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We'll that's that. Repair bill for the Golf came in at £4000 with a new VAG engine or £3000 with a second hand engine.
Was offered the grand total of £200 for the car as it is. Gutted. Just put two new rear tyres on to get to Devon so that was £120 down the drain.
Cost £40 to recover it to the garage so I'm a whole £160 up on the deal.
Welcome to 2009!
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awoo
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crikey is it a new golf or something? seems alot...
can you break it get your money back that way?
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kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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or significantly cheaper if you get a motor from a breakers and get a non franchised garage to put it in?
maybe??
- kev
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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RIP goofarthurbrown
@GUEST
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Break it and earn big £££.
Neighbours will complain though ;D
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Last Edit: Jan 8, 2009 13:09:05 GMT by arthurbrown
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get someone to drop a scrappy engine into it? Whats up with it? Which Golf is it?
"If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen!"
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Shag a dog, what sort of engine costs £3k secondhand?!!?11!?
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Some kind of turdblower diesel V5 maybe? I am also assuming thats the fitted price. But hell yeah.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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bortaf
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what is it gold plated or sumink ? NEVER and i mean NEVER get a quote from a dealer, everyone must know that rule by now  £500 anywhere else or £20 if you do it yourself  |
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It's not a dealer. It's a standard local lock up garage. I'm guessing it's two, two and a half days labour to haul the old (1.8 turbo) motor out, strip it, bolt it all back together and get it back in.
I'm in Cirencester, the car (1999 GTi) is in Devon. Options for scrapping are limited.
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ps anyone fancy a dead Mk4 Gti do let me know. 4 good tyres and alloys, only 190,000 miles, good nick other than totally farked engine.
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When my the engine on my second L200 went (big end failure) I was quoted £6000 plus vat to have a new Mitsubishi engine fitted. The warranty I'd taken out when I bought it only cover the first £1000! Guess I should have read the small print!
Eventually the garage sourced a second hand motor (with no guarantees!) and fitted it for £3500. SWMBO still not amused at putting out £2500 on it!
Its a no win situation - put out a huge amount to get it done and lose out when yu come to sell, or ditch it as it is for a huge loss!
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LowStandards
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Rover V8 on a Princess box ;p
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filmidget
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Even 3 days, at £50/h*, plus VAT = £1218 Say £80 on consumables? VAG 1.8T engines aren't £1700 secondhand... I guess they know too well that you are not local and are not a member of a recovery service  *That's F-in-L's garage hourly charge at moment |
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stevo
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where in devon is it?
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Fuggin Nora, whoever offered you £200 for it clearly had ideas on fixing it up themselves - ca$hback! they're not the highest tech car out there, I would bet £500 would buy a decent SH engine and a couple of days work would see it back in business.
Find a better garage! Thats my tip.
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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davej
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Ditto. Might be able to signpost you to any VW specialists if anything, or advise of any local recovery companies. Be careful the garage doesnt try to stich you for the diagnosis and storage charges... Looking on ebay there are second hand 1.8t engines for about £800 or so. |
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whats actually wrong with it  |
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dugong
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Jesus, 3 large for an AGU?
A frame it home somehow and get someone you know to look at it.
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some one at my work place had a mk4 gold was a 1.4 petrol and basically she didnt change the oil only kept topping it up! well the conrid decided it didnt like the side of the engine so left!
cost her 2k all in to get a warrented engine from heathrow engines or something like that. (nr heathrow airport)
apparently they said the 1.4 mk4 vw engine isnt too strong and is known for bits wanting to leave! but youes is a gti lump so shouldnt be too hard to get a lump off the bay etc
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