I've had a love for the simplicity of the old french diesels, easy to fix, cheap to run & solidly built.
So long old friend, you've served me well, a final wash before you go to your new owner ....
Off down to Penryn, where i picked up this beauty....
Nice upgrade huh?
Gone from a run of the mill 1.9td LX estate to a 2.1td Exec estate.
That last part is tricky. You can get a 2.1 exec, you can get a 2.1 estate, you can get a exec estate, but (until this car), i have never seen a 2.1 exec estate. And now it's mine.
I saw this car for sale in October for £1300 but is was in Hudersfield which was a bit out of my range. Then it showed up in Cornwall with a broken engine mount and snapped brake cable and a guy desparate to shift it to get another car as he was low on funds.
The day after we arrange things....
Bugger! :mad:
But it was just a higher power (Zeus, or possible Pan) helping me out. The rear windows are bonded in, meaning unless the car is in the breakers yard when you ring, they won't have a window for it as they don't bother cutting them out.
I drive to the breakers yard (Newton Abbott!) and find that the car with the window is a 2.1, a 2.1 with a blown head gasket so i'm welcome to strip the mount off the side of the block! It's fate, i was supposed to have this car!
Obviously the costs are important. How much did the change of car cost me?
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£5
And that was the cost of the engine mount that had snapped on the 2.1 engine. Straight swap with the bloke.
I am an unbelievably happy bunny. Apart from the fact that i'm going in to get the carpel tunnel fixed in my left hand tomorrow and won't be able to drive the bugger for a while!
