So the post on another forum read
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I have a T reg 1.8 that is available free to the first person who can collect it.
It does have some MOT and drives OK on the motorway and free flowing traffic.
The reason why it is free is that I don't want to get involved in a sale and then an argument about what was and was not explained, so it is free.
It overheats in traffic but not on the motorway even though both the radiator and cooling fans come on. Currently there is an airlock in the cooling system
The front tyres lose about 3psi per day
There is a squeel on start up and slowing down, it has a fairly recent new alternator belt, so this might be nothing.
Needs new rear window, has a temp bodge in place.
Speedo cable (probably broken), electic power stearing defaults to off in this case.
Someone both keen and who knows what he is doing may be able to get the car running OK, so I would that then sending it to the scappie.
Bye
Ian
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So even if it was just scrap there was a profit to be made.
I borrowed the transit flat bed from work (with a full tank of fuel
), a triple axle 20ft trailer through my kids ex step dad (don't ask), picked my lad up at 6am on Sunday morning and hit the road - 150 slow miles later we were outside the P/O's house.
The first problem was as we drove the car onto the trailer it was bottoming out so I had the bright idea to raise the trailer noise by winding up the jocky wheel which worked, however the transfer of weight bent the jocky wheel post and it took half an hour to get it back in.
On the way back we went cross country so it was only 130 miles, I figured that the combo struggling to do 55 on the motorway and slowing on hills so would be even worse with the extra weight of the F.
Half way back we stopped for a coffee and stuck 25 litres of diesel in to get us back.
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