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japaneseskoda wrote: as a mid 40's guy

Old fart!

what rev is it from?

Sorry for the delayed follow up on this one...! It was indeed a timing error; with this rectified the engine started immediately and no sign of any damage (touch wood!) :) He will be back and you will see the result. They do hit valves believe me, no matter that its written as non interference. FAIL!

moving sucks much, yes.

spencerc wrote:i've pm'd you, full asking price if everything is as stated
i'd like to see pics of the scrapes and frunk rust though, cheers

Christ, I guess your offer of full asking price just wasn't good enough…

Could you have over tightened the belt in a massive way? That could stop it moving. Maybe.

Isn't BYO alcohol banned this year?

You can be damn sure he's watching this thread and if you are, mate you're a cretin and you're full of xxxx. There's no way trading standards have come to see the car. I hope your business goes under for treating hard working, honest people the way you do. Hell of a way to kick off a new business, ...

Where the bottom bolt goes through there is a movable bush type thing which probably needs a tap with a hammer to make it fit. I had to take my bracket out and use Thors' hammer to 'tap' mine. They get a build up corrosion behind the lip, thats what pushes them out making alternators &*%$ to ge...

Draven wrote:Looking forward to seeing what you're gonna do with this one.

V6 conversion?

I went to view and had to turn it down, as lovely as it looks there was not much explanation or paperwork explaining the changes in the bodywork and the seller mentioned 'the car was imported over 17 years ago so the paperwork has probably been lost in that time'. It was a clean car but I'm not wil...

auzzam wrote:

Strangely enough the chap who bought mine didn't ask for a test drive and was happy with me demonstrating. Although I was very honest about the issues in my advert.

thats quite a big difference though, you didn't refuse his request to drive it himself.

aussiegt I was blind sighted by the car i fell in love im sure everyone has made a mistake once in a while Man, if I wanted to buy a car and the seller wouldn't let me have a test drive of it there's no way on earth i'd buy it. Sure, it does happen that we can see the car in a nice fuzzy day dream ...

headrushuk wrote:he wouldent let me drive the vehicle

Dude….

"BigTurd" seems to be the new name they are known by apparently.

Oh man, why don't you sit on it for a week or so before you &*^R it off. Its been really good watching your work.

Anyone looking at buying an mr2 should check what tyres are fitted. Any cheap ditch finder tyres (or tyres worn down to 2mm used in the wet) will make the whole performance a lot worse than it could be. Not just acceleration but cornering and braking as well. http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/1d/1d395213...

Alasdair Mair wrote:Car is still available - make me an offer!

£5.

P@shencia wrote:
USD American dollars

Ah. Just too many of them I think.

C35Rob wrote:$350..

I'll pass...

Yeah, some decent looking parts but

What dollars are you asking those prices in?