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cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:02 pm
by Nate
yeah, so you buy a car to just drive it and not spend any money on. and here it is:
the suspension is tired. handles ok, but none too sharp. "hero" brand tyres are interesting to say the least. pierburg carb is more or less working, but does tend to come back on choke once you get up some speed in sub zero temperatures. so take a deep breath, reach for a beer and a barclaycard, and hit the internet...
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 7:45 pm
by mark1gls
Looks nice and tidy, if there was nothing wrong with it what would you do in the evenings and weekends?
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:16 pm
by Nate
I currently don't have evenings and my weekends are quite short. Hence the idea of buying one I can just drive
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 9:49 pm
by Nate
right so. that's tyres, suspension, carb and braces ordered, as well as a full service kit. postie is gonna be busy this week :D
just need to track down a local supplier for the pads i want...
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:51 am
by DrJ
Was this the one that was on RetroRides?
Looks tidy.
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:18 pm
by Nate
Might have been. I saw it on facecloth. Someone tagged me in the post on the cars for sale in Oxfordshire page
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:19 pm
by Nate
Postie has been busy today! Set of 4 new toyos, new springs and shocks, pair of strut braces, spigot rings so I can put my borbets on, and a few other little bits. Gonna be a busy weekend!
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:57 pm
by mr.brown
Have you spent more than the car cost yet?
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:24 am
by Rusty dan
and it wont stop there Nate.. You should know this! Looks like a good one on exterior though.
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:51 am
by DrJ
FYI, thought I recognised it. RR ad:
http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/ ... ngdon-sold
Echoing others - exterior looks nice and tidy, and looks like it's had all the right stuff done.
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:05 am
by Nate
mr.brown wrote:Have you spent more than the car cost yet?
I'd need a calculator to answer that one
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:07 am
by Nate
Rusty dan wrote:and it wont stop there Nate.. You should know this! Looks like a good one on exterior though.
It will stop there, other than routine maintenance. Need to get at least one of my other 3 project vws on the road!
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:04 pm
by mark1gls
I'm still waiting to find out what colour your Mk1 is so hurry up and do that one first as I want to see it at the national meet in August.
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:11 pm
by Nate
Yeah, still waiting for my mate to come and make me a wiring loom. I did start, but th magic smoke escaped
Re: cheap (ish) GT2 daily
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:59 am
by Tim_R
I know it's not Bosch magic smoke, but it might help...
