You know my thoughts mark ide sell the other two and pump some money into the gul tbh there isn't many of these left at all especially in manual just look at Simons gul that he had that was manual and in really good nick which he sold for just shy of 5k so tbh I doubt you will be able to replace yours with a better one as I don't think there are too many good one's and the people who do have good ones just don't sell them well apart from Simon but I think he's crackers when it comes to car's lol.
ide say for around 4k you could have the respray done a lower mileage engine and in really good nick.
t5 pete (Saturday 3rd May 2014)
As it's got big miles just use it and enjoy it as a daily, get shot of the queers car lol
If I buy it, Pete can sort it out when he's done his and we can be like twins
Mark, when I bought the Gul that Pete now has, I was so exited but once we put it on the ramp and saw the extent of the work involved I knew it was too much on both practical skills and cash fronts. I could have broke it and got more in bits, but the big lad asked and a deal was done to save it. If you want it done properly then its gonna cost, but would be worth it in the end as its a rare car. If you cant justify the expense to get it where you want it, then sell it and let someone else have a crack.
You can't break my old car! Lol
Break it, the less there are the more the survivors could be worth...mines has 250000 on it too!!
I would sell my s60 d5 to buy another 850
If it's got the self diagnostics under the bonnet and original ecu, you can use that to find out the true mileage
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I didn't know that, but thanks for the tip. As far as I know, it's the original ecu, and she has the self diagnostics under the bonnet. She was stuck on 237,411 for several years looking at the Vosa MOT check thingy, but is now on 160k with the new clocks. All I do know, is she drives very well, uses a bit of oil as to be expected, but has never let me down.
The car that got me thinking is on the bay for 2k, but I don't know how good the car is, and it's been stood and now out of MOT. The engine on mine seems fine, and is rumoured to have had a partial engine rebuild, but I don't have proof of that. I'm not sure about the clutch/gearbox, as when I set off in a spirited manner, I struggle to avoid crunching between 1st and 2nd.
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