Thank you for this video, Ian! And especially for understanding how sad I was to let Miss Daisy go. Was a bit gutted that you didn’t have any issues with her on the way back to Wales 😂 because it means I might’ve been able to keep her a bit longer but I’m really glad she’s part of the Hub Nut family now where she can be appreciated for the lovely car she is and be looked after as well as she looked after me. Happy retirement, Miss Daisy! 🥹💖
What a lovely gesture from a genuine lovely person - it's so lovely to know that in this awful world in which we live, that there is still such kindness around
I have to say when I lived in London I decided the perfect car for London was a V8 E38 BMW (the one Hubnut reviewed) because it was good at getting as far away from the place as possible on the weekends.
For many years (as in, nearly 30) I commuted into the toilet that is London. I still maintain that the best sign on the A1 is the one that reads THE NORTH Hatfield...
I drove a e38 from not far away from where Ian is. A lovely 735i which I paid £600 for in 2013. Drove it all the way to London Greenwich. Must say relaxing as cars go to drive. Effortless power and the best cabin and driving position. If it wasn’t for 2 issues I would still have it. One was the electrical gremlin which could not be traced possible loom issue. The other the gearbox was problematic and couldn’t find a suitable replacement but at 180k it had done well. I’d have another but a tidy one is huge money now
Absolutely LoVE Miss Daisy. I totally get why you couldn’t pass up on this either. What a brilliant addition to the fleet but also a save of a rare and forgotten car!
As a regular user of the Elizabeth line at Paddington, I had to smile at you not realising that you were looking at its new entrance before walking off. Lovely little car, I'm sure Miss Daisy will be getting some TLC from you.
Maybe this is one car you should consider getting absolute perfect and as near to concourse as possible. You've got something really lovely and special here.
I look forward to seeing more videos about this car. I can still vaguely remember when this car was launched and how it was said to have "love it or loathe it looks". The result of that is a car that is now fairly interesting. Daihatsu were also the kings if making zippy small engines too.
Nice to see HubNut driving round my neck of the woods. And love that you pinged up to say '10 miles took 1 hour' as it reminds me that the rest of the country doesn't see this as normal!
Beautiful little car, great color too, and it appears to be in terrific shape. After your safe trip home , You should send the previous owner a bouquet of flowers. Keep up the good work
What a lovely purchase! Brings back memories to me as well because I owned one in the same colour, albeit with the 1.3 litre engine. I hope you will enjoy many happy miles with her!
What a great little motor, most enjoyable to see a trouble-free journey for you as I think you deserve that, thanks for sharing and I look forward to more on Miss Daisy, well done!
An excellent addition. Intererested to see a daylight full video review on this one, and to see how it settles into your Fleet. I hope its a long termer!
What a beautiful little car Ian. Perhaps your slightly harder driving blew the catalyst clean, or pushed some crud out of the injectors or fuel-rail pressure-relief valve or something? After the owner had given up on the little soul, it is rather nice it has found a new home in the HubNut fleet despite having been cured on the way to Wales (I suspect being in Wales is a cure in itself).
Welcome Miss Daisy, she looks lovely and didn't let you down on you maiden voyage together. May you enjoy many, many miles together. I can certainly sympathise with the previous owner, I've done the same where I've given a vehicle away as it had a fighting chance of being used and maintained as a complete vehicle vehicle rather than someone who took it to break it for spares.
Indeed. I kept my 18 year old car for a bit when I got a newer one recently, but it wasn't practical - I couldn't afford to run two cars and it developed minor faults from disuse. In the end, I donated it to the 'Giveacar' charity (who I can heartily recommend) to benefit the International Red Cross, but with very mixed feelings after 14 years of ownership. The collection trailer guy told me it'd probably be broken up for spares which I found a bit sad. However, I was very happy to recently find on the DVLA site that it was taxed and on the road again. So someone had bought it from the scrapyard and fixed it up.
@@frglee It's brilliant to hear this, one of the vehicles I gave away was restored as well, I'm unsure about the other one. I know some of the spares hadn't been made for a decade and were quite difficult to come by. To be honest that one was on its last legs when I bought and it was over ten years old then it but I had it fixed up, used it and kept it for 12 years. Part of me wants to check if it's still around on the DVLA website but the other part would prefer to remember it as it was without knowing.
I've often found you can obtain a new lease of life from old wiper blades if you use some ScotchBrite and run that along the wiping edge. Seems to clean all the built-up grime and exposes a new edge of the rubber. It goes without saying also, that the glass must be spotless for any wiper to work efficiently.
Such a lovely little car and it seems no issues bar the wiper blades (fingers crossed). I do get what you mean in "if there's nothing wrong with it you won't feel good taking it for free" but they wanted a good home for Daisy and they got one so they'll be happy.
Fantastic journey brings back memories of buying cars then the adventure home, in an untested vehicle, oh the amount of trust we used to place in people, brilliant please more road trips thank you again 😁👍
Very entertaining Ian !. I genuinely expected a “Vice Grip Garage” tale of woe, driving the 250 miles home. But a great little car there, I would look after it and let it enjoy the lovely Welsh coast away from the suffocation of London….it deserves it…
If I were to play internet car doctor for a minute, based off Chop's experience with the micra, and my own with a diesel Panda which tried to breathe water, it may have been some foreign matter in the MAF sensor which has since been sucked out, or some other kind of intermittent issue in that area. regardless, it seems like a nicely HubNut addition to the fleet
That’s a great gesture for someone to give you this car free of charge, there are still some generous people in the World. The wee Daihatsu is a pretty rare sight on our roads nowadays. I’m interested to see how you get on with it. A great vlog.😊
What a Cracking car to get for free, I very much look forward to seeing updates and any issues you might have if any. It's a Daihatsu so not alot can really go wrong mechanically. This was from a Time when the Japanese where at their Peak in Engineering.
Can't help thinking the lack of power could have been down to a slipped floor mat restricting the throttle pedal. Happened to me a few years ago in my Chevette. Not nearly as big a problem as my dog's tennis ball rolling under the brake pedal approaching a roundabout.. Best of luck with the new arrival, Ian.
Looks like you have a good one there. Seems to go well. Most small 4 speed automatics need 3rd gear to keep going along at motorway speeds with an incline or headwind. It will be interesting to see what welding it's had.
I always liked these cars and nearly bought one a few years ago (also automatic)... Regret not doing so! Look forward to seeing the future adventures you'll have together.
Nice car. I love the retracting mirrors. Let me tell you a bit of a secret in regards to the out of order shake machine. A lot of times the shake machine works fine but the employees don't want to clean it at the end of the night as they are a pain to clean (I always had to clean the one at the McDonalds I worked at as a 16-18 year old back in the 1990's) so it is easier to turn it off and tell folks it is not working
I know I have dropped the channel name 2stroketurbo on you before, (I believe it was a clients' Delica Super Exceed) but he recently acquired a Figaro (RHD). After a prior botched engine rebuild, he had to pull some shavings from the oil pump and set it for more pressure. Then fuddle through some horribly out of whack valve adjustments to 'dial it in.' Still a work in progress it's a nice series of close looks at this car.
Cracking little car. I really like the Sirion, they’re a pretty little car. Miss. Daisy certainly seems to drive fine. Hopefully rust won’t be a serious problem despite the fact that she has had extensive welding carried out for the MOT.
I did Worcester to Wick in the 2CV on the same day. Took 13hrs to do 600 miles. I often did Aberdeen to Worcester/ Worcester to Aberdeen, 450 miles, in the 2CV when I lived in the Shetland Islands. Best time I did was 7 1/2 hours.
I do love a Daihatsu, especially the JDM models but they are all good in my book. I did own an automatic Daihatsu and it was the nicest automatic box ever in a small car. I’ve seen a few rusty ones, I guess the level of rust protection is maybe not adequate for the UK winter use of salt on the roads. I recognized a lot of places in that video as I’ve driven all those roads many many times even though I don’t live in UK anymore, this summer we were in the UK and I did stop at Magor Services, fortunately in the summer daytime they had a Cornish pasty van just outside the door and that was excellent, but in general I am always disappointed with UK motorway services and prefer to get off the motorway completely and use local services in towns.
Ooh I'm jealous- thats tidy. Your old yellow Sirion persuaded me into a Cuore (been with the channel from wayy back) - those Daihatsus are such fun little cars that thrum their heart out and make you smile... I'd love another.
Yay, a Sirion! Used to drive them all the time during 6 very happy years working in a Daihatsu dealer, fabulous little cars, so miss Daihatsu, always made quirky little cars, happy days. Enjoy Miss Daisy Ian 👍
Your video takes me back to memory lane. When I was a student back in the 90 to 2003 in this country, I was driving a Granny 2.0 Ghia automatic with complete RS body kit. I bought it for 700 pounds 1998 about, and sold it for 100 pounds. Then got a 205 1.1 great little motor, which I gave it for FREE to a ladybird of mine before leaving the country . Had complete work done on it, including MOT. The only thing that I got out of was the Alpine CD player worth then 500 pounds which I still have it in Greece
2 things here that take me back, the last car I owned in the UK 10 years ago was a Y reg Cuore + that had the EJ-DE smoke problem and also had an occasional power loss issue. The other thing, having a Cuore here in Australia, as on the Sirion here too, the indicator switch is on the right, not on the left as in the UK.
Aw what a great little car. If a car is going to have a load of adventures and some love and care then the Hubnut world is ideal! Look forward to seeing those adventures 😀
Miss Daisy is a winner!! What a super wee car that is. With the automatic, this may be a great car for Miss Hubnut to learn on. The fixed valve timing, and the lack of complexity, makes Miss Daisy a good car as well. I really love the colour of her, too. Very sharp little car. I suspect she will be a welcome member of the fleet. Personally I cannot quite wrap my head around that 0-60 time, though. 23 seconds 0-60 is what I call dangerously slow, but that is because I am on dual carriageways with 60 mph speed limited, but a normal traffic flow nearer 75, daily, and some of the slip roads and acceleration lanes leave a great deal to be desired. I would not want to tussle with a 100,000 pound articulated lorry at that pace!
It could just be that the transmission needs a fluid change & filter, depending on how long it's been. That's IF the fluid dynamics are sub par. I must say, its pretty impressive for the displacement and the amount of power you lose to an auto gearbox.Cheers !
You have to treat Google Maps directions with care in cities. The GPS is mightily confused by buildings. It's called "canyon effect", where the signal takes multiple paths off the buildings.
Tell me about it - I used mine in Leeds to find a bar I was unfamiliar with, ended up walking in circles in the rain till someone came to rescue me. Never using it on foot again!
When you said you were picking up a car that didn't like hills, I was imagining the queue behind you on the Severn crossing! That car looks like a little peach!
There’s a council-run 50kW EV charging hub in the centre of Portishead, 3ish miles from Gordano services. Not ideal, I realise, but it’s newish and well maintained.
London driving,put your blinkers on your head,and sod everyone else!! Wondering if being a London car on low mileage,its used to crawling round at low speed,just needs a good run and a blow out,which it's going to get! I bought an ex BT 1.3 2007 Vauxhall Combo,that was 2½ years old had done 12,000 miles and was an ex Birmingham supervisor van that never worked as such. Had exactly the same problem,until it had a good few runs. The old girls well loved and looked after and is currently on 82,500. Great vid as always. Keep them coming
Check the air filter element, and replace the fuel filter. Possible source of previous owner complaints? Maybe Miss Daisy just needed to have the carbon blown out of her cylinders by a nice run on the motorway. City driving is hard on vehicles. Dogs, people, horses, and cars, all need exercise. London is as bad as New York for traffic. What a nice car, especially at the price.
I bet this car has been mainly driven around London's congested roads recently, probably rarely above 10 mph! It's amazing what an 'Italian tune up' can do. That's probably why you had no problems with her!
Thank you for this video, Ian! And especially for understanding how sad I was to let Miss Daisy go. Was a bit gutted that you didn’t have any issues with her on the way back to Wales 😂 because it means I might’ve been able to keep her a bit longer but I’m really glad she’s part of the Hub Nut family now where she can be appreciated for the lovely car she is and be looked after as well as she looked after me. Happy retirement, Miss Daisy! 🥹💖
Thanks for letting me take her away. Such a lovely little car. Can understand why you were sad to see her go.
What a generous action and intent. Good on you. I hope you have a splendid new (to you) motoring vehicle in your life.
You kept her in lovely condition (despite the rust problems). A credit to you!
@@HubNut If you have to part with it I would be happy to have it for my lady to learn to drive in!
Miss Daisy will be in safe hands with Ian Hubnut, what a lovely thing to do , may good karma return to you for your kindness 😊
Looks like a lovely car, very generous for the last owner to give it to you for free.
What a lovely gesture from a genuine lovely person - it's so lovely to know that in this awful world in which we live, that there is still such kindness around
I have to say when I lived in London I decided the perfect car for London was a V8 E38 BMW (the one Hubnut reviewed) because it was good at getting as far away from the place as possible on the weekends.
For many years (as in, nearly 30) I commuted into the toilet that is London. I still maintain that the best sign on the A1 is the one that reads THE NORTH Hatfield...
@@phillipsmiley5930 That sounds fascinating - do tell...
I drove a e38 from not far away from where Ian is. A lovely 735i which I paid £600 for in 2013. Drove it all the way to London Greenwich. Must say relaxing as cars go to drive. Effortless power and the best cabin and driving position. If it wasn’t for 2 issues I would still have it. One was the electrical gremlin which could not be traced possible loom issue. The other the gearbox was problematic and couldn’t find a suitable replacement but at 180k it had done well. I’d have another but a tidy one is huge money now
I think Miss Hubnut will love this car.
Absolutely LoVE Miss Daisy. I totally get why you couldn’t pass up on this either. What a brilliant addition to the fleet but also a save of a rare and forgotten car!
As a regular user of the Elizabeth line at Paddington, I had to smile at you not realising that you were looking at its new entrance before walking off. Lovely little car, I'm sure Miss Daisy will be getting some TLC from you.
Just wonder why Google maps was telling him to go another way though!
Maybe this is one car you should consider getting absolute perfect and as near to concourse as possible. You've got something really lovely and special here.
What a cracking little car, amazing equipment levels and safety kit for the time.
Great addition to the fleet, I've always admired the look of these. Maybe all it needed was an Italian tune-up.
I look forward to seeing more videos about this car. I can still vaguely remember when this car was launched and how it was said to have "love it or loathe it looks". The result of that is a car that is now fairly interesting. Daihatsu were also the kings if making zippy small engines too.
It's been in London for a while, all it needs is a fluid change and good bloody ragging out of our horrible metropolis
Aka the Italian tune-up
Nice to see HubNut driving round my neck of the woods. And love that you pinged up to say '10 miles took 1 hour' as it reminds me that the rest of the country doesn't see this as normal!
The free car is in very good shape. Very well taken cared of I got to say. It's a keeper for sure. The previous owner so nice to let you have it.
cracking little car that if you drove it 250 mls & it put a smile on your face its a keeper i bet miss hubnut will love that
Beautiful little car, great color too, and it appears to be in terrific shape.
After your safe trip home ,
You should send the previous owner a bouquet of flowers.
Keep up the good work
Amazing video as always and great car. Lovely to meet you at the Practical Classics show. You inspire me and keep the good work up Ian
What a lovely purchase! Brings back memories to me as well because I owned one in the same colour, albeit with the 1.3 litre engine. I hope you will enjoy many happy miles with her!
Gonna miss driving past this, papped it myself not long ago. But i’m more than happy to see it’s fallen into the right hands.
I dealt with crazy London traffic for almost 15 years so I feel your pain
What a great little motor, most enjoyable to see a trouble-free journey for you as I think you deserve that, thanks for sharing and I look forward to more on Miss Daisy, well done!
An excellent addition. Intererested to see a daylight full video review on this one, and to see how it settles into your Fleet. I hope its a long termer!
The Berlingo and now this. You're on a roll with good buys Ian!
You were a brave man waving that phone about in London, that car was registered in Devon originally torbay. Haxbys of Plymouth car
What a little belter! Awesome colour too. Maybe there's an intermittent fault, maybe not but at least you got it back to base without drama.
What a beautiful little car Ian. Perhaps your slightly harder driving blew the catalyst clean, or pushed some crud out of the injectors or fuel-rail pressure-relief valve or something? After the owner had given up on the little soul, it is rather nice it has found a new home in the HubNut fleet despite having been cured on the way to Wales (I suspect being in Wales is a cure in itself).
Welcome Miss Daisy, she looks lovely and didn't let you down on you maiden voyage together. May you enjoy many, many miles together. I can certainly sympathise with the previous owner, I've done the same where I've given a vehicle away as it had a fighting chance of being used and maintained as a complete vehicle vehicle rather than someone who took it to break it for spares.
Indeed. I kept my 18 year old car for a bit when I got a newer one recently, but it wasn't practical - I couldn't afford to run two cars and it developed minor faults from disuse. In the end, I donated it to the 'Giveacar' charity (who I can heartily recommend) to benefit the International Red Cross, but with very mixed feelings after 14 years of ownership. The collection trailer guy told me it'd probably be broken up for spares which I found a bit sad. However, I was very happy to recently find on the DVLA site that it was taxed and on the road again. So someone had bought it from the scrapyard and fixed it up.
@@frglee It's brilliant to hear this, one of the vehicles I gave away was restored as well, I'm unsure about the other one. I know some of the spares hadn't been made for a decade and were quite difficult to come by. To be honest that one was on its last legs when I bought and it was over ten years old then it but I had it fixed up, used it and kept it for 12 years. Part of me wants to check if it's still around on the DVLA website but the other part would prefer to remember it as it was without knowing.
I've often found you can obtain a new lease of life from old wiper blades if you use some ScotchBrite and run that along the wiping edge. Seems to clean all the built-up grime and exposes a new edge of the rubber. It goes without saying also, that the glass must be spotless for any wiper to work efficiently.
Such a lovely little car and it seems no issues bar the wiper blades (fingers crossed). I do get what you mean in "if there's nothing wrong with it you won't feel good taking it for free" but they wanted a good home for Daisy and they got one so they'll be happy.
Maybe Ian will send Shâo some flowers and choccies.
Fantastic journey brings back memories of buying cars then the adventure home, in an untested vehicle, oh the amount of trust we used to place in people, brilliant please more road trips thank you again 😁👍
Very entertaining Ian !. I genuinely expected a “Vice Grip Garage” tale of woe, driving the 250 miles home. But a great little car there, I would look after it and let it enjoy the lovely Welsh coast away from the suffocation of London….it deserves it…
You just can't beat small Japanese cars.
What a gift.
If I were to play internet car doctor for a minute, based off Chop's experience with the micra, and my own with a diesel Panda which tried to breathe water, it may have been some foreign matter in the MAF sensor which has since been sucked out, or some other kind of intermittent issue in that area. regardless, it seems like a nicely HubNut addition to the fleet
As a born and bred south Londoner, this collection caper did make me chuckle!
Ive driven all these roads so many times.
Still 1972 tubes in London. And they’re the nicest on the whole London Underground network.
Another great video looking forward to your adventures driving Miss Daisy! You just couldn't refuse her!!!
That’s a great gesture for someone to give you this car free of charge, there are still some generous people in the World. The wee Daihatsu is a pretty rare sight on our roads nowadays. I’m interested to see how you get on with it. A great vlog.😊
That's a great car you've been given for free, nice addition to the fleet, may become a daily driver
Excellent episode! Looks like the Sirion is a good’n, and I look forward to future adventures.
my first car was a Renault 12 ,I couldn't give it away,had to pay to have her scrapped..happy times! :) way way back in the 80s when music was good!
What a Cracking car to get for free, I very much look forward to seeing updates and any issues you might have if any. It's a Daihatsu so not alot can really go wrong mechanically. This was from a Time when the Japanese where at their Peak in Engineering.
Thoroughly enjoyed watching the collection caper Ian and Carly, hope you both get a lot of enjoyment out of Miss Daisy
Lovely little car, send the lady some flowers and chocolates x
Congratulations @Hubnut on your new car. Our 2005 Sirion is a firm favourite. The little engine in Miss Daisy sounds glorious.
What a cracking little car Ian ! Once you’ve given her a service she’ll be even better 👍
Brilliantly enjoyable video Ian, thank you. Really enjoyed watching this one. Good luck with the new fleet addition.
Can't help thinking the lack of power could have been down to a slipped floor mat restricting the throttle pedal. Happened to me a few years ago in my Chevette. Not nearly as big a problem as my dog's tennis ball rolling under the brake pedal approaching a roundabout.. Best of luck with the new arrival, Ian.
Yes. Sirion. New fun times start here 😀.
Looks like you have a good one there. Seems to go well. Most small 4 speed automatics need 3rd gear to keep going along at motorway speeds with an incline or headwind.
It will be interesting to see what welding it's had.
Lovely Little Car ...I'll be getting outta London too very soon ..enjoy Miss Daisy
Oh I do like a good adventure,very enjoyable video Ian thank you
I always liked these cars and nearly bought one a few years ago (also automatic)... Regret not doing so! Look forward to seeing the future adventures you'll have together.
Looks like Miss Daisy was not used enough on long runs. Driving back to Wales will do it good.
Nice car. I love the retracting mirrors. Let me tell you a bit of a secret in regards to the out of order shake machine. A lot of times the shake machine works fine but the employees don't want to clean it at the end of the night as they are a pain to clean (I always had to clean the one at the McDonalds I worked at as a 16-18 year old back in the 1990's) so it is easier to turn it off and tell folks it is not working
That car is so so HubNut! Great acquisition!
I know I have dropped the channel name 2stroketurbo on you before, (I believe it was a clients' Delica Super Exceed) but he recently acquired a Figaro (RHD). After a prior botched engine rebuild, he had to pull some shavings from the oil pump and set it for more pressure. Then fuddle through some horribly out of whack valve adjustments to 'dial it in.' Still a work in progress it's a nice series of close looks at this car.
Entertaining video, made all the better by including the journey on the trains to London. Good work!
Cracking little car. I really like the Sirion, they’re a pretty little car. Miss. Daisy certainly seems to drive fine. Hopefully rust won’t be a serious problem despite the fact that she has had extensive welding carried out for the MOT.
I did Worcester to Wick in the 2CV on the same day. Took 13hrs to do 600 miles. I often did Aberdeen to Worcester/ Worcester to Aberdeen, 450 miles, in the 2CV when I lived in the Shetland Islands. Best time I did was 7 1/2 hours.
Great video! Classic hubnut! Really liked the train ride with the music and the drive was good too. Thanks!
That was better than every episode of top gear I’ve ever seen.
Interesting video even without any issues, you are a brave man, greeting from Spain.
Oh yes!! i have the '01 sirion 1.3 sport 102pk autobox, great car, goes well, can park it in small places, and doesnt cost much to keep it running.
I do love a Daihatsu, especially the JDM models but they are all good in my book. I did own an automatic Daihatsu and it was the nicest automatic box ever in a small car. I’ve seen a few rusty ones, I guess the level of rust protection is maybe not adequate for the UK winter use of salt on the roads.
I recognized a lot of places in that video as I’ve driven all those roads many many times even though I don’t live in UK anymore, this summer we were in the UK and I did stop at Magor Services, fortunately in the summer daytime they had a Cornish pasty van just outside the door and that was excellent, but in general I am always disappointed with UK motorway services and prefer to get off the motorway completely and use local services in towns.
18:37 sums up this channel perfectly. Porsche 911 passes and Ian is more interested in the Nissan van
718 Cayman actually
I've driven a Citroën C3 1.2 82bhp 2016 on the A1 feels at home at 55mph.
thank you Ian for another 5 star video, what a lovely colour that car is painted in to might I add.
Fantastic little cars. Well done Ian.
Ooh I'm jealous- thats tidy. Your old yellow Sirion persuaded me into a Cuore (been with the channel from wayy back) - those Daihatsus are such fun little cars that thrum their heart out and make you smile... I'd love another.
I miss my cuore it was a plasticky thing but it was like a roller skate mine was on a t reg in a humbug green colour
Lovely addition to the fleet. Gorgeous colour.
Yay! It’s just like the old days. I used to enjoy these “will he get home” capers
Yay, a Sirion! Used to drive them all the time during 6 very happy years working in a Daihatsu dealer, fabulous little cars, so miss Daihatsu, always made quirky little cars, happy days. Enjoy Miss Daisy Ian 👍
Welcome, Miss Daisy.
Your video takes me back to memory lane. When I was a student back in the 90 to 2003 in this country, I was driving a Granny 2.0 Ghia automatic with complete RS body kit. I bought it for 700 pounds 1998 about, and sold it for 100 pounds. Then got a 205 1.1 great little motor, which I gave it for FREE to a ladybird of mine before leaving the country . Had complete work done on it, including MOT. The only thing that I got out of was the Alpine CD player worth then 500 pounds which I still have it in Greece
What a little sweetie. Miss Daisy I mean. Congrats on a problem free caper
These travel videos are my favourite
2 things here that take me back, the last car I owned in the UK 10 years ago was a Y reg Cuore + that had the EJ-DE smoke problem and also had an occasional power loss issue. The other thing, having a Cuore here in Australia, as on the Sirion here too, the indicator switch is on the right, not on the left as in the UK.
Aw what a great little car. If a car is going to have a load of adventures and some love and care then the Hubnut world is ideal! Look forward to seeing those adventures 😀
A free car and a Daihatsu to boot. No wonder you had to have it. Really looking forward to seeing how this one goes. 🤞
A Lovely little car. I hope you can give it a new lease of life Ian.
Nice little run around.Hope you enjoy miss daisey.All the best
That's a tidy train journey mate ! Can't wait to see this !
Miss Daisy is a winner!! What a super wee car that is. With the automatic, this may be a great car for Miss Hubnut to learn on. The fixed valve timing, and the lack of complexity, makes Miss Daisy a good car as well. I really love the colour of her, too. Very sharp little car. I suspect she will be a welcome member of the fleet. Personally I cannot quite wrap my head around that 0-60 time, though. 23 seconds 0-60 is what I call dangerously slow, but that is because I am on dual carriageways with 60 mph speed limited, but a normal traffic flow nearer 75, daily, and some of the slip roads and acceleration lanes leave a great deal to be desired. I would not want to tussle with a 100,000 pound articulated lorry at that pace!
Lovely car , nice colour to boot .
Glad you made it back .
What a little beauty, a fine addition to the fleet.
Absolutely brilliant video Ian 👍what a beautiful looking car and auto that's even more luxury brilliant
Now THIS is excellent!
Beautiful car
It could just be that the transmission needs a fluid change & filter, depending on how long it's been. That's IF the fluid dynamics are sub par. I must say, its pretty impressive for the displacement and the amount of power you lose to an auto gearbox.Cheers !
Excellent Ep, thank you.
You have to treat Google Maps directions with care in cities. The GPS is mightily confused by buildings. It's called "canyon effect", where the signal takes multiple paths off the buildings.
Tell me about it - I used mine in Leeds to find a bar I was unfamiliar with, ended up walking in circles in the rain till someone came to rescue me. Never using it on foot again!
When you said you were picking up a car that didn't like hills, I was imagining the queue behind you on the Severn crossing! That car looks like a little peach!
There’s a council-run 50kW EV charging hub in the centre of Portishead, 3ish miles from Gordano services. Not ideal, I realise, but it’s newish and well maintained.
Your videos are always intriguing entertaining and relaxing all in one thank you for all these sensations.
Here we go...AGAIN! Chuckle chuckle. This is why we luv Hub Nut. 😂
London driving,put your blinkers on your head,and sod everyone else!! Wondering if being a London car on low mileage,its used to crawling round at low speed,just needs a good run and a blow out,which it's going to get! I bought an ex BT 1.3 2007 Vauxhall Combo,that was 2½ years old had done 12,000 miles and was an ex Birmingham supervisor van that never worked as such. Had exactly the same problem,until it had a good few runs. The old girls well loved and looked after and is currently on 82,500. Great vid as always. Keep them coming
Check the air filter element, and replace the fuel filter. Possible source of previous owner complaints? Maybe Miss Daisy just needed to have the carbon blown out of her cylinders by a nice run on the motorway. City driving is hard on vehicles. Dogs, people, horses, and cars, all need exercise. London is as bad as New York for traffic. What a nice car, especially at
the price.
Power folding mirrors! Didn't expect that! What a luxury! 😳
I bet this car has been mainly driven around London's congested roads recently, probably rarely above 10 mph! It's amazing what an 'Italian tune up' can do. That's probably why you had no problems with her!
That “Italian tune up” made me smile!
Love your cheerful, chatty, relaxed approach to driving in London. I would be petrified. Looks a clean car, but you paid too much!