john cooper

Looks like the road next to the car is an unsealed road, so with the road tires, it is very easy to get the car fishtail. If the driver is not an expert it is hard to recover and gain control.

Done this about 17 years back. Guess it is still the same. You will be buying on an AS-IS basis, with no guarantee or warranty. The company I was dealing, was a small finance company so hardly any competition. Registered bidders get an opportunity to view the vehicles a few hours before the auction, had no chance to take them for a spin but the company use to say if it is drivable (last) Once you have placed the winning bid you will be asked to "pay in full" (They gave us some deadlines to collect the goods) You can't buy the car under an open book, the Leasing company will handle the transfer process for you. hope this helps regards, JC

Love the leather smell on early 50's British cars, takes me to a different era.

Neat MM 👍

Lot of torque on low rpm’s on Caldina compared to same era Subaru. I am into any kind of Classic but it’s bit hard to secure a SUV in good shape as they use here for the purpose.

Hi all, Just managed to secure stock Caldina GT Four. It is not N spec but that’s okay. Need bit of a tidy up with bit of a elbow grease 😀 Regards, JC

Looks really good and looks like some one looked after the car really good. We do have 2 of them at the moment, V40 and V50 Hybrid. They are very comfortable to drive long distance. 2AZ-FE is one of the best engine watch out for the timing chain rattle and water pump slow leaks if no issues with those two you will be all good with the engine. Good luck with the car. regards, JC.

Between 05 and 07 I use to drive my car from Gampaha to Trinco every week Sunday and back on Friday. From Inamaluwa junction onwards road is pretty empty back then towards Kanthale and hardly seen any vegetation. I was doing the same but had no issues, for an Indian made car and 5 speed Maruti transmission and it was common to have issues with the 5-speed transmission but I have had none for engine and tranny. If I am not mistaken I had to replace 1 or 2 engine mounts. regards, JC

This is the best i could find for you. looks like max is about 10 years from the manufacture date. http://gic.gov.lk/gic/index.php/en/component/info/?id=415&catid=65&task=info regards, JC

How about a good CD200? I am sure they are comfortable for long trips, my father had a 185 when i am very little and later he had multiple 125's, the whole Honda CD family is comfortable i guess. He use to ride the 185 daily from Dela to Rakwana for years. I am sure that's a heck of a ride. it's way comfortable on top of 185's fuel tank than a back seat of an I*dian motorcycle. regards, JC

May be a Morris Oxford S III

No mate, can't click on the NG button but i have press and hold the Memory CLR and that had done something and cleared all of them, so i ran the test again, now it is showing as OK i have restarted the car and now it says to connect using Bluetooth if i need to install more apps but Bluetooth option is grayed out still 😝 regards, JC

My Toyota Bluetooth menu greyed out, unable to connect the phone, so I have done the onboard audio diagnostic which failed as below. Any one of you aware of this error AVN "NG" and fix for this? regards, JC

Austin 1100/ 1300

Yes, you are correct. It is a LC Prado 150 so over to you. I am not sure why this specific car got rust on engine bay, specially on bolts. My 2008 Prado engine bay much cleaner than this for some reason :-)

No, sorry. It is not a MM

Guess the below.

I use to own the ONLY Carina GT PIERNA manual in NZ, when I realized that was the only PIERNA in manual in NZ it was too late for me to take my word back. Found one of the old photos show the car with GT badge in aside. (think this is 12 years back)

AC Cobra rite

Start looking at Caldina GT-Four "N Spec" buy a one while they are cheap 😀

Wow, you have cracked it mate. Yes it is a Jensen Interceptor FF

Here we are, One of the most iconic cars of all time (From my list 😀)

To me this is a Early Dodge pickup truck and sure this is mid to 30's.

Great Wall X200 / X240

Morris Marina 2 door Coupe