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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!

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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 :mellow:

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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 :mellow:

Are you telling me that you've never spent more than that on an Escort ? :innocent:

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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......... :rolleyes:

 

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. :rolleyes:

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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 :mellow:

Are you telling me that you've never spent more than that on an Escort ? :innocent:

 

sorry, did you say something? :roll:

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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......... :rolleyes:

 

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. :rolleyes:

 

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?

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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 :nutter:

 

 

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!

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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 :thumb:

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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 :thumb:

 

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!

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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 car

lower arm snapped on drivers side dragging driveshaft out of cv joint (£100)

was told had sills done but thought i would check

found the sills to be completely rotten apart from a 5" plate on passenger side rear

so 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 etc

fitted 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 antifreeze

once 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 sign

so 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

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