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  1. Must have been facelift only, as im pretty sure the 1982 Sierra we had was TX key, but you may be right about the 1985 Sierra we had, got a feeling that was the newer type. Then again, facelift was 87........I know one had the square lights with the slatted grill, and the later one had the solid front with the wider lights.
  2. Just catching up on this, some great progress! As for the spare key front, it should just be a standard TX key for that era Ford. Most key cut places should still be able to do them👍
  3. Would love one of these myself, but reckon I'd get too much hassle from SWMBO about it, she was annoyed enough at the "old man car" S-type! With the key fob, have you tried to re-pair it to the car? Jag have some weird methods, I think in the S-type you had to turn the key from 0 to 2 in the ignition about 10 times whilst holding the brake, then press another button and it'd re-pair. In the X350s I have a funny feeling its something odd like holding a climate control button whilst flashing the headlights 10 times, or some other bizzare combo🤣 but it might do the trick!
  4. Not entirely sure if he is selling cars or taxidermy services... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225980856298?hash=item349d8237ea:g:S8oAAOSwZfVluI5t&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4PmY62gauXoCyHqyWUIOV55HGMo0l%2FrhAuVb2If55z9RPxp6IloeivqKI1YBd66%2Fk36qY53z4xR3128XLINmevWcLnq8tXgk3Dm%2BE0Ie6TRpVL7F0haGLQWK898BdmF9HoEp81LpLAWRlF5VNvcn1ANqjKHNrNkdZPy4Y9N%2FNBKt9GbQrUQAnJYI%2FYN%2FzdtyWCNAgCBP5oWCJ4s8SOEnrhZOAmlTLF13djxmFddDqXFUGjN183TfUjpdxCYwdFTocnCwF0gmGDPkrTAvJp%2BNBsUCdMkMWNWP6Ws2%2FM1TG9TG|tkp%3ABk9SR_ifmumsYw
  5. Sure thats not an ST24 rather than a V6 Ghia??? Also, whereabouts, if its local to you then its local to me😉
  6. robt100

    Volvo 940 wagon

    Saw the thread title, then saw the usename. For a split second wondered if I have early onset dimentia and had bought a car and forgotten.....would explain the empty bank account🤣
  7. Looks like it also has the optional bodykit fitted? Those wheels were optional too.
  8. Let me guess, advertised as "runs great, no issues" then 5 lines later "needs accident repair"🙈
  9. Whats so scary about the DSG? As long as you arent getting and ealy 7spd and keep up with oil changes on the box (like you should with any auto) then it shouldn't be an issue. Trouble free on friends and family's cars over the last 10years across multiple cars and miles.
  10. @dcd1979 Hows the Fabia doing? Time for a 3 month update!
  11. ooo I know what it is! But I shall keep quiet😇
  12. Thats great news! Given the listing on Briskoda I was a little concerned it could end up being a bag of worms. thankfully it did what early 00's skodas do and just work.
  13. Great news!! So glad someone here saved it from mr scrap man😇. Just spotted you're only about 20 miles from me too, so may even get the chance to see it on the road when its working😉
  14. Has been posted over on the Skoda forum for a while now, but needs to be gone by the end of this week, seems a shame to just scrap it when it could be a decent project to get running again. Though it may be of interest to a few on here. Details in the link below. https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/514902-skoda-fabia-mk1-14-petrol-2000-x-plate-sorn-off/?_fromLogout=1
  15. Is there a reason why the forum seems to auto-resize images I upload? Just posted some where someone was asking about polshing the car, but due to the "auto-shrink" on image size you can't really see the detail. Not sure if there is a setting I need to adjust? (Files are well within the mb limit)
  16. I know people used to really modify their capri in a very 80s way, but this one seems a bit much😅
  17. The exhaust gas leak may also be causinhg the fueling error. If its leaking out somwhere near the o2 sensor it'll be pulling in air and showing lean even if the mix in the engine is fine. So your MOT might fix the issue😆
  18. robt100

    End of shite?

    Well if its the MX5, let me know where I should head to mouthbreathe physically near the car🤣 But I agree, it does seem to be getting harder to find good buys, especially the last 12 months. Sold my Skoda Octavia at the start of 2020 for £700, since then have went through: Mk2 MX5 £700 (Bought with 12months MOT and Sold for £700 with 2 weeks MOT) Jaguar S-type V6 (Bought with 12months MOT for £1150 and a heater fault, fixed the fault and sold 4 months later for £1500) So prices were creeping up as time went by just using the cars. Then early-mid 2021 hit and it dried up a bit; 2006 Toyota Avensis D4D - Lasted 4 months then failed the MOT, scrap man took it away for £450. Went to find a replacement with the scrap money plus a little more if needed and there was nothing! Everything was in the £1k plus bracket. Thankfully managed to find a bargain on Gumtree, 1998 E110 1.3 corolla 3dr. The ad was a day or two old, but the owner had recently had a potential buyer pull out, as I was down the road I told her I'd be there in 30mins, bought the car for a little under the price. Checked when I got home and if I scrapped it the same day I'd have made a profit! So I think the WBAC and scrap values are pretty much getting rid of the old cars, because society now sees cars as white goods, so if its old, just throw it away in the most convenient way possible and get another. Rather than taking time to write an Ad and sell somthing that they have been told nobody will want. I do agree with what has been said about early-mid 00's being peak shed buying time. Got my first car that way, a 1986 Ford Capri, 65k on the clock.......£750.......It's now back up for sale again as I need money for a house move/renovations, breaks my heart to sell it, but at least the current market value means it doesn't hurt toooo much. Insurance has it down at £22k, so yeah, old cars have gone crazy prices. (On a side note, will put up a for sale ad for the Capri on here at some point, even though its not really the right category of car for the site, someone might be interested).
  19. Did you get the running rich issue sorted in the end? (I know I should just check briskoda, but hey, im here so I will ask here...and probably forget to check for an answer 🤣)
  20. Well, would you believe it. I went and had dinner, feel totally stuffed, came back to the forum and can see the for sale section. So you must be right!🤣
  21. Not so much technical help, but some clarification would be handy.... Saw this is the "how we do things thread" "Updated 1/12/22 - Following feedback from members, access to, and obviously the ability to post on, the ‘for sale/wanted’ section is now restricted to full members only." Just wanted to know, what defines a "full member"??
  22. Always wanted a BA or FG model Falcon.........just maybe not in funeral limo configuration😆
  23. Well that gives me hope I can sell my 1998 version for a bit more than the £450 I bought it for🤣
  24. When I finally get access to the for sale section on here and get to show here the other options available, it might help move her in the right direction🤣
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