jamestopdog
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God I bloody hate selling cars
Listed the Bora on Ebay for £2695 which is basically trade in price
Its the cheapest on there for year/mileage/condition/spec
Had loads of idiots and offers
Been talking to a bloke for the last week, sent him loads of emails answering every single question.
Arranged him to come down today. I told himI wanted cash and I would take not a penny less than £2600 unless he found any fault.
I paid to have the car valeted and met him, he spent a hour looking over it (hes a mechanic) took him for a five mile test drive.
What does he do ? Offer me £2400. Tells me hes gonna have to spend £100 getting the windows tinted (what the hells that got to do with anything) and pay someone £100 to remove a couple of tiny bits of plastidip I hadnt taken off!
He drove all the way from Essex to mess me about?? i just dont understand that
And of course all the others that showed interest i have now emailed and they all have a sudden seem to have got new cars funny that
So no new VTIS for me, I just dont have the money with opening my new shop, im still overdrawn
Now ive got to tell Sue. Me and the girlfriend were all geared up to pick up Nicks car after I sold mine today
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I will have a look when I come down Sue , I may buy some cleaning stuff of uou
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Sue its James here from Brighton. We spoke before, im selling my car and hopefully its going Sunday. I would love to buy Nicks car as after a mb6 , and ive followed his car and know how well he cared for it. Everyone can vouch for me on here about my love for cars. If i sell mine Sunday I could come down on Monday to buy it, I dont even need to look at it as I know it inside out!
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Yes, do that!
My old man had a GSi3000 12v Auto for a long time! In red which I think is a really good colour...until it went pink and orange in places!
Ask Sue, she pops on with Nicks log in.
Ill wait til I got the money in my hands I think, although may well have someone interested in the Bora
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Ok Phil we will see how things go, if its meant to be it will happen!
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Oh ok yes was wondering what was happening with that, I had a idea a while ago but went off the radar. Was going to suggest to bossmanDave and Nicks wife about doing a lottery, say £100 a ticket with maximum sales being £3000 minimum £2000. Sure we could have got the money.
God but yes would love Nicks car, feels sort of right as well as its only just down the road from me.
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A nice mx5 then
You selling another one then? I liked your old loud one!
Carlton 2.0 GLS?
Do you know what, one of my favourite all time cars was a Carlton 3000gsi 12v auto , I loved it!
What about a certain pirates black VTIS with some very nice mods on it?
Whos Phil?
That sounds like an epic idea.
Already got the Bora advertised and private plate being transferred so hopefully have some new car funds soon!
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what car's next then? and your own shop selling/doing what?
Ohh. Nice!
Can we tempt you back to an M?
Congrats on the realisation and the shop dude!
I feel the return of an M
Ooooh what shop mate ??
Sale, sale, sale lol
Cheers guys ok, well I opened my own Barber shop after being shafted by my mate I worked For for 8 years. But its all good, got the shop couple of months back, been so busy getting everything done but open now and doing good.
So cars.... Well a M definitely not out the question, especially a red mb6 saloon, but also really want a 190e . Hopefully just about be able to afford both once the boras gone. Of not a mb6 i fancy a EK
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Selling this boring car for definite now as my commute is so short now and need petrol in my life, oh and did I mention I got my own shop now??!!
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Good shout, was going to suggest the same. There you go Nik we got you there in the end mate
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Oh no what awful sad news, just saw a thing on Facebook where his car is hoing to be for sale, quickly checked on here fearing the worst and there we have it.
Really gutted he was a top guy and always offering help whenever he could, he really stood for what Civic5 is, full of genuine nice people that want to help each other RIP man, and im going to help your wife partner in any way I can to make sure the car goes to a worthy owner
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Yeah I remember him from way back but dont remember his car being so nice!One of the very best m's on the forum, full stop.
Ah yes I do, I remember he had that awesome on board computer, best mod ever for me, told mpg, miles left, outside temperature etc etc, I wanted one so bad!!
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Not been here a while but just saw mikefotos car on facebook so made the effort and came back and voted. That car is incredible, best non vti/vtis ever.
Why wouldnt you vote for this?!!!
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Oh yeah did you sort out the broken engine mount on the Bora?
Yes mate £350 later!
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Not good at all... So why you're selling? Getting another MB?
Could be! If one turns up in a nice shiny bright red
Eyes on a few things but this I do know. Petrol and jap
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Oh dear! Plastidip isn't all it's cracked up to be then?
Nope!
to be fair, just about every plasti dip supplier or advocate does say that you need at least 5 coats, so the fact that it didn't work properly with only a couple isn't all that surprising
Emmm ive also had it on wheels with more than 5 coats and still hard to get off in places, but yeah definitely dont recommend doing less than five coats as absolute joke to get off
Do a lot of research on this before you decide, from what i'v been hearing i'st not good for your paint.
Oh, not good, I hope it didn't damage your paint like that.
Luckily my paint was all good underneath and also fine on my wheels. Personally just think its quite expensive and not worth it unless your just doing small bits like badges , grills etc. and doing it to a whole car? Not for me
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Winx2! Nice find Nik
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That looks decent in the pictures! Worth a look for something different!
Always wanted one! Not sure how ill get on with 90bhp though!
Im lovin that one it looks well cared for i guess it just depends if its hiding loads of rust but if not then buy it
Hmmm yeah good point ill have a good look underneath
Oh wow, it's that rare beast a GL sedan with a manual gearbox. Awesome project!
Yeah exactly Nik , always autos the ones ive seen before, imagine it slammed on some gold/polished deep,dish 15's! Just waiting to hear back from him
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Do it and kill the chrome!!
Heart set on a red car next, always wanted one of these....
May have a view tomorrow
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So preparing the car for sale (well already got it uo for sale but no interest whatsoever!)
Anyway some of you may remember I sprayed the wing and boot with clear matt plastidip to get a matt silver effect..big mistake!
Because I didnt put loads of layers down it was impossible to peel off. Its a absolute mission to get off , found best technique using a nail brush, tar remover and loads of microfibre cloths and 3 hours worth of elbow grease!
Gone right off that stuff, only thing it was good for was blacking the grill and spraying back of fish tank,
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You know you want to get an mb6 sod the rest of the list!
Anyone viewed this yet?
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You know you want to get an mb6 sod the rest of the list!
Oh yes! Need a red one ideally, there is a nice saloon in your colour for sale you seen it?
Sort of agree with tom had a delsol was ok but wasn't impressed with the power (1.6 vti jap import) plus you got to find one with
A no rust or been bodged with filler
B a manual roof or a electric one that still works
C one with a body or lip kit as they look gay standard
Mx5 really midlife crises coming on don't be super gay.(like tom)
Mr2,mb6 best thing you said since you been back!
Must admit agree with you on that delsols do look rubbish standard and finding a good non rusty one very hard
MX5 the main attraction was RWD and I saw a super low one on deep dish zoom past me the other day and looked kind of cool but yes not great for me I suppose as a barber for a trade :/
Always wanted a MR2 the only thing that puts me off is head gasket, but apparently if its been done its sorted because the HG now modified.
Starlet GT Turbo/Glanza. Would have another in a heartbeat.
Nice suggestion and have considered one a few times but bit out of my price range right now
I agree, but not for £1,500. He'd be shelling out another £1,500 on fixing it.
MB6 or an MR2 deffo!
Its looking like a two horse race!
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How much?!!
Nice car though.
£750 thats cheap! Bloke sounds a right idiot selling it!
Came straight back with a COTM vote for you Krzys by the way, all that aggro you had you deserve a win
Nick's Civic MB6 VTI-S
in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC
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Gutted, got a girl picking up my bora this Afternoon and thought would check on here to see if still for but sold
just my luck
Oh well im glad its gone to a enthusiast whos not a breaker, thats the main thing