Whatmot
12-11-2007, 19:05
hello everyone, my names tom, im 19, and as you can see i live in north norfolk
ive been driving a suzuki vitara the past fews months, its a great little car and i love driving it offroad, only problem i didnt like driving it for long distances. so the last few weeks ive been looking to change to a diesel, ive looked at fourtraks, but most of them are over priced for what you get. then as a chance i started looking at terrano 2s and mavericks. i used to drive a little nissan micra, and i know theres a big difference between driving a little hatch and a 4x4 but it was a fantastic well built car and always wanted another nissan. anyway, after trawling the usual sites a saw a '98 maverick, 90K on the clock, all the usual mod cons, 3 previous owners, full service history and a confirmed mileage for £2250. at that price i thought something would be wrong with it, but me and my dad went and have a look. first impressions were it was a very tidy car, but after test driving it we noticed something wrong. after further inspection we noticed the rear prop uj had virtually gone.
only a few weeks previous, my dads van (ldv cub: nissan vanette)) had the same problem. nissan said that they couldnt supply justa uj and he would need a whole prop for over £500. he took it to our local mechanic who sourced a uj and fitted it for £70.
back to the mav. we told the guy selling it that the car would need a new uj and worse case being it would need a full prop, which might cost £500. he said that he didnt know it had failed but wouldnt mind having a deal if i could find an exact price for repairing the uj. the next day i phoned busseys ford and asked them about the uj, they said i would need a new prop for £544. so i phoned the guy back and told him this. his local mechanic comfirmed this. we went for a second viewing, looked over the car one last time and brought the car for £1750
after we got it home, i took the car around to our mechanic who says he can fix it for about £70. hes also going to service it and give it a good check over for any faults.
just spoke to him a minute ago and hes going to fix the uj tomorrow but he did find a few minor faults. the main one being, some numpty has tried removing a glow plug and failed, resulting in snapping the end off. he said he could drill it out and but doesnt want to risk bits falling into the cyclindor. he also said the others are also looking a bit rough, but should last.
still, i think ive got myself a bargain there. im buying a set of cooper s/t's off a mate soon and im hopefully taking it to wales in december to do some greenlaning. anyway, ill shut up now
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ive been driving a suzuki vitara the past fews months, its a great little car and i love driving it offroad, only problem i didnt like driving it for long distances. so the last few weeks ive been looking to change to a diesel, ive looked at fourtraks, but most of them are over priced for what you get. then as a chance i started looking at terrano 2s and mavericks. i used to drive a little nissan micra, and i know theres a big difference between driving a little hatch and a 4x4 but it was a fantastic well built car and always wanted another nissan. anyway, after trawling the usual sites a saw a '98 maverick, 90K on the clock, all the usual mod cons, 3 previous owners, full service history and a confirmed mileage for £2250. at that price i thought something would be wrong with it, but me and my dad went and have a look. first impressions were it was a very tidy car, but after test driving it we noticed something wrong. after further inspection we noticed the rear prop uj had virtually gone.
only a few weeks previous, my dads van (ldv cub: nissan vanette)) had the same problem. nissan said that they couldnt supply justa uj and he would need a whole prop for over £500. he took it to our local mechanic who sourced a uj and fitted it for £70.
back to the mav. we told the guy selling it that the car would need a new uj and worse case being it would need a full prop, which might cost £500. he said that he didnt know it had failed but wouldnt mind having a deal if i could find an exact price for repairing the uj. the next day i phoned busseys ford and asked them about the uj, they said i would need a new prop for £544. so i phoned the guy back and told him this. his local mechanic comfirmed this. we went for a second viewing, looked over the car one last time and brought the car for £1750
after we got it home, i took the car around to our mechanic who says he can fix it for about £70. hes also going to service it and give it a good check over for any faults.
just spoke to him a minute ago and hes going to fix the uj tomorrow but he did find a few minor faults. the main one being, some numpty has tried removing a glow plug and failed, resulting in snapping the end off. he said he could drill it out and but doesnt want to risk bits falling into the cyclindor. he also said the others are also looking a bit rough, but should last.
still, i think ive got myself a bargain there. im buying a set of cooper s/t's off a mate soon and im hopefully taking it to wales in december to do some greenlaning. anyway, ill shut up now
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tom 8)