Bangernomics luxobarge

Dvorak123

"Just a bit small and maybe slow... ", a phrase I've never heard from a car enthusiast seriously looking for a car.

The bigger and faster the better!

rev_henry

Gentlemen, I have a new barge!

2003 Sonata V6, 60k. Good (but not quite full) service history, cambelt has about 18 months left on it. Recent discs and pads all round (which are amazing )

Drove it about 100 miles back today, silky smooth and silent, then kickdown and it produces a lovely V6 roar!

Bad points - rusty wheel arches. One not so bad, the other worse. Not rotten and falling apart but I'll get a quote from a bodyshop.

Aircon doesn't work, and when fan is set to the max setting on the climate control it just stops altogether. Hoping its just a regas but I suspect its something more expensive.

Autobox fluid doesn't look like its been done recently, but is clean. Book says it needs doing every 6 years/60k or something. Hmm.

Autobox works fine. I am never buying a manual ever again.

I'll let you guess the price so I can see how badly I've done.

Rolandtheroadie

£770 tops, assuming 12 months MOT an 6 months tax

rev_henry

Also it has this weird thing called 'smartnav', which is a trafficmaster satnav type thing. Requires a subscription though.

colino

£120, but the price of scrap does fluctuate.

worried_jim

colino wrote: »

£120, but the price of scrap does fluctuate.

Cruel, but funny. £600 Rev. Lets have some pics- inc the wheel arches.

rev_henry

£780, ticket till Jan, tax till end July. So not done awfully compared to guesses here!

Now then, these wheel arches:






This one below looks like its been repaired at some point, doesn't look very nice but is solid.




What do we think? Are they really horrendous? Its just the back 2 btw, not the fronts, they're perfect.

Just removed half a peat bog from behind them which explains something. I'll jet wash behind them properly then cover them with waxoyl for the time being.

rev_henry

Ok that hasn't worked. They're all here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/d0we0gqofacwcny/VmpFMl0RFJ

rev_henry

Oh also , it has a recent receipt that says 'limp home mode', bottom pulley replaced.' What on earth is a bottom pulley? Alternator belt?

Rolandtheroadie

I'd leave the arches as is TBH.

At that price, with that MOT and Tax, you cant really fail.