Tom's China HDi DTurbo 2014

[Toms306]

C2K's? Atleast you havent got a shitter this time

Well that didn't take much guessing lol.

And yeah, hopefully I'll find out what a decent HDi is like.....better not be an anti-climax!

I thought this had done moon miles, or am i thinking of another haha? Bit of a ninja move Tom, atleast you have the one you want now. Looks real tidy to, good work bud

Yeah lol, the 'low milage' was irony. 273k almost, as Simon says.

It is surprisingly tidy given the mileage! Bonnet has lacquer peel though, which is annoying as the bonnet on the 1.8 is crap as well so no point swapping lol. Also, the drivers door has been bent at some point, potential break in I'm guessing, so that has a small crease in the A pillar bit. But apart from that and a few door dings, bodywork is excellent, much better than the 1.8 which has done a third of the miles. Did think about trying the heat gun and compressed air to pop out some of the smaller dents lol, seems to work on youtube!

Looks like a nice base for a good stage 2 bud hehe

Must admit, I was tempted to get a 110 intercooler setup as I cant be arsed fabricating another like I did with the Golf. And a low torque S2, but insurance has put a stop to that. Plus probably not wise with the mileage lol.

Ah my baby.. 273k indeed.

Iirc That fault had been there ages tom, never had any rcl issues but it usually complained about the remote battery level, despite it working fine.

She's been a good car, 9 years and 204k I had it for and never had much fuss. It's lived on a motorway tbh. you driven it much yet?

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I slow down for pies! Much to the confusion of my work mates..

Ah right, fair enough. The 1.8 brought up a similar door lock fault, but again seems fine (though the looms broken on that as well lol).

I haven't driven it at all lol, it's sat on the driveway getting gradually more broken since you dropped it off! Thought I'd get everything sorted before getting it on the road anyway. Just as well I did really with the brake fail and aux pulley fail lol. Also gonna chuck my low mileage gearbox on, with the Miles linkages, good mount and a pair of fork bushes. That'll hopefully sort the odd clutch feeling, as it's horrible compared to the 1.8! The fork bushes are dead, about 2mm sideways play at the top one lol, so hopefully it's just them. Might change the cable as well though, unless you did that with the clutch last year? Only thing is I noticed it's got the EGR cooler, so might be a hassle to change the cable around that!

And yeah, I don't get the sticker either...