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Frikkin cars!!
on: August 27, 2011, 15:50:36 PM
Well my amazing v8 A6:


IMG_0989 by Adam Woodford, on Flickr

Decided that it no longer needed power steering last week, was stuck on the isle of wight so all i could do was keep topping it up.

Got recovered home yesterday and the steering rack has blown, fluid filling the gaitors and pouring down under the car :(

Audi want £1600 to change it, stuff that! GSF quoted around £250 for the part so I'm going to do it myself.. fingers crossed hehe.

So I was without a car.. and that just doesnt work.. so bought one to cover me for the few weeks it'll take to get the parts and find the time to change it..

Tada:

IMG_2778 by Adam Woodford, on Flickr

IMG_2781 by Adam Woodford, on Flickr

IMG_2784 by Adam Woodford, on Flickr

IMG_2786 by Adam Woodford, on Flickr

IMG_2787 by Adam Woodford, on Flickr

IMG_2779 by Adam Woodford, on Flickr

Shes seen some action but should get me through till my Audi is fixed up :)
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Reply #1 on: August 27, 2011, 16:52:55 PM
This is the reason i won't buy an V6/8 Monster LPG is because i know when it goes wrong its going to cost the price of a small car to repair, its a shame i would love to own a nice big car and not have to drive around in a 1.6, but then again when the Astra goes wrong its so cheap to fix.
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Reply #2 on: August 27, 2011, 16:55:43 PM
Yeah the cost to fix a £50500 car that has dropped to £4000 is about the same as it was when it was £50500 lol properly crazy money!

Luckily I have the workshop manual and have a decent chance of being able to do it on my driveway :)
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Reply #3 on: August 27, 2011, 18:24:25 PM
Quote from: Binary Shadow on August 27, 2011, 16:55:43 PM
Yeah the cost to fix a £50500 car that has dropped to £4000 is about the same as it was when it was £50500 lol properly crazy money!

Luckily I have the workshop manual and have a decent chance of being able to do it on my driveway :)

Yeh i know what you mean. I can usually rely on step father to do odd jobs but not steering racks, but my mate charges me £25p/h regardless of job so it never costs me too much to get outside help.
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Reply #4 on: August 27, 2011, 18:34:29 PM
Yeah I'm lucky to have my dad about to help, I'd probably never manage it on my own!

Going to be a mission to change, need to drop a cat, a gearbox mount and a number of other easier bits and bobs to get to it.

Going to change the front brakes and do a service while I'm there, might as well hit it all at once.

The passat isn't too bad for the £650 i paid, hopefully i wont have any issues with it or selling it once I'm done.
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Reply #5 on: August 27, 2011, 21:16:35 PM
Quote from: Binary Shadow on August 27, 2011, 18:34:29 PM
Yeah I'm lucky to have my dad about to help, I'd probably never manage it on my own!

Going to be a mission to change, need to drop a cat, a gearbox mount and a number of other easier bits and bobs to get to it.

Going to change the front brakes and do a service while I'm there, might as well hit it all at once.

The passat isn't too bad for the £650 i paid, hopefully i wont have any issues with it or selling it once I'm done.

£650 is a bargain for the Passat, down this way they tend to sell for a fair bit more, is it 1.8 20v or T or TDI?
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Reply #6 on: August 27, 2011, 21:18:01 PM
its a 149k miles old 1.8 20v "sport"
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Reply #7 on: August 27, 2011, 23:25:52 PM
Quote from: Binary Shadow on August 27, 2011, 21:18:01 PM
its a 149k miles old 1.8 20v "sport"

They are good engines, don't know why they phased them out for the 2 litre , the 1.8 20v produces more power, seems funny to drop the engine.
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Reply #8 on: August 28, 2011, 01:38:15 AM
Crappy news about your nice Audi, its a shame as they never have problems but when they do its always something big :(

You got a v. good price on the Passat, I feel fleeced having paid £800 for my P.O.S Skoda.
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Reply #9 on: August 28, 2011, 04:00:37 AM
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Crappy news about your nice Audi, its a shame as they never have problems but when they do its always something big :(

You got a v. good price on the Passat, I feel fleeced having paid £800 for my P.O.S Skoda.

Nothing wrong with your Skoda, except the poverty spec.
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Reply #10 on: August 28, 2011, 11:25:21 AM
Mechanically it seems fine, but that should be taken as granted with any car. Nothing in the interior works properly, its a P.O.S still.
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Reply #11 on: August 28, 2011, 16:06:33 PM
It's always the way that when you need to buy a cheap car all you can find are POS's that aren't worth what they're being advertised at, but when you already have a car and don't need to buy one, you can always find cheap cars that are an absolute bargain! Sod's law.
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Reply #12 on: August 29, 2011, 16:33:57 PM
Oh I dunno.

I've just Sorn'd the Soarer and picked up a W Reg Clio.  It's woefully slow with it's beastly 1.2 8v engine.
Paid £450, with 80k on the clock.
A few niggles, as it's a french pos, but nothing major.

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Reply #13 on: August 29, 2011, 17:20:15 PM
Quote from: soopahfly on August 29, 2011, 16:33:57 PM
Oh I dunno.

I've just Sorn'd the Soarer and picked up a W Reg Clio.  It's woefully slow with it's beastly 1.2 8v engine.
Paid £450, with 80k on the clock.
A few niggles, as it's a french pos, but nothing major.



OMFG

Soopah is driving a Renault Clio, shame on you! :P
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Reply #14 on: August 29, 2011, 18:53:43 PM
You will soon learn to hate every fibre of its cloth uphostery. I learned my lessons buying French, especially Renault. Never again... :disappointed:
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