Best of the Bargain Basement Vol. 2

Best of the Bargain Basement Vol. 2

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alorotom

11,909 posts

186 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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Plushy velour smile

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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l354uge said:
will need some work thought, but o.k for a tool

'Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)
Nearside Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)
Offside Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)'

phil_cardiff

7,043 posts

207 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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l354uge said:
That seems too cheap to me!

GeordieInExile

683 posts

119 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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That is insanely cheap. There surely has to be a catch.

haddock82

498 posts

137 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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l354uge said:
AAAAggggh!

Its only 10 minutes from my house....!!!

must resist......

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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GeordieInExile said:
That is insanely cheap. There surely has to be a catch.
Unreliable? French? Naff design?

Sorry, I've never considered these cars nice.

V8mate

Original Poster:

45,899 posts

188 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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Hoofy said:
GeordieInExile said:
That is insanely cheap. There surely has to be a catch.
Unreliable? French? Naff design?

Sorry, I've never considered these cars nice.
Unreliable? Neither of mine were.

French? You're better than that, Mr Hoof.

Naff design? All design is subjective, for sure. But the XM is a luxury-sized version of the classic wedge, so whilst you might not like it, it's hardly naff.

Wonderful things for long journeys.

Rovinghawk

13,300 posts

157 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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GeordieInExile said:
I rather like this 9-3 but I'm already itching for more power... maybe I should get it remapped, a fella in Sunderland apparently gets it up to 220bhp and improves the economy in the process. Will the chassis be able to handle that sort of power, though?
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It handles it just fine in mine.

MorganP104

2,605 posts

129 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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GeordieInExile said:
I rather like this 9-3 but I'm already itching for more power... maybe I should get it remapped, a fella in Sunderland apparently gets it up to 220bhp and improves the economy in the process. Will the chassis be able to handle that sort of power, though?
You'd be surprised by how much a decent pair of tyres on the front will help with a remapped FWD Saab.

If it were me, I'd wait until the fronts need replacing, then buy the best tyres you can afford, and have the re-map done at the same time.

That way, you'll be able to enjoy the fruits of the re-map, rather than get frustrated with all the inevitable wheelspinning and understeer.

PS: I've advised waiting until the fronts need replacing, as taking perfectly serviceable tyres off a shed-money car is a criminal abuse of the bangernomics code! laugh

EarlOfHazard

3,601 posts

157 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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MorganP104 said:
GeordieInExile said:
I rather like this 9-3 but I'm already itching for more power... maybe I should get it remapped, a fella in Sunderland apparently gets it up to 220bhp and improves the economy in the process. Will the chassis be able to handle that sort of power, though?
You'd be surprised by how much a decent pair of tyres on the front will help with a remapped FWD Saab.

If it were me, I'd wait until the fronts need replacing, then buy the best tyres you can afford, and have the re-map done at the same time.

That way, you'll be able to enjoy the fruits of the re-map, rather than get frustrated with all the inevitable wheelspinning and understeer.

PS: I've advised waiting until the fronts need replacing, as taking perfectly serviceable tyres off a shed-money car is a criminal abuse of the bangernomics code! laugh
I had my aero remapped to stage 1 by a chap near Nottingham. The chassis handles it fine. My tyre size is 225 25 17 Michelin Primacys - they're pretty damn good!

EarlOfHazard

3,601 posts

157 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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haddock82 said:
l354uge said:
AAAAggggh!

Its only 10 minutes from my house....!!!

must resist......
Did you resist, as it sold :/

Saw it this morning as was very very tempted myself

haddock82

498 posts

137 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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EarlOfHazard said:
haddock82 said:
l354uge said:
AAAAggggh!

Its only 10 minutes from my house....!!!

must resist......
Did you resist, as it sold :/

Saw it this morning as was very very tempted myself
I did resist! My wife would kill me if i bought any more cars!

Wonder who the new owner is?!

soad

32,829 posts

175 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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What was it, and how cheap? ears Link redirected me to the homepage, and that was this afternoon.

Jimmy Recard

17,540 posts

178 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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soad said:
What was it, and how cheap? ears Link redirected me to the homepage, and that was this afternoon.
Citroen XM 2.0 turbo, £395, I think about 70k miles

stevesuk

1,345 posts

181 months

Monday 24th July 2017
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Jimmy Recard said:
soad said:
What was it, and how cheap? ears Link redirected me to the homepage, and that was this afternoon.
Citroen XM 2.0 turbo, £395, I think about 70k miles
Here you go:

http://www.greatpaxtonmotorcompany.co.uk/used/citr...

GeordieInExile

683 posts

119 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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MorganP104 said:
You'd be surprised by how much a decent pair of tyres on the front will help with a remapped FWD Saab.

If it were me, I'd wait until the fronts need replacing, then buy the best tyres you can afford, and have the re-map done at the same time.

That way, you'll be able to enjoy the fruits of the re-map, rather than get frustrated with all the inevitable wheelspinning and understeer.

PS: I've advised waiting until the fronts need replacing, as taking perfectly serviceable tyres off a shed-money car is a criminal abuse of the bangernomics code! laugh
Thanks, this sounds like good advice.

The tyres have plenty tread left... suppose this gives me a good opportunity to save some pennies for two good ones and the remap.

220bhp sounds like a very useful amount.

How much will my insurance s**t a brick over it?

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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looks a goodun, o.k a few thing like amg badge on back and steering wheel but rest looks good.

Mercedes C240

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-C240-/112497968...


Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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V8mate said:
Hoofy said:
GeordieInExile said:
That is insanely cheap. There surely has to be a catch.
Unreliable? French? Naff design?

Sorry, I've never considered these cars nice.
Unreliable? Neither of mine were.

French? You're better than that, Mr Hoof.

Naff design? All design is subjective, for sure. But the XM is a luxury-sized version of the classic wedge, so whilst you might not like it, it's hardly naff.

Wonderful things for long journeys.
By French I mean that is the reason why it is unreliable. I'd never buy a French car unless it was as a fun car. In fact, given my experience of a number of German brands, I wouldn't buy anything European that had to be relied on.

Looks naff to me.

Emeye

9,773 posts

222 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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BlueHave

4,636 posts

107 months

Friday 28th July 2017
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The Spruce goose said:
looks a goodun, o.k a few thing like amg badge on back and steering wheel but rest looks good.

Mercedes C240

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-C240-/112497968...

reg is worth £550 alone
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