The 1.5D Desire

[Ash_]

Hello :)

Got this little cracker back in June, thought it was about time to share it with the community :)

Its a 5 Door 2001 (Y Reg), with about 29000 on the clock! (was 21000 when i got it though! :))

Just gave it a good wash today, so photos look okish lol :P Sorry about the quality though... iPhone is the only camera i have at the mo!

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j408/Ash_Whittaker/2001%20Saxo/headon.jpg

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j408/Ash_Whittaker/2001%20Saxo/sideview.jpg

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j408/Ash_Whittaker/2001%20Saxo/rightheadon.jpg

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j408/Ash_Whittaker/2001%20Saxo/rearleft.jpg

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j408/Ash_Whittaker/2001%20Saxo/rear.jpg

[JRC1]

Looks very clean pal you got many plans for it? Where abouts in Hampshire you from?

[timmythechef]

My first car was a 106 diesel, sounded like a tank, but it amazing :y:

Your looks in very good condition mate

[Ash_]

Looks very clean pal you got many plans for it? Where abouts in Hampshire you from?

Well moneys a bit tight at the moment, but come summer hopefully things will pick up! Looking to add some gloss black VTR alloys? Wheel trims are really naff :homme: lol :P Err ive got a Sendai headunit (not the best, just wanted to get rid of the saxo default one lol), but im looking to add an Alpine or Kenwood HU soon :), change the Snake Eyes for smoked jewells perhaps?

And about 10 miles from Southampton :)

My first car was a 106 diesel, sounded like a tank, but it amazing :y:

Your looks in very good condition mate

Mine sounds tank-ish lol, its not too bad :P

And thanks :) Only had one previous owner, took him 10 years to do 21000 miles lol, its been looked after well :)

Only thing is, some plonker scraped the rear of my bumped in a car park twice, confronted him and he denied it all, even though my girlfriend was in the car at the time lol! So need to sort that out, dunno if its worth getting a new bumper or what :\ because its a pretty deep scratch :S

And yea, cant go wrong with a diesel. I mean, i cant complain about 110 miles out of £10 fill up lol!

[Abass123]

petrol or diesel its still a saxo :D

[Ash_]

petrol or diesel its still a saxo :D

Lol :P Unfortunately thats not how everyone thinks :P

[Jamescl1992]

Looks nice mate, In good condition, A set of Gloss black vtr alloys would really set it off i reckon.

[LeeM]

i fancy a cheap diesel saxo as a runabout when the corsa goes, on the lookout for a silver one so i can put the vt kit on it ive got in the garage

[landerboi13]

looks mint does that mate.. really clean, shame about your bumper now!

[Abass123]

Lol :P Unfortunately thats not how everyone thinks :P

your still one of the lads

[Ash_]

Looks nice mate, In good condition, A set of Gloss black vtr alloys would really set it off i reckon.

Yeaaa i reckon ill have that done in the summer :) Got insurance renewall end of May so might do it then actually rather than faffing around letting them know i have alloys halfway through the policy :)

i fancy a cheap diesel saxo as a runabout when the corsa goes, on the lookout for a silver one so i can put the vt kit on it ive got in the garage

Cant go wrong with 110 miles out of £10 topup (From red light - £10 topup - red light) :y:

looks mint does that mate.. really clean, shame about your bumper now!

Thanks :) Yeaaaa was annoying, only had the car the best part of a month aswell!

your still one of the lads

Yay! :P lol

[Drew_Ramsay]

Would love to see what plans you have for it, I have one too in the same colour, it's done 124k and still has no problems plus my dad got it for nothing cause some guy came to his garage a few years back and wanted rid of it cause the steering pump was fucked but all it's had done since then is new standard silencer and discs and pads to get it through last years MOT and it just had its MOT yesterday for this year and passed with flying colours. Seriously the damn thing runs on air my dad drives it around on the light for a week at times then puts a fiver in it does the same thing, then gives it to a customer as a courtesy car and they fill it right up, so win win all the way :D haha

[Ash_]

Lol sounds good mate :P

Just passed the MOT 2 weeks ago (VERY pleased with that, thank god lol!).

Ive not got any plans for the immediate future, i was thinking of keeping it standard up for one more year, then perhaps get a wicked red Furio. Who knows, only time will tell mate :P

But it runs like the sh*t, MPG is amazing! That would be the only downside to going from a Diesel > Petrol, the mpg lol :(

[Ash_]

Its been a while since i made this progress thread... without any actual progress lol.

Need some (insurance friendly) mods to be done, on a limited budget.

Any suggestions which would look good on the car? :)

[rob_s]

Not bad these diesels been driving one myself last few days bit rough on first start up but once it's warmed up drives ok

However comparing it to my own car a 1.5dci megane......they have come a long way over the years haha

[theonethatownz]

Alloys tend to be a insurance friendly mod :) Just. In my view insurances don't like anything being changed, or really like anything.

[saxo_diesel]

Nice clean car there, mine has a bit more miles on and has teething problems!!! But it gives an excuse to get the spanners out !!

[Ash_]

Havent really made any progress with this car to be honest, might just save up for a VTR lol :)

But anyway... got bored the other day and took a quick trip down the road to Halfrauds and got myself some primer, paint and lacquer.

Before:

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=15278&d=1313687595

During:

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=15279&d=1313687595

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=15280&d=1313687595

After:

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=15281&d=1313687595

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=15282&d=1313687595

Does anyone know how easy it is to take the centre console out and replace it? I dont really want to go straight in and mess it up tbh :(

PS Sorry about pic quality... iPhone lol :(

[slow-norris]

looks really clean mate :y: