£300 bill !! (new problems page 2)

[Daymo]

i'd try confused.com mate, i got my cheapest qoute on there from quinn, but it changes all the time, mine was 1200 3rd party for mine, with a years no claims. all depends on your area and stuff! good luck finding it cheap though mate, and well done for passing!

 

[benny91]

hello all,
ended up paying £1400 for tp,f and t
isnt bad considering I declared all the mods, in my own name and no experience etc.
can't wait for it to come down though haha

and wow, drivings fun no i havn't got an instructor watching everything I do

just need to get to some meets now

 

[Mat]

I wondered if it was adams car when you said you bought a lovely 1.4 off a member here

 

[benny91]

yes indeed, and loving it

 

[Adam R]

nice ,

still cant understand you having to pay for stuff to be done... it just flew through its MOT!

hope you have many hours of fun in that car, it treated me well and i hope it does to you.

 

[benny91]

well guess what, as of last night, engine warning lights back on
was gunna be heading to the southampton VAG meet with a mate, but saw the light back on so left it at home and went in his polo instead

back to the garage we go, twice in 2 weeks :/

 

[m0rk]

well guess what, as of last night, engine warning lights back on
was gunna be heading to the southampton VAG meet with a mate, but saw the light back on so left it at home and went in his polo instead

back to the garage we go, twice in 2 weeks :/

Where abouts are you?

 

[benny91]

lymington, between southampton and bournemouth

 

[TractorboyITFC]

You sure its not a CAT problem????

 

[Adam R]

it should not be a cat issue as it had a whole new exhaust system put on it under 3 years ago.

 

[A.m.C_Ibiza1]

im always around southampton / portsmouth, if the fault code comes on i can read it FOC! dealers charge you £50.00 for somthing that a little vag com can do in a few mins lol! Give me a PM if you want me to read her. Nice and well looked after car you bought there!! Nice interior too

 

[benny91]

ah thankyou mate, ill keep it in mind for next time

to make things worse, radio stopped working today, well all the speakers but the front right tweeter stopped playing, i dont know the first thing about sound systems, so wouldnt know where to start with the amp adam installed before i brought it.

it was wierd, drove to college this morning it was fine, parked up, came back to it at the end of the day to drive home, turned the radio on and nothing

grr

 

[Adam R]

ah thankyou mate, ill keep it in mind for next time

to make things worse, radio stopped working today, well all the speakers but the front right tweeter stopped playing, i dont know the first thing about sound systems, so wouldnt know where to start with the amp adam installed before i brought it.

it was wierd, drove to college this morning it was fine, parked up, came back to it at the end of the day to drive home, turned the radio on and nothing

grr

blimey!, are you free today? if you are then give me a call and i can try help you out.
we can either meet up some where or i can try and give you advice over the phone but it would probably be allot more difficult to do the latter.
if you have not got my number its 0 7 9 1 7 4 2 2 1 3 8.

 

[benny91]

Alright Adam well what i will do is my mate who knows bit about sound systems in his cars is gunna have a look with me, if not ill give you a buzz maybe do it over the phone or something

also just got back from the garage, they've cleared the faults one was from the lambda sensor which they've just replaced last week so they ignored that one, the other was basically for a new cat, but he's cleared them for now, and says i may need a new one before its mot.

on the upside, shes still driving smooth and sounds good

 

[benny91]

Well new problem today, just a few days before the car was due into powerflow for a replacement cat, i was stuck in some bank holiday traffic, stop starting, when i noticed the collant temperature shooting up, to maximum with the beeping and flashing warning light, pulled over with lots of steam out of the bonnet, and after letting it cool down i find my coolant bottle empty now the car wont start, so its stuck at the side of the road a few miles away whilst i wait for the tow truck to come and get it


cant afford to fix it now being a student, and the list of problems with the car, so may have to sell it off for spares and buy a new car later in the year

was really getting into driving as well

 

[sparkie1984]

god mate, your not having much luck are ya

 

[benny91]

too true mate, shame cause i love the car but its costing more in repairs than i got the car for in the first place

 

[sparkie1984]

youve prob got the melted fuse in the fusebox problem mate

 

[benny91]

would that cause the overheating problem?

 

[sparkie1984]

it stops the fans working! common on mk3's