pagan_88
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Theres a Corsa I want to go buy this week but theres a couple of probs 
1. No tax or MOT. Has MOT failure and I am satisfied its all easy fixes, but obviously I can't drive it back...
2. ...4 hours! Surely asking for trouble!?
3. Only option seems to be a trailor, but I cant see my GSI pulling it! 
Ideas?
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Robin
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Don't buy it?
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pagan_88
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Too good a bargain
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ChrisBoom
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quote:
Originally posted by pagan_88
Theres a Corsa I want to go buy this week but theres a couple of probs
1. No tax or MOT. Has MOT failure and I am satisfied its all easy fixes, but obviously I can't drive it back...
2. ...4 hours! Surely asking for trouble!?
3. Only option seems to be a trailor, but I cant see my GSI pulling it!
Ideas?
1. Just drive it back, say you are on the way to the MOT station. Tax, well, I dont know.
2. Round trip? Probaly, yes.
3. You will blow the clutch on the GSI, even on an A-frame you are likely to do the clutch. Get a shot of something derv.
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Robin
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Originally posted by pagan_88
Too good a bargain
It's not a bargain after losing your license or knackering your car trying to tow it.
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pagan_88
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Hmmm didnt think the GSI would cut it lol. If it was an hour or two away I would probably risk it but surely cant go 4 hours or so without being spotted/flashed etc?
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pagan_88
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
quote:
Originally posted by pagan_88
Too good a bargain
It's not a bargain after losing your license or knackering your car trying to tow it.
Exactly. I cant see a logical solution at the moment, hoping there was a brught spark out there  If I can't I can't, would be nice to have a project though.
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ChrisBoom
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quote:
Originally posted by pagan_88
Hmmm didnt think the GSI would cut it lol. If it was an hour or two away I would probably risk it but surely cant go 4 hours or so without being spotted/flashed etc?
If its a really good bargain, then find a mate with a van, and find a friendly person with a car trailer.
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Colin
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Join the AA, tell them you've broke down & persuade them to take you home on a flatbed 
note ^ this may not work!
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pagan_88
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Lol! Worth a go I guess haha!
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pagan_88
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Right - can get a trailer for a day for £28 Just relying on my old man lending me his Vectra Sri now :/ Ooo yeah im 20! Lol. But I am insured tpft on all cars, I guess its just whether hes feeling generous! Hmm
[Edited on 15-07-2007 by pagan_88]
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Welsh Dan
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Don't forget, that if you passed your test after March 2001, you can't tow more than 750kg, without sitting an extra test.
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Robin
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Which, being 20, will be the case.
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pagan_88
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Welsh Dan
Don't forget, that if you passed your test after March 2001, you can't tow more than 750kg, without sitting an extra test.
strip parts off the corsa 
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powey
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get your dad to drive the vectra?
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xtremewheels
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Just got a specialist flat-bed service! might cost a little tho lol.
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Ste L
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quote:
Originally posted by Welsh Dan
Don't forget, that if you passed your test after March 2001, you can't tow more than 750kg, without sitting an extra test.
how much can you tow without an extra test, if i passed before that?
[Edited on 15-07-2007 by Ste L]
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Ste L
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just been searching...
you have to of passed before 1 January 1997 to tow more than 750kg
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/CaravansTrailersCommercialVehicles/DG_4022564
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Welsh Dan
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Yeah, I got the dates wrong. I'm not sure how the rules work, as its quite confusing.
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Ste L
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got my hopes up then, because i passed in 2000, then i found that
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pagan_88
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Lol @ you guys!
The car failed the MOT on:
1. Fan won't kick in
2. Passenger rear wheel bearing (although seller has a new one)
3. Handbrake needs linking up.
How much on top of the MOT price would I be looking at paying? Just roughly?
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Ren
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quote:
Originally posted by pagan_88
Lol @ you guys!
For some reason, I just pictured you as Monica from FRIENDS saying that 
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Ste L
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failed on ther fan not working, that's not right...
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pagan_88
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quote:
Originally posted by Ren
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Originally posted by pagan_88
Lol @ you guys!
For some reason, I just pictured you as Monica from FRIENDS saying that
LMAO cheers for that!
Yeah Ste L thats what I was thinking...
Its looking less and less likely at the mo
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