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[SiC]

5.0 Mustang For £329

 

Variant Name

New Ford Mustang Fastback

2dr Fastback 5.0

421PS Petrol Manual

Total Cash Price

£35,795.12

Monthly Payments

£329.24

Customer Deposit

£5,000

Amount of Credit

£30,795.12

Charge for Credit

£0.00

Finance & Purchase Fee

£0.00

Total Amount Payable

£35,795.12

Term 39

Mileage per annum 6,000

APR 0%

Optional final payment

£18,284.00

 

Have you got a link to that deal?

[egg]

Same as the original link I posted Si.

[SiC]

Must resist Mustang!

[Kiltox]

Company car?

BIK is a bastard. Makes it completely unworkable in a close company like mine

[SiC]

In other news. Had a fight with the wiring loom on the Civic. Stupid design where it has to fit inside through the core metal structure of the bootlid.

 

Naturally the loom had all manor of barnicles coming off it.

 

Tried wire, string and alsorts. Nothing could grab enough. Ended up wrapping the rat's nest in tape, jabbing it through and using screwdrivers in the holes to help feed it up. Got there in the end by pure brute force and ignorance.

 

Had no plan on which connector went where, but luckily they all lined up with the necessary sockets. Very satisfying when it was finished.

 

 

 

Next up was to move the MGB finally into the garage. Ran rough when I started and struggled to accelerate. The pump busy clicking gave away that it ran out of fuel. Once refilled it ran fine.

 

Unfortunately had to go away wet. Really not happy about that but needs must. Also the roof on the garage looks like it's been letting some water in irritatingly. Might have to put some sealant in the gaps. Felt really guilty and odd leaving it there, away from home.

 

TT arrived. No pics as cba. I guess a car that doesn't interest anyone here one iota.

 

Started a snagging list: Nearside front clonking, thermostat (running at ~75c indicated), drivers door adjust (dropped - probably weight of the door), paddle shifters are jammed (they all do that) and fit cruise control.

 

Front end doesn't feel particularly planted. I reckon either alignment, or whatever is loose in the nearside. Maybe the cheap tyres that are on the front aren't helping either.

 

Poking the rear spoiler button got it to extend but pressing the button again it only retracted in increments to start with. Once retracted I pushed it again to extend and tried retracting again. This time it refused to do anything. That'll teach me for stabbing random buttons!

 

Looking online, it seems common. Might also explain why I often see TT with extended spoilers. I just thought it was people manually extending them to look cool*. In hindsight they're probably just broken and jammed. So it appears greasing the spoiler is another thing on my to-do list.

 

Car goes like shit off a stick though. Sounds crap at idle but when going for it, it sounds alright and makes cute parping noises.

[17-Coffees]

It's TOM I was with, but I never wanted to work with them originally. I worked for a large Aberdeen based haulage firm who decided to rid themselves of the maintenance side of things. So offloaded that two two different groups (One to work on the trucks, other on Trailers), TOM picked up the contract for the truck side of things and I was Tupe'd over to them, So all that changed at the start was who paid the wages (Worked in the same building and on the same motors, etc) but things never really worked out from what I can see...and 18 months down the line us that stayed are without a job and the Haulage firm are without maintenance of there trucks. And its a big fleet! Personally I never felt I was part of the TOM group, we were our own little thing who I felt was forgotten about. 

 

But yeah, there is no Merc dealership HGV dealer/maintenance in Aberdeen now, nearest Merc garage is Dundee...And from all the chatter im hearing It could be a clusterfuck to get it all sorted quickly. Personally I could't give a fuck. 

 

But, it's looking as if I'll be back in a Job come Monday! At the same haulage firm...

[Kiltox]

Interests me - get a thread up in modanz section

 

Bet your arsey neighbour loves you atm!!

[Christine]

Once upon a time I had every issue of Motoring News...

 

 

 

I flogged them for a fair bit..

 

Today , i had delivered rather a lot of  60's and 70's  Cars & car conversions..  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dean36014]

It appears I'm buying a very cheap Citroen Xm with a short mot many miles from home, WCPGW?

[DVee8]

Have you got a link to that deal?

https://www.foraymotorgroup.co.uk/ford-mustang-special-offer?_$ja=tsid:98667

 

At the bottom of Eggs original link

[5speedracer]

It's TOM I was with, but I never wanted to work with them originally. I worked for a large Aberdeen based haulage firm who decided to rid themselves of the maintenance side of things. So offloaded that two two different groups (One to work on the trucks, other on Trailers), TOM picked up the contract for the truck side of things and I was Tupe'd over to them, So all that changed at the start was who paid the wages (Worked in the same building and on the same motors, etc) but things never really worked out from what I can see...and 18 months down the line us that stayed are without a job and the Haulage firm are without maintenance of there trucks. And its a big fleet! Personally I never felt I was part of the TOM group, we were our own little thing who I felt was forgotten about.

 

But yeah, there is no Merc dealership HGV dealer/maintenance in Aberdeen now, nearest Merc garage is Dundee...And from all the chatter im hearing It could be a clusterfuck to get it all sorted quickly. Personally I could't give a fuck.

 

But, it's looking as if I'll be back in a Job come Monday! At the same haulage firm...

You'll be round the corner from me at Kirkhill then. Did wonder if there was a tie-up with a lot of Actros in the fleet now and some obvious TOM trailers.

If there is uncertainty about Merc backup in the area maybe they'll go back to their traditional favourites Daf and MAN, now euro 6 has seen an end to the engine issues? Norscot will be rubbing their hands!

Good news on the job front.

 

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[Jams]

Good news re the new/old job chief! Will you get redundancy as well?

 

Well I’m up early can’t sleep nothing new there! As the mrs daily has basically shit itself and I’m on call today also living on the gateway to wales so the roads will be bloody chocker it’s time the civic gets some loving! First up fix the speakers in the back this involves striping the interior out as I’ve got a dodgy wire!!!

 

Then order a parcel shelf as the one I have had some 6x9s in! Does anyone want these btw?

 

Then the front head light has a side light bulb that has shattered inside of it so I need to remove the remnants with out removing the headlight!

 

Let the fun commence!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

It appears I'm buying a very cheap Citroen Xm with a short mot many miles from home, WCPGW?

See Datsuncog for details.

[Jams]

Good news re the new/old job chief! Will you get redundancy as well?

 

Well I’m up early can’t sleep nothing new there! As the mrs daily has basically shit itself and I’m on call today also living on the gateway to wales so the roads will be bloody chocker it’s time the civic gets some loving! First up fix the speakers in the back this involves striping the interior out as I’ve got a dodgy wire!!!

 

Then order a parcel shelf as the one I have had some 6x9s in! Does anyone want these btw?

 

Then the front head light has a side light bulb that has shattered inside of it so I need to remove the remnants with out removing the headlight!

 

Let the fun commence!

Well that went to shit! (Literally) my darling son decided to shit the bed he is 5! And not very well! So a good bit of time spent cleaning that up! The mrs is taking me to weather spoons and my hot tub is calling me!

[dollywobbler]

What a lovely way to start the long weekend!

 

Naturally, it's going to be pissing down in about five minutes...

[They_all_do_that_sir]

In other news. Had a fight with the wiring loom on the Civic. Stupid design where it has to fit inside through the core metal structure of the bootlid.

 

Naturally the loom had all manor of barnicles coming off it.

 

Tried wire, string and alsorts. Nothing could grab enough. Ended up wrapping the rat's nest in tape, jabbing it through and using screwdrivers in the holes to help feed it up. Got there in the end by pure brute force and ignorance.

 

Had no plan on which connector went where, but luckily they all lined up with the necessary sockets. Very satisfying when it was finished.

 

 

 

Next up was to move the MGB finally into the garage. Ran rough when I started and struggled to accelerate. The pump busy clicking gave away that it ran out of fuel. Once refilled it ran fine.

 

Unfortunately had to go away wet. Really not happy about that but needs must. Also the roof on the garage looks like it's been letting some water in irritatingly. Might have to put some sealant in the gaps. Felt really guilty and odd leaving it there, away from home.

 

TT arrived. No pics as cba. I guess a car that doesn't interest anyone here one iota.

 

Started a snagging list: Nearside front clonking, thermostat (running at ~75c indicated), drivers door adjust (dropped - probably weight of the door), paddle shifters are jammed (they all do that) and fit cruise control.

 

Front end doesn't feel particularly planted. I reckon either alignment, or whatever is loose in the nearside. Maybe the cheap tyres that are on the front aren't helping either.

 

Poking the rear spoiler button got it to extend but pressing the button again it only retracted in increments to start with. Once retracted I pushed it again to extend and tried retracting again. This time it refused to do anything. That'll teach me for stabbing random buttons!

 

Looking online, it seems common. Might also explain why I often see TT with extended spoilers. I just thought it was people manually extending them to look cool*. In hindsight they're probably just broken and jammed. So it appears greasing the spoiler is another thing on my to-do list.

 

Car goes like shit off a stick though. Sounds crap at idle but when going for it, it sounds alright and makes cute parping noises.

I ashamed to admit I'm as much into my moderns as my shite, as kiltox says throw a thread up in the moderns section...

 

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[beko1987]

I ashamed to admit I'm as much into my moderns as my shite, as kiltox says throw a thread up in the moderns section...

 

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The threads in the modern section is hilarious though! Modern cars with a shiters viewpoint! I spend more time than I'll admit reading the threads!

[dean36014]

Sat aboard a ferry to France. Have managed to talk my daughter into a 300 mile round trip to collect the xm next Friday. How did we cope before mobile phones? Shonky the bx made an impressive 65mpg tank to tank on the run from Coventry to Newhaven.

[Jams]

 

All done even fitted brexit number plates!

[dollywobbler]

Sat aboard a ferry to France. Have managed to talk my daughter into a 300 mile round trip to collect the xm next Friday. How did we cope before mobile phones? Shonky the bx made an impressive 65mpg tank to tank on the run from Coventry to Newhaven.

IMG_20180330_091106.jpg

 

65? How did you manage that? I used to average 48mpg in my NA BX diesel 56 in the turbo diesel.

 

Also, is it marking its territory?

[Bucketeer]

I saw this for sale at the side of the road this morning.

 

 

It's got rust this side, half a tide line the other side and three weeks of MOT left. There's no price on the note in the window, and why anyone would want this POS is beyond me.

 

 

"Hello mate, how much do you want for the white Honda?"

[SiC]

I saw this for sale at the side of the road this morning.

 

IMG_20180330_082945134_HDR.jpg

 

It's got rust this side, half a tide line the other side and two weeks of MOT left. There's no price on the note in the window, and why anyone would want this POS is beyond me.

 

 

"Hello mate, how much do you want for the white Honda?"

These have the best roofs ever.

[Ghosty]

Never had one but with my experience of Preludes, Civics and the 216/Concerto I'm sure it'd be an absolute hoot, short zippy gearing and proper chuckabout handling. Was considering one in auto flavour but I've got my Prelude now that does everything as well and is a bit more practical. 2.0 is better for motorways too, that's the one thing small Hondas struggle with - then again a 1.6 auto is going to have to work hard to keep up with a certain Isuzu! It did though, better than expected.

[phil_lihp]

ST170 collection went well until we ran out of fuel. Now waiting for breakdown to remedy the situation, it didn't have enough in it to make it the four miles from the seller's workshop to the nearest open petrol station.

 

Fortunately it conked out by a picnic stop so it's parked up safely. Hardly ideal though and it's pouring with rain. Been having range anxiety fun in the Leaf which we left back at the seller's place but actually it's doing fine. Petrol is more of an issue!

[Kiltox]

Lovely drive round Loch Rannoch today, Duster proving it’s OLLI credentials

 

[anonymous user]

These have the best roofs ever.

When they work

[dave21478]

ST170 collection went well until we ran out of fuel. Now waiting for breakdown to remedy the situation, it didn't have enough in it to make it the four miles from the seller's workshop to the nearest open petrol station.

 

Fortunately it conked out by a picnic stop so it's parked up safely. Hardly ideal though and it's pouring with rain. Been having range anxiety fun in the Leaf which we left back at the seller's place but actually it's doing fine. Petrol is more of an issue!

 

I would be going back and having words with the cunt for that.

I dont expect a full tank and a bouquet of flowers, but not enough to get to the pez station is taking the piss.

[SiC]

When they work

Dont be silly it's a Honda!

[SiC]

Interests me - get a thread up in modanz section

 

Bet your arsey neighbour loves you atm!!

We did make up and I actually fell out with him again yesterday. Made up again now...

 

Anyway here are some pictures of it for you.

It's really quite amazing what you can get for not a lot. With a private plate on, I'd imagine most people would think it was worth 5 times more than I paid.

 

[Kiltox]

Even with its 08 plate on (brand nu innit) it looks worth a lot more than you paid!!

 

Tidy.