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4th April 2016, 13:50 | #11 |
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That price is not far away for doing the job, if the captive nut breaks away it is horrific to get the bolt out!
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4th April 2016, 13:53 | #12 |
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4th April 2016, 13:55 | #13 |
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Oh well - found a local garage who says he'll do it for £50 if I supply the parts. He may end up regretting that.
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4th April 2016, 14:09 | #14 |
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wow.. nice one..
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4th April 2016, 14:20 | #15 |
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Hello Dapol,
Thanks for your speedy answer to my pm.. Wrong colour anyway. Never mind. I have just seen the entries since mine. I wish you luck with your £50 helper. It sounds as though you really want to keep your car. Concerning your point about repairs costing more than the car is worth, that is usually the case. But comparing the odd £100/£200 for repairs to get an MOT, against a newer car depreciating at £1k or more per year, it makes sense to keep the Rover. The previous owners "along the car's life" have lost between them something like at least £25k. Thats what you have - car that was worth that much, but now costing you a couple of hundred to repair for another year's use. Hope you get the repair done OK Best of Luck Geoff. |
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And tell me about depreciation - my first 75 was a moonstone green Classic on an S plate, and that was on a 3 year PCP - it depreciated so far that despite my having gone 30k over the PCP mileage limit, they gave *me* money when I handed it back. Nowhere near as bad as some cars though - I was recently running a Jaguar XF I bought at 2.5 years old which was £33k below its original price, and which dumped another 60% of its value in the 3 years I had it - 6 years to drop £40k - Ouch! |
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4th April 2016, 17:13 | #17 |
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My 02 Tourer with over 120k is currently undergoing surgery with Summit Garage. Estimated work is £1400. I bought the car for £1,100. It had HGF which cost another £600 but has done roughly 13k and I've enjoyed it's comfy nature. It's practical and to me is more interesting that an MG6GT/Magnette. Could have lost a lot more in depreciation but also might have done better perhaps with another car. I'm philosophical, cars in general (excluding those in the upper echelons of the classic market) usually always cost you money.
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If the mechanic is true to his word can you share his details please.
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4th April 2016, 18:33 | #20 |
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I will do - he's Good Garage Scheme listed and quite well reviewed, so I'm hopeful.
Heck, even if he phones me and goes "It's all gone a bit pete tong, going to cost more" then I'll take that - it's the ones who do "Surpriez! HugeBill!" when you go to collect that Pee me off. |
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