andy-mcq

im not sure what would class as a mot failure on it, suppose its up to the tester? my mates dads mondeo failed on rust on the floorpan a few years ago, took it home, cut a beer can up, stuck it under his carpet, sprayed a bit of black paint on it to, took it back for free mot and it passed fine!!! we will be doing it for peace of mind really

to check if its broke, put the lock down and pull handle again, does it pop up?

but your dad isnt a new driver i take it? how much would it be for you as first driver?

how does that work then if its good for new drivers but your on your dads insurance?

welcome the club, nice looking car, what wheels are they? CSL?

i think i was getting the cheapest for mine with admiral? best thing to do is try the likes of go compare etc but im sure some people will have some suggestions

after many years of thinking, talking , dreaming about it me and my good friend gary have decided to get a track day toy. gary likes his saxos( not in a chav way!) and always keeps them standerd like there out of the factory. all work he has done over the past 5 odd years he has done himself and is self taught with help from mr haynes and good old google :) from what i can remember he has done cluctches, cambelts to alsorts of other things!! so we both agreed that a saxo vtr/s would be perfect to start out on, there also dirt cheap and parts can be had for next to nothing to B) gary recently bought a clio sport 172 which ment selling his vts (this car was in great condition and was a shame to see it go!) gary managed to do a deal thru his saxo forum he is a member on for his car plus cash and a saxo vtr!! we both agreed on a price for the vtr and met each other in the middle. so here she is freshly driven from scotland (around a 300 mile trip!!) the fella who owned the car had a strut brace to which he gave us but never got round to fitting it!! i quickly sorted that out :D you can prob see in that above pic there is a bit of rust inside the engine bay(most likly a mot failure!) we will be taking the engine out in the summer and welding it all back up with some fresh paint hopefully we will have a vts engine to go back in by then. theres nothing wrong with this the vtr engine (currently at 130k!!) but the vts is 16 valve so will be a bit faster B) the previous owner also got these bonnet catches fitted, so my aswell keep them on as there functioning ones the other great thing about this car is it has fully adjusable spax suspension!! straight thru exhaust (which isnt mega loud but loud enough, will still get on the track with it) the fella also said we can keep the vts alloys as he has 205 gti alloys he is going to use!! so seeing as garys dad has a vtr and the vts alloys have near enough tyres on, we swapped the alloys around and have two sets of vtr rims for the track saxo! PERFECT! the car is currenty getting the interior fully stripped out, but as its so cold ive only managed to do half of that! just to clear things up to , the stickers are coming off! also the rear lights will be getting the paint removed! hopefully have some more updates soon :D

Run is all done now, took me around 20-25 mins to do , didnt stop once apart from runing/ walking/ running /walking so happy about that. cheers again to every one has donated , means alot to me and will be going to a very good cause. il hopefully have more details on thursday with what exactly it may be going on you can also still donate for the next 3 months i think it is http://www.justgiving.com/Andy-Mchugh cheers once again

worth trying just incase, if not kick off saying you have been misold it!

cheers gav, very nice of you to post this up at the last count it was around £470ish including the gift aid added on!!!! i was only hoping to get around 100 so get that im over the moon. evan if i can get a new tele for the ward i was on it will all be worth getting. really is a fantastic hospital with fantastic people there for some one like me to go there who is terrified, and i mean terrified of needles and evan hospitals they were all and still are fantastic people. the run is on sunday but im meeting up with my surgoen on thursday (9th dec) for my scan results so il prob use that as a cut off date B) cheers again to every one who donated you can still donate at http://www.justgiving.com/Andy-Mchugh

try the AA then?

steve beat me to it, you can open and close them using the key

as above, welcome to the club excellent car, hope to have a m3 myself in the next few years, most likly a e46 though

if you still have a warrenty, my first port of call would be bmw

if your car is still in warrenty then cant bmw sort it out?

this could be a long shot, but why not disconnect your battery for a hour , see if that helps?

yeah all sounds correct to me, maybe something to do with the 'door' that slides over the magazine? were are you based? might be worth seeing if another magazine works in yours?

excellent :D

get pics up im thinking of lowering mine to, you on 18s?

stupid question, but you have got cds in the magazine? right way in? poss bit of dirt in there maybe? give it a blow

happy days :D

cheers steve much appreciated B) up to £50 on the just give site plus £100 from my mums work!

excellent choice :D welcome to the club

i agree greeney is a top bloke B)

cheers gav, appreciate it mate :)