here"

[soviet_merlin]

1 hour ago, The Bogan said:

The Yaris IMO does the job it is made for, cheap and fuel efficient city car, I'm asking it to do more than that power wise, and it is saying "Robbo, No power here"

Hah, yes, I agree. My post sounds way more negative than I intended. There is nothing wrong with the Yaris. It's practical, economical, reliable and gets you from A to B. But from what I have seen it doesn't really bring any emotion to the driving experience. With a manual Honda this likely changes. And there can be actual joy had in driving it.

[The Bogan]

I cannot help myself

After chatting with a mad Honda nerd at work he recommended that I seriously look into FAH performance in QLD, he does flash tunes to suit the Euro, it lowers the RPM where the V-Tec "YO" kicks in, fixes up the lazy electronic throttle response, and basically adds a little power everywhere even with a unmodified car, fuel economy is also improved a little, as long as I'm not pegging it everywhere, which I probably will, because I'm a idiot 

Luckily he travels around doing tuning, I've contacted the guy and he is coming to Sydney in January, so yes, the new daily is getting a tune, LOL

The same Honda nerd at work (he has a few Honda in his garage) also recommended that for a unopened K24 daily thing to not bother with a exhaust or a aftermarket intake as the OEM stuff flows fine for NA and is not a restriction, unless I want a raspy droney exhaust note, which I don't

His only recommendation for a daily is to remove the OEM intake resonance chamber under the inner guard to free up some induction "noise", it still draws air from under the inner guard though, and possibly swapping out the old 500?? cell cat for a 200 cell, but the cat is only a maybe thing (the stock cat is 15 years old and is the only possible issue I would have with the exhaust "apparently"

I am off to super cheap this Arvo to buy all the servicing stuff I need, engine oil, flush and filter, gearbox oil, brake fluid, coolant and flush, sparklers and air filter

Prior to the tune I'll drop in a new pre cat O2 sensor, and anything else anyone can think of to facilitate the flash and any touch ups required on a quick road tune

Cost for the tune is very reasonable at $500, I'm spending more than that on buying all the parts for the service

 

[Kinkstaah]

I hate to be "that guy" but my non-car-person brother recently needed a car. We tried the Honda Accord Euro and it was lackluster. And this is coming from the household that loves the CTR and we drove one for 800km this last weekend.

I wouldn't bother with it in the Accord Euro. It's a very lazy and non performance car.

We ended up buying the ADM Accord, with it's 3.5V6 it felt WAY more potent.

[GTSBoy]

4 minutes ago, Kinkstaah said:

We tried the Honda Accord Euro and it was lackluster

Auto or manual? The outlaws had one years and years ago. It was good to drive as a manual. An auto I'd driven elsewise was....as you describe. Lackluster.

Typical Honda though. Solid, quiet enough. Reasonable handling.

I would have suggested the correct replacement for a disappointing Yaris was a Swift though.

[The Bogan]

15 hours ago, Kinkstaah said:

I hate to be "that guy" but my non-car-person brother recently needed a car. We tried the Honda Accord Euro and it was lackluster. And this is coming from the household that loves the CTR and we drove one for 800km this last weekend.

I wouldn't bother with it in the Accord Euro. It's a very lazy and non performance car.

We ended up buying the ADM Accord, with it's 3.5V6 it felt WAY more potent.

I was warned of the used V6 models, whilst they do have a fair chunk of more power, "apparently" they have engine issues as the Km build up, whilst the 4 pot, if regularly serviced is good to go, which this one was/is

But I really don't need alot more power in it, it already has about 2 x the power of the Yaris, the whole point of getting it was I just needed some more power than the Yaris when putting 4 people in it

In the end, if I want to drive something with power I'll drag the Commodore out and take that for a spin

So far the Accord has been great driving around locally, and yes, by no means it is a performance car, it is a nice comfy daily, with a ton more room inside and creature comforts than the Yaris

Talking about comfy and creature comforts, the seats are great, and I believe they are better than the seats in my 2017 86, both in comfort as well as support

It will be getting it's first Hwy drive this weekend when I head into Goulburn to lunch with my daughter, not a long drive really, but, a good enough drive to see how it rolls on the Hwy

[The Bogan]

16 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

Auto or manual? The outlaws had one years and years ago. It was good to drive as a manual. An auto I'd driven elsewise was....as you describe. Lackluster.

Typical Honda though. Solid, quiet enough. Reasonable handling.

I would have suggested the correct replacement for a disappointing Yaris was a Swift though.

Me and the daughter went looking at used Swift's a few years ago when we went shopping for her first car, performance wise it wasn't much better than the Yaris IMO, although we only test drove auto's, plus their interiors are pretty lack luster, again, IMO

For a 15 year old car the interior of the Accord Euro is a nice place to be, the dash lay out (cockpit) is really nice, yes, again, IMO

[Kinkstaah]

I should re-iterate.

It's not that it's bad, but my brother didn't fit in it. The ADM one he did fit in, had more powah, felt like a much nicer product overall than the Euro. More grown up, and a better interior, in his example they were both auto.

The ADM one felt like a luxury V6 Camry because it... is. 

The Accord Euro (and Euro R!) may just wake up with a manual and some choice mods, given their large community that's probably the case. But there's also the case of "A car's worth is not exclusively defined by it's ability to be a track weapon" too

[The Bogan]

On 30/11/2023 at 8:59 AM, Kinkstaah said:

I should re-iterate.

It's not that it's bad, but my brother didn't fit in it. The ADM one he did fit in, had more powah, felt like a much nicer product overall than the Euro. More grown up, and a better interior, in his example they were both auto.

The ADM one felt like a luxury V6 Camry because it... is. 

The Accord Euro (and Euro R!) may just wake up with a manual and some choice mods, given their large community that's probably the case. But there's also the case of "A car's worth is not exclusively defined by it's ability to be a track weapon" too

The Euro is a smaller sized overall version of the Accord, and about 150kg lighter, although there is a Euro Luxury which has a sun roof, and leather electric seats, but that brings the weight up about 50kg

The larger Accord (large sedan class) was aimed at the US market with more luxury in mind, but was also delivered elsewhere

The smaller Euro was aimed at Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Europe

Sold well everywhere I believe, except Europe, where Honda was hoping to get into the medium sized sedan market

Meh #dailyhack

 

In other, servicing related news, I did the messiest engine oil service I've done for a while, after heating up the car and letting some engine flush do it's thing for 10 minutes it got un-tidy

1. Oil pan wasn't positioned right and dumped about 0.5ltrs of oil on the garage floor

2. Dropped the oil filter wrench strap thingie and 1/2" drive long extension and ratchet into the oil pan, splashing hot oil on the floor, my face, arms and my "never mind the bollocks, here's the Sex Pistols" yellow T-Shirt

The old oil still looked ok, didn't smell of fuel and no glitter, so so far so good

I also dropped some fuel system cleaner and conditioner into the tank and filled it up with some 98

The injectors look like the originals, I'll roughly judge their condition after checking fuel economy on the trip to and from Goulburn, if it looks sketchy I'll get them tested and cleaned and probably do the fuel filters as well, if the fuel economy looks fine I'll leave it alone

So far so good for a 15 year old car with 160k km on it

[The Bogan]

Fuel economy in the Honda is great 368km hwy used 25.5 litres giving just under 7ltrs/100km

Trip was mostly on cruise at 110kph @ 3k rpm

[The Bogan]

I just put the Yaris up on carsales

Gave it a good wash, wax, and detail and took about 15 photos 

I lowballed myself going of the current market for a quick sale, it is almost the cheapest YRS Yaris on the site

I've been watching the market, calling some sellers, and watching them sell for a while now, the amount of unkept cars with peeling clear coat, higher Km, and generally untidy examples selling for around what I'm asking, $5700, is astounding 

The used car market is insane 

[The Bogan]

And the Yaris is sold