Bought a volvo V40 off ebay without viewing and then collected in the dark.
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- Brake calipers all round were almost entirely siezed
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- Thermostat was removed
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(presumed head gasket issues)
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- Some very skilled person had done a right number on the electrical systems
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- Bypassed sensors and relays forcing the car to run without several inputs
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- Fuel pump stayed on at full pelt from first click of the key
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- Headlights did whatever they felt like
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(also plenty of jumper wires spliced in!).
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But it served its purpose!!
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- A couple of ikea trips including wardrobe and sofa transportation
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- Many buillders merchant journeys
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- Some 200 mile round trip of snow driving which involved pitting the car into hedges and ditches to slow the car down on steep roads!
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- And finally used to knock down a wall and nearby brick pillars
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- much easier than a sledgehammer!
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Cost
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£450
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- spent
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£30 on replacement brake calipers and discs from local scrappy, never bothered experimenting with the thermostat and wiring, sold the private plate for
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£300, sold off a few parts on ebay for around
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£150, and then got
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£145 in scrap value when the tax ran out!
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Would I buy such a heap of crap again? Hell Yes!
I loved not having to give a damn about a car!
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On the topic of that MR2
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:- Betcha the speedo is actually reading in mph now and that 136k milage is really part clocked up in miles, not all in kilometers as implied in the advert.
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Not that it really makes much difference tho.
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