Hi Guys
Got my new car this week, now I know some people steer clear of cat D's but myself and my father in law (who did all the work) was only looking at minor damage to repair, nothing mechanical purely body work, he carried out all the repairs in his garage and we paid some mobile chap who we know is good at spraying to visit and do the paint work
It's a 2010 28K on the clock and in fantastic condition, PAV was 14.5K although I think it was slightly over priced at that, I spent £7000.13 in total
for the purchase and all repairs, which included a visit to a local Ford dealer as it had a start issue which turned out to be a fuel filter and low battery charge. Its MOT'd and insured just waiting for the DVLA to get a move on and send the log book back then I can get the tax and start using it 
One thing I need to do is get a mobile/local dent man to pop some minor dents out, also I need a spare non button key for those emergencies when I need a spare key.. Am I best to speak direct to Ford for the key?
Can anyone recommend a dent company in the Herts/Beds area..?
All in all I'm very happy with it, I needed a 2 litre to tow our Bailey Ranger caravan plus the 3 kids and a dog to get in there ....
Got my new car this week, now I know some people steer clear of cat D's but myself and my father in law (who did all the work) was only looking at minor damage to repair, nothing mechanical purely body work, he carried out all the repairs in his garage and we paid some mobile chap who we know is good at spraying to visit and do the paint work
It's a 2010 28K on the clock and in fantastic condition, PAV was 14.5K although I think it was slightly over priced at that, I spent £7000.13 in total
for the purchase and all repairs, which included a visit to a local Ford dealer as it had a start issue which turned out to be a fuel filter and low battery charge. Its MOT'd and insured just waiting for the DVLA to get a move on and send the log book back then I can get the tax and start using it
One thing I need to do is get a mobile/local dent man to pop some minor dents out, also I need a spare non button key for those emergencies when I need a spare key.. Am I best to speak direct to Ford for the key?
Can anyone recommend a dent company in the Herts/Beds area..?
All in all I'm very happy with it, I needed a 2 litre to tow our Bailey Ranger caravan plus the 3 kids and a dog to get in there ....
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Nobody is going to go "Oooooooh, a Bailey Ranger!" 
