No Laughing now...

[VWPowered]

as i've got the polo and transit up for sale (polo has CT till march 2011) so its probable it will go first and i'm trying to get this

 

 

http://www.leboncoin.fr/vi/76192818.htm?ca=14_s

 

i'd like this one but its kinda three hours away but comes with lots of spares including 2 bonnets, boot, 2 interiors, another engine and box cant argue with the price eh...

 

for some strange reason i really want a Simca/Talbot either Alpine/Solara/Tagora not fussed but not the arse end of the range

[r.welfare]

OOOOOOOOOOOF!207 thousand k's? You'll be able to hear the valvetrain in the next town!

[VWPowered]

our 1997 Passat 1.9TDi has done 457,000kms and counting, my old golf mk2 had 400,000 on it to, mileage isnt really an issue here like the uk, the french like to think that its now running in

[r.welfare]

The point I was making is that these rattled like hell when new - so now after nearly 130,000 miles it's going to be vocal!But - when did you last see one? It's a "GT" spec, which must be rare. Got to be bought...

[VWPowered]

i know of a GLS to (not sure how high up the range that is) sat by the side of the road in the hamlet im working in, so i may work that owner first

 

 

this may be 'the one' all depends on pending sales really and what the owners would like (i'm hoping less than €100 as its going to a *cough* enthusiast) rather than the normal €1000 they normally ask for basket cases

[brammy777]

And it has a spare if your ears cant take the current engine!At that price, you have to get it.Heres hoping you do.

[Milford Cubicle]

 

This sounds whispery quiet to me, but I'm used to an old Peugeot diesel with injector knock.

[dollywobbler]

Oh that's so got to be done! Either one!

[ashmicro]

Oh that's so got to be done! Either one!

Both!!

[mouseflakes]

Zoiks! Gotta be done!

[MrRegieRitmo]

Sorry but this would easily be the best car you've ever owned! From an Autoshite perspective anyway, deep respect

[warren t claim]

Just exactly how rare are these in France?

[VWPowered]

although i've seen afew i've let to see one on the road would that be rare enough

[barrett]

DO IT!!

[VWPowered]

i'm back up their saturday to have a chat with the bloke with the blue one

[pogweasel]

Good luck!When I were a lad, one of the local 'peasant' farmers had a really early one, which he drove everywhere in 2nd gear (i.e. 4000 decibels of valve clatter), it was a right old shed, but looking back it couldn't have been more than a decade old.... My mates' mum had one too, in utterly dreadful condition, she chopped it in for an equally horrid early MG Metro. The world was a better place in those pre- carcraft/easy credit days.

[155V6]

The point I was making is that these rattled like hell when new - so now after nearly 130,000 miles it's going to be vocal!But - when did you last see one? It's a "GT" spec, which must be rare. Got to be bought...

It's probably about as noisy as a K Series VVC with 145,000 on the clock