future new owner questions
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99PBATR said:
Looks like from the Caffeine & Machine meet we had a few years ago?
Ill be keeping an eye out if there is another!~I love caffeine and machine, although it is quite a trek, but worth it
there is a similar one opening at the halfway house in Chollock, B Road hunting group, they used to be down at the Bentley museum, really nice bunch
https://www.facebook.com/broadhuntingclub/?locale=...
99PBATR said:
What's your car history Pete?
Errrr, a long long list, last count was around 150 carsI used to change all the time, but last few years i have really settled down
i was very much of the mind i want to try lots of things (some of them several times)
most notable ones
A long long list of MR2s of all shapes sizes and engine swaps.. (plenty of power in these)
670hp Twin turbo uk supra
Manual Na LSD supra
300zx TT
MK indy Busa kit car
Audi s4
Several imprezas, including a RA rally spec
RX8 sprint car
several golf GTI's/TDis
starlet GT turbo
GT4 ST205
205 GTI
nova GTE
several fiesta zetec-s & ST
Shogun 3.2
Pajero 2.8
freelander 2
Classic Minis
bmw minis
Civic EP3 type R
The list goes on like that, lot and lots of Japs stuff
My heart lies with MK1 MR2's ( currently have purchased back my original MK1) https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
My current cars are
04 Monaro in Devil Yellow (fun car) https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
04 2zz swapped MR2 Mk3 (old track car now fun car) https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
10 Scirocco 2.0 TSI (daily)
88 MR2 Mk1 needs full restoration (first owned 20 years ago)
Wife has a 2012 Mk6 golf GTI
Daughter (she is 15) has a classic H plate mini with a copper S Engine fitted that we are currently doing up together
Also have access to SEIben's MG ZS180 track car, although i am pretty sure he says it our track car now (*we used to share the RX8 when racing) https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
urquattroGus said:
Has anyone viewed the black supercharged CV8 in yorkshire?
Tempted to have a look but it's a 4 hour drive away!!
I think it's got to be a supercharged car If I do get one.
It does look to be a good car from the ad / pictures, and the wheels really work well with it too, I'm not normally a fan of the VXR8 style ones on a Monaro Tempted to have a look but it's a 4 hour drive away!!
I think it's got to be a supercharged car If I do get one.
SturdyHSV said:
urquattroGus said:
Has anyone viewed the black supercharged CV8 in yorkshire?
Tempted to have a look but it's a 4 hour drive away!!
I think it's got to be a supercharged car If I do get one.
It does look to be a good car from the ad / pictures, and the wheels really work well with it too, I'm not normally a fan of the VXR8 style ones on a Monaro Tempted to have a look but it's a 4 hour drive away!!
I think it's got to be a supercharged car If I do get one.
throwyourbike said:
SturdyHSV said:
urquattroGus said:
Has anyone viewed the black supercharged CV8 in yorkshire?
Tempted to have a look but it's a 4 hour drive away!!
I think it's got to be a supercharged car If I do get one.
It does look to be a good car from the ad / pictures, and the wheels really work well with it too, I'm not normally a fan of the VXR8 style ones on a Monaro Tempted to have a look but it's a 4 hour drive away!!
I think it's got to be a supercharged car If I do get one.
urquattroGus said:
Where is the best place to get parts in the UK? Specifically the suspension....?
It looks like a quite straightforward swing arm rear suspension and Macpherson strutts at the front?
Not unlike the Z3M did the suspension on over lockdown...
Pedders UK IMO.It looks like a quite straightforward swing arm rear suspension and Macpherson strutts at the front?
Not unlike the Z3M did the suspension on over lockdown...
https://pedders.co.uk/info-vauxhall-monaro
tony1966 said:
urquattroGus said:
Yes the advisories over several years did widen my eyes a little. I do like the looks of the CV8 over the VXR versions...
what advisories were eye opening to you?I guess a lot of advisories (and some recurring over the last few years) is a worry that it hasn't had much love.
Out of this list the brakes discs and handbrake don't worry me too much but the brake lines and bushings do.
Latest MOT
Repair as soon as possible (minor defects):
Offside Front Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (i))
Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories):
Nearside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
Offside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
Nearside Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
Offside Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))
Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material to rear (1.1.11 (c))
Offside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material to rear (1.1.11 (c))
Nearside Rear Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))
Offside Rear Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement centre bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement centre bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Front Service brake fluctuating, but not excessively (1.2.1 (e))
2016 Test
Date tested
8 April 2016
PASS
Mileage
40,864 miles
Test location
View test location
MOT test number
5078 0445 3413
Expiry date
7 April 2017
Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Nearside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded to rear (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded to rear (3.6.B.2c)
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Rear brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Rear both axle bushes have slight play
Offside Front tyre slightly perished and starting to crack on tyre tread
As some of the key points, so things like brake pipes have been corroded for 5-6 years and never addressed? Things like this then make me questions what else has been left?
It does look clean in the advert though and there is a lot to like. 4 hours away so don't want a wasted trip to be honest.
Edited by urquattroGus on Saturday 25th March 14:47
it was my car-owned it a year sold a few months ago
front n/s line is new
both front flexis are new[the nearside pipe was free enough to put a new flexi on -if you have actually worked on old cars you will know how unusual that is...
the track control arm bushes have some perishing on their outer flange-certainly there was no play at all last time i checked it
the rear and central brake pipes are old and original-i would have put them at a few years to go-they didnt have any deep pitting but that was a year ago-i didnt have any real coating on then as i had presented the car so tester could see the pipes[there are the 4 set of rear flexis with the car as i was intending to change all the brake pipes eventually simply as they are old-its only a few hours work,so nothing to worry about
brakes are typical ap-if you leave it standing the dics rust-new rangie discs and conversion kit went with car
Its a great old car in fantastic condition with all the right supporting mods-i rescued it from standing and fitted new parts as a precaution-bosch injectors,[same as removed exactly] all 8,both lambda sensors[bosch],plugs,leads,ait sensor,obvioslyoil,filter,diff oil,never got around to refreshing the clutch fluid or box oil[it has the external bleed line]
No idea why the bloke is selling it so soon,he maybe stretched himself a little to buy it-who knows...
front n/s line is new
both front flexis are new[the nearside pipe was free enough to put a new flexi on -if you have actually worked on old cars you will know how unusual that is...
the track control arm bushes have some perishing on their outer flange-certainly there was no play at all last time i checked it
the rear and central brake pipes are old and original-i would have put them at a few years to go-they didnt have any deep pitting but that was a year ago-i didnt have any real coating on then as i had presented the car so tester could see the pipes[there are the 4 set of rear flexis with the car as i was intending to change all the brake pipes eventually simply as they are old-its only a few hours work,so nothing to worry about
brakes are typical ap-if you leave it standing the dics rust-new rangie discs and conversion kit went with car
Its a great old car in fantastic condition with all the right supporting mods-i rescued it from standing and fitted new parts as a precaution-bosch injectors,[same as removed exactly] all 8,both lambda sensors[bosch],plugs,leads,ait sensor,obvioslyoil,filter,diff oil,never got around to refreshing the clutch fluid or box oil[it has the external bleed line]
No idea why the bloke is selling it so soon,he maybe stretched himself a little to buy it-who knows...
Right, my interest in the silver Lumina is piqued slightly more than window shopping.
I haven’t managed to get in touch with any insurance companies today, but I have done a little man-maths, and excluding insurance, and assuming I sell my Jaguar XJ in the coming months, the numbers could work for buying the silver Lumina on eBay.
It’s been a while since I scratched the V8 itch, (since I got rid of my TVR). We do have a V8 Jeep, but it’s not really the same thing and the Jaguar XJ is only a V6, (abelt a peach of a V6).
I’ve always been a fan of the Holdens, especially the VT / VY / VX, (who could forget Murph’s “lap of the Gods”.
How different are these underneath from a similar vintage Omega? I know that the platform was widened to accommodate the extra size of the V8’s, but what else was different on them?
If I do buy the silver Lumina, it would be a high days and holidays car, doing probably 5000 miles or less per year.
Where abouts are these prone to rusting? How bad can the rust get? How difficult are service parts to get hold of?
If any of you chaps feel like being sensible and mature, now is probably the time to be so, before I go being immature and acting on a whim.
Thanks in advance
I haven’t managed to get in touch with any insurance companies today, but I have done a little man-maths, and excluding insurance, and assuming I sell my Jaguar XJ in the coming months, the numbers could work for buying the silver Lumina on eBay.
It’s been a while since I scratched the V8 itch, (since I got rid of my TVR). We do have a V8 Jeep, but it’s not really the same thing and the Jaguar XJ is only a V6, (abelt a peach of a V6).
I’ve always been a fan of the Holdens, especially the VT / VY / VX, (who could forget Murph’s “lap of the Gods”.
How different are these underneath from a similar vintage Omega? I know that the platform was widened to accommodate the extra size of the V8’s, but what else was different on them?
If I do buy the silver Lumina, it would be a high days and holidays car, doing probably 5000 miles or less per year.
Where abouts are these prone to rusting? How bad can the rust get? How difficult are service parts to get hold of?
If any of you chaps feel like being sensible and mature, now is probably the time to be so, before I go being immature and acting on a whim.
Thanks in advance
Ok, forget that about the silver Chevy Lumina on eBay.
Even on a limited mileage policy of 3000 miles per year, it’s going to cost me more to insure than the other 7 vehicles that I own combined, and that includes two vans insured for ‘carriage of goods for hire and reward’.
I really wasn’t expecting that
Even on a limited mileage policy of 3000 miles per year, it’s going to cost me more to insure than the other 7 vehicles that I own combined, and that includes two vans insured for ‘carriage of goods for hire and reward’.
I really wasn’t expecting that
105.4 said:
Ok, forget that about the silver Chevy Lumina on eBay.
Even on a limited mileage policy of 3000 miles per year, it’s going to cost me more to insure than the other 7 vehicles that I own combined, and that includes two vans insured for ‘carriage of goods for hire and reward’.
I really wasn’t expecting that
have you been a naughty boy? Seriously I'd be shocked if that came to more than £400 on a limited miles policy. A-Plan can be dicks if you've not got previous LHD experience but I'd heard they were started to be more reasonable again Even on a limited mileage policy of 3000 miles per year, it’s going to cost me more to insure than the other 7 vehicles that I own combined, and that includes two vans insured for ‘carriage of goods for hire and reward’.
I really wasn’t expecting that
DodgyGeezer said:
have you been a naughty boy? Seriously I'd be shocked if that came to more than £400 on a limited miles policy. A-Plan can be dicks if you've not got previous LHD experience but I'd heard they were started to be more reasonable again
A-Plan wouldn’t even offer a quote. I don’t meet their criteria. Late 40’s, no claims or points in over 13 years, vehicle to be kept at my home in a locked compound with CCTV in a semi-rural part of Derbyshire.
And the Commadore / Lumina is RHD as well.
It’s a good job I checked the insurance prices before contacting the seller and making a trip down South this weekend.
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