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[minimk1]

Okay so after a small crash in my mini and the piston oil seals going in my 1098 engine, i decided enough was enough and so i brought a sensible but fun daily car. After days of searching and looking at some terrible examples of lupos i found the one.

 

it is a 2000 lupo 1.4 tdi pd in blue, comes with; electric sunroof, electric mirrors, alloys, spot lights and a cd player and with 75bhp and 190nm of torque it goes a lot better than my mini ! 

 

don't worry though, i still have the mini and haven't lost enthusiasm for it, and this time next year it should be well and truly back in the road with a newly rebuild engine and front end, with lots of other niggly bits being sorted too.

 

anyway enough about the mini. so far on the lupo i have done :

 

• New vw centre caps 
• chrome vw valve caps
• new black carpet mats 
• full wash and detail 
• fit an engine cover that was missing 
• clean and repaint wiper arms 
• clean and repaint wheel nut dust covers
• under car clean up, cleaning up surface rust on parts and paining a few things.

 

 

[Anthony30]

3 cylinder diesel! I've driven the polo version with the same engine. I feel your pain.  

[minimk1]

pain ??? great little engine, i don't know what the one you drove felt like but it must have felt different to this one 

Edited by minimk1, 23 June 2015 - 06:14 PM.

[minimk1]

just looked it up and a polo is a whole 2 seconds slower to 60 than the lupo and has 5 less bhp so it might have felt sluggish in that, but don't forget the lupo weighs a lot less, so its not sluggish in this 

Edited by minimk1, 23 June 2015 - 06:15 PM.

[megamini_jb]

I had a 1.4 Lupo years ago. Sold it after a month or so

[minimk1]

anyone have anything positive to say 

[mini stephen]

Looks like a tidy wee motor doesn matter what the car is sitting mint nearly everything looks well I like the attention to detail even on a daily

[minimk1]

Looks like a tidy wee motor doesn matter what the car is sitting mint nearly everything looks well I like the attention to detail even on a daily

 

thanks, i like to keep a car clean, says something about yourself i feel, and i enjoy doing it 

[minimk1]

centre caps and wheel nut dust covers before and after 

Edited by minimk1, 23 June 2015 - 07:48 PM.

[freaker]

looking like a fine example there,

 

even seems to be an original battery ? 

 

freaker

[robminibcy]

a fellow dubber! I bet the mpg is fantastic from that. I've got a 1.9pd in my golf which I think is pretty much the same but with an extra cylinder and that easily does 60+ mpg if I'm not too heavy footed. I think as modern small cars go these are actually quite interesting

[minimk1]

yeah i got around 350 miles to a tank, which cost me £37 to fill and as its new to me i haven't done too many trips without giving it the boot ! this was mainly around town with only a few short motorway trips, works out at around 100 miles to £10 

Edited by minimk1, 23 June 2015 - 07:49 PM.

[minimk1]

and yeah i think they are interesting, wanted something modern and well made so i went for a vw, i have no clue about the battery but on the fairly comprehensive service history there is no mention of a batt change 

Edited by minimk1, 23 June 2015 - 07:51 PM.

[MrBounce]

Love a Lupo!

 

Yours is a very tidy example. Looks like it's been looked after; they're getting hard to find in this condition so you have done well

[Ben_O]

How bad is the Mini after the bump?