Maria.

Well as most of you know, on my way back from the Bristol meet last month, my head gasket gave way!!

After inspection at SCC it was discovered that my head had warped, hence needed replacing!!

The top man Paul at North Yorks Spares sent over a new head to SCC so they could get it reattached to clives engine!

Well, after a few swear words, Rob got the head put back on, only to discover that the ehad wasnt the only problem i had with my engine! and suspected that my bottom end was in need of a rebuild!!!

So due to lack of funds, AND enthusiasm now, i went and picked clive up on Saturday on the back of a trailer and she is now sat in my garage, looking and feeling very sorry for herself!

Mark from M A Developments came out to have a gander under the bonnet for me yesterday, just to confirm what SCC had said, and that yes, i need a rebuild!

So after a total of approx 9grand and a huge total of 500 miles, i am right back to square one!!

So while i start saving my pennies, i am yet again cossieless!

i just thought id let you all in on the latest in the poorly cossie saga!

Oh and thanks again to everyone for putting up with me moaning, ranting and raving about clive!!!

Ryan

Phil

iTrader: (1)

Bloody hell! For 9k Martin Hadland could have built you a brand spanking new 600bhp engine!

Martyn

Thats definitly not good

B19-TRB

CossieRich

iTrader: (1)

Oh dear Maria. What next? Feel for you. its so frustrating havin a car that u cant drive and even worse when u have to start saving pennies, knowing u wont be able to drive it for a while.

TIFF

DaveEscos

what the fuck did you spend 9 grand on if it was a second hand engine!

gurnE

Bloody cars

scottbrown

wot was the 9k for?

Maria.

the 9k wasnt just for the engine! lol that was for bufty bits, labour, the engine, and other odds n sods!!!

i think the thing that guts me the most is that shes just gonna sit there, and i can see her everyday in the garage, just cant do owt with ther!

WutangRS

whats clive

Sticky.

iTrader: (4)

I carnt believe Clive was a girl

Maria.

clive in my cossie, and shes a girlie!!!

CraigN

gonna be a lot in labour to fit etc

vroooom ptssssh

who in their right mind calls a female clive

Sorry to hear the probs u been having maria, BUT put it this way least u got a kick ass car when u can fix it

Sticky.

iTrader: (4)

Thats what i thought, but then again who in the right mind calls them self Nardia

Maria.

i called her clive cos the cars has had 'issues' since the first day i bought her! so i thought clive would be a fitting name!!

well ive got 78p towards my 'fixing clive the cossie fund' now!

just a tad more to go....................................

Nath

Gutted for you gal

Rene

sorry to hear maria

Ian2wdsaffcos

Proper feel gutted for you Maria, remember that sick feeling in my stomach I had when a similar thing happened to me Here have a

RANJ

9k is way to much. full stop, bufty bits dont come to 9k, and end of it u still have a car that aint running, id be fuming

Ian2wdsaffcos

Steve Scott charged me either Ł150 or Ł200 (can't remember exactly) to do an engine swap for me.

DaveEscos

9 k for a second hand engine?

fitment and some bailey tanks?!!!


is it me or does that sound like a hell of a lot?

must be some more work in there somewhere!

Maria.

cheers for the huge huggy smiley thing ian! made me chuckle!

yeah i agree, but theres nowt i can do about it now! Ive had to put everything down to experience!! and yes i am fu(king fuming at the fact that i have no running car!!! but what can i do?? nothing! so i have to hold back the tears extremely hard, and look forward to having her back on the road in maybe a year or twos time!

Turbo lag

did you not have the engine rebuilt by SCC what has gone wrong with it so soon


Dave.

Rene

the engine was swapped over not a rebuild

Maria.

i bought the engine 2nd hand! and SCC fitted the engine for me as well as put some bufty bits etc etc on there as well swapping my management over blah blah blah

Spiky

iTrader: (1)

not good news


whats wrong with the block??

vroooom ptssssh

moral of the story ladies is consult someone else before you get work done on ya cars!!

Maria, if u dont wanna look at the cossie i'll happily put it outside my hous eand look after it (and tell me mates ive bought an Escort cossie)

RichardPON

Maria,

I know I no longer work there, but it would help when you post these sorts of things to let people know exactly what was done.

Since it seems that everybody knows exactly what was done for the money, would someone who obviously knows like to explain to everyone else?

This is what I hate about these bulletin boards - everybody is SOOO quick to jump on the bandwagon and act like vultures when they smell fresh prey.

Did it get mentioned that there's a clutch in there. Oh, and 18" tyres. Strut brace. Bailey tanks. Complete management swap including all sensors............... and the list goes on.

Fuckin clueless twats.

Maria.

hang on a fucking minute rich, get off your high horse, yes i did mention bufty bits, yes i did mention engine management!!!!

ok so whoops a fuckin daisy i forgot to mention 4 tyres and a clutch how god damn reckless of me!

JAP CRAP

feel for ya girl I only had my cossie a few months when it went bang. I was gutted and pissed off but not as much as I would be if I were in your situation.

hope the helps a bit

Maria.

cheers jap crap!!! need all the huggy type things i can get!

Ian2wdsaffcos

RichardPON

Maria,

1. I'm not any high horse, so wind your neck in.

2. Stop insinuating things - you were entirely different to me on MSN this morning, so if you've got something to say...............

3. Why are you feeling the need to play trial by bulletin board. Unfortunately, I don't work at SCC anymore, and there's nothing I can do to help, but this is the second time I've been on two different bulletin boards to stop people jumping to conclusions about what was charged for the work carried out on your car, in a vein attempt to stop recrimination and the company being the victim of unfair criticism.

If any of these so-called experts had any idea on how the industry works, then they would realise that people charge different amounts for different reasons.

For example, Steve Scott charges an hourly labour rate that most companies couldn't even get close to, because he works with minimal overheads.

Now the job carried out on your was extremely labour intensive, hence the cost.

My problem was that it was being illustrated that it was 9k for an engine swap, which it clearly is not.

Maria.

ive got nothing to say that im not saying on here rich!

trial by bulletin boeard? and unfair critism? Now YOU point out to me rich where on here i have critisised SCC or have been unfair to them in ANYWAY and i will put my hands up and apologise for doing so unfairly!

can ya find it? huh huh huh?

NO

if people wanna question what the money was spent on, then thats up to them! when i say something derogatory then you can shoot me down in flames, untill then, dont.


oh and ian, FANKOO

digita1dragon

gutted for you maria glad youre not giving up on clive though! she's a lovely car!
i can understand what youre gonig through, ive had similar luck with my cars but thankfully they are alot cheaper to fix than a cossie
big hug