Lee R Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 whats the £35 for mate? you've spent £1200 so far as the car is? O.....M....G!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_2f2f Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 The car might be shafted but at leasy Danny's got himself a new spokesperson/personal advisor/accountant. making comments against me as usual I see......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 The car might be shafted but at leasy Danny's got himself a new spokesperson/personal advisor/accountant. making comments against me as usual I see......... Why on earth would you assume it's about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny1987 Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 whats the £35 for mate? you've spent £1200 so far as the car is? O.....M....G!!! yes, well...... 1k on the car seats, boot install, doorcards, coilovers, everything chappers listed, then it was £220 for delivery to bring the car to manchester from essex, then i have got other little things for it sparco steering wheel £50(without boss kit), 30 odd quid on auto glm lol! but it just keeps mounting up all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee R Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 whats the £35 for mate? you've spent £1200 so far as the car is? O.....M....G!!! yes, well...... 1k on the car seats, boot install, doorcards, coilovers, everything chappers listed, then it was £220 for delivery to bring the car to manchester from essex, then i have got other little things for it sparco steering wheel £50(without boss kit), 30 odd quid on auto glm lol! but it just keeps mounting up all the time! jesus mate edit: think i'll say no more actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoo2000 Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 whats the £35 for mate? you've spent £1200 so far as the car is? O.....M....G!!! yes, well...... 1k on the car seats, boot install, doorcards, coilovers, everything chappers listed, then it was £220 for delivery to bring the car to manchester from essex, then i have got other little things for it sparco steering wheel £50(without boss kit), 30 odd quid on auto glm lol! but it just keeps mounting up all the time! jesus mate edit: think i'll say no more actually Are you telling me that you've never spent more than that on an Escort ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_2f2f Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 The car might be shafted but at leasy Danny's got himself a new spokesperson/personal advisor/accountant. making comments against me as usual I see......... Why on earth would you assume it's about you? I am the only one who is commenting on Dans finance (because I know) so you can only be commenting on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee R Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 whats the £35 for mate? you've spent £1200 so far as the car is? O.....M....G!!! yes, well...... 1k on the car seats, boot install, doorcards, coilovers, everything chappers listed, then it was £220 for delivery to bring the car to manchester from essex, then i have got other little things for it sparco steering wheel £50(without boss kit), 30 odd quid on auto glm lol! but it just keeps mounting up all the time! jesus mate edit: think i'll say no more actually Are you telling me that you've never spent more than that on an Escort ? sorry, did you say something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 The car might be shafted but at leasy Danny's got himself a new spokesperson/personal advisor/accountant. making comments against me as usual I see......... Why on earth would you assume it's about you? I am the only one who is commenting on Dans finance (because I know) so you can only be commenting on me. So you're speaking on behalf of him, know his finances and are constantly advising him what to do. Pretty much the jobs I described. What's your problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_2f2f Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 What's your problem? You being a sarcastic c.unt, thats the problem. Anyway, not wasting my time arguing with you, got alot more important things to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNITERIDER Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 i swear escorts cost more than modifiying other cars lol theres so much you can get its the little things that add up, iv lost track of my spending! bet its a couple of times more than that tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny1987 Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) i swear escorts cost more than modifiying other cars lol theres so much you can get its the little things that add up, iv lost track of my spending! bet its a couple of times more than that tho i can imagine! look at the escort im in now... on that ive spent 500 on compomotives, 200 ripspeed dvd player (which i regret, will never touch ripspeed again), mudflaps lol which again i regret but in total they were 40 quid!, £200 on mot, 105 for 6months tax which is now ready for renewal, £300 to buy the friggar!, magnex system 80quid the list is just endless!!! and now to me that still looks like rubbish! but thats because i was silly with how i spent my money! Edited March 11, 2010 by danny1987 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze4door Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) if its what you want to do then do it i dont know how much i have spent on my mk1 but i am pretty sure its more than what it will be worth once its painted and rebuilt but when it is done the smile that will be on my face will be worth it Edited March 11, 2010 by bronze4door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny1987 Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 if its what you want to do then do it i dont know how much i have spent on my mk1 but i am pretty sure its more than what it will be worth once its painted and rebuilt but when it is done the smile that will be on my face will be worth it yeah will be good when you can stand back and smile at a car completly perfectly finished! im going to try anyway! would be nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
projectrs2k Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) whats the £35 for mate? you've spent £1200 so far as the car is? O.....M....G!!! yes, well...... 1k on the car seats, boot install, doorcards, coilovers, everything chappers listed, then it was £220 for delivery to bring the car to manchester from essex, then i have got other little things for it sparco steering wheel £50(without boss kit), 30 odd quid on auto glm lol! but it just keeps mounting up all the time! you spent a grand on the seats boot install and coilovers or is that with the car aswell then proceeded to buy a £50 steering wheel and £30 on autoglmn dont you think that would have been better spent on getting the car to a running spec/order personally i would be transferring stuff over from "bloo" onto your running escort and proceed to modify that one instead of pouring money into a car that you (not been funny) know nothing about trust me on this and this is how i got into escorts and wayne can backme up on this as he took it off my hands kreg cavalier gsi2000 (bought with blown head gasket) £500 for car cost in the region of £200 to sort myself (head skim and test remove broken manifold studs replaced blown core plugs new gasket set)got running was a quick carlower arm snapped on drivers side dragging driveshaft out of cv joint (£100)was told had sills done but thought i would checkfound the sills to be completely rotten apart from a 5" plate on passenger side rearso went further removed back bumper (could put my arm throught the wing and pull a coat that was in the boot out through it )checked underneath the car and found engine bay begging to split from the bulk head stripped and made money back but bye bye cav gsi 2000 m calibra 2.0 8v se4 bought for £1350 spent £400 getting it through an mot then proceded to spend on the car eventually 8v let go mr matty bought a 16v redtop to break bought the engine and gearbox etcfitted to mine too eager to get it on the road had know reverse and a selection of gears not in order (linkage was out of line)half way home oil cooler hoses split 5secs later bottomend seized mate towed it home stripped engine down got a second block with pistons and crank and rebuilt take into costs of head pressure test and skim new gaskets new oil cooler hoses new timing belt kit oils and antifreezeonce rebuilt found water leak (three way hose linking water pump head and bottom rad hose )then heater matrix was leaking time top fire up leaking oil not a good signso booked into garage to find out why stripped down and found bottom end cracked told them to leave and would settle up £150 so including price of car and mot lost over 2grand probably and car went for scrap lesson learnt will not remove an engine unless really need to and if price starts hiking up time to gett rid and cut your losses in no way to i begrudge what your doing/ intensions are for the car but relly think about how much it will cost/time to do the job/is it worth it in long run Edited March 11, 2010 by projectrs2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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