Good to see an older car kept on the road,in this throwaway society a noble deed.

This kind of tarting up small details with OEM stuff is right up my alley. I would wager its also close to a 1:1 correlation of people that do these kind of mods, and how much they care about the car, which I always like to see. "It's a token of our love for machines" to paraphrase the old "Ghost in the shell" TV show.

I Just want to get some of my leather feed on those seats….Enjoyed that.

This video is at Nerd level nine but none the worse for that

Doesn't the law require a modded Saxo to have a 4 inch exhaust?

@L5GUK

4 ай бұрын

Chode

@UPnDOWN

4 ай бұрын

It does, but I'm a rogue!

1:35 Haribo gold bears in the door pocket. Best for boring, slow moving traffic. Teeth are busy and lesser cursing ... Thanks for sharing !

@rimmersbryggeri

4 ай бұрын

You have to get your five a day.

@UPnDOWN

4 ай бұрын

The wife had them stashed for her trip to Rustival!

@wacholder5690

4 ай бұрын

@@UPnDOWNI can see that. Doesn't discolor the teeth as much as the black Laritz snails ... 🙂

Wow this car is a serious customized rocket! Love it Kitch!

@UPnDOWN

4 ай бұрын

I never went into the mods it used to have but no longer does, either 😆

If any of my friends complain about my going on about early Hinckley Triumph Motorcycles, I'm going to send them a link to this video 😉 perhaps that's why I enjoyed it so much, pick all the best bits that the factory ever made 👍 thank you.

Thank you for this, I had a Saxo Desire 2-door and had I not had to transport elderly parents around I think I'd have hung on to it a tad longer. Fun to drive, even w the 1.1 8v, and you can park in a matchbox. Were it not for the silly insurance group I'd swap the C1 tomorrow. I like your lengthier style. V personal, friendly stuff.

I love picking up these DIY tips on these videos. Its a shame the Saxo was never sold in Australia. :(

I remember thinking when the vtr and vts came out that the wheels and wheel arches were slightly reminiscent of the ones on the glorious Toyota Celica Supra 2.8i ( which of course were a much more common sight on the roads back then) Keep up the great work 👍

Drove a Saxo VTS untill a year ago (end of 2023) when the head gasket failed again.. 22 years old it was and it had 286.000 km

I love a car that has had long term ownership and has evolved/been personalised in subtle ways to the owner's spec.

@brusselssprouts560

4 ай бұрын

A massively pretty car.

This car can survive because it has tasteful mods. Some of the ones I saw on the TopGear "cruising" segment on the c2 episode were fit for the bin 20 years ago because of the over the top mods.

Groovy little car… looking forward to it going up and down on the ramp this winter for all that attention underneath !

I fitted the same alloy pedals to my Cactus, cannot remember what car it came from or was advertised from but a simple effective modification. The leather seats look really comfy in the Saxo. A great little tinkering video on the Saxo Rich, I really need to drive or own a Saxo at some point.

I love the door cards, especially as the hold Haribo 🙂 Keep up the great videos Rich.

Love the content. Look forward to the next

I really miss my VTR. Bought it brand new in 2001. I wish i had kept it and stored it.

What not to love about a Saxo 😍

@UPnDOWN

3 ай бұрын

Rust.

Nice one! I thought it was something to do with the chevrons... that would be truly geeky.

8:52 no need to be ashamed; we’re not going to judge you…👀

I liked my little 1.4 I had, only thing I didn't like was the clutch pedal (too narrow pedal box). The electric power steering went out on it (had to keep hitting the motor as the brushes were screwed). Would of preferred an auto as then its a proper go-kart.

Got to love a bit of OEM+

Not an oil leak... it's a self lubricating Chassis system!

I remember annoying my dad when i was younger. He had told me that you could get a brand new Saxo first for £5995 and that he would act as a guarantor for the finance. I went down to my local dealer and ended up coming away with a new pre- reg VTR in Mauritius blue. In my defence it was only four grand more expensive!

These are the cars of my youth. Such a shame the rot kills them.

lots of salted roads make cars like this disappear😔My first car was a 97 Saxo 1.1 with the key panel immobiliser

My shit boxes are all diesel powered I live in Zuid Afrika I don't drive in the rain You know the reason, yes to prevent them from rusting.

C2 VTS had those pedals.

Peugeot/Citroen is still use those pedal covers today on brand new cars.

2:21 Well any that's been heavly underseald is a big red flag genuine repairs shouldn't be hiden it's like goin bk to the 70s when every mini. Escort ext had a inch layer of underseal that hid rust

I have heard that the proper way to adjust a drum hand brake is to slacken the cables then set up the wheel adjustors and then re tighten the cable. What Is your take on that? I have worked very little on drum brakes so your input is valued.

Hello I bought a Peugeot 106 Xsi as a first car 1 year ago and it had a rought life. In Switzerland only 10 Xsi's are still on the roads. The gearknob is broken and I like your setup combined with the pedals. Do I have to buy the full pedalset or can I just buy the plates and fit them on the existing pedals in my car? The gearknow should fit without any modifications right? thx for you help Tim

Great work and some nice mods. Oop, that near side rear tire looks like it has a bit of camber on it. Did you say the rear beam going to be refreshed?

@UPnDOWN

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I've got the bearings already.

@DevinderAthwal306

4 ай бұрын

@@UPnDOWN good stuff, just hope it's not damaged anything. I've rebuilt a couple in the past, mainly on the 306 and 206. Will you be filming the rebuild?

@UPnDOWN

3 ай бұрын

Hopefully, yeah.

Any idea how many millimetres is the thickness for the adaptor to fit on the gear selector so the knob bolts straight in cause i really want to put a stock gear knob and this aliexpress adaptors dont fit

@UPnDOWN

4 ай бұрын

No idea I'm afraid!

The end of the video hinted at why you reverted to standard suspension - lowered suspension is just too harsh for old backs! Loved the video - it's always good to see you tinkering / waffling and generally using dry humour to combat the rain! P.S. hope I didn't offend calling you old! I've needed soft suspension and sensible profile tyres since my son was born in early 2008 and I 'enjoyed' reliving the broken sleaps again at 37 ...

@UPnDOWN

4 ай бұрын

I'm definitely feeling old!

I imagine the leather seats makes it more comfortable than the standard ones, though I feel like you'd slide about a lot when going for it in corners. Has your wife considered making a channel for the Saxo? Or is she not really into the KZread stuff?

@UPnDOWN

4 ай бұрын

Oh no, she's not interested in doing anything on camera! Closest she has is the Instagram page for the car (@ twenty_years_with_a_saxo). The velour/fabric versions of these seats were more comfy and held you in place more. But they looked awful!

When you asked what it was missing I was thinking gauge cluster. The 16v revs a lot higher the the 8vs that came in the saxo yeah?

@UPnDOWN

4 ай бұрын

I'm covering that one in the 3rd video (driving)

@TotoGeenen

4 ай бұрын

​@@UPnDOWNhahaha for sure!

honestly thought it was the aluminium glove box pull

@UPnDOWN

4 ай бұрын

Was never a thing on Saxos, although somebody did make an aftermarket one for the C4.

Please change that spare tyre for something actually usable, that one is dry-rotted and lethal if used! Apart from that a lovely little thing.

@tomwinch9107

4 ай бұрын

I bought a 55 plate Renault Scenic recently - the spare tyre's inside the boot in a reasonably light sealed box. I had cause to use it after finding one tyre had a slow puncture due to a nail whilst I was away for the weekend ... the spare has virtually no wear on it, it's a Michelin with a 4105 date code ... I was a little suspicious, but after a thorough check was happy to use as there's no cracking / age related wear you see on tyres that have been in the sun. Given an original spare and the optional extra 'Renault Accident Management' kit (complete with small torch, crayon, spare paper, a card with phone numbers to get Renault assistance and, best of all, a Renault branded single use film camera!), it feels like I should take it to festival of the unexceptional!

@tomwinch9107

4 ай бұрын

However it's the Prestige trim level (electric everything on a old French car ... hmmm!) and has only done 75k miles, so it's not really unexceptional ...

@andyb3666

4 күн бұрын

@@tomwinch9107 Is it a Privilege? There wasn’t a Scenic Prestige trim level. Sounds right for FoTU though

is the oil leak OEM?🤣

so i am no the only one who went off leather . my wife's 406 coupe is ugly Black leather IMHO, and in summer in Spain unbearable

@UPnDOWN

4 ай бұрын

Nah, I used to love it but over time realised it's only redeeming feature is that it's wipe clean!

@bmwman1981

4 ай бұрын

Leather is great it wears better is easier to look after and adds value to any vehicle fitted with it over poverty cloth

@Grimwriggler

4 ай бұрын

totally correct but for comfort in hot Spain I prefer cloth@@bmwman1981

Is a Saxo fan a saxophonist? All right, don't get shirty, just thought I'd ask.

Oil leaks

@UPnDOWN

4 ай бұрын

It does!

@iamyourfuture808

4 ай бұрын

@@UPnDOWN instead of spending your hard-earned on worn leather seats and "rare" aluminium door handles, wouldn't it be wise to splash the cash on repairing oil leaks and to stop oil running onto the exhaust system? i guess once a saxonite always a saxonite

@UPnDOWN

3 ай бұрын

I should have invested in a crystal ball possibly? That way, when I fitted the alloy bits I'd have known that the engine would start leaking a couple of years in the future...

I dislike the lack of crash protection

@handbrakebob

4 ай бұрын

I dislike boring heavy cars.

@user-sf7kl9uh7k

4 ай бұрын

@@handbrakebob Yeah, shame the Alpine is so expensive!

@UPnDOWN

4 ай бұрын

Don't crash and it's not a problem!

@user-sf7kl9uh7k

4 ай бұрын

@@UPnDOWN You can't control other people's behaviour

@niallsommerville9813

4 ай бұрын

Wear a crash helmet.

Haribo storage. pocket very good