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WPD → RossKnight
hey mate, been trying to reach you, available on the 10th or 11th?
Oct 04 2015 05:06 PM
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Anthony30
Aviva just declined to quote me on a c20ne, 2.0L 8V, conversion for my 1.4L 8V MPI mk3 astra estate! GRRR.
Oct 04 2015 12:45 PM
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Anthony30
The fact they would not even give me a quote, yes. I've driven many fast/expensive cars for work, and I'm using vauxhall parts for the conversion, so I don't see the big deal. The engine is only rated at 115bhp, and in a reasonably big estate car, It's not going to be that quick. :(
Oct 04 2015 01:48 PM -
Steve220
Engine conversions are usually a specialist insurance job. Not really up to the likes of aviva, churchill etc
Oct 04 2015 01:52 PM -
Anthony30
Yep. I'll wait until next June.
Oct 04 2015 01:57 PM
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baakafish
What? The kids or the choccie eggs...? ^_^
Oct 05 2015 05:44 AM -
Carlos W
How did you move house and not find it?
Oct 05 2015 08:27 PM -
Ben_O
I didn't but Carla did
Oct 05 2015 08:44 PM
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Anthony30
That I was a spoilt little brat!!! 2 old water tanks, 1 metal and 1 plastic. Most of the bmw e46 saloon cloth interior. lots of late 80's gaming magazines 'crash'. 2 of my prams, and other baby related things. Old bathroom fittings ect. Our garden now looks like the local tip. :0
Oct 03 2015 04:04 PM -
SecretSugar
I've just found my old Motorola Startac flip phone and my Sega Mega drive. Found an old Commodore 64 too. :)
Oct 04 2015 03:20 PM -
Anthony30
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/11222946_483352861846178_8886215609649350429_n.jpg?oh=2bb47c5c264846d23c6370f5dd19b5f6&oe=568F9390
We also have my uncles old megadrive. Selling all my PS2 bits, but keeping my original xbox and wii.
Oct 04 2015 03:44 PM
MrBounce
That wonderful moment where everything is going great when spraying and you run out of paint...
Oct 03 2015 02:03 PM
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Ben_O
Is the paint going on better now?
Oct 03 2015 08:52 PM -
MrBounce
Very much so Ben. I just need more of it...
Oct 04 2015 06:44 AM -
Ben_O
:)
Oct 04 2015 11:03 AM
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MrBounce
Doubt it. The Metro wasn't released until 1980. I'm going with it being an 80s toy :D
Oct 03 2015 02:04 PM -
Anthony30
LOL. Must be mine then. :) It's definitely a Corgi model.
Oct 03 2015 02:17 PM
xMarshyy
Ran out of petrol for the first time today, I guess my calculations were off when I last filled up xD
Oct 02 2015 10:51 PM
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Anthony30
LOL. I bet you felt like a right clown. :)
Oct 03 2015 02:19 PM -
M J W J
I ran out in sight of a petrol station once. It was up hill and I wasn't able to push my mini up it. No one bothered to stop and help me despite causing a tail back in rush hour traffic. I ended up having to buy a petrol can and fuel just to get me about 800 yards.
Oct 04 2015 06:44 PM -
SecretSugar
Can't beat a bit of fuel light bingo though.
Oct 04 2015 08:22 PM
M J W J
Why despite being around for 20 years does ebay still confuse people? I currently have 4 unpaid item cases open and have already closed 4 this week. If you click the buy it now button you buy the item.
Oct 02 2015 07:37 PM
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M J W J
The problems with immediate payment on items that are collection are that I get robbed of 3.4% by paypal and the buyer pays for the item, collects it, then claims they never got the item so get refunded. As I won't have a dispatch note or receipt from a courier I can't prove they got the item. This is why all my collection only items are cash on collection only
Oct 04 2015 10:07 AM -
FlyingScot
Ah okay, I don't offer collection, ain't waiting for idiots who never turn up..
Oct 04 2015 02:32 PM -
M J W J
I post most stuff but trying to get a set of alloy wheels or a gear box through the slot in a post box is quite difficult.
Oct 04 2015 03:26 PM
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M J W J
Another of my ginger brethren I see... Either that or you were welding a lot in just a t-shirt.
Oct 03 2015 10:04 AM -
mr cooke
yep i am ginger :)
Oct 03 2015 05:16 PM
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M J W J
I know. Aren't weekends brilliant. I don't have to be in work until 9am Monday.
Oct 03 2015 10:05 AM
Steve220
Just got my guitars back from servicing, and now I don't want to go to work! I. Just. want to. ROCK!
Oct 02 2015 11:55 AM
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giles_g
So you're a metal head??
May 15 2016 10:58 PM -
Steve220
Rock.
May 16 2016 10:07 AM -
giles_g
Rock as in Rolling stones or stuff like Areosmith, Def Leppard etc. Or slightly heavier? Interested to hear you're suggestions on t cut alternatives too...
May 16 2016 11:41 AM
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b_sdaddy
It's like a mini in that respect. I got 30mpg and it was effectively irrelevant. I bought the car because of what it was and how it drove. My mini is the same: If I want an economic run-a-round, I'd buy a VW Polo. And because the boot is so massive, you could go for an LPG conversion and still have space in the boot for the weekly shop! Will only become more expensive and rarer by the year..
Oct 01 2015 08:39 PM -
RossKnight
Yeah currently only get mid 20s mpg with the mini anyway, so I guess i'll be used to it haha.
Oct 01 2015 09:16 PM -
Anthony30
Awesome cars. :)
Oct 02 2015 05:23 PM
Anthony30
I wonder how much Aviva will quote me for a c25xe mk3 astra estate? :/
Sep 30 2015 06:07 PM
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Anthony30
Why not? :)
Sep 30 2015 08:24 PM -
The Matt
Save the money and put it into a Mk1! :P
Oct 01 2015 07:31 PM -
Anthony30
:/ I did notice 2 ,maybe more, mk3's at santa pod. It should make a nice cruiser with plenty of torque.
Oct 01 2015 07:39 PM
hoppus
Respray completed! Finally! Now the K-Series beast should be done by the end of next month!
Sep 30 2015 05:11 PM
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Vinay-RS
How was the body work?
Sep 30 2015 07:47 AM -
Ben_O
It had been started but then abandoned.I didn't see the car, i heard about it through my brother in law but once he gave me the details, it had already sold
Sep 30 2015 07:09 PM
