try Michael AUSelectronica@yahoo.com 0417 821 820, he's in NSW, has replaced drivers on ECU's and can clone coding from damaged to replacement ECU/TCU etc
Sounds like the ideal daily driver, no one likes working on the daily driver because it takes you away from playing with the real toys.Just landed in Brisbane after visiting my daughter in Townsville for a few days.
My daughter (who is an ER registrar) is still driving the Chinese Chery my wife bought new in 2011.
It's had FA problems, 1 battery, 1 front wheel bearing, 1 coolant bottle, 2 sets of front tyres, 1 set of rear tyres.
My wife said " you should buy yourself a nice new car".
My daughter goes "why this one runs fine".
It does, and it still presents well, good paint, perfect interior.
She could buy anything she wants, but it's just transport for her, not a status symbol.
GP,Just landed in Brisbane after visiting my daughter in Townsville for a few days.
My daughter (who is an ER registrar) is still driving the Chinese Chery my wife bought new in 2011.
It's had FA problems, 1 battery, 1 front wheel bearing, 1 coolant bottle, 2 sets of front tyres, 1 set of rear tyres.
My wife said " you should buy yourself a nice new car".
My daughter goes "why this one runs fine".
It does, and it still presents well, good paint, perfect interior.
She could buy anything she wants, but it's just transport for her, not a status symbol.
My partner had a 1998 SB Barina for years. (The first Spanish built model.) Gee it was a great little car, an absolute delight to drive. The ride and handling was fantastic. It had a manual setting under the bonnet to select 91 or 95 petrol, it changed the timing I think. We ran ours on 95 and it was nippy, when set to 91 it was a bit of a slug. We owned it to over 280,000 km and it was still like new - gleaming red paint, unmarked interior, perfect mechanically, full service history since new in a folder on the back seat when we traded it in on a new car in 2013. We checked later on Vic Roads, it never went back on the road after we traded it - checked rego, VIN and engine number, none on the system after our ownership, it must have gone to a wrecker. It would have been a great cheap car for a student, but I guess nobody wanted to take a plunge on a car with 280000 km. Such a shame, it was a wee ripper.Prices for old Jap cars are silly.
A Holden Barina 1996 unregistered at $1600.
Very common.