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SAL
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17th Nov 06 at 14:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is it me or does anyone else get the feeling cars are like black holes for money? just as everything was going quite well WATER PUMP is on it way out ! great all i want to do is drive my car untill it sells. one call to autovaux and £101 skinter i should receive my new water pump and timing kit on monday...but that means no car for two days = no work tommorow = - £ 70 and bored as feck at home cars cars cars SO CLOSE TO GIVING THEM UP
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17th Nov 06 at 14:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I know how you feel when i bought my corsa and started modding it it felt like i was gettin closer to finishing it then sumthing else buggered up!
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17th Nov 06 at 14:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
XE???

My water pump went, but didn't cost me that much im sure.....
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17th Nov 06 at 14:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Did you not replace it??

I paid £180 for Cambelt kit, Water pump and oil/filter and coolent change.

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17th Nov 06 at 14:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
1.6 water pump £ 25.79 timing kit = the rest
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17th Nov 06 at 14:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
when lee m fitted the engine it was on 45k and looked like it had been done ie wasnt gm parts anymore? so better to be safe than sorry!
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17th Nov 06 at 14:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mines deffinately a black hole
Daimo B
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Gotta be a good £20k on D4 in total... More to go.

D5, don't ask

Cars are money pits, but what else you gonna spend it on, beer n hookers???
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17th Nov 06 at 14:27   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
new cloths, cristmas presents, i could think of thousands of things! its really starting to get me down having to pay out all the time for something i dont really have time for
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my story on the black hole theory...

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=322008

so gona burn it... seriously
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17th Nov 06 at 14:33   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
we can sulk together!
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even when cars are working i still spend on it .. spent 450quid on a new exhaust for it yesterday!
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17th Nov 06 at 16:30   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
try owning an rx7
Scotty C
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17th Nov 06 at 16:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Atleast u havent just spent over £500 doing the rings and ANOTHER headgasket
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17th Nov 06 at 16:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
black holes
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17th Nov 06 at 16:48   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Why have you had to do the work twice Monster?!

Harsh.

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Scotty C
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
Why have you had to do the work twice Monster?!

Harsh.


headgasket went, did that along with waterpump and this and that.

Think i fucked the rings when the headgasket went, so had to take it all apart again to do the rings, another headgasket, valve stem seals etc etc. Cost me over £800 all in all..
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17th Nov 06 at 16:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by VegasPhil
Why have you had to do the work twice Monster?!

Harsh.


headgasket went, did that along with waterpump and this and that.

Think i fucked the rings when the headgasket went, so had to take it all apart again to do the rings, another headgasket, valve stem seals etc etc. Cost me over £800 all in all..


yikes thats harsh! joys of motoring eh

 
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