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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Agreeable Slick on 20 December 2005, 01:35
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Right people been having a time of it... looks like xmas on me tod is looking more and more likely and not seeing anyone due to lack of transport is going to knacker my chances of any good food, or seeing family for at least another 4-5 months.
So main question is this though...
Car has now been a non-started for ooo 2 and a half months, 2 battery changes new dizzy, new HT leads, New Ignition coil, New sparks basically an entirely new ignition system.
Still it won't start, am getting a mate to come up and look it over from back home as he has loads of experience with dubs and has always been spot on before. Now that should be wednesday, but the thing is i am so pissed off with it that i am seriously considering just f**king it off, its cost loads to get to where it is now, and when its running its awesome, but at the moment its spent more time off the friggin road than it has on it. in the last 4 months there has been new wheels, new rear shocks, new gearbox, new waterpump, ignition system as above and about 2 oil changes. brakes, etc etc. Now don't get me wrong i love dubs, but this one is just killing me slowly, and i am really beginning to lose my patience and enthusiasm for the whole "dub love" thing.
Basically i need your opinions should i f**k it off or keep it and keep perserveering ?? Or can someone give me a cheap diesel and let me take this old shed off the road. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
/me wanders outside to kick the tornado red heap of crap in.....
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im gutteed for ya that its bein like that. But uv spent so much money and time on it already, your not goin to get anything like as much for it as u deserve, if it was me Id keep it and get someone to get it starting. Then if its still pissing u off, sell it and buy a mk3 :wink:
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Wait for your mate to check it out first, fresh pair of eyes & all that. I nearlly went to the lenghs you are going to until I found out my lifter pump went, which when I first got my Golf I was told I didn't have one!!! :angry: main fuel pump primed ok (no mad buzzing) but it wouldn't fire
I hope it's something your mate can fix easy :wink:
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I know how you feel. Ive recently had a similar sounding problem with mine. In the end i gave up too. But i didnt get rid, i just took it to a Bosch centre and asked them to apply their expertees. In the end it was a combination of the metering head being out of calibration and the timing being out. Cost £140 which i didnt mind as i got my baby back. And now ive also got the smile back on my face as i plant the accelerator and roar past everything else on the road! Dont give in. If your mate cant find the problem then take it too a posh garage, preferebly one with bosh credentials.
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don't give in mate; surely the smile it puts on your face everytime you rip past someone or just go for a drive outweights the frustration it causes you. I know mine does :smiley:
keep it mate; you'll only regret it if you got rid and you'll never find another car to match it
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You all know I was ready to sell mine the other month after loosing hope. Now I've got that back and things are starting to look up. Stick to it. it'll all turn out right in the end :)
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I had this same problem with my first golf, that car owed me the better part of £2k when i sold it for £120. :sad: and i have always regretted it, (even tho i have 2 more 8v's now!) it was a bag of crap alright, but it was full of juicy spares which i realy coulda used, worst comes to worst get another car and donar this one, it looks tidy enuff.....?
Jet :undecided:
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i would keep it mate after all the hard work and money you have put in.You would not get anywhere near what it owes you if you sell it as a non runner. Its always worse when you have trouble like this in the winter as no one wants to be out fixing a car in the freezing cold, have had similar thoughts several times myself.
Think i would either just take it to a decent garage and pay to get it properly sorted once and for all or take it off the road and by a old banger for the winter then sort it when the weather improves all ready for the show season again!! :smiley:
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it's a bag of sh!t mk2, sell it and buy a mk3 VR, ya know ya love em slick...... :smug:
or why not get on flee bay, buy a cheap runner, then get it sorted or bang a vr lump in it????
ave ya checked to see if it's the immob???, or the ignition amplifier on the back of the coil???
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everyone has those "i hate that fecking car" moments, especially when its not running.
i can 100% guarantee though that when its fixed (pull yer finger out!), you'll p!ss on some chavved up french piece of tossrag, and find yourself smiling while patting the dashboard thinking "god i love this fecking car!"
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everyone has those "i hate that fecking car" moments, especially when its not running.
i can 100% guarantee though that when its fixed (pull yer finger out!), you'll p!ss on some chavved up french piece of tossrag, and find yourself smiling while patting the dashboard thinking "god i love this fecking car!"
That happened to me just this morning,...ahh it was such a great feeling, almost poetic....keep the car dood ...
Jet :smiley:
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yeah slick, keep it.
I know how sh!tty it can be when car owes u loadsa money, and you've spent all your time an effort on it but think of the satisfaction you'll get *when* (not if!) you have it sorted.
you WILL have it sorted. cos i really wanna see this beast at some point in the future.
It can be sooo frustrating but you gotta think now its prob gonna be something simple in the end.
keep the car, good luck dudey.... :smiley:
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being fairly new round here I'm not sure of the spec of your car Slick, but from what i've picked up it sounds lovely (when working at least :wink:), knowing that generally people don't pay any extra for modded cars you won't see a return on any of your investment - so the potential £250 it may cost to have fixed is money well spent as (if you're anything like me at least) you'll only end up wanting to throw a load of money at whatever you buy next - better the devil you know I say :smiley: - i'm sure you'll regret it if you chose to get rid!
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I'd keep it matey :smiley:
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I would keep it and get it sorted (easier said than done i know)
but i was in a similar situation when my first valver started to die. It was off the road for while, until i bought a new part thinking that it might be the solution. When i did get to drive it i realised that it was all worth while. Which i am sure u will realise when i do get it running again. Then it would die again then i would buy a new part and so on and so on.
then when i did get it running the MOT and tax expired D'OH, after failing its 3rd MOT i decided to give up on it, i dnt regret it simply because i got a better valver shortly after. But the time in between cars was painful.
KEEP IT
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I know exactly what you are going through - mine has been a pain in the arse for the last couple of weeks, seems to be one thing after another...........Still not exactly decided what to do, been hankering after another Mercedes (my last car) as it seemed a bit more reliable (having said that I spent over £600 on the Merc before selling it for £400!). Cars always go wrong - they seem to be designed that way................
You just have to decide whether to spend money getting it fixed or spend (probably more) money getting another car.
Thing is with Mk2s is they have a way of sparking off conversations with total strangers. It's happened to me twice just this week - both people going on about what great cars they are. Never had a car that has this effect on people, but it's kinda nice and I would miss it............
Nice Mk2s (like yours) do seem to be going up a bit in value, so that is another reason to hang on to it for the moment. You never know, you might get the money you have invested back one day if you play your cards right........
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plus how long before ur new car is a VR6 tamer!
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fix it, you must have one of the quickest na 16v's out there :wink:
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and if thats not enough to tempt u into keepin it then you could always have a mk3! you'd soon want ur valver back im sure, from all the abuse youd get on here alone!
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well comon slick tell us you still love it even tho it lets you down more often the a girlfriend with amnesia, and about as reliable as a genuine spanish 10 euro rolex... remember for all its faults it is still a top grade A1 chav-bashing mean mother funkster of a car......
Jet :smiley:
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slick,
my missus has been busting my gonads the last couple of months because the valver was visiting the garage once a month for difficult bits and i've been tinkering with the easy bits. money money money, i must admit i was getting a bit cheesed off myself and had a moment of madness where i thought the voices in my head were right. :shocked:
i think i've now replaced (fingers crossed) all parts that wear with a car this age and in hindsight while it's been annoying not having it going or not going perfect, i know i'd much rather be spunking my dollar on my valver than what i'd be paying each month for a fairly new car. :cool: you have got to hang on in there, get her back on the road and remember why you got her in the first place. :cool:
good luck, i hope you get it sorted :smiley:
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Slick, get this one sorted, you cant be far away from getting it going now as you must have changed most things. If you got another car it could cost more to get that sorted than the one you have now. I think someone said this earlier, better the devil you know.
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You know what I'm gonna say Slick - stick with it mate.. :wink:
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get it fixed ya tart :drool: