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[The Cambelt Kid]

Hi chaps,

Having been very busy over the past few months I can now officially say I am ready to sell on my pride and joy.  It’s been off the road for a while as I now have an Audi.

While it was off the road I replaced the crank oil seal and also both cam covers, and following advice on this forum I made sure I used GM parts all the way.

Since resolving the oil leak I am now confident that once sold on I can be sure she’ll give a few years trouble free motoring.

Here are the details:

Nov 2002 on a 52 plate
2.6 LPG Manual Saloon in Silver.
99k Miles
80Ltr tank behind the rear seats, re-enforced mounting which exceed the LPGA specification.  Fully sequential injection system with custom injector mounts.  LPGA certificate included.

Bodywork – Pretty good and polishes up quite well, obviously it’s a 7 year old car so there are a few marks here and there, but by no means tatty looking.  One of the rear arches is in the early stages of rusting but only visible if you have a really good look.

Engine – very good and quiet, however I do get a very light rattle noise, which I can categorically say is a cam follower on the passenger bank.  It only surfaces every now and then and is hardly noticeable.  Once is above 1000RPM the noise disappears.  No mayo in filler cap and smooth idle, no other rattle or clunking noises!!

Wheels (Elite) – Very good, no obvious corrosion and wrapped in Continental 3’s, front have 6 months left, rears a year or more, hardly any wear.

I dropped this into Sadmag a few weeks ago for £2000 but nobody was interested, so now i will accept offers very close to £1500.  I forget this is a big car which will scare most people off and i would think as it's modified with LPG would scare Mr Ford and Mrs Vectra off!

I forget what the book price in on this car, but I am sure £1500 for a LPG V6 is a good buy, not forgetting all the work I have carried out, something I see most of you chaps doing after buying!!

PS: GM Cambelt was fitted at 78k.

Regards
Marc 07789 654 206

[Dishevelled Den]

Some pics would help Kid

[The Cambelt Kid]

Here you go...

Also, forgot to mention:- Tax until Jan 2010, MOT end Sept.

PS: Just drove her down the A50 and she is just fine, makes me question why i bought an A4, she really is a treat to drive and makes me feel king of the road 

[HNO3GOH]

How many miles are you getting from a full tank of gas

[The Cambelt Kid]

Crikes, i was doing 250-270 miles to £30(ish) as far as i can remember, it's been a while since i checked though.  Not forgetting that the price of LPG has dropped quite a lot since i was using it.  Also 250 was stuck in traffic going to work and back, so motorway driving was much better!

For my first LPG Omega i created Excel spreadsheets and graphs to display the costs involved, but with the V6 i never really bothered, i knew it was saving me a fortune at the pumps and thats all i cared about really.

If i remember correctly, my 80L tank holds 66L from empty and at 49.9PPL was £32.93 to fill.  Now i think LPG is about 44.9 (please correct me if i'm wrong), so a tankfull today that would cost £29.63 

[The Cambelt Kid]

Oh and some more info while i remember:

Genuine CAT back system fitted June 2007 AFAIR.  This was a like for like system, so a single exit box.

Genuine Sony bluetooth carkit installed and correctly wierd into the loom, so mutes audio and displays message on screen.  Not one of these half wit installs.

[Big Fra]

Does it say MV6 on the log book?

Just wondering as I thought all MV6's had silver trim in place of the wood?

Cheers.

[The Cambelt Kid]

Yes it does say MV6 on the log book and no they dont all have metalic trim.  This one came with wallnut.

Regards

[jemis]

Its unlikely but if its still for sale when I get back of me hols at the end of the month I will probably have it of you.

[The Cambelt Kid]

You never know....

[Kevin Wood]

My MV6 has walnut trim too.

I would say a 2.6 manual would do 300 miles of mixed motoring on that tank if driven sensibly. My 3.2 auto does 250-270 odd on the same tank.

Kevin

[oceansoul]

If it was an auto, id have that =[

[The Cambelt Kid]

hey peeps, look like she's sold.  I have a nice chap coming to collect this saturday.  Having spoken to him about the car and OOF, it would seem that the car will stay on this forum as he is a keen DIYer.

Cheers and many thanks for all your help over the years!