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Old 10-09-2014, 05:57 PM
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Gone but the scars will last a longgg time. Sold the mercury grey s2 after all but it the year long of ownership must be one of the worst ever. From the bloke I brought it off to the one who did the work on it, I don't think il trust many sellers or mechanics again. Always been too trusting and want to believe the best in people but only got a couple months of driving it and lost about £4k.
Old 10-09-2014, 06:19 PM
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its a shame you had a bad time with it all but the s2 is a total money pit and there are alot of people waiting to rip others off lesson learnt
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Originally Posted by turbolee
its a shame you had a bad time with it all but the s2 is a total money pit and there are alot of people waiting to rip others off lesson learnt
Body was perfect and after paying £4k for an engine conversion I should of had a great car but all I got was pushed back into depression.
Old 10-09-2014, 06:29 PM
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i bought one 7 yrs ago grey one oillight came on on way home from buying it engine fooked spent 5k on it including engine bodywork ran it all in and a few weeks later sawsigns off another engine failure after 5k spent i gave up and sold it for 2.5k as it nearly cost me my marriage money pit never again
Old 10-09-2014, 07:15 PM
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Did u do the engine yourself? I paid for the privilege of being fucked over.
Old 10-09-2014, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Rsturbowayne
Did u do the engine yourself? I paid for the privilege of being fucked over.
me aswell by the bodyshop they swapped newly rebuilt engine put all bits backon it and it started to fook up again theman who ran the bodyshop was a crook and a very violent individual as i found out years after
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Originally Posted by Nick 172 Sport
me aswell by the bodyshop they swapped newly rebuilt engine put all bits backon it and it started to fook up again theman who ran the bodyshop was a crook and a very violent individual as i found out years after
i should add they put a fooked engine back in and all my chrome back on they then sold my fresh engine
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Fuck me , hopefully people like that try and do over the wrong person and get what they deserve.
Old 10-09-2014, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Rsturbowayne
Body was perfect and after paying £4k for an engine conversion I should of had a great car but all I got was pushed back into depression.
What conversion did you have?
Old 11-09-2014, 01:53 AM
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Any car is a money pit if you are paying others to work on it.

Unless you can do most the work yourself these old cars just aren't worth it.
Old 11-09-2014, 06:44 AM
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The only reason I don't have an rs turbo!!
Old 11-09-2014, 07:10 AM
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A 2ltr zetec turbo. But they are a money pit but wouldn't u expect to get more than a months joy after spending £4k????
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Mine was always good as gold. Had a couple of big bills bit have owned it since 1994
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Originally Posted by Chopshop85
Any car is a money pit if you are paying others to work on it.

Unless you can do most the work yourself these old cars just aren't worth it.
What is really important to me is finding a trustworthy garage with people who have the skills and knowledge to do a proper job and take a pride in their work. I have had my 2wd Sapphire for nearly 20 years and have always used Richard and Malcolm at Tremona Garage in Southampton to do the work on it and they have never let me down. There are good people out there but unfortunately also others who are only interested in getting as much money out of you as possible and not giving a fuck about the standard of work they carry out.
Choose your garage wisely!
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Its a shame people wanna screw us over even though you trust them.
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I find this prob with some of the garages I've worked in, the boss wants to take on specialist work like performance engine rebuild when mechanics are only normally trained for standard stuff and they try it and fuck it. Best to use the well known engine builders if u can't do it yourself and most normal indipendant garages aren't skilled for that kind of stuff but some will take it on thinking they can make a quick buck on it. If I weren't a mechanic I could never afford to run my Cossie if I had to pay someone else to do the work
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Originally Posted by gcfcos
I find this prob with some of the garages I've worked in, the boss wants to take on specialist work like performance engine rebuild when mechanics are only normally trained for standard stuff and they try it and fuck it. Best to use the well known engine builders if u can't do it yourself and most normal indipendant garages aren't skilled for that kind of stuff but some will take it on thinking they can make a quick buck on it. If I weren't a mechanic I could never afford to run my Cossie if I had to pay someone else to do the work
Even the ones that say they are still fuck it up.!!




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