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Brett
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20th Jan 14 at 13:47   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Obviously not, clues are in the thread. Said I didn't want to really have to put too much on top, which I would to spend £8k, which is why I was looking at VXRs originally which start at around £4k. That's completely out of the window now and looking like I'd need a few thousand on top to get what I'm likely after.

[Edited on 20-01-2014 by Brett]
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My mate literally got £8k trade in about 4 weeks ago for his
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quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
My mate literally got £8k trade in about 4 weeks ago for his


What year, model etc.??

I barely got £6k for mine and it 2+ years newer than Brett's, and the mileage was low..
Brett
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20th Jan 14 at 13:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Realistically as is, probably around £5k I'd be after, give or take a couple of hundred. It's a really clean example with all the toys, 22" wheels, good tyres, TV, CD Changer, Sat Nav, Full leather, Xenons, Halos, etc. as well as my tweaks to make it better, new badges, newer X5 wiper, new lights, carbon dash, exhausts, other small changes.

I'm well aware you can get battered high milers starting at £3.5k. Cheap asses are welcome to them

[Edited on 20-01-2014 by Brett]
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Mine was fully loaded too.. Could barely give the fucking thing away .. thankfully I paid very little for it in the first place!

BTW The TV isn't much a selling feature unless you've upgraded to DVB

And the 2nd hand market is ROYALLY fucked at the moment because the banks and credit-card companies are lending again.

[Edited on 20-01-2014 by DaveyLC]
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20th Jan 14 at 14:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm not too worried. If someone wants a used X5 E53, it's in my opinion one of the nicer ones.
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Davey, we all know you've had an X5, give it a rest
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20th Jan 14 at 14:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just telling you how it is!!! Jeebus..

Not a lot of champagne-charlies around with cash.

[Edited on 20-01-2014 by DaveyLC]
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I meant the TV comment you douche I know how it is
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Golf R32? Am sure the mk4 shape is that price now.


If you're a gambling man these are the car for you!

Every time you turn the key is a gamble if the cam-chain will smuggle its self up into the rocker cover while the pistons smash all of the valves into next week
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20th Jan 14 at 14:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Davey, would it be accurate comment to say that you're always buying/looking at cars at the cheaper end of the scale with problems/rocky histories? It's rare you have a nice thing to say about a car tbh.
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I didn't notice that post at first ironically enough I bought a 03 Plate R32 yesterday with 42k on the clock and a FSH.. It has done a cam-chain.. Apparently its VERY common.

I like the cars everyone else hates

[Edited on 20-01-2014 by DaveyLC]
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20th Jan 14 at 14:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Go on, what's a good Davey car?
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Fiat Multipla.. now that's a quality wagon!
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20th Jan 14 at 14:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
And you like C1's :O
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And you like C1's :O


Yeah re-badged Toyota at half the price FTW
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How about an Audi TT??
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Golf R32? Am sure the mk4 shape is that price now.


If you're a gambling man these are the car for you!

Every time you turn the key is a gamble if the cam-chain will smuggle its self up into the rocker cover while the pistons smash all of the valves into next week


Does that happen a lot?
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Did 194000miles on my inferior cam chain, guides and tensioners. Then upgraded to the mk4 stuff.
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How about an Audi TT??

Nice cars, except I don't have a vagina
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
How about an Audi TT??

Nice cars, except I don't have a vagina


3.2v6 quattro mk2 come in at 8k
Brett
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20th Jan 14 at 19:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The vagina reference wasn't about getting fucked, but I can see where you went with it. Not for me, cheers anyway
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Golf R32? Am sure the mk4 shape is that price now.


If you're a gambling man these are the car for you!

Every time you turn the key is a gamble if the cam-chain will smuggle its self up into the rocker cover while the pistons smash all of the valves into next week


Does that happen a lot?


Let googles results do the talking:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=golf+r32+timing+chain&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-GB:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&gws_rd=cr&ei=UordUvb9OYzB7AaNjIDYDw
John
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Google has results for a common engine part on a popular car
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20th Jan 14 at 20:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
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Google has results for a common engine part on a popular car


Well fuck me if it isn't Mr John <I've owned 2 different cars and live at home with my parents> chiming in..

Come on John lets us all know how things really work, because your such an experienced man of the world..

Just because you've watched every episode of Top Gear and you're a member of piston heads doesn't mean your opinion is worth a wank.

Love you really x x x


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