Bloody cars!

[dsgrnmcm]

I love cars, there convinenent and get me home and to the base/work with no hassel. But when they go wrong, boy do they...

This morning was simple, get in to the polo, take it to the garage for a pre MOT, so at the end of the month i could sell it or scrap it and put the dosh towards the T2.

Firstly there was a Parking ticket on the polo for parking on a 6 m wide pavement, issued at 0722 on a saturday morning. nice.

Then i drove to the garage, dropped it in, ot a phone call from my girlfriend saying the audi has just cut out and keeps doing so above 1500 revs.
Recovery came out and it started, then this afternoon it did it again so we got towed to the garage and left it with them, the polo needs:

2 x front bearings
poss rear bearings
exaust re-welding
few bulbs
front lowere arm

which means when the MOT expires in june 16th, Its straight down the scrappies!

Roll on the T2, no more polo.

[dsgrnmcm]

The bloody polo!

Just a tad of rain and its dead! so i had to trudge in to town wet as an otter pocket, i just hope the T2 is ready this friday, otherwise i wil have to work some vodoo magic to get the polo to pompy and back before its of fto the scrappies on the 16th (minus the wheels)

Any body need bits off a m reg polo?

roll on the t2!

[mav]

Could you not add it to the govement scrap exchange thing`y againest the
T2?.

[zippy656]

New cars only i belive Mav...

[mav]

Of course, Forgot. Sorry.

Mav.

[dsgrnmcm]

Yep only against brand new ones, although my local scrappe, reckons you could get a new car for less just by walking, as they offset the price when scrapping.

Well fingers crossed for the t2, only snag may be as it was registered disabled, he has to change the v5 for tax in person as it can take up to 2 weeks to sort it, bloody car tax!

so will have to wait and see!

[zippy656]

im sure you can pay for the tax.. even if reg for disabled

[dsgrnmcm]

but i think at the mo, he is reg disabled, and because he is getting a nissan quaski (is that how u spell it?) so he will have to swap vehicles.

I mean hes selling it at quite a good price £700, just MOT'd and serviced twice a year, just a bit late in the day if I get it friday, then shoot down to exeter to change the v5.

Just dont fancy another trip in th epolo / death trap.

[dsgrnmcm]

quasqui is the spelling of the beast, he ges a grant of £14000 to get a new set of wheels!

[extreme-4x4]

what year is the polo, condition engine etc... im looking for something to fix up for one of the kids

cheap

[dsgrnmcm]

hi its a m reg 1995/6, 1.6 cl, e front windows, (near side jamms half way, door dent)

pro's:
new wind screen
new clutch plate (last jan)
re con gear box (feb)
new front tyres (feb)
wolf race go faster alloys.
pound land magic matt! even kept my pork pye on there!
roof bars
free cd (because it wont come out!)

cons:
as per the top post
2 x front bearings
poss rear bearings
exaust re-welding
few bulbs
front lower arm
plus the cd player wont give me my cd back!
and this morning the earth came back and zapped the battery!

So if your intersted on taking it on let me know, the tax in end of june, MOT 16th of june, all the cons are from a pre MOT the garage did, i might have to use it next week to go from devon to pompy for a course (risk assessors) how apt in the death mobile, its ok, just blowy due to the exhaust, and bearings make it rattle.

I'm not going to mug you off, she paid £600 for it last year and now i'm about to take it down the scrappies take some odds off it and the wheels=

£40 for its weight in scrap
£ what ever get for the alloys

I really recomend you come and have a look before you make a decision if you have the skills and parts it could be back on the road.

but as i say its off to the scrap yard soon, but if you think its worth it let me know.


dan

[extreme-4x4]

hi its a m reg 1995/6, 1.6 cl, e front windows, (near side jamms half way, door dent)

pro's:
new wind screen
new clutch plate (last jan)
re con gear box (feb)
new front tyres (feb)
wolf race go faster alloys.
pound land magic matt! even kept my pork pye on there!
roof bars
free cd (because it wont come out!)

cons:
as per the top post
2 x front bearings
poss rear bearings
exaust re-welding
few bulbs
front lower arm
plus the cd player wont give me my cd back!
and this morning the earth came back and zapped the battery!

So if your intersted on taking it on let me know, the tax in end of june, MOT 16th of june, all the cons are from a pre MOT the garage did, i might have to use it next week to go from devon to pompy for a course (risk assessors) how apt in the death mobile, its ok, just blowy due to the exhaust, and bearings make it rattle.

I'm not going to mug you off, she paid £600 for it last year and now i'm about to take it down the scrappies take some odds off it and the wheels=

£40 for its weight in scrap
£ what ever get for the alloys

I really recomend you come and have a look before you make a decision if you have the skills and parts it could be back on the road.

but as i say its off to the scrap yard soon, but if you think its worth it let me know.


dan
slip a pic on ay...
im interested as long as its mot'd and taxed to drive it home its viable even if it runs out next day


subject to price. whats the alloys like i d be interested in them on or off the car

im serious too so do a pic ay please

[dsgrnmcm]

ok just give me a pin on how to work out posting a pic on here!

[zippy656]

get yourself a photobucket acount, then post link from there, easy!

[dsgrnmcm]

438

here it is!

[dsgrnmcm]

439

the car port won!

[dsgrnmcm]

a bit of the old rust

[extreme-4x4]

works for me... just got to see how little you will take for it now:D

remember im really really poor:(

[dsgrnmcm]

poor with that beast of a mav!

I work for gordon drown and he takes most of my pay back off me!

To be fair mate with the wheels etc i would be happy with £150, but i dont know where the pork pie went?

[extreme-4x4]

no really . im poor.

the mav as good as it looks actually owes me in money somewhere near the 1200 quid mark now

the truck, the wheels, the winches........ the lot

lots of begging and making things that i dont have :cool:

and selling bits i dont need anymore

im tempted but and at 100.00 id say yes now cos of the cost of collection etc

but lets see if there is any room for negotiations i dont need it till you want rid of it

or i can do a deal with some t2 wheels with 31 10.5 15 tyres

[dsgrnmcm]

ok sounds good, as i saw we should be getting the t2, on friday, if not i'll have to use the pink beast next week and that should / better be it, is is road legal till the 16th, so thats 2 weeks from now, and i believe its a tuesday, as you say you have to come down to get it, as much as i know and the garage have told me (there gen dit) thats the faults with it. i have to say even with a blowy exhaust its still good on fuel. but as i'm about to get promoted and the t2 is getting nearer to its not worth the cost of getting repaired for me after all we have spent on it, and the cost of the t2. I would strongly advise you looking at it, although it is a way to travel from wales, and at £100 that would be my minimum price as i'm sure a barnstaple boy rave would buy the wheels off me to put on to his halfords-mobile!

dan

p.s. if you find the pork pie you can keep it!

[extreme-4x4]

ok so are you accepting my offer of 100 cash with no messing about or haggling when, i get there i promise
if so i collect it when your finished with it just needs to be within mot and tax so i can drive it home

it will help me out loads

or like i say i can do some wheels for you

[dsgrnmcm]

yes mate done deal,

£100 on the nose!, i will let you know ASAP when its free. road legal till 16th jan.

My email is sykesg@hotmail.com

i'll keep u posted.

[dsgrnmcm]

Just had a call from the mrs, saying there is a diesel patch under the car, she thinks it might be coming from the tank?

But will have to wait till she gets back, any ideas how much a new fuel tank would cost?

[lacroupade]

Just had a call from the mrs, saying there is a diesel patch under the car, she thinks it might be coming from the tank?

But will have to wait till she gets back, any ideas how much a new fuel tank would cost?

could be a dozen or more things - see what its doing when she gets home :augie:) Don't believe anyone has had to replace a tank but one person with some pinhole rust I think....

[zippy656]

could be a pipe leaking. so need new pipes.

tanks can be patched, we have covered it a little while back so maybe do a search youll find the posts