myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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'92 K'plate 325i straight six, non vanos.
excellent engine, strong, pulls well.
162k miles
4 door saloon
graphite grey (not far off black)
no mot, tax till end of October
I love this car but it needs some work to get an mot pass which I don't have the time or space to do myself or the money to pay a garage to do.
It has electric mirrors, windows and sunroof. these all work, although the n/s window is a bit slow.
Body wise it's pretty good, polishes up nice. few little spots of rust on arches, and the worst bit is the back panel which has a hole in and could do with patching up to help aesthetically.
MoT failure points:
Handbrake - hasn't worked for a while. I have a new pair of cables to go with the car. this will get it working and legal again, although new rear handbrake shoes and the combined disc/drum would benefit from replacement.
Rear bushes - I changed the rear trailing arm bushes last weeekend, but there is still knocking and movement from back there, so something is still not right. Also the rear subframe/diff carrier bushes need changing. Again I have a new pair of these waiting to go on.
Corroded brake pipe - I've not seen this myself, so don't know if you could rub it down and re-paint it or if it's more terminal than that, but apparently this pipe runs over the fuel tank which needs dropping to replace it.
Head light aim - no explanation needed I hope.
Evidence of tyre arch contact - front tyres caught the arch liners on full lock, but it'll be sold with standard wheels, so not too much of an issue.
So basically, it needs a day or two under the rear end to get back going again. I just can't justify keeping it any longer to sort myself.
£300 spares or repair.
Collection only from High Wycombe, Bucks. J4 off of M40.
Part Exchange possible, but I don't have much cash to add to a deal.
pics
I intend to put the standard springs back in as well, but possibly won't get round to it. It currently has Weitec lowering springs on it.
I'll find a couple of pics with the standard wheels on, and take some of the rust spots. I'll also try and scan the MoT fail sheet.
Any interest, please reply, PM, email, or call/text.
handleymyke@aol.com
07773845713
cheers
myke
[Edited on 24-10-2008 by myke]
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