L251 Daihatsu Charade has a day out in Pembs!

About time we had more Chemmy the Charade action. She's actually in regular use off-camera but this was a rare work trip. Includes hints at upcoming content! Ford and Vauxhall...
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[@aguyfromthe60s7]

Get well soon miss hubnut ❤x

[@andrewthompsonuk1]

The whole.car.thing has gone so far off course these days. Small cars like this are so much more sensible than the things everyone drives today.

[@robertbills4290]

I always wash and Hoover my car out before the dreaded MOT because I think the tester will know that it's being looked after. Which she is btw lol. Hope that Miss Hubnut is feeling better soon

[@craigmclean8260]

"...seems to be less economical when I'm driving...I don't know why..." Vrooooooom! followed by wicked laughter...Thanks for the outing in the delightful countryside, and Get Well Soon, Ms. HubNut!

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Great little vlog and nice to see Chemmy get a little run out, cannot beat the sound of a 3 Cylinder Adventure.

[@andrewmalyon5699]

Please do a video on the Matiz, that little car is just 100% Hubnut, she has just been put to the back and forgotten, i still watch all the old videos on her,love that car.

[@andysalter4473]

Great to see Chemmy out and about and I hope Miss Hubnut gets well soon!

[@mancavehobbies6213]

The mullet hair police are after you Ian🤣👧

[@Phiyedough]

Interesting to learn more about the Charade. It does have a lot in common with the Matiz but I suppose that extra torque gives it an edge. my 2008 Chevrolet Spark passed its MoT on Wednesday. I've had it 11 years and so far it has never failed an MoT.

[@hunchanchoc8418]

Reliable cars, those Sparks. What's the mpg like, though?

[@robertbardell9766]

Sound very like the wee Perodua Nippa I had

[@vivianhughes9347]

Good to give the engine a lively run with E5 fuel. Seemed to drive very nicely - no steering wheel wobble. Great video!

[@BigPaul62]

I'm afraid Chemmy doesn't float my boat but I can see that it is a good learner car.

[@TheRealBigDan]

My 53 reg silver 3 door charade sadly passed away 2 years ago but I had that car for 4 years and it gave me nothing but fun. I've owned mx5s, clio 172s and civic type Rs but that charade is right up there. Took the plastic intake pipe to the air filter housing off and it sounded incredible, that's how it stayed for 4 years. 100 % reliable passed all the mots in my possession and I hammered it every day, great in the snow. One of my fave cars. Enjoy yours Hubnut! It was replaced by a 02 Ignis which is good but not as fun as the mighty Charade

[@tonys1636]

A good music soundtrack to accompany a 3 cyl engine would be Tommy Steel and 'Half a Sixpence'.

[@StevensPaul]

Get well soon Ms.HubNut. Nice to have a Chemmy episode 🚗.............

[@andrewpreston4127]

I do love the sound of that 3-cylinder. Thank you.

[@MrButtonpresser]

You should both be very proud of doing an engine swap on her. She’s a great, cheap, run around.

[@Karl_Burton]

"The back view of the castle, which I can't show you, is absolutely lovely" Classic HubNut

[@allanmollison6971]

Thanks for sharing your drive with us Ian, hope Miss Hubnut gets well soon 😊 👍

[@MrGaryRoberton]

After seeing what a Honda N-one Kei car is capable of, I think they had the right end of things back about 2014.....efficiency doesn't have to be boring.....

[@daniellee9015]

Absaloutly brilliant video ian ❤👍 wish miss hubnut get well soon from me brilliant

[@Hairnicks]

When your feeling better Miss Hubnut, take Ian to the barbers. 😅

[@HubNut]

She likes it, so I'll take her opinion. 😉

[@Hairnicks]

@@HubNut fair play.

[@chrisstuart9425]

I too love the sound of a three cylinder engine, we have a Ka with a 1200cc three potter😊. Great vlog. Wishing a speedy recovery to Miss Hubnut 👍

[@paulwatts2192]

Well done Miss happy

[@vqey2]

I’ve fallen in love with 3 cylinder cars my fiat 500 makes me smile so much I love the sound

[@glenrea]

Looking forward to these tests, dad drove HA vans for BT and used to backfire them at Trafalgar Square to scare the pigeons…..

[@nigelrudd670]

Get myrtle out for a thrash 🤓👍

[@PaddyWV]

Ooh HA Vivas! Our second family car! DAG 448C Strathclyde registered that somehow ended up in Kent.

[@Zaphod-ef9yz]

My parents first car was a Charade Diesel Turbo C284GHL - never broke down but I remember there was always emission problems and occasional black smoke that put it in the garage a few times. its funny, even though there were a few revisions over the years it was a car you just never saw on the road... maybe because there were no dealerships anywhere close.

[@michaelstamper5604]

Lovely jaunt through some very attractive countryside in a very attractive little vee-hickle. Thanks for taking us along. Get well soon, Miss Hubnut.

[@Banom7a]

in Malaysia, this is the successor to the venerable Nippa (nee: Kancil) called Viva (not to be confused with Vauxhall's) and came with from kei engine spec to EU cuore spec engine, brilliant car, super chuckable

[@redditchscroller7049]

Nice to see Chemmy out and about again. Sounds like you need to get a couple of those auxiliary battery packs to keep on charge in the car for topping your phone and cameras up.

[@alansmith1770]

Lovely little Chemmy. Such a good little car. Love & best wishes to Miss Hubnut hope she feels better soon.

[@christineayres7199]

Chemmy drives so smoothly and quietly compared to my Colt , its quite amazing as my little colt is a larger car but crashes over the bumps , Chemmy seems to be very smooth and composed for such a small car , Glad Ms Hubnut convinced you to save her on last Mot.

[@hunchanchoc8418]

Glad to hear your Colt is still going, Christine. Yes, crashy ride, unfortunately. Mine got through the MOT for £24 - exhaust joint reseal. Amazing nothing structural or suspension, considering the utter hammering it takes.

[@christineayres7199]

@@hunchanchoc8418 Cheers 🥂 and mines over 135 thousand miles now , no rust at all underneath only rust on 1rear arch but very small , I did change the suspension but it's still knocking over bumps so I'm hoping on next mot the garage sorts it , the ride is awful , I used to own a Renault Clio before and it had such a good ride in comparison but was the most unreliable cars ever lol 😄 The French just can't make reliable vehicles

[@hunchanchoc8418]

@@christineayres7199 Mine's up to 123k, again no rust except a peppering on the flange of the rear arch. I've had lots of French cars - super comfy. Ironically, in the 70s the Renault 16 and 12 were about the most reliable cars of any make or model (well, the Japanese were reliable but rusted badly). It all suddenly went wrong with the 14.

[@christineayres7199]

@@hunchanchoc8418 I was sad my Clip was so unreliable as they were quick cars too but the engine literally went bang one day as I was driving up the road and all green stuff came out of the bottom of it guessing coolant ? Ended up leaving it abandoned in Farnham Common lol 😄 lucky it only cost £500 so no wonder it was unreliable anyway hope your car keeps going strong 👍 I'm seriously thinking of getting an EV as I'm just fed up paying £8 a day just to go to work and back way too expensive 🫰 a little EV like a Leaf for example would cost £3 to charge and go 90 miles

[@hunchanchoc8418]

@@christineayres7199 Fair points. My car cost £650 and I've added 77k miles to it in 3.5 years with honestly negligible repair costs, so cheap doesn't have to be unreliable if you strike lucky (!) Yes a Leaf or Zoe would be good, if it matches closely with your usage pattern and you can afford the purchase price. Neither of those considerations apply for me, unfortunately ;-)

[@davidflamee]

Best wishes to the absent Miss HubNut for a speedy recovery. Nice to see Chemmy out and about and clearly, behaving well.

[@MattBrownbill]

Sounds so much better than my Dad's Up! which just vibrates at anything below 2000 rpm.

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Cool , hope she feels better. 😀

[@tomoreilly9932]

Must be a great feeling to drive a car you've changed the engine in yourself.

[@nekite1]

I only ever put E95 fuel in my 2010 Honda CR-Z. It probably doesn't need it, but I find I get better mpg. I can get 40 in town and better than 50 on a motorway, as well as being only £25 a year road tax. Better still, it's an absolute blast on twisty B roads.

[@martinneumann7783]

Who needs six cylinders when you can have three? I love the Daihatsu Charade/Cuore. And I'm happy with my C1 with its 1KR-FE engine. See you --- Martin

[@isaacplaysbass8568]

Poor Miss HubNut! Fab Chemmy update :)

[@clarky2356]

I noticed the smaller cars are bigger in side than bigger cars it's pretty werid good to see shemmy out and about

[@Willie-tf7zr]

It is a good looking little car. Where I live in the states, our roads are relatively narrow and winding. It makes one appreciate a small vehicle, as they corner so much better than massive land cruisers and more pleasant to drive.

[@TurboTimsWorld]

Great video and a Get Well Soon to Miss Hubnut cant wait see her driving the same route on her test of Chemmy comparison video !

[@tony-yp6qk]

another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutt 👍

[@goosegog]

These are amusing little cars. I had one just like yours. I bought it cheap, fixed it and sold it once I'd had some fun. The low point of ownership was when someone on the pavement locked eyes with a look of pity upon me 🤣 They love to spin the front wheels if accelerating in the damp out of a roundabout. Happy days

[@CidCatfield-np2cv]

Get well soon miss hubnut

[@Electrowave]

Can't wait for the Ford Thames video 🙂

[@kevinsavard5998]

Smallish fuel tank could be the answer...right foot possibly ? LOL Hope Ms Hubnut feels better soon.

[@oldmate5838]

Hi from Tasmania, am looking for a fuel efficient second car and am a little 'persuaded' to put a Charade on the list.

[@brentboswell1294]

The Daihatsu Charade was briefly sold in the USA starting in 1990...they also sold the Rocky here. I remember someone in my apartment complex having an abandoned Daihatsu Rocky around 1993-1994...I think that was just around the time that Daihatsu abandoned the US market. The Charade was about the same size as a mainstay of automotive history in the 1990's in the USA, the Geo Metro (which was a rebranded Suzuki Swift sold in Chevrolet dealers). Suzuki had entered the US automotive market in 1987, with the Samurai (which I believe was called the Jimny everywhere else).

[@backwoodsbungalow9674]

At 5:10 enjoying the almost driver's pov of the lovely roads in Wales.☮️

[@redsorgum]

I think this video was a Charade……..😘🤘

[@2tone209]

AY UP MR HUBNUT

[@edwardgrafton4663]

Hey that is a really nice looking wee car I can't believe how cheap that you bought it for get well soon MissHubNut.

[@geoffreymccormack2090]

Reminds me of my 2006 hyundai Amica. The poor man's Diahatsu. We call her Dolly (the shopping trolley )

[@paulsheehan2998]

That mullet 🔥🔥🔥

[@mervynprice7009]

I reckon the difference in fuel economy between your driving & Miss Hub Nut's is "Wah-wah". I think that is how you explain it when you are enjoying your bit of motoring fun. I think each time said equals possibly 7 MPG less, it proves "Less is more". The 20mph speed limits do not appear to be so disruptive as everyone believed. The mud on the roads looked a bigger speed restriction. You even had to wash Shemi before Miss Hub Nut was allowed to look at her. Pembrokeshire did look the Bees & Es's for this time of year. A part of Wales I have many happy memories of. Mostly, mothballed Flying Boats. Like all your Video's, I really enjoy them.

[@davefrench3608]

Get well soon Carly.

[@meirionevans5137]

Half a V6, twice the fun!

[@mercedesw211classic]

I have a L701 cuore and it's the best city car i 've ever been.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Did I hear 'Vans'? Now you're talking 🤣🤣

[@GOLDDYNACO]

If I'm not entirely mistaken, the engine used here is the basic version of the one in the Toyota Aygo/Citroen C1/Peugeot 107. Perhaps the best thing about these three cars is the engine used!

[@HubNut]

Not the same. This is the older EJ-VE with rubber timing belt.

[@smoothmicra]

Impressively quiet and rattle free for a budget car of that era. I imagine you would feel a tad achy after a long journey, but come on, these were designed to be city cars. Cracking car for the money. Top tip, keep a code reader in the glove box to cancel out pesky codes. My guess, something to do with O2/Cat🙄

[@HubNut]

Yup. First O2 sensor.

[@pauldavies6037]

I think the Charade is about the best small car ever big on the inside and that lively 3 pot engine and nice interior

[@twocvbloke]

If it had a K-series engine, then there'd have been a number of engine swaps by now... :P

[@chrisbury4635]

Get well soon Miss Hubnut !

[@ianfrost3529]

I had a early 1979 charade which was a 5 door 5 speed absolutely loved it went really well. My sister had a 1985 turbo diesel. But my wife know has 2009 Toyota Yaris 1.33 and for a none turbo that goes surprisingly well and is very spacious

[@Ragnar8504]

I didn't think I'd ever hear the term "spacious" used in conjunction with a Toyota Yaris until I read this 😂 Jokes aside, they're very nice compact cars. Just don't try driving with five adults, camping gear and musical instruments, including at least two accordions. That was... interesting. Made even more interesting by the fact that we set off at 2 AM in a rural location and were almost out of petrol, the first two petrol stations were closed for the night.

[@ianfrost3529]

@@Ragnar8504 i think the more accurate term spacious for the size of the car

[@andyarmstrong1493]

Terrific result, after all the hard work you two put in, great to see her running so well. Enjoy.

[@Matthew-Fletcher]

156.9 for super?! That’s lower than the price of standard e10 where I am! 😭😭

[@FourthDrawerDown]

CHEMMY 🥳

[@andrewhaines3259]

Looking forward to the Bedford HA van. One of my favourite vehicles, 2nd only to the MK1 Transit! Neither of which I can afford to buy.😢

[@andrewjones1058]

Would love to see how the HA V an compared with a Bedford Chevette van which was my first vehicle after passing my test.

[@northstar1950]

Oh temporary traffic lights, now there's a novelty!

[@rhys_thomss7013]

We all love chemmy

[@gaufrid1956]

Like you, Ian, I've always extolled the virtues of a 3-cylinder engine. I owned from brand new the first series Daihatsu Charade in 1980, in the glorious shade of frog green, followed by my next new Charade which was a white 1983 model. Both had 5 speed manual transmissions. My son has owned a 1 litre 3-cylinder 2013 Suzuki Alto for the last 10 years and has had no trouble. I remember Daihatsu claimed the ideal capacity per cylinder for fuel economy and performance was 331cc, hence their 993cc engine capacity.

[@BokorRider]

1,50 something is Not Bad...FFS 55p would be good!!...that car would be best turned into wrappers for kit kats ! 😄

[@RobertMcKenzie-ux8jy]

Ive had a few of these charades over the years as cheap reliable hacks. You can get some insane mpg figures if you hypermile them. Ive seen nearly 80 mpg on several occasions! However the lack and cost of spare parts is becoming an issue nowadays which is a shame

[@micheltebraake7915]

That was a hard day's work.

[@cornishhh]

Kei cars should be available new in the UK IMO.

[@erik_dk842]

Absolutely. Getting more and more crowded every day

[@neilcurson4505]

Reference Pembrokeshire place names. Pembrokeshire was once known as the little but if England beyond Wales.

[@artok3897]

No triangle of doom, but a large corner of disappointment.

[@jimdavis5230]

Your west country accent is excellent. Ooh argh, ow bist my babber?

[@MrOvershoot]

Well part of that is Bristolian only and the other part just lazy stereotype 😉

[@jimdavis5230]

@@MrOvershoot Tiz krek Brissle my cocker.

[@duncannash7537]

Get well soon mshubnut...

[@nickc4518]

Ian you have always had at least one flipper in your fleet. Which car is that now? And when can we expect a collection caper?

[@HubNut]

That's becoming a problem... I like them all!

[@RadlerMannheim]

Daihatsus were the Tardis of cars: always bigger on the inside... 😉😉😉

[@km5lb11]

I may be wrong but I think a tank of Super once or twice a year is good for my Pickups

[@moschops2002]

That fuel is cheaper than E10 is here. :(

[@michaelwright2986]

To help with running out of electricity, have you thought of a power bank? You could keep it charged up from the 12v outlet (what we Old Farts are inclined to forgetfully call the cigarette lighter), and although not the most convenient, there are bits of down time during the day, I'm sure, when you could boost the microphones and phone. Nay, further, you have a small Lithium battery you use on car batteries: some of those have USB outlets to charge Devices (sounds creepy). Nice to see the Charade stretching its legs--but you call that dirty? You're not trying.

[@HubNut]

I have a jump pack but didn't that day. It is a struggle to keep stuff charged up while using it.

[@bordersw1239]

Confession - at the 7’13” mark , the road on the left ‘Butts Lane’. About a mile down we found several huge polystyrene boulders painted green/grey, probably for a movie set dumped in the quarry. One evening we set them across the road on a blind bend and waited in the hedgerows to see what happened. I apologise now to the three drivers that encountered them.

[@darrenjones1528]

Is the slight lack of economy when you drive Chemmy something to do with the lead-soled sandals😂. By the way, have you fitted the back seats yet or are they being used by the resident rodent population as a b&b?🤔

[@HubNut]

They haven't been fitted yet...

[@philbamford6957]

Charging for a castle,their charging for air in London 😂

[@communicate17]

It's a shame they don't have manual steering in such a little car

[@johnnorth9355]

No hooning was used in the making of this video 🙂.

[@andyarmstrong1493]

HA Bedford van, drove these with BT.

[@michaeljones1475]

Used to drive one delivering stationery to Ladbrokes betting shops all around the West and Midlands back in the 70's, never had any breakdowns.

[@andyarmstrong1493]

I had brake fail once, scary!@@michaeljones1475

[@simonhodgetts6530]

A friend and me were talking about this yesterday during a long car journey. Why can’t a car manufacturer make a small, lightweight, fuel efficient car to properly seat 5 people (no more, no less), carry enough luggage for a weekend away, park in a supermarket parking space or garage, cruise at 70-80mph but no more, be easily repaired - both mechanically and cosmetically, and be sold for a sensible price………you know, like small cars used to be before they turned into gargantuan gizmo laden rip-offs!

[@HubNut]

I think two reasons. Crash standards and the fact small cars generate smaller profits.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

I think the latter rather than the former!

[@rupertprice5508]

Does anyone Know where I can download a workshop manual for my L251 thanks

[@DaveP668]

Isn't the engine the basis for the three cylinder still used in millions of Toyota Aygos, Yaris X etc?

[@HubNut]

I'm not sure how much carry-over there is. The Aygo engine has a chain driven cam.

[@F4Insight-uq6nt]

Of What?! CC 33 Code is Noted Bird Boy.

[@paulsketcher7783]

love the car top speed pls