Blade_sri
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Registered: 23rd Apr 03
Location: Pop
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Ive had my corsa for around a year now, and really aint did much to her, lowed her, new alloys and a vent in the bonnet..
Spent quite a lot on her cos i forgot to fill the water up one day and it all went pete tong on me, Any how got that fixed...
But this pass two weeks its been doing my head in, The gearbox is on it last legs, hard to get it in 1st and 2nd, The mot is coming up and it news welding and brake pipes.....
The head is going to, Full of nice yellow shit in there yet again!
Im thinking of giving up and getting something else, But then again money gets in the way yet again!
So really i have no money to fix it, no money to buy a new car and to top it all off x-mas is comeing too!
GOD
No wonder i get depressed!
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jaffa
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Registered: 27th Mar 00
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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time to get pissed 
seriously mate tho running any car is costly never mind a modified car, when i first had my old one i spent most the cash on the car and then the starter motor went and then a ran the sill against a car park trolley bay.
with my new car went into my student overdraft and paying it off still  few months hard saving should get you back on track
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Gambit
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Registered: 5th Jun 00
Location: Common Sense HQ
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ive had a nightmare with my car over the past few months, what with new steering rack, bad idle/ignition problems & welding needs.
but ive stuck by it, and today its in getting the final bit welded and should be sorted hopefully.
i kept on thinking about just ditching the car but i just couldnt part with it
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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The gearbox is going and the head is leaky? Sounds like 2 litre time 
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Shauny9
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Registered: 2nd Jun 03
Location: Clayhall , Essex
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The am,ount of times my car has gone wrong this year....ive spent over 1000 repairing bits, the original engine cracked...therefore new engine..the clutch went, it leaked oil, seonsors on the engin went and to top it all off it got broken into 2 weeks ago, every1 has it bad....just have to keep going it will work out in the end 
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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Burn it! and claim
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Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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times like those im glad i aint got anything that costs serious wedge to repair!
My mates just had his M3 Evo serviced and it cost him just shy of a grand, just for the service 
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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no... the service would have been around 200... the parts and labour highlighted by the service cost the extra
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Andy
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Registered: 28th Dec 99
Location: Cumbria, UK
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
The gearbox is going and the head is leaky? Sounds like 2 litre time
Now there speaks a wise man
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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i'll sell you one of mine 
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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2l time indeed
£1k for a service bill on an m3
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Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
no... the service would have been around 200... the parts and labour highlighted by the service cost the extra
sorry should probably of been a little more clear in what i said, the parts and labour for the standard standard service cost the bloke short of a grand. This is with nothing actually broken on the car just belt changes etc.
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randall
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Registered: 11th Dec 03
Location: colchester essex
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i feel ur pain mate, im skint and i havent even bought any christmas preasents yet!!
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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Garage told me it would cost about £50 to fix heater, so i told them to do it and had a bill for £128 this morning!!!! Failed MOT a couple of weeks back on sterring column, and rear brake cylinder. Clutch has almost gone, but thats my fault! Oh, and my gearbox was playing up last week with 1sst and 2nd too, but it seems to be working fine now. I do feel for ya!
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