Car Plans for 2014

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Scortho wrote: »

Put the 4k towards savings and another k or two and buy a nice big American truck ala Cleveland.

That would be a nice yard, a prius and a v8 truck.

Voodoomelon

On the E66, finish the paint correction and seal her up.

Wheel refurb at some stage, new tyres no doubt by the end of the year (gonna be fun on 275 20s).

Get my E38 prepared and up for sale in the next fortnight.

Cry a little.

Scortho

Voodoomelon wrote: »

On the E66, finish the paint correction and seal her up.

Wheel refurb at some stage, new tyres no doubt by the end of the year (gonna be fun on 275 20s).

Get my E38 prepared and up for sale in the next fortnight.

Cry a little.

What are you doing with the other e38 or did you break it already?

Voodoomelon

The black parts E38 has already been sold for what I paid for it, the engine is going into an E30.

princess3901

VRS Octavia, am thinking might be a plan to get it cleared in next few months

Get windows tinted.

Full service

BMJD

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

That would be a nice yard, a prius and a v8 truck.

a bit schizo

toastedpickles

BMJD wrote: »

a bit schizo

Hmmm do I want to kill the environment or protect it today??......

davycc

I had already replied to this thread before the site maintenance issues but it appears to have vanished somehow?

My only car atm 1998 Civic SiR getting her ready for NCT in Feb:
2 decent front tires to replace the Nangkang sports on her since I bought it.:o
Some engine mounts a CV joint/Bearing and maybe some bushings in back.
Brake pads looking at some fast road VVTR or sililiar
Pay my car tax:rolleyes:
give it its annual wash and wax whenever it stops raining

Then for the fun parts like a B20 bottom end :Dif one comes up at the right price and slowly building it up with all the right new conversion parts + CTR head & cams etc.:D

Walshey96

Get the Driver and passenger door sills repaired on my Micra and get new alloys for it. For a first car its cost me way more money than I expected.

toastedpickles

Walshey96 wrote: »

Get the Driver and passenger door sills repaired on my Micra and get new alloys for it. For a first car its cost me way more money than I expected.

Yeah they tend to do that :pac:

Walshey96

toastedpickles wrote: »

Yeah they tend to do that :pac:

What would repairing the door sills normally cost if you don't mind me asking?

toastedpickles

Walshey96 wrote: »

What would repairing the door sills normally cost if you don't mind me asking?

To be honest I have no clue

Whats wrong with them? You could DIY it

Walshey96

toastedpickles wrote: »

To be honest I have no clue

Whats wrong with them? You could DIY it

Badly corroded on both sides. Was told up in the Nct that they can't be filled in. New metal needs to be welded in.

toastedpickles

Walshey96 wrote: »

Badly corroded on both sides. Was told up in the Nct that they can't be filled in. New metal needs to be welded in.

Depends on how much is corroded and how much the welder needs to be honest, if you can get the parts I know someone who miiiiiiight do it, I'll have a chatter with them when I'm in college

Walshey96

toastedpickles wrote: »

Depends on how much is corroded and how much the welder needs to be honest, if you can get the parts I know someone who miiiiiiight do it, I'll have a chatter with them when I'm in college

That sounds great. Cheers

djPSB

Going North next weekend to buy a 2010 1.6 TDI golf.

beertons

My car needs a good service, timing belt changed and a new exhaust. The Turbo has started to go again when I drive it on a bit, think there's a pipe loose somewhere. Diesel golf.

Popoutman

Possibly to sell the A4 estate, and to sell the MR2, and combine both types of car and get an 04/05 E55 estate..

It'll not be a lot extra with one car compared to what I am already paying for two, plus I do fairly small mileage at the moment, so it's affordable.

C0N0R

laserlad2010 wrote: »

Have been in love with the Audi TT for some time now.

All research done, moving home from New Zealand in a month and plan to buy then. Can only afford MKI so will aim for a good quality 225bhp model.

Then overhaul the audio...

Sit back and enjoy

Is this my split personality posting on boards?!

Moving home from New Zealand in June and have been looking at TT's and are quite likening them!

So my plans are get the Subaru tested and sold then buy something tasty when I get home.

laserlad2010

C0N0R wrote: »

Is this my split personality posting on boards?!

Moving home from New Zealand in June and have been looking at TT's and are quite likening them!

So my plans are get the Subaru tested and sold then buy something tasty when I get home.

Soulmates! We could even get matching cars! Drive around together with novelty horns sounding in unison!:p:p

Yeah there's no place like home...:rolleyes:

MetzgerMeister

laserlad2010 wrote: »

Soulmates! horns sounding in unison!:p:p

laserlad2010

bear1

Hmm lets see:

Current Volvo:

- Get timing belt and WP done
- Get new brake discs and pads
- Feck it of a cliff
- Remove it from the sea to find out it still works
- Sell it with happiness

Replacement car

- Wait as long as possible to get free VRT into Ireland
- Buy a possible Saab 9-3 to tie me over for a while
- Sell kidney
- Realise I need to sell more organs
- Possible divorce on the cards at this stage
- Live in the replacement car until my death

MuppetCheck

Side Skirts should be on mine in the next few weeks. Just need to find the time to get it to my preferred paint shop.

Kerbed a wheel (not happy) so rather than having it painted and not matching properly/lasting as well there's a new one going on at the same time as the paints being done. Another option is to change them for a different wheel altogether but the only type I am interested in is extremely hard to come by.

OPC steering wheel. Have found a couple on eBay, if I confirm that the airbag is a straight swap that'll save me €200 on one.

LED number plate lights - ordered already but they are specially made to order from Germany so will be another month or so.

Retro-fit tyre pressure monitors. Missed a trick not ordering them as they were a cheap option and with big expensive tyres I'd like to know if one was losing air instead of unwittingly destroying it.

blastman

For the CRX, I think I've found a source for replica centre caps for my wheels. If this pans out I'll probably get the wheels refurbed and possibly painted/powdercoated, currently thinking either gunmetal or black with a polished rim. Also hope to remove the tints as they're starting to look pretty crappy and get them redone. Ideally I'd like to replace the rear hatch as there's a crack in the window, but this might not be possible due to cost and scarcity. It's just passed the NCT (after replacing two tyres) so hopefully it will be fine for the time being. Cleaning and polishing more often than almost never would be good but probably won't happen!

For the Beemer, tyres also need to be got soon and the number plate lights and electronic boot latch need to be sorted. I'll continue to pay ridiculous road tax in 2014 :-( Again, more frequent cleaning would be good too.

ianobrien

My plans.....

'05 Almera. Service next week and again in August. I service it every 15k km or 6 months, which ever is first. The yoke is boringly reliable and the only non service item replaced in '13 was a brake caliper. Other plans include to take it to 270k to 280k km without major jobs. I'll probably hit this by years end.

'77 Escort. Rebolster front seats as its sagging slightly. Replace centre console as there is a tiny hole (1 to 2 mm) with a NOS item. Service in March and September, with a full fluid change, new coil, rotor arm, dizzy cap and exhaust gas analysis. Ideally replace the windscreen with a NOS green tint one (ultra hens teeth item!) and NOS exhaust or exact copy in stainless steel.

'97 Endurance Rally and Multi venue autotest Starlet. KILL IT IN COMPETITION!!!! Yes I plan to use it until it dies in a blaze of glory, or more likely a broken gearbox or blown engine.

johnplayer

Picked up my E Class 220 CDI today , it's a company car but as I'm self employed I couldn't justify a 2014 so I picked up a 2013 for 8k less .

johnplayer

Picked up my E Class 220 CDI today , it's a company car but as I'm self employed I couldn't justify a 2014 so I picked up a 2013 for 8k less .

MetzgerMeister

johnplayer wrote: »

Picked up my E Class 220 CDI today , it's a company car but as I'm self employed I couldn't justify a 2014 so I picked up a 2013 for 8k less .

The cigarette business must be booming :pac:

Odyssey 2005

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

The cigarette business must be booming :pac:

Must be cos he got 2 of them..:pac:
We'll wear john player