frog hopper
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I paid €4600 for buttercup 3 1/2 years ago when she was eastnor green.
I've put around €3000 into her so far, not much else to do I hope, Have bought a known good engine/g'box/t'box off a mate for €500 as spares, just sat in the shed at the moment. So total around €8100 ish. Judging by prices these days I don't expect to loose anything on the deal.
I've put around €3000 into her so far, not much else to do I hope, Have bought a known good engine/g'box/t'box off a mate for €500 as spares, just sat in the shed at the moment. So total around €8100 ish. Judging by prices these days I don't expect to loose anything on the deal.
You'd have been better called a Benbeculian then, the radar was at almost zero feet ASL on the civilian airfield.. We had a landy 109 on the station, a Sherpa mini bus, which was the most used vehicle, and the
F.LT. C.O. had a Cortina. The current radar is up a mountain on North Uist though.
I first drove landys at RAF Neatishead, old series 2 109 with side ways seats in the back the section transport, before they replaced it with a mini....
landrover 109 fire engine,
landrover 109 soft top snowplough, chilly, but better than being out there with a shovel.
First car Austin 1100 about £100 of rust back in 1976.
The 110 £2500 in about 2002, but I've spent a lot more on it since.
The most expensive car , a new Kia Rio for SWMBO in 09 £6000, that will probably be replaced in 23 when I retire.
v8250
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thats a lot of money 20k, you still got the porsche? never had a porsche but love the look of the cayenne, the gts in particular
yea subaru forester is actually amazing in the snow from the clips i saw years ago on youtube but obviously depends on the driver, nice cars though
The 911 was sold many years ago. Oddly, my like for Porsche stopped after the 964 model...subsequently, Porsche's are all overweight buses and a little too bling for my liking. The Cayman/718's in certain models are okay but no modern Porsche truly drives like the 1973-1994 era. The Forester XT is a brilliant device, as fast as a Porsche, incredible in poor weather conditions, can be packed to the gunwales, is uber comfortable and even more reliable.
Shimsteriom
Master Procrastinator
£10500 for a Nissan Patrol.
I only sold it because of it's 3L engine and my financial status at the time.
I only sold it because of it's 3L engine and my financial status at the time.
I bought a new FFRR in 2004
IIRC, it was about £50K ( I'm trying hard to forget!!) - biggest waste of money ever known to man - it was so much hassle - electronical sh*t broken all the time - even on the day we bought it !!
Got home after picking it up to be greeted with "Total Electrical Failure" on the "Message Centre" ( display ) .... After 5 months of grief, during which time, it was in our yard for about 6 weeks, we got rid, suprisingly
Ask me why I hate electronics
IIRC, it was about £50K ( I'm trying hard to forget!!) - biggest waste of money ever known to man - it was so much hassle - electronical sh*t broken all the time - even on the day we bought it !!
Got home after picking it up to be greeted with "Total Electrical Failure" on the "Message Centre" ( display
) .... After 5 months of grief, during which time, it was in our yard for about 6 weeks, we got rid, suprisingly Ask me why I hate electronics
saxavordian
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If I remember rightly you had three bases on the west coast of highlands. Machrahanish Mull of Kintyre Benbecula and Stornaway. Didnt you lot have to close the shop on Sunday for religious reasons and transfer to us on SAXA VORD to keep a eye on Soviets holiday tourists.
Bad enough for us because if they did invade Saxa, most of us weren't there anyway as we closed on Friday 5pm till Monday 8am
Mostly guard duty was defending against Sheep incursion going through the camp recently painted white picket fence or driving in the sherpa or old farter for the odd bbq.What was your miserable role in life in the RAF, I was just lonely Supplier SAC driving old farter around the Saxa hill, south to lerwick sumburgh aberdeen buchan in the new 90ty with soft tyres that wobbled when hit by shetland weather.
£14K for a 94 300tdi 90. Galv chassis and bulkhead and new(ish) engine and gearbox done 11K miles since full rebuild.
Little did I know that it was built on a Series III with multiple 200tdi bits and a complete disregard for good engineering practices/techniques by the Butchers of Hereford.
I think thier electrician knew how to put a battery in a torch and possibly how to change a plug, but as far as Auto Electrics went he was a complete novice, even to the point that fitting main fuses was outside his skill/knowledge.
The nuances of intemittent wipers flew over his head without him even knowing.
The wheels looked nice though, as did the paint job, untill you looked underneath, or more to the point, 'closely'.
2 shiny bits on the radius arms highlighted the fact that the tyres were touching and the front seatbelt mounts were held on by luck and rust rather than anything solid. Still their 'mate' down the road had been doing the MOT's so that's OK then.
It's almost finished and up to standard now but no-one will buy it for the £20,000 that it's cost.
Note to self, don't buy anything else until you've had a good look at if first and don't believe what the seller/rebuilder tells you.
Little did I know that it was built on a Series III with multiple 200tdi bits and a complete disregard for good engineering practices/techniques by the Butchers of Hereford.
I think thier electrician knew how to put a battery in a torch and possibly how to change a plug, but as far as Auto Electrics went he was a complete novice, even to the point that fitting main fuses was outside his skill/knowledge.
The nuances of intemittent wipers flew over his head without him even knowing.
The wheels looked nice though, as did the paint job, untill you looked underneath, or more to the point, 'closely'.
2 shiny bits on the radius arms highlighted the fact that the tyres were touching and the front seatbelt mounts were held on by luck and rust rather than anything solid. Still their 'mate' down the road had been doing the MOT's so that's OK then.
It's almost finished and up to standard now but no-one will buy it for the £20,000 that it's cost.
Note to self, don't buy anything else until you've had a good look at if first and don't believe what the seller/rebuilder tells you.
Gord Wedman
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In British Columbia I paid $18,000 Cdn/£10,000 for my 2008 full size supercharged 3 years ago. Could only do that because I had some left over money from the insurance claim on my boat after it was hit by lightning. The FFSC are not that common around here, possibly due to the very high initial price+tax. In the 90's I bought a Nissan 300ZX twin turbo that was a couple years old for close to the same money. Sold to my brother around 2003 for 14,000 Cdn and he still has it. Currently not driven but everything was working.
The most I paid for any car was £7.5k for a disco 2 in 2010. It was immaculate, but too good to turn into a greenlaning truck. I sold it four years later for £4K. I then bought a 1989 90 hardtop with disco 200Tdi fitted for £2.4k... it’s fair to say that was a good buy!
I’ve had a couple of boring cars in the same time since to keep the miles down on the 90 and they’ve all cost a fair bit to maintain but have taken a hit in depreciation despite not being expensive to buy.
I’ve had a couple of boring cars in the same time since to keep the miles down on the 90 and they’ve all cost a fair bit to maintain but have taken a hit in depreciation despite not being expensive to buy.
JimS
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Yes, all that lightweight aluminium and composite and the new 911's are still half a tonne heavier and massively bulkier, you probably can get more smiles per mile in an MX5 these days for pocket money
norseman
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£3K for a RRC 12 years ago & £9K on it's upkeep, but as an original unrestored example it's appreciation in value makes it all worthwhile.
£3.5K on a BMW 2 years ago & £3K on getting it 'right', but unlike the RR it's value curve is downwards, at least until it eventually becomes a classic.
Why? because I don't like modern cars, end of
£3.5K on a BMW 2 years ago & £3K on getting it 'right', but unlike the RR it's value curve is downwards, at least until it eventually becomes a classic.
Why? because I don't like modern cars, end of
If I remember rightly you had three bases on the west coast of highlands. Machrahanish Mull of Kintyre Benbecula and Stornaway. Didnt you lot have to close the shop on Sunday for religious reasons and transfer to us on SAXA VORD to keep a eye on Soviets holiday tourists.
Bad enough for us because if they did invade Saxa, most of us weren't there anyway as we closed on Friday 5pm till Monday 8am
What was your miserable role in life in the RAF, I was just lonely Supplier SAC driving old farter around the Saxa hill, south to lerwick sumburgh aberdeen buchan in the new 90ty with soft tyres that wobbled when hit by shetland weather.
RAF Macrihanish was a USA nuclear store, and US navy seal Base, occasionally visited by the RAF or the SAS.
RAF Stornoway was a signals Base (electronic countermeasures testing). Later a Tornado Standby base, there is was a RN refuelling depot there as well.
RAF Benbecula was is a Radar station lodging on an army rocket base, but the Radar was on a civilian airfield. Now on a mountain on North Uist.
I was a LtechGR later an LTechAD, or translated an Electronics Technician Ground Radar, later Electronics Technician Air Defence. Basically a Radar Technician.
Luckily no sheep on the airfield, but we did have some Scottish wild cats on the base. We had no guard duties, as we lived on the army base and they had plenty of spare squaddies needing something to do. We didn't need to guard the radar station ( except exersizes) we were off down the side of a civilian airfield, sometimes someone bothered to shut the gate.
When the only supplier was off, the SGT Radar or CPL had to issue equipment, clothing stores were ordered from Buchan when the supplier was on duty and issued by him maybe a couple of weeks later..
The islands north of Benbec are populated by members of the very strict " Free Church of Scotland" and everything closed on a Sunday, the islands South of Benbec are populated by Catholics and opened after morning church.
On arrival on Benbec you were given a lecture. No going to North Uist on Sunday ( connected by causeway), no hanging out washing on the MQs on a Sunday, no being seen with Booze outside on a Sunday..
Did the trip to Buchan once, long trip, for a day there, then a long trip back.
The main disadvantage of living on an army base was the crap food, on a par with Swinderby, like RAF Staxon Wold radar station ( near Scarborough) you lived there on an army base , the food there was crap too.
The other disadvantage was the occasional power mad Army Sgt (or above) we had one search the RAF airman's accomodation and waking men sleeping off shift, without authority.
What was he searching for?
Tea spoons missing from the mess.. He got seriously into trouble for that and very nearly got done for theft, as he took an RAF airman cooks set of privately owned chefs knives. Didn't find tea spoons though.. They were taken by visiting squaddies on Benbec for rapier or other missile firing, and were gone ...
RAF Benbecula never closed and the only day workers Monday were the, one supplier, The CO, the Warrant officer eng, the two mechanical techies,, the 4 officer radar operators and the spare radar tech and operator . All the rest of the manpower were on the 4 shifts, a radar Sgt with a radar CPL or a JT, and two Scopie operators per shift. There was an officer's mess verses SGTs mess doo a couple of weeks after I arrived, so I as a newly minted Cpl was left in charge of a radar station!!!
This was the second time I'd lived out there, 1971-75, Dad got posted there as a civilian at the Army base, I went to school in Inverness. Car to North Uist, ferry across to Skye, school bus across Skye picking up more pupils, ferry to Lochalsh, train to Inverness picking up more pupils on the way. School buses to the council run hostels for girls or boys ( a good distance apart). You stayed there in prison all term..
Some comedian posted me out there again, I didn't volunteer!! I actually saw the radar I later worked on, arrive during my school holidays..
saxavordian
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Enjoyed your account laughing all the way. I was at Saxa 88-89 and Buchan 89-90 before I left for good. I was working with a supplier who was posted from Machrahanish at Kinloss were we met up again at Saxa. I was his best man for his wedding his last posting was Staxon Wold and now lives in Scarborough working for DHSS. strange how the past creeps back when people lives were similar forces stories.
cornish rattler
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10k for a disco 2 td5 land mark 03 plate, cheapest was £25 for a 1965 ford Corsair 2000 that was about 1976-77
Nodge68
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£5,600 in 2014 for a D3 2.7 TDV6 'S' with 120,000 miles on the clock.
I sold it in 2017 for £5,800, after spending over £3k on it, catching up on atrocious main dealer maintenance.
Last summer I bought a Freelander 2 for £2k with a misfire, which turned out to be a nut in No2 cylinder, then spent another £1,200 getting that up to scratch.
It's currently my daily driver.
I sold it in 2017 for £5,800, after spending over £3k on it, catching up on atrocious main dealer maintenance.
Last summer I bought a Freelander 2 for £2k with a misfire, which turned out to be a nut in No2 cylinder
, then spent another £1,200 getting that up to scratch. It's currently my daily driver.
