Bargain!!!
- Thread starter jon.bda
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thats how my bank holiday would be spent tbh
Well she owes me after fixing her car...hell, i even washed it!!!
Right then, pictures were requested...so i took a couple...
Todays victim!!!
A bit later...
What do we have here then...
Only showing piston/valve contact on the inlet valve on one cylinder. Won't know for sure until its been stripped and checked next week but its looking promising so far.
Todays victim!!!
A bit later...
What do we have here then...
Only showing piston/valve contact on the inlet valve on one cylinder. Won't know for sure until its been stripped and checked next week but its looking promising so far.
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My sister just bought a 2002 one owner mondeo for 400 with full service history off ebay, T+T till october.
That is what a bargin looks like
That is what a bargin looks like
more than one valve has touched a piston on that
Two touched (seems my powers of positive thought failed me!!!
), one was replaced due to pitting/damage...all bits ready to got for tomorrow...
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i wish i could find deals like this. being 19 i need to find a cheap car to buy run and insure. at the moment it looks like its going to have to be a VW beetle (old)
Being 19 is the problem though mate
, cheap old thing like this would prolly cost you two grand to insure!!!
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Being 19 is the problem though mate
true true! insurence quotes depress me.
although i have got a current quote on a beetle for £1400 and thats worth £2000.
just need to save up.
anyways thread hijack over!
Young lad whos just passed came in for a driveshaft the other day (his dad works next door to us). M reg 106 Rallye, he's paying £28 a day to insure it...total lunacy...
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Young lad whos just passed came in for a driveshaft the other day (his dad works next door to us). M reg 106 Rallye, he's paying £28 a day to insure it...total lunacy...
£28 a day?!?!!? **** me thats crazy!
edit: that works out at over 10k a year!! that cant be right surely?
Its lowered with alloys...i think he may of actually declared the mods!
. He had a 106 Quicksilver when he was on L's as well, lowered, big wheels, big sound system, Wii and TV's fitted...he was getting caned for that too...
Two touched (seems my powers of positive thought failed me!!!
both on one cyclinder touched? looked like that to me anyway. lapping and new stem seals(u need these!) next? ive found very very slightly bent ones when lapping with fine paste first, can be missed if using corse straight away.
Why on earth are you looking at beetles!? Horrendous to look at, horrendous to drive plus they aren't exactly cheap for what you get.
If you've got to go with some rusty, old slow classic at least keep it British
. From my first car research a few years ago the Morris Minor owner's club had their own insurance scheme which had people as young as 17 and 18 insured for as little as £300.As long as you done mind setting the 'But it's old and therefore rubbish' crowd straight Classics are the way to go. I remember having a Triumph Spitfire quote for £900, Dolomite Sprint quote for £1100 and a quote for a 5.3L Jag XJS V12 quote for £1800 odd (baring in mind I was getting quoted more for 1.0L hatchbacks it was like winning the lottery
). Shame I bottled it and went for something newer .
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My first year of insurance on my 52 plate 1.2L VW Polo was £1050 for 12 months. I'm still driving this car today but only paying £240 for 12 months now after 5 years no claims. It's not a bad little car actually gets me from A to B and has never had a problem!