Chonpy_snake

Car has been sold. It ended up not being used so off it went to a new owner

The head before it went on the car.... As it was when it came off the car .... And during reassemble as you can see a new water pump in the depths. Just to show that it has been done as I have a tendency to not keep reciepts. All the machining work was done at Foxwood Diesel in Chesterfield (just about the best machine shop round here for refacing heads). May have some receipts for some of the work that has been done since October last year when I got the car. However it owes me almost £1400 to date. I'm really not in a rush to sell as it mainly shares time between the garage, the driveway and the odd runs out places now again at present. Just a little awkward having 4 cars and the smaller one (the lupo) usually gets put in a corner somewhere until I get bored of the others.

Volkswagon Lupo 1.0 E MOT: July 15th 2021 Engine size: 1.0 mpi AUC Fuel type: petrol This is my Lupo 1.0 E for sale. Its currently sat on J.O.M blueline coilovers at 3.5inch front ground clearance and Nankang NS-2R Road legal track tyres (handles much better than original setup). December 2020 saw the cylinder head removed and skimmed/pressure tested. All the valves were replaced as it had burned out a couple of the exhaust valves. At the same time it had all 8 valve guides replaced and the valves were triple cut on the seats just because I could. The camshaft had to have the journals re-profiled as they were slightly scored too. When it was put back together the timing belt was replaced along with the head gasket, head bolts, timing belt, tensioner, water pump and auxiliary belt. So the top of the engine is essentially fully rebuilt. I can 100% assure that the valve train is totally solid! since the repairs (that cost me well in excess of £500) were done I have done around 4000 miles of trouble free motoring. The Tyres were changed in Feb of this year so there's lots of life left on those with them only seeing around 1800 miles since fitting. it also has 2300k Road legal yellow H4's fitted and a usable Bluetooth stereo. interior is what you would expect from a standard 1.0E .... Billy basic! Has a toad alarm fitted which works well but the central locking works on the key from the drivers door only and not on the fob (something to do with a lock servo or something) but it can all be locked manually. Since having the lower door hinge done on the drivers door the interior light hasn't worked when opening that door. I do have a spare door lock mech though but I can't be bothered to swap it. Overall it's an honest car with some age related battle scars, small dents, scratches and general things expected on a 16 year old car. Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire Forgot to add the mileage. Its just under 78k. Engine work was around 73-74k Price: £950 strictly no offers

I have a suspect n/s driveshaft issue on my very low 1.0. I get a very rhythmic thumping that is 100% rotational. If I had to guess I would say mine is the inner joint. The box will be coming out while it's hibernating and be replaced with a reconditioned unit. At that point the driveshafts will be changed too. Should put an end to it making noises. The only way you can tell what bit has failed is to check for play in the joints, removal of the driveshaft is easy as pie so shouldn't cause headaches .... unless the cup has come loose from the gearbox of course.

I have thrown this into dry storage. I will come back to it when I have a little more enthusiasm to do a bit more. May even take it out once a month or so. Thought about selling it, can't bring myself to do it.... so in the dry it goes until I figure something out or maybe pass it on to my kids when they are old enough. Who knows.

Lupo production finished in 2005. You may find an early 2006 plate late registered car but it is highly unlikely they would be selling a 2007 lupo .... 2 years after production ended. Also the fsi 1.4 is the only petrol engine in the Lupo that isn't E10 friendly

If you want cheap to maintain I would say lupo, aygo mk1, 107 or C1. The aygo, C1 and 107 are £20 Road tax and they don't drive so bad .... also faster and quieter than the Lupo 1.0 Lupo has character though and I wouldn't have a mini given me. Try getting someone to change a clutch or sort out the gearbox when it starts thinking it's a cabbage lol

I like the car don't get me wrong. I just don't seem to be feeling the love right now. Maybe it's lockdown getting me down with it. Not being able to get it out on the open road all that often and only using it for my carers duties is probably what's knocking all the fun out of it. Only done 2800 miles in 4 months and I usually rack up 12k annually. I don't think I would be able to bring myself to sell it, I would love to be able to pass it on to one of my kids when they hit driving age in 8 years.... he loves the Lupo and got really angry when he thought I might sell it lol

I happen to have a set on my breaker 2003 1.0 shell. They look corroded in places but they didn't leak as far as I recall. Would they be of any use?

Some more up to date pictures of how the car sits. Just because! I'm unfortunately starting to get bored. Nothing wrong with the car. It's actually very good at being an car. Just it seems to be missing whatever it was that my old C200 w202 had that made me keep it for over a year. However being £1300 into this car, a sale is unlikely to provide me what it owes. It will possibly be replaced around July when the MoT expires and then get covered up and forgotten for a few years. Such is life I suppose 🙄

I have the new bottom arms fitted and new drop links. It's made a difference but I need the alignment done now. Major improvements over the ones I took off and now it bloody creaks 🤣 I no longer care that it has only 50hp as I can use all of it around roundabouts and on twisty roads now. Especially with the 185/60/13 ns2-r tyres! It's hilarious when people in fiestas and corsas try to outrun me in corners now hahaha

Thanks for the advice there. Appreciated 👍

How big of a job would you say the bushes at the rear are? I have had to do mondeo mk3 and zafira ones before and they were a bit of a task

I already have a pair of temporary new bottom arms (they were cheap and will be getting poly bushes ASAP). Previous owner fitted all new rear brakes and cylinders by the looks of it and they are in great shape. Plan is some ebc yellow pads and matching discs up front because the standard items are lacking for want of a better phrase. Interested as to if the GTi are is a straight swap or not because the front end could do with a bit more torsional stability for my preference. Top mounts also looked in really good shape but they could be original items. This is how the car currently looks with the NS-2R tyres ..... Even on 185/60/13 it looks over tyred. But I like it because race car hahaha This is certainly a far cry from what it was 4 months ago that's for sure .... the tyres are fantastic 100% recommendation from me 👍