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Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: Failed Mot , What now . Help needed please
« Reply #20 on: 17 January 2009, 14:08 »
Most folk will recommend a Bently manual over Haynes.

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Re: Failed Mot , What now . Help needed please
« Reply #21 on: 17 January 2009, 14:28 »
Get yourself back on ebay, i bought a 2nd hand haynes on there for £2.50 delivered to my house!

if you are a bit short on cash just fix the failures first and worry about the advisories at a later date, the failures although they may sound major are infact just the opposite

Its a shame when people get rid of perfectly good mk2s for the sake of a small mot failure
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Re: Failed Mot , What now . Help needed please
« Reply #22 on: 18 January 2009, 13:57 »
hey you got off lightly wi the mot man i ended up wi three pages and have replaced all the steering, suspension and brakes wi brand new uprated parts....if you dont have much experience work'in on cars get yourself a haynes manual...
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Re: Failed Mot , What now . Help needed please
« Reply #23 on: 18 January 2009, 15:04 »
 Fix it you know you want too  :smiley:
there is nothing more satisfying than fixing your own GTI (well apart from that :embarassed:), plus you will save a load of cash
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Re: Failed Mot , What now . Help needed please
« Reply #24 on: 18 January 2009, 15:06 »
Can't see your location on my blackberry, where are you buddy? Maybe I can lend a hand.

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Re: Failed Mot , What now . Help needed please
« Reply #25 on: 18 January 2009, 17:47 »
Def fix it buddy  :smiley:.....people have come up with a lot lot worse after an mot.

I bought my mk2 with very very limited mechanical knowledge but have done all sorts of work on it. Def get a haynes manual or use the Bently manual: http://www.iol.ie/~kilkennyhockey/BentleyManual/  as suggested.

This place is a wealth of information as well...

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Re: Failed Mot , What now . Help needed please
« Reply #26 on: 18 January 2009, 21:10 »
Can't see your location on my blackberry, where are you buddy? Maybe I can lend a hand.

Cheers Andy i am in Woodbridge just outside Ipswich , Let me know  :wink:

Ill get some more prices this week ,  Pretty sure I wanna keep it  :rolleyes:

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Re: Failed Mot , What now . Help needed please
« Reply #27 on: 19 January 2009, 09:48 »
I'm in bury mate I will see how far that is and get back to you.

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Re: Failed Mot , What now . Help needed please
« Reply #28 on: 19 January 2009, 19:30 »
 :cool:   Cheers Mate  :cool:

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Re: Failed Mot , What now . Help needed please
« Reply #29 on: 19 January 2009, 20:47 »
About 240 miles :shocked: