Rallying Miss Daisy? (Sort of) Daihatsu Sirion joins Ceredigion Classics run
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ต.ค. 2022
- We joined Ceredigion Classics (find them on Facebook) for a road run in the beautiful, Welsh countryside. After visiting Strata Florida Abbey ruins, our route took us along roads used for Rali Ceredigion - great fun! Especially for the Ford Scorpio hearse and lowered Vauxhall Nova... Other cars included a BRM-engined Hillman Avenger Tiger, a Mk2 Escort van in RS2000 spec, a Caterham 7, Triumph 2000 estate, Mini, Land Rover Series 3, Mazda MX-5 and a Lotus Excel! A proper mix.
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Might be worth trying a transmission oil change, and check round the gearbox to make sure everything is where it should be, and no apparent leaks. Not familiar with Daihatsu gearboxes, but my Mum can only drive Automatics and had this dying up hill issue on a couple of her cars, which was usually resolved by putting a decent oil in the gearbox.
That would be a nice road test avenger tiger 👍
I drove a lot of miles, slowly, in a Scorpio hearse. Very pleasant with the 2.9 Cosworth engine chuntering away.
Thanks Ian Carly lovely video to watch after a long day at work. Love Miss Daisy & I loved the Triumph 2000 estate. Always loved the big Triumphs. You are both a ray of sunshine & brighten my day.
I loved the Avenger style as a kid growing up. I knew nothing about driving or gear boxes back then but the Tiger was always my favourite (along with a dark metallic blue with white vinyl roof if I recall correctly), I'd all but forgotten the Tiger until this video and it brings warm feelings back to see one still running in a great condition. The Triumph 2000 estate was wonderful to see along with the Mini etc. Many thanks for sharing as it's dusted off some of my earlier childhood memories. Old memories of the long gone with the Chrysler 180 and 2 litre are coming back, they were like an inflated more luxury larger Avenger. Memories are like a quick turn back of the clock that at times are priceless.
When I was a young child my family had a Mk1 Triumph 2000 estate on a D plate. Brilliant car.
What a cool way to spend a day, I did like the Avenger Tiger, sounded lovely. The story about the village losing no-one to 2 World Wars really left me open mouthed and was some huge amount of luck.
Completely agree with you on the Triumph - a lovely looking thing.
Good to see a Lotus Excel out and about
What an awesome trip! And all those nice cars. The Triumph 2000 Estate is my favourite this time. I've never seen this type before. Stunning.
That's the first of your cars I've fallen in love with. That unusual shade of red is sublime!👍
As always a great video. what a fabulous collection of very different cars too. You can't beat country lanes like that. I grew up in east Yorkshire and we have loads of those tight little lanes. Miss Daisy would have enjoyed the good run out too.
We did the green lane on 22nd 23rd October, fantastic scenery, took the 90 through the bomb holes. Didn't get a chance to see the Abbey so nice to see what is left of it on your video.
IMO, this first generation Daihatsu Sirion is one of the best looking small cars ever, and this one is particularly nice in that colour. Simple enough reasons to have it on your fleet. It's also in great cosmetic condition, and it works. I'd do the few little rust jobs you found but didn't have time for, before they get worse and require professional painting, and call it good.
Looked like a fun trip w/ lovely scenery, and in the company of some fellow "humble" classics; a grand day out!
Thank you, Miss Daisy, for conveying my 2023 calendar to the post office. Now safely arrived 😀.
Can't argue with that, an estate built from first principles is very pleasing to behold.
That nice run out would have just what Miss Daisy needs. Glad she was wax protected after all that.
That lovely Nova brought a tear and a memory for me. Same model and colour as my late father's last car. And then the Avenger Tiger: one car that I loved as a teenager in the seventies.
Lovely little rally glad the weather got better great times.All the best to you all.
Those narrow country lanes are a lot like the ones in Cornwall, but slightly less scary!
That Triumph estate is fabulous, more great content 👍
When it passed Coleg Ceredigion it brought back memories of living at the far end of that campus where The Welsh Agricultural College and The College of Librarianship stood side by side.
superb country, and narrators
How Luxurious that the Triumph passes by with barely a whisper. Interesting the isolated position of the Abbey. There are the remains of one at Cockersands in Lancashire. Similarly, in the middle of nowhere.
Strata Florida may be in the middle of nowhere but it had a railway station, inconveniently situated, on the optimistically named Manchester & Milford Railway which obviously didn't reach either place! Closed in 1964, trains ran from Carmarthen to Aberystwyth.
Absolutely brilliant video Ian Miss hubnut 👍what beautiful cars Wales is so beautiful brilliant
Great video Ian and Carly, Miss Daisy got a good little workout on that drive. Looks like a good little route, very scenic.
Great video and nice to come on a video run with you guys, im on anglesey so may see you guys on a run sometime would be cool.
Auto transmissions usually remove about 200cc of power from an engine, making your Sirion in reality run like an 800cc. Whenever I’ve had a small automatic it’s always been the same
Lovely commentary guys, great to hear explanations of Welsh words, you seemed well relaxed.
Great to see another wonderful video about Miss Daisy again! Btw here's something I heard that is a secret about daihatsus they say if u need more power going up hill with less struggle u can turn off the a/c button or turn the entire thing off and the car would struggle lesser that is something I learned when I drive my Sirion mk2 cuz. They call the A/C button "sports mode" 😂😂😂
A beautiful little car driving through beautiful little villages. Perfect!
Ahhh, that hill! I did a few miles round there on holiday! My 300k mile Transit 2.2 didn't like going up that hill in any hurry. It liked going down it even less 🤣
Congratulations to Team Hubnut on their 1st Classic Car run. It was great to see Miss Daisy settling into Hubnut life and fitting in very well indeed.
Lovely video Ian. I think the reason Miss Daisy is struggling on hills is simply down to small engine size plus power sapping torque converter, she is a charming little motor. Listening to Mrs Hubnut talking about her sister not saying anything when she was young, my youngest son was exactly the same until he was three. We thought there was a problem and were seriously considering speech therapy, then one day out of the blue he started to talk. He's 41 now and hasn't shut up since.😆
I keep seeing a blue Triumph 2000 estate around Saltburn by the Sea -a real feast for the eyeballs
That is a very lovely part of the country. I really liked all the stone buildings. It felt like a trip back in time. And, the trip was made in a very nice looking addition to the fleet.
Lovely spin out in miss Daisy there.
The curse of the hearse adding some decorum to proceedings and thus keeping the pace somewhat below that of the rally speeds formerly attained.
That said, some of the architecture and scenery along the way, is completely awesome, and always a delight to see.
Personally, I can never get enough of wind worn abbeys, or converted cog lofts and period churches that reveal so much of our past history.
Combined with cars, this one is a hit with me, so, ill give it five.
12:34 Ooohh, that's a good noise.. Excellent video. Thanks, guys!👍
That Scorpio hearse has the same reg as my Daewoo Lanos, S929!
What a magnificent landscape.
Daihatsu Sirion is truly an underrated compact car.
I had a Suzuki swift 1.2l automatic from nearly new and it was never very brisk going up hills where it had to kick down. I suspect Miss Daisy may always feel a bit sluggish amongst the Welsh hills.
I do like that sweet black Lotus. 1970's JPS F1 livery inspired i suppose. With those gold look rims.
Lovely run out 🚘🚙🚗⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍
When I was a student I lived in a hall of residence on the seafront called Plynlimon. I've walked and driven up and down Penglais hill many times.
YFfarmers are so friendly, and does really good food, and they offered takeaway too last time we were there.
What a really enjoyable € interesting video great job well done 👍👍
Wales still looks very pretty even on a grotty day.
The Scorpio hearse, the last version of Scorpio who destroyed that car for good. That was sad days for most Ford lovers.🤬 Thanks for the video. 😄👍
A very pleasing mixture, and lovely lovely countryside. This period of warmish weather just before the dark season has been appreciated, and it is nice to see the colour and that some greenery is still growing.
It seems like Miss Daisy's 4-speed gearbox just doesn't have enough ratios. Normally, changing up at the rev limit should get you well into the torque curve of the next gear, but Miss Daisy seems to run out of oomph at lower revs. It isn't as if the box is slipping - if anything, the clutch is locking too early and not allowing the engine to get into the torque curve. I wonder if these little engines ever had any gizmo like Betty's engine that varies the inlet manifold, or valve timing or.. anything that might generate more low-end torque. At that end of the market I suspect not, but you never know.
That Sirion is a beauty. So cute.
Very surprised that more oncoming vehicles were not encountered like a very wide tractor and trailer/implement. Daisy was not that dirty, a car got dirtier on a wet day in London.
Enjoy the Videos per usual, Just Letting you know some by me is selling a Moskvitch saloon by me look like it needs work though, thought I would just mention it.
I like this little car. Could see Miss Hubnut driving it around.
Nice little trip out, haven't seen a P100 for years.... Lovely.
Fabulous video, I used to live on the Monachty Estate in Pennant, all connected on the pilgrimage route to St Davids (my favourite place in the world) if my sketchy history memory serves me right
Simply irresistible 😉
Nightly memories of the narrow roads between the high hedges on a Cornish holiday on the way to the overnight address.
I thought you were in Ireland at first lol never seen Green hills like that before beautiful countryside also poor Miss Daisy she's not a speed machine LOL
My mum had a Triumph 2000 saloon which according to the DVLA lived to the ripe old age of 21. It was dark green, I believe called Cedar Green.
Great video and loved the look of that 1.6GL Highland green cortina. Looked to be in great condition
Sadly it didn't come on the run.
Nice😀
I love the colour of that Nova!
I once saw a Corsa B in that colour in person, wanted one ever since. Rare as hen's teeth though :(
When I seen the land rover come over the little bridge don’t know why but the emmerdale 1999 theme popped in my head lol
Haha that hill in Aberystwyth just goes on and on up and up I can’t imagine a 1.0 manual goes up it any easier!
Happy Halloween
Bet you're glad you had all that waxing done
Didn't recognise you without the beard
another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍
I used to have a ford Sierra which had a 5 litre engine from a South African Sierra
Around there somewhere, back in 1983, I passed Moc Morgan and his friend President Jimmy Carter, who went fishing together in local rivers. I had just had my Golf GTi and they had a couple of limos and secret service looking bods, having a sandwich in a layby on one of the small roads approximately around Llanfihangel y Creuddin or Trawscoed somewhere, i forget exactly where now.
Would have loved closer look at nova 😍 and escort van 😍
Perhaps you can find a chip tuner who can help to keep the transmission from upshifting on hills? Just a 'Hold Gear' button like they used to have in buses with automatic gearboxes would make a lot of sense.
The Triumph 2000 reminds me a bit of the Peugeot 504 in the rear.
There may be some improvement still to be had from Miss Daisy but I suspect it won't be huge. A 1 litre automatic is never going to set the tarmac alight. Lovely little car though and not far from mint.
That looks like a wonderful part of the world and the roads are made for a fast road tuned Mini!
Triumph 200/2500 estate and Vauxhall Viva HB estate are my two favourite estates. Both such good looking cars.
They made a version of the Storia called the X4 for rally homologation purposes and I'd love to find one.
Yep, Sienna Brown.
A Ford Scorpio hearse, a toss up between what looks worse, the corpse or the car.
Far to many people dying to see the hearse ……boom boom….👍🇮🇲😜
AY UP MR AND MISS HUBNUT
Also re miss daisy is the kick down cable old ?
On a different topic Ian,will you be doing a video on the new electric berlingo comparing with your beauty ?
The vid doesn’t do that hill in Aberystwyth justice. You did really well to get up it 👍
It is a beast! Even steeper if you take the other road...
@@HubNut I’m not from Aber, but my sister lives at the top of that hill. It’s one of my lasting memories of visiting her.
Calculating the power and torque to weight ratio of Miss Daisy vs your Berlingo. I get a rough estimation of 70 vs 73 bhp per tonne, in favour of the Berlingo. Torque is 122 ft-lb vs 79 ft-lb per tonne, in favour of the Berlingo.
Of course, being such a light car, Daisy will be more sensitive to load weight, but even accounting for the automatic gearbox, you would think that Daisy would be a little nippier.
40+ years ago I was living in Cnwch Coch and it was not unknown to find a police car outside the Farmers inn in Llanfihangel well past normal closing time, even on a supposedly dry Sunday, whilst its occupants were inside enjoying a "beverage" - observation of licensing rules in the middle of nowhere could be somewhat lax.
Miss Daisy out for a drive and that road which was a rally stage l wouldn't like to drive that road at normal speed at night what an eclectic colection of cars that were on the rally also l don't think we got the Triumph 2000 in Australia they were the 2.5 pi but that Triumph 2000 station wagon was interesting because of the rear quarter windows not common in stations wagons
Nice ride in Miss Daisy! Did you try switching off the aircon?
Yes, it was off for the climb in Aber I think. It makes a little difference but not much.
Correction Ian, the Ford P100 with the Sierra front was built in Portugal. The Cortina fronted ones were South African.
I had one of the last SA ones in Sept 1987 and did 295,000 miles in it from new till I left the firm in Jan 1991.
Ooh, good knowledge. Thanks.
@@HubNut It's sad but I'm a bit of a P100 nerd 🤓
Very easy to swap all sorts of Ford RWD running gear into them for a bit of sideways action. IIRC the 2ltr Pinto low compression block used in the MK6 Sierra fronted P100 was the basis of the Cosworth turbo Ford engines.
It might be worth checking that the throttle butterfly is fully opening.
Yup, checked that. Cleaned out the throttle body too.
Aberaeron fire station car park there. When i were a lad that was the Crossville or Western Welsh bus depot and workshop. How do you find out about these meets and runs and stuff
This is a Facebook group that came to my attention.
I would say Miss Daisy's hill climbing performance (or lack thereof) is not normal. The only reason I say that is my Hyundai Atoz (1 litre automatic) does considerably better and does not lose speed despite being pretty gutless overall. I get the feeling she's being held back by something... Hopefully the mystery shall be solved eventually.
I think the chap from Chops Garage had a similar problem with his Micra CVT...I'm no expert so don't know if the Sirion is similar at all but I believe he changed a MAF sensor? and that seemed to sort it out...
I would like to point out I typed that response before you mentioned it in your video🤔
The BRM engine in the Avenger Tiger, I assume is a K series VVC from a Rover BRM?
No, works Avenger rally cars had a BRM twin cam, designed to rival the Cosworth BDA I think.
There is legend of the Holy Grail finding its way into the care of the monks of Ystrad Flur.
There are also rumours that it found its way into the vault of The Midland Bank in Aberystwyth.
Also rumoured to have been hidden for eternity in the caves of Caer Bannog
Miss Daisy is the only 3 cyl auto i've ever seen. Makes me wonder if she's lost a few horses over the years.
Have you changed the oil in the auto box ?
Not yet. It's on the list.
What an adventure! By the way what do you think of the new Citroen Oli?
Not a massive fan. It's pretty odd even for Citroen!
In Japan, it's called the Daihatsu Storia, and I've seen it used in rallies a few times before. There was also a 4WD specification, so it's kind of popular
My grandfather owned the Toyota version for a short time, but sold it because he didn't like driving it.
I'd look for a vacuum leak on Miss Daisy, which could cause her to hesitate on kickdown/downshift. After the manifold issues on Chemmy, a vacuum leak impresses as a likely culprit.
Finding a leak would be as easy as spraying brake cleaner around the manifoñd and plenum and seeing if the revs rise.
We have done a fair bit of that with no leaks found.
Just a thought,Miss Daisies going up hill problem, James of Chops garage had a similar problem with the automatic Micra he had, he had to change something,could this be a similar issue?
Discussed in the video. 😉
I think Miss Daisy goes well for a 1 litre auto, may need auto oil change and filter.