ScORTED Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 some sensible thin wheels and winter tyres and you could easily run an M3 in winter. plenty of M3 Evos appearing in your price bracket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 The seller got back to me about A6 CYA and I went to see it on Sunday. The bodywork is rough, pretty damn rough, and it's not the later ABY engine, rather the early 3B. This has it's pros and cons, and the car was never going to be perfect considering they still go for £2.5k with no MOT, so my purchase was always going to be a rollling project. From my amateur inspection though, it seems mechanically sound. I'm going to make a slightly cheeky offer tomorrow and see what he says. Potential big news soon.... In other news, I had a course in *my private test track* today and my Kingfisher beauty sat at 3 figures for 2 hours each way. Superb motors these old things. In other, other news, I may have been snapped by a mobile police camera on my private track. /facepalm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 Offer accepted and I pick it up tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee R Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 In other, other news, I may have been snapped by a mobile police camera on my private track. /facepalm not at 3 figures??? if so, ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 In other, other news, I may have been snapped by a mobile police camera on my private track. /facepalm not at 3 figures??? if so, ouch My first instinct is to brake then look at my speedo, so I'm never quite sure (that makes it sounds like I do it a lot, I don't, I have no points on my licence). I'd say an indicated 89/90 and my speedo over reads at that speed by about 4-5mph, so hopefully it'd only be a 3 pointer if I got zapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 What kind of mobile camera? Mobile GATSO, or a copper holding one? If the latter you're most likely safe, unless it was also recording video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 What kind of mobile camera? Mobile GATSO, or a copper holding one? If the latter you're most likely safe, unless it was also recording video! A police transit with blacked out windows at either side and a wee camera logo. http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/police/dscd1284.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Oh well, you have 14 days from the date of claimed offence to find out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Sod the doom and gloom! you've now got an S2 on the way! Just make sure you've got a fire extinguisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) Had new track rod ends and adjusters fitted this week and the alignment done. http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13359.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13360.jpg £214 (labour only) on a car I'm about to sell /facepalm. Got round to changing the ABS ring so the light is off for the MOT: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13361.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13363.jpg Light is still fcuking on. Ran a diagnostics and it's pointint to the front right. Where the ABS ring was replaced in Feb :-\ Maybe a sensor issue. *pointing. Edited May 19, 2012 by sidrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meekstaaa Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Unlucky on the ABS front. What happened with the speeding ticket scenario? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) No word on the speeding ticket so they must not have seen me (or my speedo over reads by 20mph, haha). Quite gutted about the ABS. It's a simple enough job to replace the ring, but a pain when on your back in the driveway when you don't have womens hands. It's got its MOT on Friday, which it will now fail, quite probably only on the ABS. I've ordered an ABS sensor, but if that doesn't sort it then I'm at the stage where I can't be hooped to take the wheels off that car again (or spending more money) when the S2 needs so much doing to it, and might just sell it for 'spares', which is a crying shame as it's an excellent motor. Edited May 19, 2012 by sidrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naylor2006 Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 No word on the speeding ticket so they must not have seen me (or my speedo over reads by 20mph, haha). Quite gutted about the ABS. It's a simple enough job to replace the ring, but a pain when on your back in the driveway when you don't have womens hands. It's got its MOT on Friday, which it will now fail, quite probably only on the ABS. I've ordered an ABS sensor, but if that doesn't sort it then I'm at the stage where I can't be hooped to take the wheels off that car again (or spending more money) when the S2 needs so much doing to it, and might just sell it for 'spares', which is a crying shame as it's an excellent motor. It is a crying shame but at least your not replacing a project with a diesel focus or something, hell, I couldnt manage two project cars, one has a turbo and one doesnt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 MOT failure!! ABS lamp onHandbrake below minimum efficiency :-\ Handbrake is great, so I don't know what's happened there. It's booked in somewhere to get the ABS looked at on Thursday. I CBA removing hubs and driveshafts on it again. Not bad for the age of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 given how much time and money you've spent on it I'm suprised they didn't give you three years mot and some sort of prize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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