A car a month for 2020. Idiocy but you love it.

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Bobberoo99 said:

So that's a good question, are you going to be travelling the length and breadth of the country picking these money pits interesting little motors up???

More than likely. I’m off to Northampton tomorrow!

Cheap stuff locally tends to be utterly wked apart from the odd gem.

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Looks like I missed the new year diet memo

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col1983 said:

Looking forward to seeing how this goes! Good luck....and don’t forget the obligatory petrol station pic on the drive home.

Give me a shout if you need any help / lifts in the South Warwickshire / Coventry area.

No need for that, it has half a tank of fuel!

That just about makes up for the fact it’s a bloody Ford Focus.



A 2007 1.8 Ghia with 115k miles. Boring, but there’s more!



OH YEAH, NOW WE’RE TALKING

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mrtwisty said:

Good start toasty!

Is the power steering totally inoperative, or just intermittent? Be careful driving home if it suddenly loses assistance!

Aparrently it has issues on full lock sometimes. I get a bit of whine from the pump on full lock but apart from that it’s been absolutely flawless so far, you’d be hard pushed to tell there was anything wrong if it wasn’t for the warning on the dash.

55 miles in, nearly home and it is driving very well indeed. Lot of car for £174.

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Home. It runs and drives absolutely fine so I’m hoping it’s not too big a job to repair. Thanks for the tip on the fluid, will check it out.

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B'stard Child said:

Hmmm wasn’t that a “roffle” car recently?

I still keep an eye on the brown forum but haven’t logged in for ages - my last posts resulted in winning a Rover 75 in a “roffle” so thought it better not to have that level of temptation

It was.... I bought three tickets for £15, didn’t win, and gave the winner scrap for it (£159)

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Bobberoo99 said:

Standard Focus then, the diesels are worse, lower control arms and drop links if you use cheap ones will only last 12-24 months, getting the tracking done every 4 months helps tyre wear, we're coming up on 127,000 in our first one, only the second set of control arms and drop links, I've known people spend £30 on control arms and have to replace them the next MOT!!!!

Cheap eBay suspension components are crap for all cars - you can buy drop links for £9 a pair for most mundane stuff that will barely last a year!

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If anyone is eagerly awaiting the video of today’s antics.... there’s been a slight* issue.

Didn’t check my lavalier mic was actually working so have an hour of silent footage to not edit. Will need to go for a drive tomorrow and film some more

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Kettmark said:

Out of interest what s the wbac value on this?

No idea. They’d knock it right down for the steering fault warning which doesn’t go away, anyway. (And wouldn’t buy it from me, because it’s with trade!)

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eltax91 said:

Voice over? Or not like that?

Thought about it but it’s the same as my other videos, me talking to windscreen mounted camera. Won’t really work.

Oh well, lesson learnt to check my bloody equipment!!

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Poisson96 said:

Happens to the best of us. I worked in TV for 2 years and it may have happened before......

At least I can say the dodgy knock off mic I have doesn’t have a status LED - sure that’s not the case for TV grade kit

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RXED said:

What a great idea!

If you fancy a drop top, I have a ‘98 SLK 230k with 64k miles, silver with red/black interior that needs shifting. It will be well within budget, but needs an MOT now.

I will *need* a drop top come March/April but I am pretty keen to avoid buying MOT-less stuff if I can.... if it’s not going to need much for a test I might be swayed though

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That’s pretty. Can you drop me an email - modern heroes cars at gmail dot com and we’ll have a chat!

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Scrubs up alright. Alloys are in dire need of a refurb mind (and whatever tyre gel the car wash guys used is an absolute joke clearly! )

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LaurasOtherHalf said:

Alloys like a 5 year olds's knees and seats like a 15 year old's bed sheet.

Seats are velour (it’s a Ghia, dontcha know) and I think they’re just really dusty rather than stained, needs a hoover with more care than the local hand scratch wash can do.

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Video is up, for anyone who has subscribed but not enabled notifications

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E36Ross said:

Any link to video?

I wouldn’t want to fall foul of the rules but I’m sure someone else can post the link.... (someone has already linked to the channel earlier in this thread... )