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General Car Chat / Re: Bad Day

« on: 02 October 2009, 23:50:26 »

Got my trade card and saved some money on oil yesterday but have been told its only odd items you get discount on don't know if they will knock anything of shocks or sensor. Have some parts to come of the old dead CD but this one being an elite will have to look far and wide for good spares.

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General Car Chat / Re: Bad Day

« on: 02 October 2009, 22:15:25 »

i told the engineer i want the old one back so will not get the full payout. i am going to use some of the parts off her to try and get the new one up to mint but what do i do with the rest of the bits. :-?

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General Car Chat / Re: Bad Day

« on: 02 October 2009, 21:44:00 »

in the cold light of day the new elite is not in as good nick as the old CD. on the good side she only has 84K on the clock and a full service history. But she has the old tyre wear thing on the front and one of the rears had a nail in it (£12.50 to fix). The head lights need a new sensor (Vauxhall want £149.50 for a new one). she also needs a back box and the rear shocks will need new ones soon.

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General Car Chat / Re: Bad Day

« on: 02 October 2009, 21:32:03 »

we did the buy it now price and when i looked at the guide it was just over top book but it has tax and MoT until next May. Went up to wigan to pick it up all the way from Swindon. Got back at 3:15 am with the elite on the back as the insurance is still on the old one as the wife has her own number on it.

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General Car Chat / Re: Bad Day

« on: 02 October 2009, 21:21:07 »

had a good chat with the engineer about the price he gave which to be fair was only £30 short of the glass's guide as she had 115k on the clock

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General Car Chat / Re: Bad Day

« on: 02 October 2009, 21:17:54 »

When i saw the car on the day of its loss i told the wife we will not be seeing that again as they took it away on the back of the lorry. s she was so upset that night we started looking for another for her. We found a 02 2.2dti elite estate on ebay. one day later a few bids had already been made so we did they buy it now price have now got the car on the drive it has 84K on it.

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General Car Chat / Re: Bad Day

« on: 02 October 2009, 21:05:07 »

The engineer said the car is worth £2500 we got her almost 4 years ago for 7K

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General Car Chat / Bad Day

« on: 02 October 2009, 20:55:05 »

on the 23rd of September my wife went to work as normal and put her mint 2.2dti CD estate in the carpark as normal. At about 10am one of the work force came to see her. They had been cutting down a tree in the car park close to her car and had runout off fuel on the chainsaw so with only 2 feet of the tree left to cut off the trunk went and got the forklift. The idea was to put the fork in the cut and slowly lift the section up and finish the job. things did not goto plan and the 2 foot section went up in the air and down onto the screen and roof on the nearside. tonight the engineer rang and said the car was a total loss.  

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General Car Chat / Re: Driver's Footrest.

« on: 02 October 2009, 21:48:44 »

never had an issue when i had my auto or is it i only have size 10's

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General Car Chat / Re: cheap towbar???

« on: 02 October 2009, 22:52:22 »

if yours is an estate i will have one next week with twin electrics and has only been used once.

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General Car Chat / Re: I think this is worth alook

« on: 02 October 2009, 21:08:36 »

I'll have two at that price

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General Car Chat / Re: Interested in 17" wheels on ebay

« on: 20 June 2009, 11:42:12 »

i got a set of 17" facelift alloys off dave in Cirencester for £260 in Jan this year off an MV6 cop estate 51 reg i think had almost new tyres on them which i had removed and put on my elite now the wheels are in my shed. i don't wont them as they are MV6 need a bit of work if anyone wants them they can have them for free but must collect if this helps anyone.

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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Re: Anyone up for a Oxford or Reading meet?

« on: 22 September 2011, 20:14:47 »

looks like the weather is due to be good so looks good for the park anyway

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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Re: Anyone up for a Oxford or Reading meet?

« on: 22 September 2011, 15:44:52 »

Cutteslowe Park
Harbour Road
Oxford
OX2 8ES

Car park is on the right at the end of Harbour Road just as you go in to the Park See you all at 1pm Saturday 24th September

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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Re: Anyone up for a Oxford or Reading meet?

« on: 22 September 2011, 15:37:38 »

The Black Horse
Banbury Road
Kidlington
OX5 2BT

only if it's raining, if the sun is out then it's the park from what i can see, will have to have a look for the post code for that looks like there is 4-5 of us at the moment normal is about 10 cars at the park at past meets