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E greu cu masinile astea, cand ti-e lumea mai draga, atunci te trezesti cu ceva... Zilele trecute am remarcat ca sta teava de esapament stramba si odata cu ea toata toba finala. M-am gandit ca o fi scapat dintr-un suport ceva, dar la o prima inspectie a devenit evident ca toba are un singur suport si se sprijina in acesta si in teava care intra in toba. Ori bubu era la teava, care se mai tinea de toba doar intr-o portiune subtire din sudura originala. Vreo 130 de lei mai tarziu si o sudura buna, esapamentul sta bine iar :)) WhatsApp Video 2023-04-11 at 12.46.44.mp4

So the history of my car! (Hope et least 1 person reads it 🙂 ) I bought my first car in May of 2017, it is a Maruti 800, which I think is non-existing in Romania. I still have/love it though. (The one in the front) But it's not really for traveling home to my parents, so I needed another one which is comfortable and can handle higher speed. Since comfort was my number 1 priority (I'm not old, I just appreciate comfort over agility) I started to look at Citroen C5s (still not giving up on a nice C5). One day when I was walking home I saw a woman trying to park a Nubira II while reversing and she hit the curb, so the car started rocking vigorously, much more than an ordinary sedan would, it was like a Caddilac. Than I knew that was my type of car. So I started to read reviews on it and most of them were about how cheap, reliable and comfortable this car was. I started looking for ones for sale, and chose one which looked nice and wasn't too expansive. I managed to choose one from a mechanic (unintentionally). There is a saying in Hungary "the house of the maid is always dirty, the shoe of the shoemaker always has holes, etc..." So there was a lot needed to be replaced, coming from a mechanic. I spent a lot of money on fixing major issues, and also minor ones. Also the previous owner (the mechanic) smoked in the car, so I went through the interior with an upholstery cleaner and this was the result: The car seemed grateful until April of last year, when the head gasket was blown. I took it to a friend of my dad who (kind of repaired) the engine. Unfortunately he only changed the oil once. So there was still some water left in the oil, and the oil pump could not tolerate any water, so it gave up and the engine locked when I was driving on the highway. That was the only time she broke down. I decided to fully redo the engine, since the rest of the car was OK. The rust was previously was taken care of, and every option worked well. By the way, "unrusting": So the car was repaired and after that it passed the inspection without problems. In November of last year I stumbled upon a factory leather interior on Hungary's biggest "online scrapyard". I HAD TO buy it, so I did. Well, there was huge room for improvement to say the least 😄 I took care of it myself with professional leather care stuff (Fenice), but the leather is still a bit stiff, but it always has been in Daewoos, right? My Nubira might be the only one with factory leather in Hungary, it is unbelievably rare in Europe. Very elite group with me and @pompiliu92. Right now it functions well, there is slight friction sound in the timing, might be a pulley, so I'm goin to the mechanic tomorrow. Today she tricked me though. After a few days of sleeping she didn't start, and I was gonna carpool some ppl back to Budapest. I thought the battery was low, but I moved the battery lug a bit and it came alive. So the lugs might me somewhat corroded. But the ppl I carpooled complemented her, that it was a comfortable and calm ride. 🙂 I took these pictues today. Thank you for reading. 🙂