Offered A 309 Glx; But, Insurance!

[Bobbafett 49 2 Cars]

Ps. Couple of pics:

 

 

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

For insurance give Carole Nash or Sure Thing a call. I pay £90 a year on my 1.6 GTI and £140 on my 2.0 Turbo'd GTI.

[Bobbafett 49 2 Cars]

Yeah; I pay £120 for my 1.9 GTI and I paid £300 for my BMW 330CI. Cheapest I got on this was £390. I'm 33 years old!

 

For now it's just going to live in my garden until I work out what to do with it.

[AlexRS2782 136 1 Cars]

Looks like an interesting twist :hehe: :getmecoat:

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=10&t=1634181

[Bobbafett 49 2 Cars]

hahaha :)

 

I might just burn the thing in a great pyre!

[Ryan 99]

mountings will be wrong for an XU engine iirc.

 

tbh I'd just clean it and leave it 100% standard.

 

The engine mounts changed in mid 1987 according to servicebox. Everything after that appears to use XU-style mounts, even the models with the old Simca engines.

[Bobbafett 49 2 Cars]

Some good news! The top and gearbox mounts are definitely the same as my 205. An engine swap would really be the only route for this imo but the shell is actually very good!

[GLPoomobile 958]

Ex owner sounds like a right bint!!!

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

Sell the plate as there may be some money in it to someone like Cadburys: Goo Choc for a cream egg?

 

Dealers used to reserve plates like that for the higher spec cars like GTIs.

[Tom Fenton 1,562]

Its funny, I somehow think her boiler is suddenly going to need lots of replacement parts over the next few years.

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

Hang on, so the binding brakes leaking master cylinder and clutch constitute the car not being cost-effective to repair? Can I ask how long the car was sat there in her garage and also did you think this car didn't need any work when you looked at it..... Because they always do.... MOT history checker comes in handy here, which the corrosion on the sills would be making me sweat more than what is just service items.

 

It sounds to me like you probably should have left the car where it was if you're just either planning on scrapping it or doing a half-hearted engine conversion on whilst it's sat in the elements in your garden. What were you thinking?

Edited November 16, 2016 by forbeslongden

[Bobbafett 49 2 Cars]

Hang on, so the binding brakes leaking master cylinder and clutch constitute the car not being cost-effective to repair? Can I ask how long the car was sat there in her garage and also did you think this car didn't need any work when you looked at it..... Because they always do.... MOT history checker comes in handy here, which the corrosion on the sills would be making me sweat more than what is just service items.

 

It sounds to me like you probably should have left the car where it was if you're just either planning on scrapping it or doing a half-hearted engine conversion on whilst it's sat in the elements in your garden. What were you thinking?

 

Jeez, what's your problem?

 

It was in her garage for about a month. Yes, the repairs would cost more than the current value of the car. The corrosion on the sills actually is a bit of very minor surface corrosion which I did check out before purchase after looking at the MOT history.

 

Half-hearted engine conversion? I've only had the car a couple of days and asked a couple of questions here as an idea of doing it. I was thinking it's a white 309 and I have a white 205 and I might be able to put a new engine in it.

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

I haven't got a problem, and that's the point, I can't understand why you'd take it on without a clear road map of what you plan to do with it.

It seems from what you've said on the other forum that you've taken on someone else's problem which looks like it's either had hooky MOT's at some point or has been sat whilst doing a couple of thousand miles a year which would a combination of the two would certainly lead to brake problems.

 

I'm not having a go at you as such, it just seems like you've rushed massively into it and if the car isn't economical to even repair the brakes it sure isn't worth the engine change by that applied logic.

[Bobbafett 49 2 Cars]

Yeah, I see what you're saying. Sorry. The whole thing is a great hassle. She actually emailed me today asking for the car back! I'm keeping it out of principle now.

 

I've got the room to keep it for now so it'll sit there until I have a bit of time to work on it. I'm actually in the middle of changing the gearbox on my 205 at the min and i'm changing the clutch while i'm there. It isn't too bad though and it'll go in the 309 when I get the time. I'm sure the brakes are easily sorted by me but I was more talking about economical in terms of getting a garage to do it.

 

It is actually quite a nice little car! Doesn't quite handle like the 205 though...

[welshpug 1,678]

hark at the guy who recently asked about the ecu on an XUD in a 205...

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

In nicest possible way WelshPug, go forth and multiply.

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

Anyhow, moving away from childish jabs, I think if you've got a solid motor on your hands that runs nicely, it maybe worth keeping it stock, I only say this as I converted my car's engine recently and un-earthed a head gasket issue, if you've got an MI16 unit laying about that is proven to be good then it maybe worth it but then it can de value the car potentially or open up more problems if the donated engine is a nail.

Just my two cents. But I'd be making sure it stops as it should if it's got MOT, can at least sell it with a clear mind .

[GLPoomobile 958]

Don't think he can devalue it much more than it's current position!

 

Also Forbes, being frank and honest your tone in that earlier reply to Bobbafett was pretty snotty and uncalled for. I'm just calling it how I see it, no childish jabs. It's his car and he can do as pleases, likewise it's his basket case to sort out. Nobody needs to rub his nose in it.

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

Yeah you're right on reflection, it does come across rather high-horse ridden.