Hey chaps,
been a while since i was on asn, i sold the dtm, bought an rs4, hated it, bought back dtm, sold it, bought some other bits inbetween.
more recently bought an a6 1.8T quattro c5 for a potentially big project, an 8L s3 that i was going to use but broke for parts and couple of days before christmas a B5 1.8tqs
the B5 is going to be my daily driver while i do a bigger project on something else, that said......
having had b6 and b7's i decided i wanted a b5, had to be 1.8T and had to be quattro, scoured ebay / scumtree / trader and there were 3 for sale, 1 orange and 2 black, the black ones were on 165 and 180k after a day of considering my options i rang about the orange one to be told it sold hours earlier! doh!
this left the 2 black ones but wasn't happy with the mileage, so i popped a post up on fb asked if there were any for sale around. a few people were tagged, one being a lad called Luke who messaged me who said it wasn't technically for sale but would consider it.
after a brief rundown of mileage etc in my head i'd bought it, i was happy to send deposit then pay balance on collection but Luke wasn't happy to agree sale until i had seen it. a day was arranged that i could pop down (1 hour drive each way) and see it. upon arrival it was raining and very windy so didn't hang around, had a quick look over it, seemed straight so paid him deposit and headed home. in the mean time he started actively searching for a replacement one was found so got the go ahead to return and collect it.
been a while since i was on asn, i sold the dtm, bought an rs4, hated it, bought back dtm, sold it, bought some other bits inbetween.
more recently bought an a6 1.8T quattro c5 for a potentially big project, an 8L s3 that i was going to use but broke for parts and couple of days before christmas a B5 1.8tqs
the B5 is going to be my daily driver while i do a bigger project on something else, that said......
having had b6 and b7's i decided i wanted a b5, had to be 1.8T and had to be quattro, scoured ebay / scumtree / trader and there were 3 for sale, 1 orange and 2 black, the black ones were on 165 and 180k after a day of considering my options i rang about the orange one to be told it sold hours earlier! doh!
this left the 2 black ones but wasn't happy with the mileage, so i popped a post up on fb asked if there were any for sale around. a few people were tagged, one being a lad called Luke who messaged me who said it wasn't technically for sale but would consider it.
after a brief rundown of mileage etc in my head i'd bought it, i was happy to send deposit then pay balance on collection but Luke wasn't happy to agree sale until i had seen it. a day was arranged that i could pop down (1 hour drive each way) and see it. upon arrival it was raining and very windy so didn't hang around, had a quick look over it, seemed straight so paid him deposit and headed home. in the mean time he started actively searching for a replacement one was found so got the go ahead to return and collect it.