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Car now sold
Thanks for all who looked

Yup, still for sale. If you have any questions feel free to drop me an email at flyingmaybe(at)googlemail.com.

Cheers
Al

Ah well, car back on the market.

Don\'t thing the guy was a member on either.

Car provisionally sold

Hi Folek,

I\'ve emailed you a photo of the original wheels and have uploaded it to here

wheels2 by holmesstonecroft, on Flickr

I can\'t find any pictures of the car with them on I\'m afriad.

I\'ve also tried to answer your questions in the email. If you have any more feel free to reply to that - it\'ll probably be a bit quicker than via the forum.

Rob Matthew
cheers for the offer; if a buyer doesn\'t want the standard wheels I\'ll give you a shout

Cheers
Al

Hi Folek,

Sorry, I forgot to answer your questions before.
The car does indeed have AC and it blows nice and cold. It doesn\'t have a sunroof though (I\'m not sure any of the RS models did).

In terms of rust, there\'s a tiny bubble on the corner of the bonnet and an equally small one near the centre - they are shown in the pictures. Other than that the rest of the car is nice and clean - there\'s nothing underneath it that I can see. I don\'t have the ability to raise it to get any good pictures, but I\'ll see what I can take with it being on the ground.

There\'s no stereo fitted to it at the moment (I put it in my other car before the winter) but I\'ll try to find some photos of the car on the other wheels, if not I\'ll dig them out and take some photos of them separately.

Hi Folek,

I\'ve stuck some additional photos up on flikr which I think cover the areas you were asking for, but if not just give me a shout.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16293412@N07/

With the rev counter; it either works and reads the engine speed correctly or gives an inaccurate reading when the car is first started but usually starts reading correctly after a while. It\'s been fine for the last few weeks I\'ve been using the car, but while I\'d love to say its fixed itself while being stored in the garage, I doubt thats the case

I did find a possible fix for the problem on the boards a while back, but as its never really bothered me I never implemented the fix.

Thanks for all the kind comments - it\'s been a fantastic car for me so have always tried to look after it.

Rexlam (and others); I\'m in Newcastle upon Tyne though am relatively often down Birmingham and could potentially bring it down if anyone wanted a look.

Cheers
Al

Reluctantly I\'ve come to the decision to sell my car ; plans to emigrate later in the year means that it has to go unfortunately.  

It\'s a series 8 imported about 4 years ago, and was a 4 at the auction back then. It\'s completed 57,000 miles (~21,000 since I got it).
It had a major service completed by WGT last year, during which I took the opportunity to get the engine compression tested as well.  This gave results of 675 / 700 / 685 for the front and 685 / 705 / 710 for the rear, so good readings.
It\'s got tax until October 2013 (as a 1.3) and MOT until Mid June 2013.

Cosmetically the car is standard and in good condition. There’s a very small amount of paint missing on the leading edge of the rear wing (shown in pictures) but that\'s about it and a tiny bit of bubbling on the corner of the bonnet. The black plastic front splitter is discoloured due to the age, but I\'ve got a new one sitting on the shelf that will be fitted before any sale. The car came with RAYS wheels  but I\'ve sourced and installed a set of the original 17” wheels that were stock. If the buyer wants the RAYS wheels I can include them in the sale. The car also has the BOSE acoustic wave system in the boot.

Mechanically the car is in good condition, the only issue is an slightly erratic rev counter that sometimes works and sometimes doesn\'t – it\'s been fine since coming out of winter storage but I thought I should mention it.  It\'s got the usual upgraded air intake, filter, inter-cooler etc. and a Grex / Alcon big brake kit which is pretty impressive (and would have cost the original owner a frankly absurd amount of cash). It has a free flowing exhaust system with a sports catalyst (always passed MOT emissions without problems), turbo timer fitted and a boost limiter. I also fitted an enlarged battery  compared to the standard Japanese fit. Being a RS it benefits from Bilstein suspension and different gear ratios to the type r, giving stronger acceleration.  

Any questions, feel free to post them here or email me at flyingmaybe(at)googlemail.com and I\'ll try to answer them.

Looking for £7500.

Al


rx17 by holmesstonecroft, on Flickr


rx18 - Copy by holmesstonecroft, on Flickr


rx14 by holmesstonecroft, on Flickr


rx5 by holmesstonecroft, on Flickr


rx3 by holmesstonecroft, on Flickr


rx6 by holmesstonecroft, on Flickr

Received the covers today - spot on. Much appreciate the effort on the packing

Funny; I\'ve recieved them in the past, but can\'t seem to send them either at the moment.
Anyway, email is al.holmes@engb.com if you want to use that instead

That seemed to work well.
 
If you let me know the cash split and your details i\'ll get it sent over to you.
 
Ta

Hi there,
 
Would you consider splitting the headlights bits up? I\'m after the blue covers but not really after the rest.
 
Al