Em177's Monaro

[stigmundfreud]

BMW

[Birdster]

I'd love it, but not for me. Same as a 7 series I just see in the barge thread at 3.5K, so no way to justify this at the moment.

My mates are not into cars, so I'm jealous of the road trip. That looked awesome fun.

[rytaylor]

em177 said:

So naturally 2 weeks after buying the Monaro I've got the chance to get a stonking deal on another car.... anyone want to make me a bid?

Hmm I haven't bought a new car yet and have been missing the Monaro...

Car or house, car or house? I must be getting old - that would have been an easy choice a couple of years ago.

What is the other car you're considering? Must be something pretty nice.

[em177]

rytaylor said:

em177 said:

So naturally 2 weeks after buying the Monaro I've got the chance to get a stonking deal on another car.... anyone want to make me a bid?

Hmm I haven't bought a new car yet and have been missing the Monaro...

Car or house, car or house? I must be getting old - that would have been an easy choice a couple of years ago.

What is the other car you're considering? Must be something pretty nice.

Essetially I've been offered a lovely Z4 on a staff deal which, coming upto winter is crazy cheap and makes financial sense. I'm going to get the 'Ro alloys refurbed and get the 'leccy seat fixed. Will then make a decision after that. I absolutely love the Monaro so I will do whatever I can to try keep both. But like I say if an offer came along then I would have open ears.... sorry mods. This isn't going to become a sale thread :P

[SturdyHSV]

A Z4? That's quite a staff discount the salon are offering you!

[em177]

SturdyHSV said:

A Z4? That's quite a staff discount the salon are offering you!

I've had 12 Mx5's.... I've got more than one salon now

[ARAF]

em177 said:

SturdyHSV said:

A Z4? That's quite a staff discount the salon are offering you!

I've had 12 Mx5's.... I've got more than one salon now

Is your real name Tony, or Guy?

Good luck with whatever you decide.

[stigmundfreud]

The lust for build quality is strong with this one

[ARAF]

stigmundfreud said:

The lust for build quality is strong with this one

The don't make 'em like they used to though.

[stigmundfreud]

Which is a shame as there will be a rush for ro subframes soon

[em177]

ARAF said:

stigmundfreud said:

The lust for build quality is strong with this one

The don't make 'em like they used to though.

Haha as you'll see from my previous car history it's not always been like that! I think it's something that comes naturally when you work with new cars day in day out. Suddenly every little niggle with a 10 year old 100k car gets annoying. My company car is never more than 2 months old by the time it's handed back.

[em177]

So the Z4 arrives in too weeks, which means I've got to make an effort to move the Monaro on. I'm not going to be cheeky with the price, and will be organising getting a wheel refurb and the electric seat fixed before sale. I'll not post a link to keep the mods happy but you know where to find the ad

[ARAF]

This one?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/v...

I thin you should change the end to read "Company car forces reluctant sale."
Saying that another car has come up smacks of "The Monaro is pretty good, but I've found something better" and prospective buyers will also want that instead.

[em177]

ARAF said:

This one?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/v...

I thin you should change the end to read "Company car forces reluctant sale."
Saying that another car has come up smacks of "The Monaro is pretty good, but I've found something better" and prospective buyers will also want that instead.

That's the one. Don't feel as bad if you post it! Fair point, maybe I'm too honest will update it in the morning.,,. Am off for a beer!

[em177]

So I've narrowed the problem with the passenger seat down to this control unit. Any ideas where I could get a replacement?

[dsmith1990]

Monkfish Performance or Walkinshaw might be able to help you out, or one of the breakers on here

[SturdyHSV]

Take it apart and spray some contact cleaner over it. This has apparently solved it for some people in the past.

I would assume you'd want to be sitting down for the price of a replacement, you'll quite probably find it's a case of getting a whole second hand interior, as people don't want to break up a complete set...

Good luck though

[em177]

Cheers guys, have put the word out so will see what I can find. I've updated the ad to include some more pics and have reworded it.

[em177]

So I've had the car for sale for over an week, and am trying my best not to make this turn into a for sale thread! Have done 50 or so miles in it this week and its running fantastic.

I've just lowered the price, which will hopefully generate a quick sale.

[ArnieVXR]

A car for sale thread is a bit pointless on a forum occupied by owners of the same car (accepted that some may wish to 'upgrade' to the VXR spec).