Originally Posted by
RS Grant
Girlfriends brother has one, he's 6ft4 and pretty built... he looks a bit big for it IMO, however, he said that he feels fine driving it.
.....to the top, he was driving this morning, put car into 5th gear. Lost power. Pulled over and car died. Tried to re-start and it failed to do anything, guy that collected the car said he's pretty sure his cambelt has gone.
What sort of coin is he looking at to fix this? I assume the engine is fucked and will require a replacement... obviously every situation is different, but the most cost effective way will be to replace rather than rebuild cause the internals will be very messy won't they?!
Cheers,
Grant