eBay tat volume 3.

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6 hours ago, wheel nut said:

Front end is like the style of the Phantom but doesn’t look quite right. Grill for example is a bit tall and more like an older generation Royce. Dash is also older style, maybe Silver Spirit, however 2013 registration would be consistent with a Phantom and too new for a rebodied Silver Spirit.

I can't believe they took the pics while actually in service at a funeral.....🥴

[Fumbler]

5 hours ago, cort16 said:

This is total filth

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325661387990

Phwoar! I've never seen a vehicle suit a driveway scene as good as this. Especially the garage shot, just looks right to me.

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Not really bothered if it sells or not .
If you not got £5000 don't waste your time or mine .

I think this sale will go really well.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/904484597519618/

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it's got this that, and something else, but how about them rear arches eh? I've seen Skizzer's channel

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1243792442918325/

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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1809001529493835/

does this need a @eddyramrod?

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wowsers.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/626596892827563/

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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/933393971236228/

[sierraman]

53 minutes ago, SiC said:

Gearbox is probably fine and only going into limp mode as the abs module is showing a fault. Most modern autos need to speak to the ECU and ABS to function properly. ECU to get engine load measurements, ABS for speed and steering angle. Without it, it trips itself into limp mode. 

You're probably better off putting this in the eBay thread than making a new thread. 

Powershift gearbox... of course it will just be the ABS sensor... 🤣

[SiC]

You can't say its the gearbox until the codes are scanned. Given the traction control/abs warning there is a good possibility its not the box, despite it being a Powershift.

[MantaGTE85]

The Ghia looks a bit strange without the rear wiper. When did they start fitting those? We had a D reg 1.4L in the family and that definitely had a rear wiper. 

[cort16]

240,000 mile £1500 Cube

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202305187523699

[adw1977]

45 minutes ago, MantaGTE85 said:

The Ghia looks a bit strange without the rear wiper. When did they start fitting those?

September 1983 as standard on GL and Ghia, but they were available as an option before then.

[adw1977]

On 18/05/2023 at 21:44, D.E said:

And 1000 cc Kadetts, 1300 Mk III Capris, the terrible Astra G 1.2 Eco...

We had 1300 Mk III Capris in the UK.

[Schaefft]

4 hours ago, D.E said:

E30 with 12 months MOT for £1500

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1585861

A decade of rust repairs, you can imagine what it might look like underneath those bodge job mot repairs throughout the years.

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

You can't say its the gearbox until the codes are scanned. Given the traction control/abs warning there is a good possibility its not the box, despite it being a Powershift.

Ok

[Metal Guru]

8 hours ago, wesacosa said:

That could have been such a good car , better than an X3 and the VAG offerings. The beginning of the end for Subaru in the U.K.

[New POD]

10 hours ago, egg said:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/933393971236228/

Is it wrong that I want to either push it over the cliff edge, or turn it into a rear wheel drive Zetec powered rally car? 

 

[New POD]

9 hours ago, SiC said:

You can't say its the gearbox until the codes are scanned. Given the traction control/abs warning there is a good possibility its not the box, despite it being a Powershift.

I think the salient word you use is until. 

There's no point assuming the blood coming out of your arse is cancer, until, you've been seen by a specialist. Could be IBS, brought on by the stress of owning a powershift gearbox. 

(weird analogy I know, but hey) 

[Asimo]

Not wrong at all: Escorts should be base or be fast. 
“Escort” and “Ghia” together makes no sense.

[sierraman]

59 minutes ago, New POD said:

I think the salient word you use is until. 

There's no point assuming the blood coming out of your arse is cancer, until, you've been seen by a specialist. Could be IBS, brought on by the stress of owning a powershift gearbox. 

(weird analogy I know, but hey) 

It’s such a minor job they didn’t have time to replace the ABS sensor. 👍

[Aston Martin]

Must be a rare 'sleeper'

 

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202303215456204

[sierraman]

I’d imagine the tax will be a bit of a killer on that?

[Aston Martin]

19 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I’d imagine the tax will be a bit of a killer on that?

 

Apparently £615 for a £1399 car.

[sierraman]

4 minutes ago, Aston Martin said:

 

Apparently £615 for a £1399 car.

Yeah, I think that’s the sort of problem that sends things like that over the bridge which is a waste. It hasn’t got a lot going for it in the eyes of someone with £1400 to spend on a car, it’s not going to be very economical, it will cost a shit load to tax, the parts will be an absolute twat to get, no fucker will want to work on it and it’s a Renault which to the general public they associate with spending heaps of cash and evenings spent in lay-bys waiting for a man in a yellow van to arrive. 

 

[BeEP]

Tax on that is actually £675, which is even better* (and goes over £700 if you pay by DD)!

[SiC]

Got to pay to play. 

My Laguna II V6 was rock solid reliable under my ownership and didn't give any real grief to @angle who owned it for many years after me. 

Expensive tax has the advantage it keeps the value of faster cars lower. £700 is fuck all in the world of cars now. 2 months payment on a boring engined 1-series. 

Our Irish friends will be telling us how £700 is cheap when their equivalent tax is several £k for the same co2. 

[SiC]

3 hours ago, sierraman said:

It’s such a minor job they didn’t have time to replace the ABS sensor. 👍

How do you know it's an ABS sensor? You're making presumptions again without knowing much about the problem.

At that age could easily be an internal fault on the ABS module or some such stuff that garages won't get involved in. It's priced barely above scrap and worth a punt to someone who has some intelligence with fixing cars. 

Edit: thinking about it has reminded that's why I got my Laguna II V6 cheap. Traction control light permanently on and no one wanted to touch it, including the dealer I bought it from. I had the ABS module replaced with an equivalent one from a scrapyard and was golden there after. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

17 hours ago, D.E said:

E30 with 12 months MOT for £1500

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1585861

 

13 hours ago, Schaefft said:

A decade of rust repairs, you can imagine what it might look like underneath those bodge job mot repairs throughout the years.

That's the least desirable E30 ever, a 4-door 316 in red. After spend twenty-seventy thousand repairing all the rot it will still only be worth £3,000. It is not a 2-door 325i Sport.

[sierraman]

39 minutes ago, SiC said:

How do you know it's an ABS sensor? You're making presumptions again without knowing much about the problem.

At that age could easily be an internal fault on the ABS module or some such stuff that garages won't get involved in. It's priced barely above scrap and worth a punt to someone who has some intelligence with fixing cars. 

Edit: thinking about it has reminded that's why I got my Laguna II V6 cheap. Traction control light permanently on and no one wanted to touch it, including the dealer I bought it from. I had the ABS module replaced with an equivalent one from a scrapyard and was golden there after. 

I bow to your knowledge, get it bought then report back how much the gearbox is. 

[vaughant]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

How do you know it's an ABS sensor? You're making presumptions again without knowing much about the problem.

At that age could easily be an internal fault on the ABS module or some such stuff that garages won't get involved in. It's priced barely above scrap and worth a punt to someone who has some intelligence with fixing cars. 

Edit: thinking about it has reminded that's why I got my Laguna II V6 cheap. Traction control light permanently on and no one wanted to touch it, including the dealer I bought it from. I had the ABS module replaced with an equivalent one from a scrapyard and was golden there after. 

Surely a quick way to test if it's box or abs is to switch off the traction control?

Even my mk1 Mondeo Ghia V6 had that annoying feature of totally sapping power when I once had a flat but also had 25 boxes of 600x600 tiles in the back over the spare wheel flap.

I was 2 miles from home and tyres were cheaper than a chiropractor 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

T/C off and she made it home 🤗🤗🤗🤗