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Unfortunatly my first week of ownership has been kind of horrible.
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Its a 93 rev 3 import with 120k km on the clock and pretty tidy as you can see.
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Day two of ownership.
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Some utter B*****D decided to side swipe me while it was parked up.
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And later that day.
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The car seemed to be driving ok just before that happened but then i started noticing red warning lights coming on the dash under boost.
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The steam started coming out the back so i pulled over sharpish! Opened the back to find mt vesuvius erupting out of my expansion bottle.
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I got the breakdown company to tow me to my local garage.
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Garage replaced my radiator cap as the original was the wrong pressure apparently.
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Back to the garage and they say that the cooling system has problems as the thermostat seems to be disconnected.
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Garage man also said the thermostat may of been disconected to cover up the problem of a shot headgasket
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So the question is are there any decent garages in the aberdeenshire area who are reputable with mr2s.
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Sorry for the incredibly long winded intro post but i need help and dont want to just accept the fact that iv just spent
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Meanwhile im driving a pink pug 206 1.1l
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So you can understand the urgency of my post!!!
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Many thanks
Sam
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Oh i tried to add pics but the site wont let me
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