pbottomley
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Feb 17, 2008 15:12:08 GMT
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My skoda has decided it doesn't want to drive very far anymore, so I need another reliable hack, I don't mind too much about how many miles it has as long as its reliable, I want it in low car tax bracket as well. OR has anyone a bleeding good Skoda 1300 engine without timing chain issues and or 1 litre of oil per week requirements  ?? |
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Feb 17, 2008 15:13:55 GMT
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How cheap? Have you seen the Peugeot for sale on here?
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pbottomley
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Feb 17, 2008 15:18:46 GMT
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yea I saw that, but its a short MOT.... but SWMBO budget is tops 400
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Last Edit: Feb 17, 2008 15:18:59 GMT by pbottomley
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Feb 17, 2008 15:52:41 GMT
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pbottomley
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Feb 17, 2008 16:02:47 GMT
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Thanks for the thoughts, all good so far.
The escort is high rate tax and in Norfolk, two negatives so far... but price is good, juist the whole spending £99 on tax and £70 or so quid to get ther eand back .... I would be bette roff looking at a local car and at least getting a test drive without having wasted a pile of much needed cash
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Feb 17, 2008 18:46:41 GMT
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I'm selling mondeo 1.8 td p reg 98,000 miles for £300 for a mate around 6 or 7 months mot no tax thourgh has done 20 miles snice mot good mondeo unlike most out there I'm in north yorkshire going on ebay tonight
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kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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Feb 17, 2008 18:54:43 GMT
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I'd be tempted into letting my d reg sunny coupe go for 400 - it would have 12 months ticket on it, and it's a 1488 cc, so it's about the biggest you could get in the cheapo tax bracket!
80k, white - in generally good order!
- 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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Feb 17, 2008 23:34:47 GMT
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My skoda has decided it doesn't want to drive very far anymore, so I need another reliable hack, I don't mind too much about how many miles it has as long as its reliable, I want it in low car tax bracket as well. OR has anyone a bleeding good Skoda 1300 engine without timing chain issues and or 1 litre of oil per week requirements ?? What sort of Skoda do you have? |
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pbottomley
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Feb 18, 2008 18:56:06 GMT
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Tis a Felicia LXi , 1.3 spi, the normal Timing chain issues, which have now become seriously noisy, heater now stopped getting warm, temp gauge never moved less i am in traffic for ages, uses about 1 litre of oil per 1000 miles, drives like a bag of wibblepoo. feels like its running on 3 then 4 then 3 then 4 when under load??
I don't drive it any more than 4 miles at a time now, because I don't want to sit in a cold car for 2 hours waiting for the AA to tell me its a shed.
On the good side, new exhaust, new discs, pads, shocks, FSH and 5 months T & T, wish it would just run better, hense why I am wanting another car to use whilst this is sorted.
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