DC2's

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Saw this at the weekend at Paul Sheard Auto's in Congleton:

It was on DC2-OC at £4,800 and he traded it in there and it's now up at £4,995

Seem a fair price? Or over priced?


What I noticed:

Worn steering wheel (How much for a new one? Worth keeping the air bag?)
Worn bolsters which is expected on a car of this age and seats like that D)
Rust around the rear arch, I've seen the thread on DC2-OC about them and they do seem a common fault that can lead to serious rust issues if it's not addressed early on - walk away if it's bad or worth a fix?

Can anyone answer some questions about how much a full fluid change is before a track day? pads/discs etc and general running costs?

It had 3 RE010's on and a Potenza of some sort, these are getting old and rare now and I don't want to put out of date tyres on. Is it just fanboyism with tyres or would Eagle F1's / Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta ruin the ride and handling?

 

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That might be a bit of a dilema then! What else is there? TR1's? RE050?

 

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Shouldn't you worry about actually purchasing the car before worrying about what brand of tyres you *might* put on a car which you *might* purchase?

No I should enquire now, I'm not your average spur of the moment man, I'd like to know what I'm letting myself in for and £400 consumables are important.

On the subject of tyres - I didn't realise different tyres could cause such a change in handling characteristics!!

Good thing I didn't buy it then and not own what I've read about.

 

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Apprently the F1's are still very competent in the wet but as I won't be commuting in it RE010's or RS2's seem the best bet.

What is the soot issue? Anything to look out for or what to do when going to look at one?

 

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Awsome contributions guys cheers

Do you mind me asking who you're insured with, taken up on the ITR-OC discount with Sky and Adrian?

 

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Im with bell. 500 quid @ 24, 2 yr ncb. Will change to sky at renewal though due to them not minding pretty much any modification (although bell dont seem to care either but wont replace any mods that get damaged in the event of a crash wheras sky will replace like for like).

Yeah that's the thing I'd probably get the modding bug and I'd probably crash, so I'd rather be above board with a proper insurer

out of interest, what is this ITR-OC? do you mean itr-dc2.com? if not have you got a link to a website?

Yeah same one, sorry force of haibt

 

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Sheards is about a 2 min walk from my house, all his cars are overpriced, his garage service is great but i wouldn't buy a car from him imho.

I was hoping you'd post. Can he be beated down? I've noticed he isn't shifiting a lot of the SC 1.6's and business might be bad Would he bodge any rust repairs?

 

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Ok cheers

 

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stop bumping this thread ffs, can we get it locked in the name of the credit crunch?

 

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It'd be a dog at those prices and then the costs mount up, and the insurance

I'll see what next year holds

 

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I'm on the phone to insurers atm tbh

 

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just go £1093 from Paragon for fully comp with break down, courtesy car and windscreen cover

 

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how old are you mate?

I'm 25, 3y NC, mine's around £550, but the best postcode

21 2 years ncb / warzone

It's a good quote I got £1500 off Privilage with no extras, gonna see about getting a freind who leavis near antrim to go an have a look for me - I'm gonna check out one or two here too. cheers for linking

 

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Not bad really...it's like £2k for a DC2 for me.

Thats because you're a bad driver

 

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That's only part of the reason!

I don't get it, I can insure the BMW for £800...a 2.8l rwd death machine, but a 1.8l fwd car with VTEC Y0! costs £2k to insure.

You're not trying to insure JDM's are you?

 

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invader.. I rung Swinton and they put me through to a broker who thne put me onto Paragon, Adrain Flux and one or two others