cjj
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Jan 14, 2021 21:19:06 GMT
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As a small bump to this, what eventually happened is a 'friend' was looking for a cheap car, so I said they could have this for what I'd originally paid for it. Long story short, he turned up and moaned that it wasn't very quick, then moaned about something else a week later, never paid for it, and went to have an MOT put on it today. I have no particular idea on how he has or hasn't looked after it, but his was the result  He's decided he's going to leave it on my drive and no longer wants it. On one hand, I could probably fix those bits quite easily and at little cost. On the other, I'd have to find time and then no doubt have to insure it to take it somewhere, then have to put up with tyre kickers and time wasters again during a lockdown. It's still MOT'd until the end of the month - not sure whether to bother trying, or just to cut my losses and sell it cheap as-is |
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Last Edit: Jan 14, 2021 21:20:25 GMT by cjj
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Thats annoying I wouldnt offer that "friend" anything, ever again.
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Jan 15, 2021 12:10:03 GMT
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That's not a friend - that's someone wanting a freebie with no ties. Fix the car, bin them.
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Jan 15, 2021 12:42:31 GMT
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Not that bad a list really for a car of that age, a couple of dodgy connections, a new brake calliper and fit the spare then perhaps fix the coolant leak if it is anything significant.
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cjj
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Jan 15, 2021 15:56:18 GMT
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Thats annoying I wouldnt offer that "friend" anything, ever again. Not necessarily the first time. I do have neighbours like this, too, and find that most people offer one-way friendship. That's not a friend - that's someone wanting a freebie with no ties. Fix the car, bin them. Yeah, I've been a bit annoyed by it all. Had some stuff going on that they are aware of, so it's not really helping things. At least I know, now though. |
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cjj
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Jan 15, 2021 16:01:58 GMT
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Not that bad a list really for a car of that age, a couple of dodgy connections, a new brake calliper and fit the spare then perhaps fix the coolant leak if it is anything significant. I don't think it needs new calipers to be honest - I seem to recall the sliders being a bit mucky when I did the discs/pads not so long ago. As per the previous photos, the spare is a different size (it's one of the original alloys). As also previously noted, there had been some leaks prior to fixing some bits, so I'll have to see if it's anything other than a stain/residue. I'm just hoping he's not let any fluids get too low. Problem with fixing it is I've not really got a lot of room for it, and I'd have to insure it to take it for an MOT etc - that means than insuring it short-term and re-MOT'ing is likely to cost anywhere between £50-£100. I'm not too sure if the effort and cost versus the final value is going to be worth it. I've not done anything on any car for 3 months or so because I've had other stuff going on, so it's leaning me towards cutting my losses. Shame really, because it's basically had new parts in every other area of the car (as detailed in here) and it's quite a practical and cheap to run car. I'm just doubting I'll get much more than scrap value for it now. |
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Paul
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Jan 15, 2021 17:39:10 GMT
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Not that bad a list really for a car of that age, a couple of dodgy connections, a new brake calliper and fit the spare then perhaps fix the coolant leak if it is anything significant. I don't think it needs new calipers to be honest - I seem to recall the sliders being a bit mucky when I did the discs/pads not so long ago. As per the previous photos, the spare is a different size (it's one of the original alloys). As also previously noted, there had been some leaks prior to fixing some bits, so I'll have to see if it's anything other than a stain/residue. I'm just hoping he's not let any fluids get too low. Problem with fixing it is I've not really got a lot of room for it, and I'd have to insure it to take it for an MOT etc - that means than insuring it short-term and re-MOT'ing is likely to cost anywhere between £50-£100. I'm not too sure if the effort and cost versus the final value is going to be worth it. I've not done anything on any car for 3 months or so because I've had other stuff going on, so it's leaning me towards cutting my losses. Shame really, because it's basically had new parts in every other area of the car (as detailed in here) and it's quite a practical and cheap to run car. I'm just doubting I'll get much more than scrap value for it now. Shame...pretty sure mine went off to the banger races. Plenty of interest but only at scrap value...I hope it doesn't come to that for yours. |
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cjj
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Jan 15, 2021 18:43:52 GMT
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I don't think it needs new calipers to be honest - I seem to recall the sliders being a bit mucky when I did the discs/pads not so long ago. As per the previous photos, the spare is a different size (it's one of the original alloys). As also previously noted, there had been some leaks prior to fixing some bits, so I'll have to see if it's anything other than a stain/residue. I'm just hoping he's not let any fluids get too low. Problem with fixing it is I've not really got a lot of room for it, and I'd have to insure it to take it for an MOT etc - that means than insuring it short-term and re-MOT'ing is likely to cost anywhere between £50-£100. I'm not too sure if the effort and cost versus the final value is going to be worth it. I've not done anything on any car for 3 months or so because I've had other stuff going on, so it's leaning me towards cutting my losses. Shame really, because it's basically had new parts in every other area of the car (as detailed in here) and it's quite a practical and cheap to run car. I'm just doubting I'll get much more than scrap value for it now. Shame...pretty sure mine went off to the banger races. Plenty of interest but only at scrap value...I hope it doesn't come to that for yours. Probably will do - I've reduced it on here to £250, and that includes at least £50 worth of bits and bobs, but I can't really put any more time or money into it. |
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cjj
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Jan 17, 2021 11:38:01 GMT
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Car was returned last night in the form of being left on the drive with the key in the ignition  Stuck the original alloys back on this morning.  Pulled out the radio expecting that the hazard switch might have been unplugged, but quite bizarrely one of the wires had been snipped. It was working before it left me last because I did a once-over of all the lights. Strange. Extended and fixed it with a connector block and it's now working again. Simple fix.   Had a look at the brake hose whilst the wheels were being swapped, too. This was the 'excessively twisted' brake hose.  Just took the caliper off and rotated it a little. Brake does feel a bit 'stiff' on that side, possibly a bit of corrosion on the piston edge as a result of sticking new discs/pads on. Didn't do much about that.  After all the hours I put into cleaning it, it came back pretty minging. Mud all over the inside and pretty thick inside all the arches and what not. Looked like it'd be green-laned. Thanks.  This was the state of the wheels, which were pretty much mint when it went.  |
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Jan 17, 2021 13:22:11 GMT
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This has just made me SO angry. Why are some people like this? Good work on fixing a couple of things already.  |
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cjj
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Jan 17, 2021 15:23:22 GMT
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This has just made me SO angry. Why are some people like this? Good work on fixing a couple of things already. I started it up to turn it round just now and found that the engine sounded pretty rough. Two bolts missing off the engine cover so it was bouncing around and making a racket. Also possibly an aux belt pulley noise on it now too. And the remote locking seems to now only work if you press the fob really hard. So after near 20 years, it's taken just a few months of (I assume) unsympathetic use for all sorts of irritations to manifest. Checked the mystery 'offside stop lamp affected by another lamp' fail, and it seems that if you have it in reverse, and press the brake, the fog light symbol appears on the dash. I assume it turns the brake light off too, but can't check in the daylight. Both reverse bulbs work fine otherwise. |
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Rich
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Jan 17, 2021 16:09:23 GMT
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This has just made me SO angry. Why are some people like this? Good work on fixing a couple of things already. I started it up to turn it round just now and found that the engine sounded pretty rough. Two bolts missing off the engine cover so it was bouncing around and making a racket. Also possibly an aux belt pulley noise on it now too. And the remote locking seems to now only work if you press the fob really hard. So after near 20 years, it's taken just a few months of (I assume) unsympathetic use for all sorts of irritations to manifest. Checked the mystery 'offside stop lamp affected by another lamp' fail, and it seems that if you have it in reverse, and press the brake, the fog light symbol appears on the dash. I assume it turns the brake light off too, but can't check in the daylight. Both reverse bulbs work fine otherwise. That's just a bad earth, quite common on old Renaults. Free fix there, clean the pins to the tail lamp and that's another thing ticked off the list. Shame it has been basically abused. It's absolutely, as a car, of no interest to me but to see the effort to make it somewhat nicer all in vain is a kick in the plums. |
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cjj
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Jan 17, 2021 21:56:14 GMT
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I started it up to turn it round just now and found that the engine sounded pretty rough. Two bolts missing off the engine cover so it was bouncing around and making a racket. Also possibly an aux belt pulley noise on it now too. And the remote locking seems to now only work if you press the fob really hard. So after near 20 years, it's taken just a few months of (I assume) unsympathetic use for all sorts of irritations to manifest. Checked the mystery 'offside stop lamp affected by another lamp' fail, and it seems that if you have it in reverse, and press the brake, the fog light symbol appears on the dash. I assume it turns the brake light off too, but can't check in the daylight. Both reverse bulbs work fine otherwise. That's just a bad earth, quite common on old Renaults. Free fix there, clean the pins to the tail lamp and that's another thing ticked off the list. Shame it has been basically abused. It's absolutely, as a car, of no interest to me but to see the effort to make it somewhat nicer all in vain is a kick in the plums. Had a man of non-UK origins come and have a socially distanced look earlier. There's a pulley or something making a bit of a racket, and he took it for a drive (something which I haven't done, as it's not insured) and it seemed to be chucking out some black smoke and he said it was hugely down on power. Although it's probably just a MAF, or even the EGR gasket (as it looks like that's the source of the oil leak), the pulley sound adds a bit on it. My estimates would be that it would cost, at the cheapest (new): - £20 MAF - £30 EGR & Gasket - £20 up for a pulley, or £50+ for a aux tensionr - Min £50 for a couple of tyres, even part worn - up to £50 for another MOT - plus whatever is needed to sort the front left brake out. It's not worth my time to spend another £100-200 on it now. Tempted to scrap it now, so probably looking at nearer £100 than even £200. |
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cjj
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Jan 19, 2021 11:39:36 GMT
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Decision was made - off he goes to somewhere else.  I'd say 'scrapped', but gone to a metal recyclers but may still end up on the road (who knows). |
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jpsmit
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Jan 19, 2021 14:03:18 GMT
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Smart decision - I feel like you saved yourself many hundreds of pounds of grief and frustration. Now get back to what you enjoy and what brings you energy instead of sucking it!
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cjj
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Jan 19, 2021 14:35:10 GMT
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Smart decision - I feel like you saved yourself many hundreds of pounds of grief and frustration. Now get back to what you enjoy and what brings you energy instead of sucking it! That's the thing - I had replaced it so it's not like I'd be doing it to get anything out of it. I have reasonably bad anxiety these days and hate selling cars, so easier to cut my losses now than to try and spend £200 on it to only sell it for £200 more. I was sorely tempted to keep it and sell the Smart, but I can justify one with £30 a year tax more than one with £300 a year tax. Would have been fun to make a Renaultsport Scenic though |
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