What you need is to swap your Lexus for my MGF!
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Need four seats unfortunately. And I fancy another tspark.
You've just got the mg. Have some alone time with it. You might enjoy it.
You've just got the mg. Have some alone time with it. You might enjoy it.
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The Lexus even has a similar length of MOT to the Alfa.
I guess it depends how big the gulf is between the values of the two cars. It looks like I'm taking a £200-odd bath on the Civic, at least.
I'm still undecided. After driving around in the Alfa today, I realised how good it is!
I guess it depends how big the gulf is between the values of the two cars. It looks like I'm taking a £200-odd bath on the Civic, at least.
I'm still undecided. After driving around in the Alfa today, I realised how good it is!
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A generous offer, but it doesn't look straightforward to weld. Probably going to be a complete bastard of a job, and I can get most of the money back for it selling off a few bits then fragging it to removemycar.
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Tell me the name of an exporter in the central belt, then!
I've lately been getting all sorts of pie-in-the-sky suggestions about getting apparently shitloads of money for this, but no concrete / practicable ways of achieving it.
Apparently the exhaust system on these can be worth decent coin, but I live in a rented flat and don't want an entire fucking exhaust system hanging about for donkey's until somebody finally buys it. IF somebody buys it.
I've lately been getting all sorts of pie-in-the-sky suggestions about getting apparently shitloads of money for this, but no concrete / practicable ways of achieving it.
Apparently the exhaust system on these can be worth decent coin, but I live in a rented flat and don't want an entire fucking exhaust system hanging about for donkey's until somebody finally buys it. IF somebody buys it.
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I wouldn't say it's worth loads
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CIVIC- ... 3989607710
Certainly not enough for the hassle that I'd strip it for parts. No idea about the cat but being diesel I can't imagine it'll be that much either.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CIVIC- ... 3989607710
Certainly not enough for the hassle that I'd strip it for parts. No idea about the cat but being diesel I can't imagine it'll be that much either.
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What's that about rotten red hatchbacks?
I visited Robin's unit today and had a closer look at the C2. I thought about jacking it up to have a look at the rear brakes, then shouted across the unit that he can fucking keep it.
I hadn't officially bought it, and I won't bother now.
The rear 5-6 inches of both sills were the consistency of wet cardboard. The entire jacking point on the driver's side just tore off in my hand.
Anyway, with the help of Lacquer Peel, we all made some good progress on Robin's 205 today. We got the exhaust on, the clutch cable back in, and the bonnet on.
It looks like a car again, and moves under its own power!
I visited Robin's unit today and had a closer look at the C2. I thought about jacking it up to have a look at the rear brakes, then shouted across the unit that he can fucking keep it.
I hadn't officially bought it, and I won't bother now.
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Anyway, with the help of Lacquer Peel, we all made some good progress on Robin's 205 today. We got the exhaust on, the clutch cable back in, and the bonnet on.
It looks like a car again, and moves under its own power!
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Just going to have a wee rant here.
I've been told about a W211 Mercedes E270 CDI for sale.
It's being sold by a friend of an AS member, who is also a mechanic.
It's a good price, low mileage (103k) and has a long MOT. Looks pretty decent too, but it's an hour away.
I got regaled with tales of how good it is, oh what a belter of a car, it's amazing, etc. etc.
Then the seller drops the bombshell: "The air con doesn't work. Never bothered me. Not looked into it. Probably just needs a regas."
Aye, it's always just a regas M9 isn't it?
30 seconds of googling turns up a diagnostic process that can be done with the unit in the dashboard just by pressing a certain button combination, to get it to display an error code. The page with the instructions also had a list of the codes and what they mean. I also don't believe for one second they never fucking looked into it.
I can imagine how pleasant* this past summer was in a car with black leather and non-functioning air conditioning. No, it wouldn't bother me at all. No need to investigate, find out it's something expensive then trot out that old "just needs a regas M9" chestnut.
Hell. I was pretty annoyed when I collected the Alfa from fucking Tamworth just to be told when I got there that the windows were funny and the ECU for them needed synced. The seller had weeks to tell me that before I collected it. At least the air con in it works like a charm.
Is this accepted practice now? A seller just dropping a bombshell about a fault later on, instead of just telling you up-front about it? It's fucking irritating.
I've been told about a W211 Mercedes E270 CDI for sale.
It's being sold by a friend of an AS member, who is also a mechanic.
It's a good price, low mileage (103k) and has a long MOT. Looks pretty decent too, but it's an hour away.
I got regaled with tales of how good it is, oh what a belter of a car, it's amazing, etc. etc.
Then the seller drops the bombshell: "The air con doesn't work. Never bothered me. Not looked into it. Probably just needs a regas."
Aye, it's always just a regas M9 isn't it?
30 seconds of googling turns up a diagnostic process that can be done with the unit in the dashboard just by pressing a certain button combination, to get it to display an error code. The page with the instructions also had a list of the codes and what they mean. I also don't believe for one second they never fucking looked into it.
I can imagine how pleasant* this past summer was in a car with black leather and non-functioning air conditioning. No, it wouldn't bother me at all. No need to investigate, find out it's something expensive then trot out that old "just needs a regas M9" chestnut.
Hell. I was pretty annoyed when I collected the Alfa from fucking Tamworth just to be told when I got there that the windows were funny and the ECU for them needed synced. The seller had weeks to tell me that before I collected it. At least the air con in it works like a charm.
Is this accepted practice now? A seller just dropping a bombshell about a fault later on, instead of just telling you up-front about it? It's fucking irritating.