the story.

always wanted anything Cossie since I can remember, and when Barclays said "here Lee, here's 10 grand" (loan ) I couldnt believe it. (My credit rating is so bad, I cant pay with money )

so, not enough for an Esc Cos and have money left over for emergencies/mods, so it was a 3 door or Saff. As I have a nipper, and the car was gonna be used semi regularly invovling being parked at work sometime, I chose the Saff option.

so the hunt began, and I bought the first sodding one I looked at. TWAT

it was advertised with paddle clutch, gpA gasket, rebuild 15k ago etc etc etc. The bloke was a lying cunt, even though the engine sounded sweet as a nut, with just a bit of blue on over run, but as I had 10, and it was a 4k car, I had 6k in reserve for a turbo or whatever. On its plus side, it had Samco's, 500 coller, Pace rad....all the right bits.

well, a week later, I took it to my trusted friend and local Cossie specialist, G Sport. said it sounded good, so I left it there for usual stage 3 work.

upon removing the head, it emerged the bottom end was well and truly SHAGGED , no gpA gasket, the coolant was neat antifreeze, the oil pick up pipe was blocked with metal fillings!!!!!!!!, the sump had no gasket, it had no paddle clutch.........and thats only some of the problems.

so its now a 4k rebuild to a very reliable st3, if only TNT could find the pistons and rods they have lost


why didnt I just buy an M3 EVO