Hi chaps, hallo iedereen! I’m Nepurun, I’m 26 years old, living in France.
I own a L901 Daihatsu Move that I’m stupidly obsessed by and very proud of, picked it up in 2024 in that heaven place we call the Netherlands and still racking a few minor issues, but the EJ-DE sure is a blast to drive. (106k-115.000km today) (MT, no A/C)
I’m a Daihatsu fan, especially in love with the Move for a few years already, owned another green Move only for a few months, one of the only 150 units sold in France.
My goal in life is to get other kei-cars and more Moves, only weird, unknown and out-of-place cars people have never seen before. (L6 Move, Daihatsu Midget 2, Subaru R2, Alto Lapin, Honda N-One, WiLL Cypha…)
Issues? Uh… random smoky cold starts, oil and coolant sipper, winky sidelights, can turn off unexpectedly when braking, faulty ignition barrel—nothing worth removing that smile on my face.
Welcome! I love moves and miss the one I had. Your L900 looks very different to the L601’s we got in Australia, Ours came with the 850cc ed20 efi engine. @b_hoves Ejde swapped his when he had it and it was really nice. Vaccum issue or brake booster with the random cuttiing out when brakes put on? maybe? Smiles sounds unbreakable. That is the most important one.
The smoke on cold starts sounds like it is a valve stem seal problem. Unless it bothers you or you get stopped for it I would not worry to much about it, just keep an eye on your oil level.
Welcome! cars looks familiar hehe. The Netherlands surely has a goldmine of low mileage moves because only the elder liked and bought these kinda cars back then and only use them for groceries. Same with the Wagon R/Agila that are more popular unfortunately.
Oil is most likely valve seals but not that big of a problem, just keep the oil topped. Coolant could be a really small leak at the waterpump housing. I have a leak there because of wrong coolant used by previous owner. Should be G11 blue but previous owner used G12 pink..
The electrical stuff and brake problem i wouldnt know unfortunately.
