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Oggie Green Cloverleaf

Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 889 Location: Whitehill
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:17 pm Post subject: Anyone still using their 33 as a daily driver? |
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As per title and if so how many miles per day?.
No reason just curious.  _________________ PHAT 33 |
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BigAl P4

Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 3152 Location: U.K Surrey
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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I only need to use my car once a week and do about 90 miles, prefer it to the 159 _________________ 1993 ser 3 silver 16v |
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Johnpm1967 Alfasud
Joined: 21 Jun 2013 Posts: 92 Location: Tewkesbury
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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My son uses his everyday when home from uni and I use it once a fortnight to keep it ticking over.
So it averages about 3500 - 4000 per year. Max |
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john 33_16v 16 Valve

Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 1476 Location: herts, uk
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Normally only done about 400 miles a year in the last 10 years, but actually managed to put 996 miles between the last two MOTs Oct-Oct.
Not too precious about it though, it lives outside and still gets used as a work horse because of it's superb boot- Christmas trees, bags of cement and plaster, runs to the tip etc etc. _________________ If it aint broke, fiddle with it until it is!
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93 33 16v Mirtle Met
08 Fiat Grande Punto Exotica Red
90 Yamaha FZR600 Genesis- Silky white/red/blue
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RFlower Gold Cloverleaf

Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 590 Location: S of France
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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I can't stand the thought of buying a new car and giving it to a garage to service its secret inner workings
So the 33 is used on a daily basis. It only averages about 4000km a year these days, so the recent work I have done should keep it on the road a long time, as it has only done 105,000km (65,000 miles) from new.
We mainly use the VW for long trips, to have the option of sleeping in it, and you can see more from a van, but even so it only covered about 7000km last year.
The little Fiat is going soon, my wife has a bad shoulder and finds the steering too heavy, and it has only done 360km since we bought it.
I sold the NSU Ro80. It's now on its way to a collector in Japan.
Looking for a buyer for the Sprint who wants to do some restoration work. Mechanicals are great but lots of small tinworm attacks. _________________ Dick Flower, Nr. Carcassonne. '94 Trofeo 1.4 ie (F), '93 Imola 1.3/1.4 ie (now for parts) (F), '91 1.7 ie (GB)(spare car), '86 Sprint 1.5 QV (F). '87 VW Syncro camper (F), '96 Audi Avant 1.8T (F) |
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john 33_16v 16 Valve

Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 1476 Location: herts, uk
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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Shame about the Sprint. Same model and colour as mine sold 20 years ago, and I still miss it.
Purely out of interest, are you willing to disclose what the collector paid for the NSU? _________________ If it aint broke, fiddle with it until it is!
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lee16v 16 Valve

Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 1461 Location: Devon, UK
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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I was using mine daily up until it's demise  |
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RFlower Gold Cloverleaf

Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 590 Location: S of France
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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john 33_16v wrote: |
Purely out of interest, are you willing to disclose what the collector paid for the NSU? |
I accepted 7,600€ (about £5,500).
I had hardly spent anything on it since I finished installing a tuned Mazda 13B engine in 2002, this rebuild having cost around €6,000, so reckoned I should sell it while it was still running reliably and well.
After the rebuild we made a trip to Bavaria, and a couple of longish trips to Spain, but it isn't a car for doing the shopping in, especially with a fuel consumption of around 20 mpg, so it was never a daily driver except when another car wasn't available.
Since then it only went for occasional runs of up to a couple of hundred miles or so, on anniversaries etc., when the weather was nice.
Farewell photo Nov 30th.
 _________________ Dick Flower, Nr. Carcassonne. '94 Trofeo 1.4 ie (F), '93 Imola 1.3/1.4 ie (now for parts) (F), '91 1.7 ie (GB)(spare car), '86 Sprint 1.5 QV (F). '87 VW Syncro camper (F), '96 Audi Avant 1.8T (F) |
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john 33_16v 16 Valve

Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 1476 Location: herts, uk
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 11:21 am Post subject: |
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Impressive stuff, nice looking car. _________________ If it aint broke, fiddle with it until it is!
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JeremyC Gold Cloverleaf
Joined: 06 Sep 2008 Posts: 609 Location: Petersfield, Hampshire
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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We did about 35k in about four years in the series 3 before it was sold. This included trips to the NE and Scotland from Hampshire. _________________ '93 Black 33 1.7 16v |
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mg907 Alfasud
Joined: 12 Dec 2011 Posts: 62 Location: Italy
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:34 am Post subject: |
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Talking about 33 as everyday car I'd like to share with you some pics I took during a trip from Rome to Milan I did few days ago for
work reasons.
Due to a certain time availability, I preferred to drive instead to take the high speed train as usual.
And to go even more slowly and to enjoy more the trip I decided to avoid the highway following the old national roads.
It took to me 11 hours instead of the 2:45 that the train takes. But it's sometime worth spending a little more time if you like driving
on the old and lonely roads many people don't know anymore.
This is a picture taken at 'Passo della Cisa', a mountain road that overtakes the Appennino mountains, near where Enzo Ferrari took part to its first
race when he was young and he still didn't build cars.
https://goo.gl/photos/yFPVGEpHZwouom886
And how to give up taking some souvenir photos at the entrance of the Monza Circuit?
https://goo.gl/photos/kuG3EVoXBHDKbPNDA
https://goo.gl/photos/kyiao4M7Kk3YbPFn9
Getting into by car is forbidden if you don't have a permit, but the entrance is free if you walk or ride your bicycle.
You can watch for free a lot of minor but interesting races there, you have to pay only for Formula 1, GP, Superbike and other important races.
In addition the 'curva parabolica' bend is now dismissed and you can walk along it or enjoy yourself there with a bicycle or a skateboard
https://goo.gl/photos/SrLF3z55RipDTSz2A
But for the back to home trip I preferred the highway. |
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Dantino Alfa Arna
Joined: 07 Jan 2015 Posts: 14 Location: Buenos Aires - Argentina
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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I bought my 33 16v S Quadrifoglio 1992 in October 2014 and I use it as a daily driver after a tune up and regular maintenance.
The car had 164,000 kms on the clock and now it has 186,000 kms on it.
I'm very careful, let it warm up before driving it and it runs ok up to the moment.
I enjoy it a lot! In Buenos Aires, Argentina.
It's very difficult to spot one of these on the streets, they were never popular here and almost all are parts cars now ...
And I don't want to to forget Gritsop's precious advices ! |
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paulhide P4

Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 1666 Location: Oh Beautiful Billingham
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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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I used my old white 33 as a daily driver from 2004 till 2014, running up 230,000km, till northern salted roads killed it.
Now my grey series 2 is used at least twice a month, but not much more. _________________ Owner's Club 33 Registrar. Now from P4 & S2 1.7 QV
http://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=5188 |
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Oggie Green Cloverleaf

Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 889 Location: Whitehill
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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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paulhide wrote: |
I used my old white 33 as a daily driver from 2004 till 2014, running up 230,000km, till northern salted roads killed it.
Now my grey series 2 is used at least twice a month, but not much more. |
So do you still have the white 33 or is it a doner car?. _________________ PHAT 33 |
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paulhide P4

Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 1666 Location: Oh Beautiful Billingham
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:54 am Post subject: |
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Stripped and scrapped. The worst problem was the panhard rod mount, which also holds the brake compensator, coming away from the floor - a really hard thing to fix reliably. So now I have a 56,000 mile series two in the same gunmetal grey (not brown, Ian - bet you saw that internet dress in black and blue) as my first ever 33. _________________ Owner's Club 33 Registrar. Now from P4 & S2 1.7 QV
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Ian M Green Cloverleaf
Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Posts: 940 Location: Bath Somerset
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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You know brown is the new grey Heidi  _________________ Presntly own
Red Abarth 500c |
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Oggie Green Cloverleaf

Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 889 Location: Whitehill
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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So whats the state of uk based 33's looking like Mr.H?. _________________ PHAT 33 |
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paulhide P4

Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 1666 Location: Oh Beautiful Billingham
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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293 registrations held by the DVLA with 44 taxed at the moment (27 of which are series 3 cars). I only know of one Amica, but there should be another one somewhere.  _________________ Owner's Club 33 Registrar. Now from P4 & S2 1.7 QV
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john 33_16v 16 Valve

Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 1476 Location: herts, uk
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:26 am Post subject: 33 gunmetal |
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Paul,
Here's your (and Ian's former) 33 in 2009.
It was on the market a couple of times before Ian bought it and my brother was thinking about it. I think we were set to go and have a look but the vendor changed his mind
Anyway I still have a few pics either from the advert, or what the bloke sent.
Note the 'wet car' photo trick!
John _________________ If it aint broke, fiddle with it until it is!
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Ian M Green Cloverleaf
Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Posts: 940 Location: Bath Somerset
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:32 am Post subject: Re: 33 gunmetal |
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john 33_16v wrote: |
Paul,
Here's your (and Ian's former) 33 in 2009.
It was on the market a couple of times before Ian bought it and my brother was thinking about it. I think we were set to go and have a look but the vendor changed his mind
Anyway I still have a few pics either from the advert, or what the bloke sent.
Note the 'wet car' photo trick!
John |
That's definitely brown _________________ Presntly own
Red Abarth 500c |
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paulhide P4

Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 1666 Location: Oh Beautiful Billingham
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 11:05 am Post subject: |
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As I said Ian, I bet you saw that internet dress as black and blue.
I originally came across this car in about 2007/8 ? when Chris Kennaird brought the car over to mine, for me to supply an interior for the car. Chris had bought it for £500 from two lads who had stripped the interior to use it as a track day car for one day. He offered it to me for £500 in Spring 2009. I really wanted it, but knew that I would be moving up north and was already in the process of getting rid of six 33s. _________________ Owner's Club 33 Registrar. Now from P4 & S2 1.7 QV
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RFlower Gold Cloverleaf

Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 590 Location: S of France
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 11:13 am Post subject: |
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It's TAUPE, although I have heard other terms for it
THE fashionable colour in France for bathrooms, I'm told. _________________ Dick Flower, Nr. Carcassonne. '94 Trofeo 1.4 ie (F), '93 Imola 1.3/1.4 ie (now for parts) (F), '91 1.7 ie (GB)(spare car), '86 Sprint 1.5 QV (F). '87 VW Syncro camper (F), '96 Audi Avant 1.8T (F) |
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Ian M Green Cloverleaf
Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Posts: 940 Location: Bath Somerset
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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paulhide wrote: |
As I said Ian, I bet you saw that internet dress as black and blue.
I originally came across this car in about 2007/8 ? when Chris Kennaird brought the car over to mine, for me to supply an interior for the car. Chris had bought it for £500 from two lads who had stripped the interior to use it as a track day car for one day. He offered it to me for £500 in Spring 2009. I really wanted it, but knew that I would be moving up north and was already in the process of getting rid of six 33s. |
Black and blue? You'll be black and blue if you don't start making more sense Heidi.
I purchased it from Chris in the end for around £500.
Prior to the lads who done a track day with it, it was owned by the same person for the previous 18ish years covering very few miles as it was an elderly gent (like the current owner) and it came to me still wearing it's original Michelin tires. _________________ Presntly own
Red Abarth 500c |
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Ian M Green Cloverleaf
Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Posts: 940 Location: Bath Somerset
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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RFlower wrote: |
It's TAUPE, although I have heard other terms for it
THE fashionable colour in France for bathrooms, I'm told. |
So glad I don't live in France and  _________________ Presntly own
Red Abarth 500c |
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paulhide P4

Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 1666 Location: Oh Beautiful Billingham
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