Car was
UTTER
PILE
OF
SHITE
The guy said he'd be there at 10am
We ended up getting there for 0930
Car was sitting outside his unit and was unlocked
In the pictures it actually looks a tidy car
However, if you look at the pics, he's just washed it and a wet car doesn't show the imperfections up as much
Panels were dinged up to feck
Interior looked absolute sh*t hole
Drivers bolster to say was worn was an understatement - leather was about gone
Doors had classic crease where been over opened
If an owner can't be bothered to keep the interior clean, then chances are they ain't been bothered with servicing the car as well
I know that ain't the end and be all of it, but it needed a bit more work than expected
Front chassis rail was creased
Rad was damaged
Took out a power steering pipe
Tailgate was damaged ( originally thought it just needed the strip at bottom )
Passenger front door needed re-aligning as gaps weren't right
Didn't even bother waiting for the guy to turn up and try and start it
If I gave £500 for that car I'd think i'd been ripped off
Wasn't a patch on my car
Ok, my car may have 175k on it, but still drives like it's got half that on it
It would of been sheer stupidity to take that car on when i've got a car like mine
All I lost was a couple of gallon in diesel, and £4 for a big fat breakfast cob for my mate, and a few hours of my time
The few hours of my time was in helping him back out in polishing up and valeting a car he had just finished repairing
I thought it only fair as he said he didn't want anything for coming with me, and as he had lost 2 hours of time in which to finish the car off, it seemed the right thing to do
The bonus was that whilst I did the polishing on this 307, he sanded down the rear spoiler on mine that had reacted, and got it back into primer
We are going to leave it a week to play safe
Last time the rear spoiler was ok for a few days then we think the heat drew out the solvents from the previous paint that was on the spoiler
We also gave it a good spruce up on the exterior ( as he does a bit of valeting as well )
As from the "Onions" thread, better the devil you know, and the plodmobile is likely to stay a bit longer
Ok, the fact it will be 5 years of ownership this summer was bugging me
I reckon i'm going to be seriously pissed when the car goes as it's such a good car in the first place
Calipers are still being refurbished ( guy was on holiday )
Think i'll get my mate to do the few stone chips here and there as well
If Gary doesn't manage to sell his seat ECU, then i'll have that off him, and get the heated seats up and working
The plodmobile has won a reprieve for now
there's a 2.2 with fap issues on ebay at the mo, i think it was a 2002 exec
