Can we have some pics of the rest of the car... I want to see if its as good as you say...
Sure
lol.Ill take them on my camera after work
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Sure
lol.Ill take them on my camera after work
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You can replace it, though, but its very expensive. Which is my point.
The matiz was not even that good for MPG. As soon as you hit a hill the car cryed.
Full tank cost £35 and about 270 miles was what i got out of it, not sure what that is mpg wise, but it seems pretty low to me for a car that aint even a litre
about 40mpg, not bad. I used to get 55-60 from a 1.0 citroen AX though...
How can you tell, it completely depends on the price of the petrol?
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Eh? Price of fuel has on relevence to MPG, since gallons are a fixed unit of measure and not a vairable like price.
I am brainless today, ignore that
What I meant was
so I assumed it had just been worked out from those figures.
I'd of gone for this personally... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/R-Ford-Mondeo...iewItem&pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item5d280149f6
In fact I might as a second car!
In fact I might as a second car!
read all OPs posts/pictures and then think about what you said. its pretty clear that theres something badly wrong with the mondeo
it has about 1.5k worth of panel/paint/bumper damage that no one else would bother fixing due to the value of the car. but OP is getting mates rates
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I'm sure I'm going to get completely flamed and insulted for this but here we go.
'Mates Rates' is the most overstated thing ever. Do any of you have such good mates they'd do a £1500 job for you for just £800? Effectivly giving away £700? That takes more than just a good mate, that takes a seriously, seriously wealthy mate.
Who probably wouldnt spray cars for a living.
Can any of you afford to lose out on £700 to help a mate who has just picked up a pikeydeo?
'Mates Rates' is the most overstated thing ever. Do any of you have such good mates they'd do a £1500 job for you for just £800? Effectivly giving away £700? That takes more than just a good mate, that takes a seriously, seriously wealthy mate.
Who probably wouldnt spray cars for a living.
Can any of you afford to lose out on £700 to help a mate who has just picked up a pikeydeo?
[TW]Fox;16477313 said:
It's not really losing out on £700 is it though? That money isn't going to be coming directly out of the mate's pocket, nor would it ever had likely to have gone into the pocket in the first place. Coachworks is mostly labour related anyway, so charging less just means that the mate will receive a slightly lower hourly rate - That is better than nothing!
I don't see the problem with helping out people when you can. You see it loads of times in the motor trade. We get reduced priced MOTs, around a 15% discount on coachworks stuff (both labour and parts), discounted parts and that's not to mention the endless possbilities of cash in hand jobs. You don't even need to know the person, just being in the trade seems to be enough. For example, I got a 15% discount on some parts I ordered for my BMW at a main dealer for no other reason that I had my Bentley gear on.
"In the trade?"
"Yup."
"Okay, I've put a bit of a discount in there for you".
Result!
[TW]Fox;16477313 said:
It's totally dependent on the job, person and scale of business.
I've friends who would and have taken a loss to help good friends out and most of the time can afford to do it.
It's swings and roundabouts, its not like I'd get a fantastic deal and then sod off and never see him again.