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[Figureman52]

Any opinions, contemplating buying 2011 estate with 113000 miles.

Omega needs £1000 spending for MOT.

Thanks

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Any opinions, contemplating buying 2011 estate with 113000 miles.

Omega needs £1000 spending for MOT.

Thanks

  'Fookin ell'

[tunnie]

What's the break down on the £1,000?

[Figureman52]

Only a guesstimate and not maybe all strictly MOT, but all necessary jobs and associated costs.

MOT failures.

4 Tyres @ £100                                          £400
Uneven wear suggests full geo setup required         £100
Steering Idler
Rear subframe bushes   
Front to rear brake pipes
S/H tail light                        £100 (optimistic?)

Other Jobs

Cambelt now at 5 years                  £100
Cam covers leaking – new gaskets               £100

Will take me some time to get these jobs done.
So two weeks car hire    (maybe more)                 £250

[Nick W]

You could save at least a third on the tyres with no effort.
Geometry check can be managed for a lot less.

Is the steering idler at fault, or is it the wishbone bushes/any of the three trackrods?
Rear subframe bushes are about £30 and 90minutes work.
Brake pipes a tenner for the bits and some time.
£100 for a secondhand tail light?? that's more likely to be somewhere between free and  £20.


Cambelt is £100, but you've put it off a year already, would another couple of months matter?
I've never bought into the Thou shalt buy only camcover gaskets anointed by the holy hand of Vauxhall and from then on only touched by the hands of thirty-year old Essex virgins; my Elring ones are still good after 2.5 years and over 20k miles which isn't bad considering they were part of a £12.50 head gasket set.


The problem with buying another used car is that you have no idea how much expensive stuff it will need in the next few months

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

You could save at least a third on the tyres with no effort.
Geometry check can be managed for a lot less.

Is the steering idler at fault, or is it the wishbone bushes/any of the three trackrods?
Rear subframe bushes are about £30 and 90minutes work.
Brake pipes a tenner for the bits and some time.
£100 for a secondhand tail light?? that's more likely to be somewhere between free and  £20.


Cambelt is £100, but you've put it off a year already, would another couple of months matter?
I've never bought into the Thou shalt buy only camcover gaskets anointed by the holy hand of Vauxhall and from then on only touched by the hands of thirty-year old Essex virgins; my Elring ones are still good after 2.5 years and over 20k miles which isn't bad considering they were part of a £12.50 head gasket set.


The problem with buying another used car is that you have no idea how much expensive stuff it will need in the next few months

About as rare  as a white horse with a spike coming out of his head.

[Nick W]

Cambelt is £100, but you've put it off a year already, would another couple of months matter?
I've never bought into the Thou shalt buy only camcover gaskets anointed by the holy hand of Vauxhall and from then on only touched by the hands of thirty-year old Essex virgins; my Elring ones are still good after 2.5 years and over 20k miles which isn't bad considering they were part of a £12.50 head gasket set.


The problem with buying another used car is that you have no idea how much expensive stuff it will need in the next few months

About as rare  as a white horse with a spike coming out of his head.

That is the only sensible explanation for the cost of genuine gaskets; they are obviously denied the usual method of making a living

[Doctor Gollum]

VAG Tdi injectors are £500+ vat.

Each.

Just to give the whole idea some perspective