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big eck
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25th Sep 11 at 20:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Have you thought about an Evo???

You'd pick an absolute animal up for that price and running costs are about the same according to a lot of the guys on the cutters site.
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25th Sep 11 at 20:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Wanna do more trackdays Eck & MPS isn't built for it!

Not really mate. Just always wanted an M3 & time seems right now. Do love Evos but they're not for me, I'm more of a refined power kinda guy

M3 running costs are something I'm a bit nervous about, but they are pretty solid cars
big eck
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25th Sep 11 at 20:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I was dead set on buying one but Colin put me off lol. His had it's fair share of problems and it's bloody expensive ones. I know there supposed to be solid but most of them split open at the sub frame so thats not to solid IMO lol.

[Edited on 25-09-2011 by big eck]
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One of the cars that if you ain't got circa 3K spare after you've bought it then don't bother clutch alone must be 1k plus
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25th Sep 11 at 20:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It's not Alan.
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25th Sep 11 at 21:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
not alot have the subframe issue
and if you go to independant specialists costs can be kept down

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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
It's not Alan.


Not what dude the clutch? Just like having a scooby IMO the unfortunate thing is your always one thrash away from a blown gearbox or a rebuild and if you haven't got the money spare to fix it when it breaks then it's not worth it?
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25th Sep 11 at 21:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
tbh nothing really went wrong at all with mine

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Bout went wrong with mine either. Alternator went that's a common thing on them. That was it.
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25th Sep 11 at 21:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Buyers market at the moment loads for sale not many buying start with a low offer and work up.

My m8 struggled to shift his low mileage vert with csl rims had loads of messers and it went to a trader for 10k in the end. Think the only problem he had was a siezed brake caliper.
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25th Sep 11 at 21:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Deffo hard to shift. I took ages to sell mine because I refused daft offers, got what I wanted in the end though.
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Cant stop looking at CSL's now
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Looks the absolute nuts...

£3k for the brakes,£2k exhaust system and theres £2k worth of CH's on it,i know people say mods dont add value but they clearly do as the car has everything you are looking for,yes you could go and buy a cheaper more standard one but look at the cash you would need to spend on it
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25th Sep 11 at 22:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just buy it. If it needs expensive repairs use a credit card

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quote:
Originally posted by big eck
I was dead set on buying one but Colin put me off lol. His had it's fair share of problems and it's bloody expensive ones. I know there supposed to be solid but most of them split open at the sub frame so thats not to solid IMO lol.

First thing I checked lol....the bloke knew about the problem and said it's always been a worry for him but this one is solid mate
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One of the cars that if you ain't got circa 3K spare after you've bought it then don't bother clutch alone must be 1k plus

That's another bonus with this, just been done! And it cost £550 fitted, really not expensive!
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Looks the absolute nuts...

£3k for the brakes,£2k exhaust system and theres £2k worth of CH's on it,i know people say mods dont add value but they clearly do as the car has everything you are looking for,yes you could go and buy a cheaper more standard one but look at the cash you would need to spend on it

That's what I'm thinking mate!
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Not keen on the colour!

Not sure how but the guy who does my car got his for £8k IIRC... It's decent condition AFAIK and not a write-off, I can only think maybe high mileage and not many options?
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Yeah they do go really cheap. Some go cheap some don't, really very strange market at the moment to be honest!
big eck
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After all the work you've put into the mazda it seems a bit of a waste selling it just so you can go round corners that bit quicker. You'll know that the mps are at rock bottom prices also so i'd keep it personally.
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I've got to go back with a days insurance or something to get a test drive. I'll be able to decide then. I am pretty set on it though, will have to take alot to sway me away from it. Just fancy a change aswell Eck it's not just that, nearly 2 years I've had the MPS which is a record for me lol
big eck
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I know how you feel mate, I buy and sell my cars way to quickly having had the LCR, Evo, VXR, R32 then back to my LCR all in just under 3 years lol.
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That's not bad for the clutch Graham

Go for it mate!
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It will be a league apart from the Mazda. Worth selling for. Proper wheel drive, proper steering, build quality, space, and N/A raspy NOISE
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Have you bought it yet?!
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26th Sep 11 at 12:07   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Buy it.

Running costs though at the moment re the only thing stopping me going for one
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id go coupe - theyre lighter.

convertibles are too heavy.

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