Cars Booked in for the MOT

[grinder]

Hiya chaps

well the car is booked in for the MOT on the 21st of April

should i start my yearly panic now

also got my insurance and tax renewal thru aswell as the insurance for the rover due

i can picture this being an expensive month to be honest !! LOL

the RX7 insurance isnt tooooooooooo bad - just a touch under £300 with a list of mods aslong as my arm - hopefully gonna remove a lot of them from the insurance and see if it will make a difference as well as trying to remove the breakdown cover as im already with the AA

here\'s hoping the car will pass the MOT - i really cant be bothered with it any longer and i need it to pass so that i can sell it with a 12 month ticket

i have had a look underneath and have seen 2 suspect spots - so might have a good prod around tonight and see if its just on the surface or if it runs deeper than that

i will keep you all posted

Stu

[sadgoth]

good luck Stu! I have faith!

[grinder]

i need more than faith - more of nice solid metal holding it all together

like i said - will have a good nosey tonight and have a prod - this way i have a week to fix what i can see - then the rest is in the hands of god

maybe a few coats of underseal wont go amiss either ( although i reckons its had the best part of 15 litres of the stuff in the last few yrs )

Stu

[Brett]

Hmmm - You\'re standard MOT thread normally has a list of parts you are going to be selling if it fails, given that theres no list I reckon you are not too worried

 And don\'t go prodding too hard...

[grinder]

to be honest mate - im not overly worried

if its that bad i will tow it to a scrap yard

OR if its not cost effective to fix - i will just break the car

already got a buyer for the engine and box - just need to get shut of the rest of it ! LOL

got my insurance down to £273.10 by taking off the breakdown ( got AA cover ) and when i sell the coupe and get the cab on the road - they reckon that a charge of about £60 will apply ( down to the fact that i havent owned it that long - and they offer discounts on the time you have owned the car for )

gonna be a fun few weeks i reckon ( and very costly )

[FD3SNuttah]

yeah usually its panic stations about now and you got your welding equipment out.

i think you should be ok this year, you did loads of stuff to it last year to get it through and then you didnt really drive it.

[grinder]

thats the prob nas - when you dont drive them they rust quicker as your not heating the chassis with the exhaust - so any damp in there rots the car rather then being eveporated with heat

so it "could" be an issue

my mate has my welder at the mo - but its a dab hand with it - so if it needs welding - that will be the charge for him borrowing it for the last 8 months - he can weld my car up

to be honest - there cant be much left of the original car - its had a lot of welding done - and new plates should last more than 12 months

[shaunwil]

Remeber if it goes south i\'ll have the engine and gearbox off you

Hope it all goes to plan and the car gets through ok. They are very fair and either richard or steve will give you a good inspection.

Shaun

[grinder]

yeah i know they are fair

you name is already penciled on the engine and box if need be shaun

i prefer not to do down that route to be honest

although i can do you a good deal on the car and a full FMIC system

and you can break the rest of it ??

[sadgoth]

yeah i know they are fair

you name is already penciled on the engine and box if need be shaun

i prefer not to do down that route to be honest

although i can do you a good deal on the car and a full FMIC system

and you can break the rest of it ??

not keeping it for the cab then?:chat :cheers

[grinder]

nah mark ,

need to get shut of everything to be honest

1 - FMIC
2 - Strut Braces ( rear and front lower )
3 - Full coil overs and camber plates
4 - vented headlight cover
5 - drivers bucket seat
6 - safc D1 limited edition
7 - blitz piggy back ecu

etc.. etc..

lots of stuff to sell and i thought throwing the FMIC in with the coupe would get me some money back on it ?

stu

[sadgoth]

coil overs eh.........?

hmmmm

MUST STOP SPENDING MONEY ON THE FC!

(I just gave RX motors £x (where x is an unfeasably large number) + stuff from Nengun and I\'ve got to give Prof some cash for the front lip next week as well)

[grinder]

its an expensive hobby to say the least !!

right then - im off home to have a nosey under the car

[Brett]

How much would the strut braces go for Stu...?

[shaunwil]

I don\'t think that intercooler would fit in the 1st gen !

Shaun