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Ba-daa: http://www.mattbuildsatomcat.co.uk/a-quick-update/174

Note the TVR in question back on the ramps in the background of the final photo.

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When you've got a sec, can you pop up and re-attach the passenger brake duct on my BMW? It having fallen off onto the engine tray some time last week explains the weird "wind howling in a chimney" noise and why it feels like the discs are warped.

Especially exciting is that as a result, the ambient temperature sensor is now hanging in the wheelarch. I look forward to explaining to my insurance company how all the car's electrics came to be wrapped around the axle.


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Ba-daa: http://www.mattbuildsatomcat.co.uk/a-quick-update/174

Note the TVR in question back on the ramps in the background of the final photo.

Work faster, goddamit!

When's the cocktail cabinet being fitted? Shaker unnecessary, fo sho.

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Especially exciting is that as a result, the ambient temperature sensor is now hanging in the wheelarch. I look forward to explaining to my insurance company how all the car's electrics came to be wrapped around the axle.


I thought BMWs were rear wheel drive?


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Ba-daa: http://www.mattbuildsatomcat.co.uk/a-quick-update/174

Note the TVR in question back on the ramps in the background of the final photo.

Work faster, goddamit!

When's the cocktail cabinet being fitted? Shaker unnecessary, fo sho.


We did quite a bit more that that - namely figuring out where the seats will go. Drinks holders are going in nearer the end - we're going to use the ones you get on bikes as they'll be best at holding onto stuff.

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You're not going to be able to hold onto a martini glass with one of those, man.

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I'm going to ring my dad as he's got tools, a drive and some ramps, no fear regarding taking tools to things and lives round the corner from work. It's a known design flaw - brittle plastic ducting connected using weak clips to the front bumper/spoiler and the flexible wheelarch. That and the temp sensor just sticks out into the duct, with no mesh or anything, so gets smashed within minutes.

The biggest problem is that the area's enclosed by the wheelarch liner, bumper, engine tray, engine, and I live on a terraced street. And don't have ramps or a sturdy jack. Or confidence.
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Hub/wheel, then.


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Oh my. £10,000 for a four-year-old basic model Clio? And he's still happy with the deal despite being ripped to shreds?


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Ah, all is explained a bit further on "im in Bradford.. The BNP leader knows the main problem with this city and that main problem causes the prices to go up,"

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Ah - he paid 10K because it's a white clio?

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Overclockers - not the brightest lot.

In other car related news:

Spend £3k on a second hand car, or buy something for less than £1k and run it for a year until I'm employed again?

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Spend £3k on a second hand car, or buy something for less than £1k and run it for a year until I'm employed again?


Obviously the latter, if money is tight.


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It isn't anything to do with Bradford - I just checked on the Carcraft website and the prices there are so inflated (and that's before you get into finance deals, that's just their "exclusive web only price") that it's amazing they get any customers at all.


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It isn't anything to do with Bradford - I just checked on the Carcraft website and the prices there are so inflated (and that's before you get into finance deals, that's just their "exclusive web only price") that it's amazing they get any customers at all.
It's possible to negotiate a good sticker price there, I did when I stitched them up that time.


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It isn't anything to do with Bradford - I just checked on the Carcraft website and the prices there are so inflated (and that's before you get into finance deals, that's just their "exclusive web only price") that it's amazing they get any customers at all.


A was mentioned in that thread, though, they target idiots and people with poor credit ratings, screwing them further into the ground with debts they can't manage. Their adverts are like double glazing ones, which speaks a great deal straight away.


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Spend £3k on a second hand car, or buy something for less than £1k and run it for a year until I'm employed again?


Obviously the latter, if money is tight.


Yeah. I just want to fix the 205, but that's off the cards....

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GazChap wrote:
It isn't anything to do with Bradford - I just checked on the Carcraft website and the prices there are so inflated (and that's before you get into finance deals, that's just their "exclusive web only price") that it's amazing they get any customers at all.


A was mentioned in that thread, though, they target idiots and people with poor credit ratings, screwing them further into the ground with debts they can't manage. Their adverts are like double glazing ones, which speaks a great deal straight away.

I was in town the other day and wandered past one of these places:

http://www.brighthouse.co.uk/

Some similarly cracking deals to be had there.


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Spend £3k on a second hand car, or buy something for less than £1k and run it for a year until I'm employed again?


Obviously the latter, if money is tight.


Yeah. I just want to fix the 205, but that's off the cards....


I MOT'd my gas Corsa yesterday (the one I got for free 2 years ago). It hadn't been MOT'd since then and has two full pages of failing items, including a "In my opinion, this vehicle is not safe to be driven" one.

However I fully expect to have it fixed up and back on the road by next week..


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Do you still get red slips when that happens?
What was the unsafe warning about?

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A was mentioned in that thread, though, they target idiots


Idiots = BNP Supporters = Residents of Bradford. QED


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I was in town the other day and wandered past one of these places:

http://www.brighthouse.co.uk/

Some similarly cracking deals to be had there.


Indeed!

32" Bravia for £767.23, 29.9% APR over 156 weeks: £1104.48 total. Add in the optional service charges, which people no doubt plump for, and the total is £1698.84.


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markg wrote:
I was in town the other day and wandered past one of these places: http://www.brighthouse.co.uk/ Some similarly cracking deals to be had there.
Indeed! 32" Bravia for £767.23, 29.9% APR over 156 weeks: £1104.48 total. Add in the optional service charges, which people no doubt plump for, and the total is £1698.84.
A former boss of mine apparently works for these jokers. "Typical APR: 49.9%". Lovely!

I wonder: is that a punitive interest rate, or does selling to scumbags just leave you with such an enormous default rate that it's actually a fair charge?


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Do you still get red slips when that happens?
What was the unsafe warning about?


It's sort of pink, but yes. A track rod end was apparently about to fall off. And both the front springs broken.

I'm blaming somebody for curbing it.


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I was in town the other day and wandered past one of these places: http://www.brighthouse.co.uk/ Some similarly cracking deals to be had there.
Indeed! 32" Bravia for £767.23, 29.9% APR over 156 weeks: £1104.48 total. Add in the optional service charges, which people no doubt plump for, and the total is £1698.84.
A former boss of mine apparently works for these jokers. "Typical APR: 49.9%". Lovely!

I wonder: is that a punitive interest rate, or does selling to scumbags just leave you with such an enormous default rate that it's actually a fair charge?

Probably a bit of both, there's usually a reason why they've been refused credit elsewhere.


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kalmar wrote:
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Spend £3k on a second hand car, or buy something for less than £1k and run it for a year until I'm employed again?


Obviously the latter, if money is tight.


Yeah. I just want to fix the 205, but that's off the cards....


I MOT'd my gas Corsa yesterday (the one I got for free 2 years ago). It hadn't been MOT'd since then and has two full pages of failing items, including a "In my opinion, this vehicle is not safe to be driven" one.

However I fully expect to have it fixed up and back on the road by next week..


I've got to change the discs and pads, bolt the exhaust back on, and replace a CV boot cover. About a days work, but I currently have neither time, nor money to do it.

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I'm blaming somebody for curbing it.
What did they kerb it on,the White Cliffs of Dover??

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I've got to change the discs and pads, bolt the exhaust back on, and replace a CV boot cover. About a days work, but I currently have neither time, nor money to do it.
If that's all it needs I'd say buying another car is a false economy.


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"Typical APR: 49.9%". Lovely!


Fuck. No doubt over several years, too. Why do people buy into these deals?


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MaliA wrote:
I've got to change the discs and pads, bolt the exhaust back on, and replace a CV boot cover. About a days work, but I currently have neither time, nor money to do it.
If that's all it needs I'd say buying another car is a false economy.


I know. I have tried explaining this to mrsA, but she steadfastly refuses to consider driving it as "it has a manual choke and no power steering", so I've given up arguing for it.

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That's probably only about 60 quids worth of parts though (and 54 quid for the MOT). If you're contemplating spending 3k on a new one...


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That's probably only about 60 quids worth of parts though (and 54 quid for the MOT). If you're contemplating spending 3k on a new one...


I know, I know....

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You can have my Capri for £1000 if you want? Special beex price. Fuel injected so no bothersome choke thingies.


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While we're on the subject of stupid interest deals, MyFinger received this junk mail addressed to a former resident of his house:


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While we're on the subject of stupid interest deals, MyFinger received this junk mail addressed to a former resident of his house:


They send an agent round to your house to give you the money, then round every week to collect it? And what, they break your legs if you don't pay?


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They send an agent round to your house to give you the money, then round every week to collect it? And what, they break your legs if you don't pay?
They clearly don't expect their customers to have bank accounts, is how I read that.


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"Typical APR: 49.9%". Lovely!


Fuck. No doubt over several years, too. Why do people buy into these deals?



Bad credit ratings, so can't get credit else where, but want a new TV etc.

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They clearly don't expect their customers to have bank accounts, is how I read that.


Or that. But it sounds like a loan shark.


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"Typical APR: 49.9%". Lovely!


Fuck. No doubt over several years, too. Why do people buy into these deals?



Bad credit ratings, so can't get credit else where, but want a new TV etc.


Why wouldn't they save up? Or get one on freecycle?


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Why wouldn't they save up? Or get one on freecycle?
People who have that mentality don't get bad credit in the first place.

I don't think our schools do a decent enough job of teaching people what APR means. I'm sure it'd help a bit if 16 year olds had to do this stuff as part of the Maths GCSEs.


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It's not even that though, all these deals show the total amount payable quite prominently. People just think about the weekly amount.


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kalmar wrote:
Kovacs Caprios wrote:
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
"Typical APR: 49.9%". Lovely!


Fuck. No doubt over several years, too. Why do people buy into these deals?



Bad credit ratings, so can't get credit else where, but want a new TV etc.


Why wouldn't they save up? Or get one on freecycle?


If they did these shops would not exisit would they?

I think people want a new shiny TV that will cost £10 a week, which they can pay for out of benifits (stero typing).


Mods does this want breaking out to another thread or adding to bits and bobs?

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I took the M3 round to my dad's last night and got it up on ramps (only possible because of the convenient 10% incline of the pavement and backwards rocking of 1.6 tonnes onto the back axle on hill launch!) to look at reattaching the brake duct and temperature sensor.

It looks like when I extended the lip over a kerb at work last week, pulling back tore the arch liner, corner under-tray and ducting to shit - I need 4 new bits of plastic and all associated fixings. Nice.

Still, it does feel good to be finally doing some bits to it myself, even if they're so trivial (although getting 12 year old bolts out of torn holes in awkward places didn't seem trivial at the time).


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You're not selling the M3 as a practical, everyday motor here.


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Hey, I left out the part where I looked down the length of the chassis and saw all the scrapes and dents gathered over 12 years of speed humps, including a lovely 6 inch tear in the sump cover (I hesitate to call it a "guard"), didn't I?

Actually, I did miss out that on closer inspection the loom-side part of the temperature sensor was fucked, one of the wires was snapped and the other gave as I pulled at it slightly. Fuck knows how that's going to be fixed, the breaks are right at the moulded piece, and there's no plug at the other end, the wire just disappears into the loom.


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Grim... wrote:
Ba-daa: http://www.mattbuildsatomcat.co.uk/a-quick-update/174

Note the TVR in question back on the ramps in the background of the final photo.


My dad has one of them. Griff, right?


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MaliA wrote:
kalmar wrote:
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Spend £3k on a second hand car, or buy something for less than £1k and run it for a year until I'm employed again?


Obviously the latter, if money is tight.


Yeah. I just want to fix the 205, but that's off the cards....


I MOT'd my gas Corsa yesterday (the one I got for free 2 years ago). It hadn't been MOT'd since then and has two full pages of failing items, including a "In my opinion, this vehicle is not safe to be driven" one.

However I fully expect to have it fixed up and back on the road by next week..


I've got to change the discs and pads, bolt the exhaust back on, and replace a CV boot cover. About a days work, but I currently have neither time, nor money to do it.


205 GTI? I have one!


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RIP, Owen. RIP, MrC.

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