My Noisy Red Box (p3 GTi)

wraith said:
Well. Hate hate hate to say it but circumstances are what they are and I've got another car lined up this week so this one has to go.

Will put up a for sale thread in the next couple of days but would value an opinion on what she is worth.

Runs fine, pulls good, runs straight either speeding up or slowing down heavily. No odd noises. ABS light comes on 50% of the time but guess it's a loose connection on the new front-nearside sensor or corrosion is crushing the front-offside sensor. High 1??k on the clock. Will be OEM seats, Lucino grill and no sub when selling. Starts first time every time and I trust it to do 500 miles a week commute. Interior pretty good, one tiny burn on driver's seat.

Genuine MOT passed in late Nov, only a blowing exhaust gasket needed fixed. Will be gettting 6mths tax tomorrow.

4 Uniroyal rainsport month and a bit old.

Bad bits: Drinking oil a bit, about 1 litre every 1000-2000 miles. Lots of oil around the sparks and never any on the ground so hopefully a gasket issue. Got rocker and spark gaskets coming. Rust on rear arches back to metal and treated/painted (not perfect but OK) last year but rust on offside at sideskirt needs fixing. Rust on front arches at bumper fixing. Spot of rust under rear nearside window. Couple of other tiny bubbles in hatch. Badly painted front bumper. Paint faded in blotches on roof, stone-chips on windscreen. Scratches on rear windscreen.

TBH if I had the tools/time/know-how I'd fix the niggles and keep it but I don't and can't afford my daily off the road too long.

Needs some TLC but (assuming oil leak is just a gasket issue) not too much. Ugly paint on the roof is the main issue and I was just going to paint that gloss black.

Thing is it runs fine, feels great and sounds awesome and always puts a smile on my face so I don't want to see it broken. Hell, I'd be pissed off if I don't see it at JAE this year rust-free and sitting pretty.


Any hints at where to pitch price welcome.
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Bump. Really need to know where to pitch price as it has to go before April. 135332 miles on the clock today, won't have more than 20 more put on it by me.
 
Thanks sam, will keep that in mind. Not really looking for offers yet, though, just an idea of what it's worth in it's current condition.
 
Daily bump. Need to know if I should sell as-is, fix some of the issues or move some of the choice bits to my new.. cough.. Peugeot... cough.

Cleaned it to within an inch of it's life today and wondering if I should sell a kidney, or maybe a liver and keep it. You can live with only one liver, right?
 
You will have a cellmate called Bubba and he will love you and stroke you and call you George.

Tories lost a by-election to UKIP, expect clampdowns on everything deemed to be lower class (modded almeras being about the bottom of the tory-o-meter of class) because the tories have said that if Cameron doesn't act more tory then he's out on his arse.

Expect the death penalty for unwed fornication and massive tax rebates for private erotic art collections valued at over 2 million within the week.


And can someone* tell me how the fuck much my car is worth because I think I want to keep it now.

*thanks to Sam and Mij who give me a £750 average, meaning I've done £1750 damage to the car in two years despite spending about 800 quid in servicing, repairs and mods ;-)
 
Come to think of it.. has anyone ever had thier volumetric capacity tested? DVLA are probably understaffed, moters don't give a fuck if you pass emissions, greenpeace are all sailing in front of whaling ships and shit.. only people I can think of to worry about are insurers because they have shit-loada of cash and can afford to buy people who will make them more by refusing your claim and *then* backdating your premium from 1.4l to 2.0.
 
Tempting they are both great in very slightly different ways.

If I could merge the best bits of the two and have a perfect purple GTi I would :-)
 
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