Is this overpriced for a trade car?

**Adrian** · July 17th 08, 07:11 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications

Elder gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

i ****ing hate alarms, the one on my BM started doing just what yours
does after a year of having it and my sisters fabia has always done it
too.

The cheap philips one in the old 900 was great, the Cobra in the 9000
lasted 15 years, and I can't remember what it was in the GT4 but it
never failed, as did the older one in the Celsior. It is just this
Gemini in the that is causing grief.

It annoys me more than anything else that I paid a reputable company
recommended to me to do the job, and it just won't work.

They even told me last week when they swapped the main box "Yeah, it is
fixed now, the old one had a fault when we tested it".

Wouldn't it just be easier, quicker and cheaper to rip the ****ing thing
out and put something else in?

**Bob Sherunckle** · July 17th 08, 07:12 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications

I just want something that I fit and can afford to fuel.
What I need is, something as small on the outside as the Favorit for
parking.
With the visibility all round of the Rangie
With the space on the inside of the Celsior
With the boot space of the 900
With the performance of the 9000
With the handling of the GT4
With the reliability and fuel economy of the Octavia
and finally with the purchase price of the Estelle.

Any suggestions?

If you ever find such a car, please mail me directly so I can go and buy one
before the rest of the motoring public twigs that such a car actually
exists...

:-)

**PCPaul** · July 17th 08, 07:12 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:08:58 +0100, DanB wrote:

"Douglas Payne" wrote in message
...
DanB wrote:

A friend of mine recently traded in her old Endura-E engined Ka for a
newer Duratec one. She says it's loads faster and doesn't use as much
fuel. Obviously, her version of loads faster, may not match ours :-)

Of course, the new engine wasn't her reason for changing, she's just
earning more now, and wanted a new one, so she bought a pretty new
(think 56 plate or something), shiny black Luxury Ka. I think it's
Luxury, the model, it has leather, aircon, quite nice alloys, leccy
windows and stuff, and had done something like 5k miles. She's over
the moon with it.

Is she pretty? DSTIUTA? And most importantly: JPGs?

Yes, I dunno but she is pretty dirty, no I think she'd be angry :-)

You know, if she reads that I think she might be angry as well ;-)

**Elder** · July 17th 08, 07:15 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications

In article ,
says...
Presumably you've since asked for a refund...? If they told you it was
fixed, and charged you accordingly, when of course it isn't - I'd be asking
for my money back.

Oh there was no charge for the fix, it has a 3 year warrenty.
Its just that it cost me £140 quid to have it fitted when the factory
fit Cobra packed up.
--
Carl Robson
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**Elder** · July 17th 08, 07:17 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications

In article ,
says...
Wouldn't it just be easier, quicker and cheaper to rip the ****ing thing
out and put something else in?

That is the something else.

The original alarm failed (15 year old factory fit integrated Cobra), so
I got them to rip the ****ing thing out and replace it. The replacement
wasn't Thatcham as the original wasn't and I declared it as
alarm/imobiliser factory fit other when I first insured the car.
--
Carl Robson
Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

**Bob Sherunckle** · July 17th 08, 07:18 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications

"Elder" wrote in message
t...
In article ,
says...
Elder wrote:
If the details are right and it has full history?
http://smallr.com/3d5

Yes. It's overpriced for trade, but not mentally so for private - weirdly.

Nice spec, other than being diesel.

I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that for the thump thump drag to
work I'm going to need to move to dirty power just to keep affording to
do it.

I'm not getting an uncomfortable tiny little hatch that doesn't handle
with a boat anchor at the front though. I might consider a Mk3 Golf TD
or the equivalent passat or audi 80.

*****************************************

Let me stop you there.

Look no further.
One of my worst ever decisions was getting rid of the Audi 80.
Drove it from Le Ranolien in Brittany to Cumbernauld, then to Hamilton the
following day.
On 27 quid worth of French diesel.
Buy an Audi 80.
All the bits are available directly from German ebay for two bob if you need
them.

Not that you will.

They're as strong as an ox these cars.

**DanB** · July 17th 08, 07:19 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications

"Adrian" wrote in message
...
Elder gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

i ****ing hate alarms, the one on my BM started doing just what yours
does after a year of having it and my sisters fabia has always done it
too.

The cheap philips one in the old 900 was great, the Cobra in the 9000
lasted 15 years, and I can't remember what it was in the GT4 but it
never failed, as did the older one in the Celsior. It is just this
Gemini in the that is causing grief.

It annoys me more than anything else that I paid a reputable company
recommended to me to do the job, and it just won't work.

They even told me last week when they swapped the main box "Yeah, it is
fixed now, the old one had a fault when we tested it".

Wouldn't it just be easier, quicker and cheaper to rip the ****ing thing
out and put something else in?

See Elder's reply to my other post, it appears it's not a knackered old
alarm that someone else fitted, it's a new alarm he's just shelled out £140
to have fitted.

--
Dan
Clio R27 F1 #65