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This time of the year I wouldn't be botherwd as a machining and claybar is due in the spring anyway 
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Bit of a gloomy day in Portsmouth.
Lovely. I do wish I'd got those alloys.
When I have some wonga to spare, I would love the Quattro sport ones, or the oem bbs ones. Or lots and lots of spare wonga, and I would just go and buy a quattro sport!
Rub it in my face why don't you!
Your photo has reignited my ocd. My rear coils were done last year (prev owner, snapped coil), but the garage didn't use the correct facelift springs, so the rear is sat slightly too high.
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Well, for a car that was once around £30,000, It's ok. To joe bloggs, who just wants something 'fast innit bruv' or just something that looks good, it would seem poor. These have all the plethora of things to go wrong, turbo, dmf, haldex 4wd, rubber band tyres. They can chew through coil packs, maf's, diverter valves, hid ballasts.
I've only ever done servicing work on mine, but others have been abosolute money pits, especially pre-facelift ones.
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I only had my 1999 225 for a few months but I bought it from my Dad who had owned it for 3 years and aside from snapped rear springs and faulty temperature gauge nothing major had gone wrong with. I sold it to a friend who had it for 18 months trouble free and it's now with a friend of his and still going strong.
I don't think they are inherently unreliable or too costly to run really.
I've had mine qS 10 months now and it's been trouble free over 5000 miles. It needs new boots all round but that's my first expense on it. Oil service due in a few months should be cheap too.
I don't think they are inherently unreliable or too costly to run really.
I've had mine qS 10 months now and it's been trouble free over 5000 miles. It needs new boots all round but that's my first expense on it. Oil service due in a few months should be cheap too.
Soldato
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As with any car, you can do all the inspecting you like, but you can still find yourself 6 months down the line with a lemon.
very true and has happened to me before.
Rules i try to stick to if buying a used car;
1) Only buy it privately off of its original owner/driver (from new).
2) Only buy it if that same owner/driver has taken it to exclusively main dealers for every bit of remedial work carried out no matter how small.
3) Verify all of the above with that dealer network.
4) Asses little things such as quality of tyres fitted, where they were fitted, etc.
5) Asses extent of repair work, for example, has it had things repaired which most people would have ignored?
6) Ignore above if a "known" car, ie family members etc
Always kept me from bad cars
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The new Hyundai Coupe. Tsiii 2.0, very rare and wanted one for about 5 years so when one popped up, couldn't resist. I know that most people hate them but I love it!
These are dealer pics, will try get some of my own when I get the chance
These are dealer pics, will try get some of my own when I get the chance
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This is the first Hyundai Coupe I actually like the look of. Almost has a GTR stance about it from the side.
