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andys sxi
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27th May 12 at 14:42   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im looking for a new car what websites do you use to find cars ?

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Matty SRi
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27th May 12 at 14:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
local facebook selling groups, gumtree, pistonheads, forums for specific car im looking for.
Jamie-C
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Gumtree
Autotrader
eBay
Pistonheads
Car forums
Newspapers....
andys sxi
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27th May 12 at 14:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looked at all them suppose ill have to keep looking and be less picky

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Nic Barnes
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For sale forum on a forum that's specific to the car of model you are after?
andys sxi
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27th May 12 at 14:52   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah looked on there

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andys sxi
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had a choice of 2 on friday night and now thats............. 0

went to view 1 yesterday it was a nice car had a few small things i needed to think about, phoned back up today for another viewing and its been sold subject to the finance going through if not hes going to phone me tommorow

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Jamie-C
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What are you looking for?
andys sxi
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Audi a3 tdi

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John
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2.0 tdi's have porous heads, better steering clear.
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Took me about 7 months to find my Megane, I was picky and feel it paid off.

Auto trader and gumtree seemed best.

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I haven't really got 7 months to find 1 my tax is due next month so I would like one by then

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27th May 12 at 17:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
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2.0 tdi's have porous heads, better steering clear.


it will be cheaper than buying a new gearbox for an astra cdti

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IvIarkgraham
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27th May 12 at 22:30   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no it wont

my brother w\s quoted over 1.5k for a new head on his a3 tdi
Gareth T
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As long as you find a good one and look after it you will be fine. ive looked at them in the past, you after an S line?
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what budget do you have???
andys sxi
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28th May 12 at 12:53   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah I'm after a s line

About 6k or just over, needs to be 140 bhp and not have too many miles

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28th May 12 at 13:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dad's porous A3 TDi SE did 150k without going porous
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They are only pourus on the internet.
John
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Same as all the other problems for the other discounted models are only on the internet, they were taken as gospel though.
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Porous heads were most likely on the A series heads, a few went on the B series, and not many on the C's.

Checked by taking engine cover off.

Pretty sure mine is an A as it's an early one, done 132k and seems fine atm.

K-seal is rumoured to solve the problem cheaply by many people on the forums.

6k is around the cheaper end of the Tdi s-lines especially if you don't want high mileage so they don't hang about for long.
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IMO drop your expectations for an S-LINE for an SE with lower milage. Dad's still had all the toys, Climate Control, Good stereo, electric everything, auto lights/wipers
andys sxi
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It's the s line alloys and interior I'm more bothered about, there are a few around but not loads

What shall I look outfor on them?

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my brothers old one he sold a month ago

nothing went wrong with it really. just the egr cooler started leaking which is a common problem apparently
andys sxi
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Nice that not 100% on the Front but I like the rest of it

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