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Offline luke

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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #20 on: 30 June 2012, 18:13 »
got it  :grin:
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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #21 on: 30 June 2012, 18:36 »
pics?! i need a laugh  :laugh:

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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #22 on: 30 June 2012, 20:13 »
Spirita di Punto...................... :lipsrsealed:


On a serious note, anything 2 litre and upwards thats over 12 years old is going for absolute peanuts atm. Soot chuckers too! A4 diseasel with a remap ftw!
A4??? under £700???

my a4 appears to be worth fack all i skint as well so can only buy something else what i get for it, this might be 1st car lost money on in a while, shame as they drive nice

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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #23 on: 30 June 2012, 21:27 »
pics?! i need a laugh  :laugh:
there's some on the autotrader link on the second page I think, will get some better ones, it pulls well, interior is clean and smells nice, that's about it  :grin:
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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #24 on: 30 June 2012, 21:54 »
got it  :grin:
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A good looking motor - put coilies on the bottom of the list for it for the moment- it sits fairly low anyway and it has good suspension - a shame to ruin it. Put some new high quality oil and filter in it. Change the diesel filter often - if they get blocked it can cause odd problems that are hard to diagnose and can be expensive replacing stuff you didn't need to.

Sort the pump and turbo actuator for more power - but don't go silly or you will take the clutch out.

If it gets difficult to start in the mornings it is the glowplugs. (Wait for the glowplug light to go out before you try. That's easy - ignition on, put seatbelt on, then hit the starter).

Enjoy! A cracking motor IMO and a good buy. Well done.


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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #25 on: 30 June 2012, 22:11 »
Spirita di Punto...................... :lipsrsealed:


On a serious note, anything 2 litre and upwards thats over 12 years old is going for absolute peanuts atm. Soot chuckers too! A4 diseasel with a remap ftw!
A4??? under £700???

Have a look on Autotrader, hundreds of em under a grand, 30 odd under £700.  :wink:
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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #26 on: 30 June 2012, 23:59 »
I did and funk me...how why??? Shocked to be honest. Seen a good few A3s as well

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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #27 on: 01 July 2012, 00:41 »
got it  :grin:
Result

A good looking motor - put coilies on the bottom of the list for it for the moment- it sits fairly low anyway and it has good suspension - a shame to ruin it. Put some new high quality oil and filter in it. Change the diesel filter often - if they get blocked it can cause odd problems that are hard to diagnose and can be expensive replacing stuff you didn't need to.

Sort the pump and turbo actuator for more power - but don't go silly or you will take the clutch out.

If it gets difficult to start in the mornings it is the glowplugs. (Wait for the glowplug light to go out before you try. That's easy - ignition on, put seatbelt on, then hit the starter).

Enjoy! A cracking motor IMO and a good buy. Well done.


gonna give it a service next weekend, and wind the turbo and pump out a little bit, I feel like james bond putting in the immobiliser code every time I start it  :grin: need to fit a boost gauge but unsure where to place it
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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #28 on: 13 August 2012, 17:40 »
better give this a bump  :huh: :laugh: :laugh:
£350 budget for a cheap runaround
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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #29 on: 13 August 2012, 18:41 »
All your gonna get for that is a clapped out Corsa, or a mk3 in need of a bit of work.  :undecided:
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