don't you just HATE spending money fixing your car...

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don't you just HATE spending money fixing your car...

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when you've got loads of plans and nice things you want to do to your car and then you have to spend money fixing it! Ive been saving up for ages to buy a suspenion kit for mine, now one of my electric mirrors has decided to stop working, some t**s put a big scrape in my wing which will cost £150 and my central locking is still playing up!

plus ive got to around to getting my air conditioning regassed and a new back bumper at some point.

when will she ever get slammed!!
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That's always the case when you buy 2nd hand cars, but at the end of the day you must have known what you're getting into when buying a car. If you can't afford to, maybe it's time to sell up.
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I know what you mean.....it happens to most us I'm sure!

Things just take time and alot of patience!
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the good times FAR outway the bad imo....
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MaxZ wrote:That's always the case when you buy 2nd hand cars, but at the end of the day you must have known what you're getting into when buying a car. If you can't afford to, maybe it's time to sell up.
nah its mostly my fault lol
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I have £625 needing to be spent on the car for a new ABS Control Unit and Crankcase Breather but rightly or wrongly my retrim is taking preference so it can debut at E38 :lol:
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ModifiedMadness wrote:I have £625 needing to be spent on the car for a new ABS Control Unit and Crankcase Breather but rightly or wrongly my retrim is taking preference so it can debut at E38 :lol:
what you need abs for. it takes the fun away.

what you getting done on teh retrim. black and red leather you knwo its right.
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All will be revealed at E38 :wink:

I'll be picking the car up from the trimmers probably between 2-4 days before the show, how's that for timing :lol:
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cnt wait for e38 hope my car is looking in ok shape for then lol
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ModifiedMadness wrote:All will be revealed at E38 :wink:

I'll be picking the car up from the trimmers probably between 2-4 days before the show, how's that for timing :lol:
i hope it gets delayed :shock:

just messin with ya bud :P
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He'll be told the deadline don't you worry about that :lol:
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your goin to the polo show are you?
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Yeah should be mate, it's only about half hour from me so I've got no excuse :lol:
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Re: don't you just HATE spending money fixing your car...

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JoeG07 wrote:when you've got loads of plans and nice things you want to do to your car and then you have to spend money fixing it! Ive been saving up for ages to buy a suspenion kit for mine, now one of my electric mirrors has decided to stop working, some **** put a big scrape in my wing which will cost £150 and my central locking is still playing up
I got into over 1k in debt the first day of my summer holidays after a backbox came off a van and straight into my car. Didn't get his details so had no hope in hell. If that wasn't the car I'd probably have had heaps done to my car :(
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sh!t man thats bloody aweful! Were u ok? how bad was the car? surely you could have claimed it off your own insurance?
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