Toyota Carina II - saved from scrappage / export. Happy Ending

[Ghosty]

600 is an absolute steal for that, especially as it's manual. VERY well saved. 

[DoctorRetro]

15 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

600 is an absolute steal for that, especially as it's manual. VERY well saved. 

Just doing my duty for the greater good....

[Ghosty]

2 minutes ago, DoctorRetro said:

the greater good

THE GREATER GOOD

[Talbot]

THE GREATER GOOD.

Given that he's quoted £600 to you, I'd still be tempted to go there with a fistfull of twenties and flash £500 under his nose to "drive it away right now M11".  He might buckle.  I know it's only £100, and you're looking at a fair profit if you can sell it in Eire, but if you've got the £600 on you, you can always go back up again.

I suspect he's right about how much it'll sell for on ebay.

[St.Jude]

14 minutes ago, Talbot said:

THE GREATER GOOD.

Given that he's quoted £600 to you, I'd still be tempted to go there with a fistfull of twenties and flash £500 under his nose to "drive it away right now M11".  He might buckle.  I know it's only £100, and you're looking at a fair profit if you can sell it in Eire, but if you've got the £600 on you, you can always go back up again.

I suspect he's right about how much it'll sell for on ebay.

"Here's £500 cash"

"We agreed £600?"

"Ah yes, but the feeling of having this banger off your forecourt is worth more than £100. I should be charging you for that feeling!"

[Tadhg Tiogar]

14 minutes ago, DoctorRetro said:

Just doing my duty for the greater good....

 

11 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

THE GREATER GOOD

"Bonum commune communitatis...."

[wuvvum]

You bloody lawyers and your Latin phrases...

[tooSavvy]

18 hours ago, DodgyBastard said:

I bought one of these last week...

...... and the $hit I went through (failing) to get the Factory Spoiler

 

*hatch or saloon.... Same part!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

13 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

You bloody lawyers and your Latin phrases...

Worth every penny of £409 per hour.

Plus VAT.

[Slappy]

Yes, top stuff. As I alluded to about 2 months ago, my Aunt traded her saloon in to some WBAC types, nowhere near as clean as this mind, but it was the same colour red pink.

I'm glad that there's a few people out there persevering with keeping hold of them.

[wuvvum]

5 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Worth every penny of £409 per hour.

Plus VAT.

HFM???

[brownnova]

Oooh well bought!! If that had been near me I’d have had the same attitude! Why not.

Worst case, you don’t like it... it’s £10.50 per ticket roffle! That’ll sell out fast I reckon! 

[ProgRocker]

Epic save!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

HFM???

Central London hourly rate.

[Talbot]

1 hour ago, Ghosty said:

THE GREATER GOOD

Snap.

I think we posted that at about the same second.  I didn't see you'd done it.  Still, makes it even more authentic really, doesn't it!

[St.Jude]

2 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Central London hourly rate.

Wait until @wuvvum finds out how much partners charge for an hourly rate.

The amount of Fiat Tipo's one could buy per hour...

[DoctorRetro]

It is done.

I freaking love it. 146k but feels like 40k.

So clean in and out 

 

[wuvvum]

Exceptional.

[wuvvum]

Does the aircon work?

[DoctorRetro]

Just now, wuvvum said:

Does the aircon work?

No idea, I'll have a play and find out...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 minutes ago, St.Jude said:

Wait until @wuvvum finds out how much partners charge for an hourly rate.

The amount of Fiat Tipo's one could buy per hour...

City of London partners' rates are about £800/850 per hour.

[wesacosa]

well bought, it looks fantastic.  Bargain

[St.Jude]

5 minutes ago, DoctorRetro said:

It is done.

I freaking love it. 146k but feels like 40k.

So clean in and out 

 

You're a lucky, lucky man to have this.

Extra points for having the whole 16 Valve thing on the dashboard as a reminder to how bloody marvellous it all is.

What's the ECON button do?

[RoadworkUK]

Oh, I've just noticed the mismatched wheel trim.

SCRAP IT

[DoctorRetro]

7 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Does the aircon work?

Nope, no change and I can't see an Aircon pump. May have been removed.

3 minutes ago, St.Jude said:

You're a lucky, lucky man to have this.

Extra points for having the whole 16 Valve thing on the dashboard as a reminder to how bloody marvellous it all is.

What's the ECON button do?

Absolutely nothing, I presume it's the opposite to air con.

[Talbot]

6 minutes ago, DoctorRetro said:

It is done.

[brownnova]

Yes yes yes...
 

[tooSavvy]

Clean as a Clean Thing.... MOT

Photos of the under crackers....

Check A .... The pressed steel rear track arms

Check B .... Fuel pipes just infront rear n/s tyre

Good Catch m8

[junkyarddog]

That's a nice car,well bought.

[Angrydicky]

Love it! Looks familiar too, I'm sure I've seen it driving about.

Local reg, which garage supplied it new? Fosters or Essex Park maybe?