Your Bangernomics successes

worried_jim

I've arranged for an RAC head technician to do a service and sump drop on his day of through a friend- I wonder if he is any good with speakers!

[Deleted User]

Picked up this Ford Ka 1.3 for £100!

End of March Tax, early July MOT. Starts, runs, drives. :beer:

worried_jim

Fantastic Lee! You'll get £100 when you scrap it, so it's a free car, well done- I hope you enjoy it (you smug git!)

ShandyAndy_2

Deleted_User wrote: »

Picked up this Ford Ka 1.3 for £100!

End of March Tax, early July MOT. Starts, runs, drives. :beer:

not bad that,wheels look good, prob need welding and bottom arms on next mot,just weigh it in and get your money back if it does!,and of course sell wheels on ebay.

[Deleted User]

worried_jim wrote: »

Fantastic Lee! You'll get £100 when you scrap it, so it's a free car, well done- I hope you enjoy it (you smug git!)

ShandyAndy wrote: »

not bad that,wheels look good, prob need welding and bottom arms on next mot,just weigh it in and get your money back if it does!,and of course sell wheels on ebay.

Looking through the MOT history, it turns out it has failed every MOT for the past 5 years. Current MOT runs out in July and the car has only done 2,700 miles since last MOT.

Think it's worth a punt to MOT it now to see if it will pass?

It currently has 4 advisories...

Nearside Front floor Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Front inner sill Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Offside Front floor Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Offside Front inner sill Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

But not sure how serious these are.

andygb

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But not sure how serious these are.

Probably worth taking it easy down rough roads and over speed bumps;)

Farzackerly

Might range from surface rust to half-rusted through.
I'd certainly want to see them for myself and wire brush then slap on some goop.

mattyprice4004

Time for an update!

I sold the 75 on for a profit - score. 8,000 miles of luxury and I got paid for it.

In the end I opted for another bargain I was offered - an MG ZS diesel for £790 (discounted due to an engine issue).

It has the 2.0 L series diesel engine - rock solid and capable of mega miles. However, the reason this one was so cheap is that it's sucked up some water at some point, and slightly bent a conrod or valve causing a slight misfire when cold at idle.

Loads of recent work including clutch, belts, CV joints etc etc.

Also a total hoot to drive due to a nice, torquey power curve and 17" alloys, combined with pretty hard suspension.

rev_henry

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

Time for an update!

I sold the 75 on for a profit - score. 8,000 miles of luxury and I got paid for it.

In the end I opted for another bargain I was offered - an MG ZS diesel for £790 (discounted due to an engine issue).

It has the 2.0 L series diesel engine - rock solid and capable of mega miles. However, the reason this one was so cheap is that it's sucked up some water at some point, and slightly bent a conrod or valve causing a slight misfire when cold at idle.

Loads of recent work including clutch, belts, CV joints etc etc.

Also a total hoot to drive due to a nice, torquey power curve and 17" alloys, combined with pretty hard suspension.

You can remap those engines to something ridiculous like 160bhp - faster than the fast ZR I believe. Is it still 99bhp in the ZS, as in the 25?

colino

I think you have to revisit the bent conrod/valve diagnosis. If it did suffer that it would be rough at all speeds and shake itself to destruction in no time at all.