MOT Day For the Fiat at 212,000 Miles | Ipswich Diaries
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- I head off to get the Fiat 500 service and have its annual check (MOT).
On 212,000 miles, and after 20,000 miles driven this past year, I was curious how solid the little Fiat could still be.
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That fiat is an absolute work horse & deserves a service & some love 🤗
100% agreed💪🏼💪🏼
Concur - fix it again, Tony!
My 2013 Fiat 500 Sport has almost 300,000 miles with about 240,000 added in the past 6 years. Original engine and transmission. With regular maintenance and a few parts here and there (e.g., front wheel bearings, struts and shocks). It is a Great and reliable car - aside from the lousy South Korean tires that originally came with it. I upgraded twice and now have Pirellis so all is great now!
I was encouraged to see that your Fiat had covered over 212,000 miles and going strong ! It would appear that the days of FIAT standing for Fix It Again Tony have gone ! Cheers Neil from Thailand.
My Fiat 500 Lounge, 2012 model, has 110,000 miles on it. I put it up for sale and no-one bought it, the feedback being that it had too high mileage. Ha ha! Partly because of your experiences with your 500, I am keeping mine. At £35 per year road tax, and being a car I can largely maintain at home it is just makes sense to keep it.
Citroen C1 2013, passed MOT in April 2024 with 209,000 miles; one advisory re handbrake. Still going strong.
Great news on your Bonnies head-gasket - excellent work Mark 😉!
Whilst on high mileage but motorcycles, my 1980 Suzuki GS1000s had covered over 367,000 Km‘s which in miles would be 230,000 when I sold her. Had to let her go due to her thirst.
Had a 1999 Honda Civic, 2 door hatchback. Yes it was a 1.6, but put it out to pasture at 308000 miles.
A few years ago i bought a used 2011 Mini Cooper with about 90k miles on it. So far it's been running well with a few repairs and replacements. The great thing about it is that even here in the US where we use salt on the roads at every opportunity in winter, it has no rust...not even surface rust :P
That Defender you were stood by looked brilliant actually Freddie. Never judge a book by its cover because when you said you dreaded to think what it looked like underneath I smiled because what you hadn't noticed was that it had had a Galvanized rear crossmember which would indicate that it has probably had a replacement Galvanized chassis or half chassis which probably means that the underside is likely to be solid as a rock. There are only two things to really worry about with an older Defender and one is the Chassis and the other is the bulkhead that sits between the drivers compartment and the front wings. If both of those are good then everything else is fairly easily replaced or repaired.
It's a great advert for Fiat, shame the same can't be said for Triumph.
I do agree, Robert. This Fiat has 5x the mileage of the Bonneville and has broken down just once in the past 100k miles
200k,Sort of kicks out the popular perceptions of Fiat/Italian cars.. I've had many Italian/French cars with no issues.
I had a 2005 Ford Focus with 240,000 miles, still had the factory clutch when I sold it. That's because my wife drove it most of the time.
Great cars I had a ‘99 Focus mk1 from new I always maintained it myself -247,000 miles original clutch and exhaust - two children learned to drive in it - an outstanding car -I never should have sold it!
The USA had the Mk1 Fiesta from 1978-1980. All were German built and had the 1.6 engine. I owned four different ones. The last one was essentially abandoned and I paid $65 US for it. Installed a new battery and just drove it. It rates as my favorite car in my 41 years of driving, and I've had BMWs, Audis and a few Ford Mustangs. Would love another but parts are completely impossible here.
Officially you have a cat/truck that has more miles then my truck. 210000 miles and owned it 24 years. I can't get rid of it because my butt print in the seat is perfect! No AC for the last 7 years, but starts and has never let me down. Had to edit this one when you wanted what vehicle. 2000 dodge dakota quad cab. It's in almost all my videos.
Value breakfast but what was the green stuff? I thought mushy peas initially but surely not, maybe it was avocado! When you said the garage were still totting up the bill i thought maybe they were looking for their second calculator but no, and £200 is great:)
I can relate, took my 2001 Fiat Bravo HGT in for a Warrant Of Fitness (New Zealand MOT equiv) and annual (at 280,000km) service this week. Passed no problems, just the usual oil/filter etc and another year ahead. It is still on the original drivetrain, even clutch, and used it on a 6,500km NZ tour last year. Only glitch was the airbag light came on but was a corroded pin connection and ok once cleaned/reset. A truck flung stone smashed the rh front fog light, $57 and available ex-stock from a local Fiat parts place.
Re small cars, had an 92 Uno 45s (the 1.0 litre FIRE engine) that did over 260,000km with zero out of the ordinary maintenance. My daily is a 'new', in comparison, 2011 Abarth 500 Esseesse. It is approaching 200,000km and I am hoping keeps up the same record. Has been ok, but had a few suspension mounts/bump stops and new shocks plus the airbag module died, but it wasn't too expensive. So much for the unreliable expensive to repair Italian vehicle stereotype...
I took my partners fiat for a service and it broke down on the way home. I insisted we serviced it as she’d not even checked the oil in 3yrs (it was dry when i checked) so when it broke down ot was something to do with the coil pack. I spent just under £1k on a mega service, disks and pads, cam belt, coil pack, spark plugs, new tyre and mot plus the basic service bits too. Can’t believe it broke down and now she’s lost faith in the car
Really bad servicing on her part. Awful actually
146,000 in a Golf Mk6 1.4 TSi. Pretty sure it’ll do 150,000. Hoping for 200,000. Love your videos on the Royal Enfield Classic 350. Ipswich looking lovely!
Freddie, which motor is in the Fiat? I know they had a few different ones so I’m curious to know which has gone such a distance!
1.2 petrol manual. This is the basic Fiat engine that’s been around since the ‘80s and has a reputation for being completely unbreakable and simple.
My sons wife has one with nr on 200.000 miles on it still being used.
Vehicles that get used & serviced when due & do longer journeys regularly ,tend to achieve longer life & higher than average miles.
Not in the correct “Class”, but I owned a VW Golf Mk2 that did just over 300,000 and a VW T4 Camper van that I sold with 320,000 on the clock. Sadly the Golf was run into the ground over 18 months when I built my house. It was used like a skip! It was a great car.
I have had several petrol cars with 200k on. My father was a garage owner. Told me not to waste money on cars. All were tired but ran fine. Ithink if maintained they are capable of doing it. My vw t4 2.4d ( no turbo) was sold at 330000 miles and was a 93 reg and if I check on mot history is still going now at 412000. Guy bought it o convert as camper. Also at 330000 it ran beautifully. We are in a throw away society. More and more people won’t service their cars due to ridiculous costs per hour. My dads throw away was change the oil. My petrol berlingo is well over 100k runs lovely and a petrol vitara with 120000 on. My father taught me basic mechanics so I can do brakes, cam belts, servicing, valves but wont at my age grovel on floor doing clutches. It has saved me and my daughters 000s £ over the 48 yrs of driving. I am keeping my simple cars so I can mend them. I ride a vstrom 650 known for their reliability. In the 70s fiats rotted off their chassis but mechanically they were great especially their engines
Great news about the gasket and the Fiat. Seriously contact Fiat freddie that’s got to be a rarity. Collaberate away and get some kind of promo with them esp with Monica’s camerawork. Never been to Ipswich but looks very beautiful
This is brilliant- I love old VWs! I’ve had two MK2 Golf’s, a MK1 and a MK3👌🏻
The MK2 was the magic spot of tank-like build quality and style🖤
I did contact Fiat with a collab idea, but didn’t hear back unfortunately
When i was in India for a year with work. They would drive us from our hotel to the petrochemical plant in these little Toyota Innova's. Some of them would have 400-500,000 km on them. They had a little 2.4 Diesel engine in them. They seem to be bullet proof especially with the heat and poor road conditions!!!
Love your channel, I really want to see what that "thing" you're trying to make. Keep it up. Bravi ❤❤❤
I drive 4 times a month between Marseille and Nice Cote Azur , South of France.
The only small cars I see driving on left lane are Fiat 500
Sunday morning breakfast with your new video 👌🏻
The Land Rover you talk about looks like it has had a galvanised chassis fitted - good for 25 years+
We're did get the Firsta in the USA from 1977 to about '81.
Great little fiat! My 07 Audi A4 is still chugging along with 140k on the clock. She's never let me down! 😉
Your Fiat is epic and great hearing about it. I drove and enjoyed my wifes Fiat 500 so much I bought myself a Sports Convertible model and simply love it. just a word of warning have you ever had its cambelt changed?
Your Fiat vids inspire me to take my Abarth to 200K!
Freddie. Are you going to the Copdoc bike show this weekend. It’s a huge event now and we’ll worth a vid
Good news about the car and also the gasket Freddie
I use a VW Up 1 litre 3 cylinder to commute cheaply up and down the A12 six days a week, it’s doing 18,000 miles a year and on 96,000 as it sits outside right now. I’ve renewed the brakes all round once and the tyres 3 times and it hasn’t even picked up any advisories yet. Factor in £20 rfl and £170 to insure and you have seriously cheap motoring.
Wow some mileage for a small car. I've done 45,000 miles in a year in a 1.3
Ok Freddy 👌👏
Freddie, can we get an overview one day of your video shooting kit?
Had 430,000 on a fairway taxi , sold it guy I sold it to sold it with 540,000! Then the engine went in a canal boat..😂
Had a mk1 fiasta lx2 1983 model best car ever
I love them! I had a Mk2👌🏻👌🏻
Initially horrified and somewhat intrigued when, at first glance, I thought you had mushy peas with your breakfast... After a James Finlayson style double take, I realised my error!
I hope to see your bonnie with that mileage.
Morning . What a fantastic little Fiat. Last one I had was a132 in 1982 ! 🏴
I broke my knee 😢
Your Videos are well apreciated. I hope i can ride again one day.
Ahhh bugger, sorry to hear it! Here’s to a speedy recovery!
1.4L or below? That's unheard of in north America, but we almost never we drive small city cars. A sedan is as small as you can practically use. I had a 2.3L sedan and that was the smallest size engine offered! Just looked up the engine sizes offered in the corolla, camry, and civic, all above 1.4 again! I think those sized engines are too small for our highway systems and speeds. We have highways in the west that reach 80mph!
a speed of 80 mph is nothing special in large parts of europe. millions of small cars with 1000 - 1400 cc engines run 200/300.000 + km,s without any problems . don,t you have little suzuki or toyota,s with small engines in the usa ? would save you a ton of money on gas alone and those smal cars drive very nice
All motorways in the UK are 70mph and I don't see a problem?... 80mph is hardly different
Please God, you're not making a willy warmer!! Seriously, that's some mileage on your Fiat. I was considering a used one recently as a runabout -65,000 miles and I thought that was a tad too high.
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We bought this Fiat at 118k miles for £2k and I assumed I’d get a couple of years’ use. I later discovered that it is completely unbreakable
I've always wanted a Defender, my fiance wants a Fiat 500. We know who's gonna get their way 😔
Modest guy here, sticks with this Fiat 500 only...
Any news on a super meteor review?
By October I think- I may try and squeeze a Ducati next
@@FreddieDobbs oh wow! Look forward to that. Would like your opinion on the moto guzzi v100 mandello, if possible at some point.
Old highmilage cars you get a mot first to get a list of things to fix and then service. Perhaps you service it for a lot of money and find out it is not worth to fix because there was something unfixabel
Very good point!
206 pounds, that is how much it takes to fill up my tank of gas! Lol
Are you a dolphin ?
As a car dealer, that Fiat fascinates me 😂
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Great value for a service and MOT 😊
Mk1 Fiesta came out in 1976 and ran through to 1983. That little Fiat is amazing....
Hey Freddie. I have a 1987 Honda CBR1000F that has 360 000 km on the clock. It was given to me by my brother in law and while it needs some work to get it back on the road (brakes,clutch and tyres as well as blown fork seals) it does still run perfectly. Love the channel. Kind regards... Simon 👍👍
This is INCREDIBLE!! I hope you manage to get it back on the road🙂🤞🏼
@@FreddieDobbs Thankyou Freddie. I anticipate my biggest hurdle will be getting parts for it.
I have to say when I take my car for it's MOT it's usually still pitch black outside (7:30 am ish) snowing and around minus 18, snow blowing into the garage when the door is opened, we get a free cup of coffee and doughnut (and it being Finland too much cardamom, the Finns put cardamom in all their pastries 🤷♂️) . It's just not interesting enough to video, but somehow Freddie an MOT for you is nature, marina, sunshine, breakfast and a stroll through old town with cobbled streets. . My MOT a really bad episode of ice road truckers, your MOT an episode of escape to the country. 😂
Haha, actually I LOVE the sound of your MOT!🌨️🇫🇮
@@FreddieDobbs No getting on a motorcycle for 6 to 7 months of the year Freddie it snows from the end of October to April sometimes Freddie, you basically get from May to September (weather is too bad in September) to ride. It would kill your soul.
@@FreddieDobbs although I would highly recommend a trip to Lapland for a skidoo safari. Nothing like buzzing across frozen lakes, and up snow covered hillsides between the pine trees to get the adrenaline pumping.
We have friends up in Levi (Lapland) if you want their contact details, wooden cabin in the middle of nowhere a stack of cut logs outside for your sauna and fireplace no light pollution and your only mode of transport a skidoo.
@@FreddieDobbs Levi by the way is about 200km north of the arctic circle mid winter is an arctic wonderland with just the northern lights for company. I lived there for six months when my wife was going to college up there.
FREDDIE!
To answer your question on high mileage little cars - James Champion has a series called "The Nearly Everlasting Nissan Micra" which shows 444,444 Miles (711,110 KM)
Can't ever go wrong with a K11 Micra.
Tim.
Excellent!
Fills me with confidence for mine in November when the ticket is up.
It's a 2013 1.2 Lounge with 66k on the clock.
I care for it but MoT time always generates a little anxiety.
I can confirm from experience that you should have many years of stress free driving. I do wish I’d bought a Lounge model with those extra few luxuries (aircon, specifically!).
Happy driving- it’s by far the most reliable car I’ve ever owned🙂
I find it interesting that cars have to be declared roadworthy every year but that there doesn't seem to be the same requirement for drivers.
Neither the roads! The state of them for the last decade hardly qualifies them as vehicle worthy.
212,000 miles in a Fiat 500 😮 Wow! Has it had any major engine, gearbox, chassis work done on it? Have you owned it from new? That is epic!
I'm done with Triumph - I'm selling my mint Triumph Speed Triple 1050 ( John Bloor 15 year anniversary edition). I am deserting Triumph because the way they treated you with the head gasket debacle. Not a good look Triumph. 😮
I find it interesting these days that £220 is regarded as “good value” for an MoT and service and £6.99 is also regarded as “good value” for an English Breakfast. The MoT is certainly cheaper than one might expect of a high mileage vehicle. Perhaps we have all been “brainwashed” and these prices “Normalised”.
The value of Sterling has collapsed in the last 100 or so years by over 90% but not quite as bad as the USA $ that has lost 98% value. I do wonder how much further these Fiat Currencies will fall ? The purchase value of the £ in our pockets is falling by around 15% per annum due to inflation. The Keynesian Economic system? Everyone eventually fails.
😂where are you? 1975?
@@kramnam4716No little boy. 2023. But thanks for your comment. Sorry about your sickness! 😊😊
Can you pinpoint when inflation has been 15% per annum, or even when it's been 15% recently?
@@Drzee1968 You seem to have fallen for the governments headline inflation figures which only take certain rises in to account, underlying inflation which covers much more has been around 14/15% for a good while now.
@@favourites96Perhaps you could educate me, where are you obtaining these figures, and what does 'a good while mean' in terms of months years?
Fiat 500s are fantastic. We’ve just purchased the 1.2l sport version with 69,000 miles. It’s our 2nd 500, drives beautifully and is ULEZ compliant. Hopefully it will be as reliable as yours 🤞. Great content - many thanks to you and Monika all the way from sunny Colchester.
How can it be a Fiat 500 when it’s got a 1•2 litre engine ,it’s a contradiction ?
I have no doubt at all Alex that it’ll be solid as a rock!💪🏼🚗
I always forget the reason for the origins of the “500” name- it is a fair point!
Good morning Freddie we own a Fiat 500 and a Abarth 595. Both superb cars very underrated. Also I have three Royal Enfields so perfect set up.
The Abarth looks like one of the most fun cars for the real world- I would love one!
Freddie, as a previous Defender owner, I would say the reliability people talk about is normally down to bad maintenance.
I had mine for 6 years and had some great adventures in it, all over Europe, North Africa, and the whole of the British Isles.
When I sold it, the speedo was showing 346,000 miles.
That said, as I'm not particularly mechanical minded over the 6 years of ownership, I was paying out around £2- £3k a year to my local independent LR garage.
Overlanding takes its toll on most parts, sand in the electrics and wear and tear on the suspension, steering and brakes etc.
Unless you're good with spanners or have deep pockets, I couldn't recommend one. Especially if you plan to do 20,000 miles a year.
I now own an old Freelander one, and carried on using it for camping and Overland travel.
They have a bit of a hairdressers rep but everything works as it should and the maintenence bill is a fraction of what the Defender cost per annum.
Recently I've gone back to adventuring on two wheels and I'm loving the challenges that come with it.
£2k or £3k a year to keep the Defender running doesn't sound like maintenance it sounds like it kept breaking and needed thousands each year to fix it lol.
@edwards0matic depends if you're driving it on the road or across deserts following old Paris Dakar routes.
This is a really fascinating first hand insight, thank you!
@@110adventures7 That's obviously fair enough! Do you go overlanding with anyone with a different vehicle? Would be interesting to compare how each holds up against the abuse.
On our trips to North Africa, we had a 1985 ex military 110 a 130 ex Dakar support vehicle a 110 utility and a Vauxhall Frontera the Vauxhall performed brilliantly but did suffer with 2 wrecked shock absorbers on the first trip but were updated for later trips.
I did use a Discovery 2 on one trip which also worked brilliantly. The only downside was the traction control overheated on a long climb with a steep decent after, but nothing dangerous.
Fiat 1.2 Fire, fantastic engine 😊
Aren’t they- I don’t think they get the credit for how indestructible they are
These little engines live so long due to the requirements for synthetic oil in them and also your petrol out there has much higher octane levels than here in the USA 🇺🇸
Freddie.. if you have 2 gaskets arriving. Fit one and use the other one as a template. Have 50 made at that gasket company and become the worlds No1 provider.. naming your price !!
I love this!
@@FreddieDobbs make a very simple website, first google search and yours will come up. Cost pence to post !
Timing belt ? Fred
It’s been about 60k miles since I last changed it, so I need to within the next 10k I think
Ohh Freddie & Monika, such a beautiful little village you have right at your doorstep 👌 The FIAT is unbreakable! Hopefully you get the Bonneville back on road for Autumn 🙏 Love your content & smiling faces⭐️
It’s a lovely little spot🙂👌🏻 Thank you Steve
I’m off to buy a fiat 😎👍
Im very impressed with the fiat, its so different from how they used to be in the 70's and 80's. Fiat should become a channel sponsor and support you in trying to determine how long it will keep running with just servicing and consumables being replaced
I have contacted Fiat to propose a similar collab, but for some reason I find Italian brands (Fiat, Guzzi, Ducati etc) are quite close to impossible to get a response from😳
@@FreddieDobbs that's a shame, it would help you and they are missing a trick. I reckon it could clear 300k at this rate. Great channel, I really enjoy following your adventures, thanks both of you 👍
Love hearing stories of super high mileage cars still running very well. This is a joy. MOT pass , few advisories. It’s a Fiat ! Which makes me smile all the more , not in jest, but very much with fondness as I love Fiats , more the older models admittedly, but well done. KEEP HER GOING.
I did surprise myself when I took my BMW S1000XR for its MOT and he said you’ve done 16,000 in the last year, got 79,000 on
the clock, and riding up to Mo I Rana in Norway to say I have ridden to the artic circle. 16 day trip on my own.
I will never catch you up, my fiesta is 10 years old & has 26k miles on the clock.
I bet this is in beautiful condition, Mark🙂👌🏻
Ha I got a 1.4l 80hp Skoda Fabia Combi MK1 from 2006. Love that car, very reliable and has a huge boot for being so small. It’s so easy to maintain and fix. And just yesterday I hit 222.222km!
3:50 Monika that is a perfect photo right there. The beauty of the swans against a rusty shopping trolley. Just needs cropping a bit.
In Regensburg/Germany is/was a catholic priest who drove over 500.000km on a Renault R4 GTL which is a 34hp 1.1L car…
I had about 200.000km on my Fiat Seicento 0.9L…
Wow, and wow!!!
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The indestructible Seicento!
Fab video as always, what a good advert for the Fiat 500, makes mike old Almera with 132 k look like a spring chicken. Hope the gasket comes soon.
Love what you do guys. Great videos. Good luck getting the Bonnie back on the road. And that Fiat is incredible
Thanks Ed!
There's only you that can make a video out of an MOT Freddie 🤣🤣🤣
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I did 350,000km commuting in Australia over 7yrs. My daily commute was 1hr highway each way and for 2 yrs it was 1.5hrs each way 😮
My car was a Toyota Yaris, base model. We even drove it from Queensland to Victoria on holidays one year, about 2000km. Great car!!!! Sold it unregistered with the only thing wrong with her was some flaking of the clear coat on the paint. Even the interior was still like new!
Cheers
Shirl n Rob 🇦🇺
'This car is like a cockroach', priceless. 🤣
I own a little Panda 1.2 from 2009 with 140.000 kilometers on the clock (about 88.000 miles) and it has never let me down. It gets regular services and maintenance, and simple things like fresh tires or a new exhaust are never expensive
same engine as the 500, great car!
Good luck with the sewing 🪡 Freddie 😉
Thanks Farzan🙂
Have a go at using one of the gaskets that arrives as a template, then sew yourself together a beautifully patterned gasket and have them sold designer Triumph parts to solve this future issue for other Bonnyville owners! 😂
I like this idea!😆
Highest mileage on a small displacement car? I don't have anything under 1.4l I do have a 1967 C20 (3/4 ton) Chevrolet Truck that has apx 440,000 miles on it. granted it's not the original engine, brakes, transmission or rear axle. The current Power plant is a 350cu (5.7L) v8 that I personally put about 90,000 miles on over the last 10 years. 330,000 Miles on a 1985 Ford F250 with a 5.8L V8, and 316,000 miles on a 1985 Ford Mustang with a 5.0L V8. I drive commercially for a living so my yearly mileage is between 80,000-120,000 a year on all vehicles that I drive. Generally all of those miles are in the same area, Northern Utah-Southern Idaho, Eastern Nevada, and Western Wyoming. I help build and maintain the roads out here.
My first car was a mk1 ford fiesta in Nordic blue. A rek of a car for £600 when I was 17, spent the next year replacing breaks, clutch, sills, master cylinder, wheal bearings and fuel filler. Real rust bucket but I loved it , it was mine and it gave me freedom . Had it puring like a kitten in my mind anyway ! Great times.
I like how having kids is like owning a Land Rover defender. That’s so true - noisy, needy and having to sort out lots of brown stuff! But what a joy to treasure!
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No surprise to me. I have run a Panda 100HP for 350,000 kms in Madrid. Hard school stuff. If you maintain these little Fiats they will go on&on&on. But you must drive them hard....great fun. Screw Tesla!
Loved seeing the mullet swimming in the estuary there...
Very interesting little video. Of course the Fiat passed it's MOT why wouldn't it? it's only done 212000 miles🤣.So interesting the little trip near the Marina and your lovely breakfast thanks for sharing looking forward to seeing your sewing in the next one 😁
Co workers 1995 Honda Civic DX (2 door hatch) drove away from her house (sold it) with......700,000 kms on the clocks.
The full English looked great, one of the things I miss living in the US. Looks like you had a side of mushy peas, not sure about that though. Good news on the gasket front, it's a sad indictment on Triumph that it's taken this long to source a simple service item for a bike that has only been out of production for 7 years, it's not like they didn't sell a bucket load of the air cooled Bonneville's since 2001. Keep up the great work with the channel and kudos to Monika for the excellent camara work.
Freddie, I have a complete good cover for the 500's seats. If you inform me where to send it, I'd like to give to you for free.
High mileage but this wasn't a car. I had a Fazer 1000 and had 132,000 miles on when I sold it. It was the bike I used for instructing. 😁
2001 Integra, 223k miles, I put about half, had to sell it because I couldn’t afford to look after it anymore
How strange to stumble across a vlog... and the presenter lives in your home town and the opposite side of the road to you. Nice vids. Ride safe, neighbour! ✊✌👍
Freddie, do you find your open face helmets squish your glasses into your face? Or does your helmet accommodate them ok?
Not all U.K. vehicles Freddie. Vehicles don’t need an mot for the 1st 3 years and historic vehicles don’t require one at all.
A Fiat with over 200K miles? Must be a record for Fiat.