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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 07:42 AM
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start you buy a cheap fez then find out it needs new sills chassis rails archs done and then re sprayed ok fine for then you get it back try to do a service and the plug breaks and drops the ceramic bit down in thw head try to blow it out and its dissappears happy days me thinks so i try and start the damn thing a what do you know the bloody ceramic gets stuck in a valve it didnt blow out so now i got strip the head off still get it motd taxed and do some more mechanical work......... advise never ever buy of a friend or on a pearsons recommendation!!!!!

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oh and to make me even more pissed of the fella who told it was great has now offered to buy it off me for approx 10% of what ive just spent on it cheeky fecker
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 07:50 AM
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The answer is in the first six words of your post
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 07:51 AM
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i know
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 08:07 AM
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advise never ever buy of a friend or on a pearsons recommendation!!!!!
buy cheap.....buy twice
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 09:52 AM
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A quotation by John Ruskin written over 100 years ago:-

"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay to little.

When you pay too much you loose a little money that is all.

When you pay too little you risk loosing everything,because the thing you bought is incapable of doing the job it was bought to do.


A common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot -
it cannot be done.


If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run.

And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better."
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 09:56 AM
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very wise words tony
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 09:57 AM
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If you didnt spot the sills etc its your own fault.
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Mitsy FQ
A quotation by John Ruskin written over 100 years ago:-

"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay to little.

When you pay too much you loose a little money that is all.

When you pay too little you risk loosing everything,because the thing you bought is incapable of doing the job it was bought to do.


A common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot -
it cannot be done.


If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run.

And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better."

I like that
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by GARETH T
very wise words tony
Very wise words Mr Ruskin
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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If you buy sommat cheap you should expect to spend money on it. Sometimes its the best way... at least if you have done all the work that needs doing, you know the car is right when you have finished it.
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