scottg17 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Done it again, This time a GTI, needs some work but in general she looks pretty solid underneath, wings need replaced as they're buggered, Petrol tank is leaking if filled anything above 1/2 lol47k on the clock, albeit a rough 47k but have no reason to disbelieve its miles going by the wear in the interior and a load of past MOTs so all in all pretty happy and better still found the towing eye cover in the boot Only a little bit of rust on one arch and a tiny bit on the tailgate Only paid £400 so its a punt really and could make that back in parts alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Lol, Have just looked on the MOT info site and in 2006 the mileage at its MOT was 1600 miles, me thinks its done 147k now lol , Still no mention of any rust on the MOTs so still good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevmo3691 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 i'd go with 147K then good buy though. keep you amused for a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 regardless of miles a car for £400 which runs and isnt a rusty heap isnt bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 regardless of miles a car for £400 which runs and isnt a rusty heap isnt bad Exactly, its just the shell I'm interested in really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Why would you do it to yourself?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) Why would you do it to yourself?! Probably as some sort of punishment for selling my last one some better pics since its cleaner now Tinted fogs are going, smoked indicators are going, sparco pedals are going as well Edited May 24, 2012 by scottg17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottybo Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 where do you guys manage to pick up these cheap cars from i can never find anything half decent for that sort of money lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) where do you guys manage to pick up these cheap cars from i can never find anything half decent for that sort of money lol Well it wasn't cheap to start with. Guy had it advertised for £850, I text the number, he reduced the price to £450 cause he said the starter motor had packed up.Was happy to just bump it and drive it up the road anyway so went down, didn't even try the starter, bumped it to start, took it a wee run, managed to stall it parking it up and just out of habit tried to start it off the key and it went, guy was kicking himself and I still had the cheek to knock an extra £50 and a free towrope off him lmao Must have just been a sticky solenoid/flatish battery and the test run probably sorted it lol Edited May 24, 2012 by scottg17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Off topic but Im loving that mazda 3 in the first post, spoiler looks made for the saltire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 My mates MPS, wasn't sure of the vynal satires to start with but now I think it's the best 20 quid he's ever spent lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 Some not so good news tonight, both sills are buggered with rust when i took the kit off to take a look. Found a hole on one of the rear chassis legs and the passengers foot well. Going to try and get a few quotes to get her put right, So want to see it sorted rather than me have to break it lol £400 quid punts for you lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevmo3691 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 escrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 escrot yup.... as the title says... blood sweat and anger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 what did you expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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