So... The time has come to sell 'the black one'. I have recently picked up another turbo in white, which i'll be keeping as my car.
5-6 Months Tax + Mot
148000(ish) miles.
Mechanically the car is sound to my knowledge and has rarely let me down in my 7 odd years of ownership.
Some service history. I have always serviced it myself and tried to do this every 6 months.
This car once again has his original interior, steering wheel and orange indicators fitted.
It has a few annoying things which could be fixed easily by someone with more time than me.
Bad bits:
The main annoyance for me is the rust on the rear arches. It could either be patched up, or the arches replaced but i have not got the time / money to put in to this.
Seat flip levers missing. Can be replaced (a spare from volvo is £11ish, or scrap even cheaper).
Bonnet plastic lever missing (just needs a spare from a scrappy to fit over the metal lever).
Engine sometimes stutters when cold. I think this may be a sensor of some sort as it only happens when cold but haven't had the time to investigate further.
Handbrake needs adjusting.
Dash board surround needs replacing. Most or all of the plastic clips that the dash surround screw in to have broken off. Again, a quick scrappy fix. Currently sporting a trendy duck tape attachment!
Switches for electric mirrors are broken. I have tested them and the motors work, but the switches dont for some reason.
There's probably a few other little bits but nothing major. If I think of them i'll update this post.
Good bits:
Perfect idle.
No electrical problems.
Fairly new exhaust rear box and mid section.
Replaced all 4 shocks around a year and a half ago.
Paint + bodywork good apart from rust on rear arches.
CD Player, and a subwoofer in the boot. Woof!
New front spoiler made by lee.
Almost all of the bushes have been replaced by me in the last 18 ish months.
Recently replaced most of the rigid brake pipes and the rear flexible brake hoses.
Recently replaced front wheel bearings.
Decat(ed) cat (I think this is a good thing! - Sounds and goes better!)
Rear clusters aren't broken or chipped. They are a little faded but not bad at all and could easily be laquered if required.
The paintwork is generally nice, with no major dents or scratches. It has the usual stone chips to the nosecone and wing mirrors.
Wheels and tyres fairly clean and good, legal tread.
So that's about it. I need to sell it. I'm not really sure what to ask (I know that's annoying) so I will be putting it on ebay over the weekend and it will sell for what it's worth. Please see that it is not perfect, but a good car all the same and i'll be sad to see it go!
If anyone contacts me in the next day or 2 with a nice offer then you could save me the bother of posting on ebay. I need to have got rid of it by 2 weeks time as it is on a public road and I cant afford to keep paying for temporary insurance. I'm in Eastbourne, East Sussex if you're interested.
Here come some pics. let me know what you think or what is a good price to ask even if you're not interested yourself!
(Pics taken today).
Thanks,
pol
