Here's "Tony", my '99 1.4 Meridian. Had it about 3 years now, done tens of thousand and miles and been incredibly impressed with it. I did want to clean it all up for these photos but I'm quite busy so just thought I'd upload a few basic pics. I do about 300 miles a week with him up and down the motorway. Since I've had it, I've had to replace the clutch and coil pack and it's been broken into twice. Also, the wiper motor arm recently went and had to be replaced. But well worth keeping going for the time being, currently 140,000 miles on the clock, which is a lot on what it was when I got it. There's nothing particularly special about him, it's standard fare and a small engine, but it's a great car and I'd like to get the few dinks on if sorted if possible, or just generally try and keep it at least half well looked after. My pet peeve with it is a damaged flywheel and thus a sort of strange, dodgy feeling when coming in or out of first; this was done by an unhelpful RAC man who diagnosed a gone clutch as it just 'being stiff' (overnight...) On the passenger side door is a badly damaged broken doorlock as the result of a break-in last year; I've considered having this fixed, but as it got broken into again recently, am debating whether it is worth fixing; the central locking still works. There's also some cosmetic damage just under the drivers side headlight and the near the passenger side arch which I have included in the photos. Nice to be on here anyway and seeing other people enthusiastic about these fantastic machines.
P.S. Let me know how the photos work out, I'm unsure of sizing here.
Cheers,
Harry
P.S. Let me know how the photos work out, I'm unsure of sizing here.
Cheers,
Harry
It has 282K on the clock and the engine nor pump had ever been worked on.
