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320touring - back in a bargain Citroen Berlingo
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The 23rd of October. That was the last time I bought a car for myself.
And some would say "why would you buy more cars? You have an elephants sufficiency already". They would be right. 9 long months I studiously avoided vehicular transactions, Concentration was focused on the current fleet, and progress made. Then, a friend casually mentioned a desire to get rid of his Berlingo, and that was me off the wagon again. Why? 1. Who doesn't Iike a new car? 2. Have you met me before? 3. It's MOT'D til March 21 4. It had a new rear axle in March this year 5. 4 new tyres 6. I need an estate/van for lugging some **** about Anyway, enough natter. 2005 2.0HDI. 207K It's the Desire* spec Meaning: Remote central locking which works Abs Turbo Electric front windays Opening rear side Windows Rear wash wipe It's also the #multispace so has hunnerts of cubbyholes **** knows what I'mma do with it.. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597498730 https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597498927 https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597499042 https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597499128 |
Pretty spacious inside for its footprint, and the fuel economy you've posted is pretty great too.
Do you actively pay insurance on all of your vehicles? In many states in the US, the cost of keeping so many vehicles insured is prohibitively expensive. Your fleet might exceed $2,000 per month in some areas. |
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Decided it could benefit from a bit of an internal clean, as it was showing its 207k miles..
First up, I marvelled at the headroom available with the tailgate up. This pic was taken with the phone on top of my head. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597499396 It makes a nice, dry shelter - most impressed. I started cleaning at the back first. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597499596 The hoover was deployed, then some scrubbing wipes to clean the plastics and trim. I also cleaned the inside of the windows. Then my attention was turned to the roof storage space. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597499740 This got a scrub and was much improved - you can see the central storage doors are pretty mangled - I can hunt a set down at some point. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597499837 It also provides quite a lot of storage.. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597499926 Next up was tackling the "map of Africa" on the passenger seat.. Before applying the skoosh and agitating https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597500016 After agitation and sponging off. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597500107 The other seats were then done Last up was to do the door cards/dash/windows and steering wheel. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597500229 This was the first pass on the wheel. It feels much nicer now! I also spotted a piece of design that annoys me. Why couldn't they just make the binnacle meet the centre of the dash? https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597500277 |
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Between myself and the Burd, there are 7 vehicles |
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After the Burd had made generally positive noises (or at least no obvious distain expressed) I decided that this was to be the chariot for our impending trip to Skye.
With that in mind, it was time to prep it for the 600ish miles it will be doing. First up was the wet Vac - starting with the passenger seat and carpet. Seat before https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597501155 Seat after https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597501245 Carpet before https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597501348 Carpet during https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597501420 Carpet after https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597501502 Armrest before https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597501569 Armrest after https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597501615 After that little lot, the tank of the wet vac was Minging! https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597501670 I then carried on and did the other seats and carpet. It scrubbed up lovely, and is now nice and clean. All in all, it was about 4hrs of cleaning over two days. Inside is much cleaner, and the car smells significantly better. Next up was a level check - everything seems fine, bar an incontinent washer fluid bottle. I did spot this fine piece of engineering though- how to make a cable throttle work with electramatricity.. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597501835 Next was as run to the petrol station to fuel up and check the tyre pressures. The left rear was at 13, so I'll need to keep an eye on that. All the others were close to the desired 34psi. Time to feed it, it has a 60L tank, so I am hoping for more than 500 miles from a fill. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597501904 |
Nice one :thumbup: just bought an opel combo tour myself and loving the huge space/small car combination. In finland you can register this kind of cars as commercial vans (reducing the yearly taxes from 660 to 300 euros)
Do you guys have something similar you could do with the berlingo? |
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The Berlingo was originally designed as a van, and you can still buy van versions. In the UK, the road tax is only £215 per year anyway, so not expensive |
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Now, lest you think I am getting all posh in my old age, let's have a look at some of the 'lightly used' vibe this wagon gives off.
https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597507598 https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597507666 some rust on the bonnet https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597507735 The bootlid has a scar - I wonder how it achieved that? https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597507883 It also appears to have been parked by touch along the passenger side. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597507964 https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597508027 https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597508084 Lastly, the drivers side sliding door can only be closed when the drivers door is open. This is because the drivers door top pin is worn, and the door droops slightly, causing a less than perfect panel gap https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597508162 |
This is a typical workhorse. These cars are often badly beaten = heavily used. My sister had one in the same color for a couple of years and was also covered with bumps and scratches (and yes she has 4 kids that often have something to do with it :D)
But you could do anything with it, damn handy cars. It can be kept on the road fairly cheap. |
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Today was a lazy day for the Bloodylingo, just the 270 miles
At the rdv for the start of the day.. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597603714 Not on fire, despite appearances. https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597603804 This was all in aid of helping a mate on a collection mission. Spot of the day: a Lancia version of a Pug 806 https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597603887 |
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