What have you done to your car today?
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Just out of curiousity, what cars/engines do you guys have?
Mine has done 12k since I last changed the oil and the dipstick level is still absolutely fine - although I have done that 12k in about 3 or 4 months. Oil change interval is 18k but I'll be doing it any day now. Of course my engine is a bog standard 2 litre diesel but just curious as to what engines you guys have got to drink oil that much
got the estimate back, £4133.99 for all the work (needs a new bonnet too apparently)
writing the car off
decisions, decisions as half of the cost is cosmetic, I might see if I can buy it back, I do love the car even if it's not for 99.9% of the male population
writing the car off
decisions, decisions as half of the cost is cosmetic, I might see if I can buy it back, I do love the car even if it's not for 99.9% of the male population
Will, your MX-5 seems to get better all the time. Would love a passenger ride at some point, sounds like you have massively improved the car
Cheers, welcome to have a passenger ride at some point, no doubt I will be at the next rolling road day. You may see it in Birmingham from next week too, starting a new job there on Monday.
Done more jobs today, changed the anti roll bushes for superpro items, fixed a rattle with the exhaust heatshield and a really annoying one from the wiring harness for the heated rear screen on the hardtop. Very much a case of chase the rattle with any mx5, even the mk3 has a few annoying ones.
got the estimate back, £4133.99 for all the work (needs a new bonnet too apparently)
writing the car off
decisions, decisions as half of the cost is cosmetic, I might see if I can buy it back, I do love the car even if it's not for 99.9% of the male population
If this is the Z4 I'd buy it back. I think they're lovely cars
You could easily get it fixed for <4k if you're happy too.
Its not just getting it fixed for less than £4k, it's getting it fixed then covering the loss in value through it being a cat d that needs to be covered.
That said, I'd be surprised if you couldn't cover it, unless they wanted silly money to buy it
That said, I'd be surprised if you couldn't cover it, unless they wanted silly money to buy it
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Better than what someone said to me the other day about the Essex plate resembling "EASY PIGGY"
There's a girl round here with the plate "KE11Y DD" on a 1 series convertible. Sure enough, she has massive ****.
If he's going to run it to the ground then it wont be a problem but yeah you're right...
Replaced the front bushes
Car has always had a pull to the right at low-med speeds, since I bought it in Oct/Nov. Took it for wheel alignment today at a local garage. They asked me to pop back to show me the bushes - they'd almost gone completely, the rubber had split to pieces. Bushes were the only advisory on the MOT, so they replaced bushes and aligned wheels.
Happy it's done... still a very small pull to the right though... nearly fine, a hundred times better than before, but still a pull!
Car has always had a pull to the right at low-med speeds, since I bought it in Oct/Nov. Took it for wheel alignment today at a local garage. They asked me to pop back to show me the bushes - they'd almost gone completely, the rubber had split to pieces. Bushes were the only advisory on the MOT, so they replaced bushes and aligned wheels.
Happy it's done... still a very small pull to the right though... nearly fine, a hundred times better than before, but still a pull!
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Gave it a good clean after my trip to Wales
MOT for my 15yo 236k Audi a4 today, already had the call that its failed :/
somthing about CV joint, and too much play in a tracking rod.
whats worse though is that they also failed it on a tyre.. last week when i booked it in i had them check the tyres and they said 1 was good, the other 3 will pass but will need to be replaced soon after, now they say 1 is bad, and the other 3 are on the limit.. i hadnt even used the car since they checked them last week
anyway they have swapped the bad one for my spare (which is brand new) so they can pass it without needing to buy tyres this week
so £232 to pass it, and 3 new tyres next week so total will be just over £400
il get them to pick the best of the old ones to replace my spare
somthing about CV joint, and too much play in a tracking rod.
whats worse though is that they also failed it on a tyre.. last week when i booked it in i had them check the tyres and they said 1 was good, the other 3 will pass but will need to be replaced soon after, now they say 1 is bad, and the other 3 are on the limit.. i hadnt even used the car since they checked them last week
anyway they have swapped the bad one for my spare (which is brand new) so they can pass it without needing to buy tyres this week
so £232 to pass it, and 3 new tyres next week so total will be just over £400
il get them to pick the best of the old ones to replace my spare
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Well that's not too bad.
CV joints and track rods are pretty much guarenteed to need replacing at some point.
true, i was just hoping it would have cost my mum less
