saw this on retro rides

johnbird · Post by **johnbird** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:41 pm

did the original owner sell it for twenty quid as he thought the buyer was going to save it and use it? if thats the case the buyer was not a very honourable man. the original owner could have drove it into a scrap yard and got 150 quid for it . some people................

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:43 pm

Is this Stuart the Morris Man/Real Ale fan who use to be the owner of that brown Mk.1 'Snoopy' that got rear-ended? If it is him, I am very surprised that he didn't offer it here first. Once upon a time he was very involved here..

richardd1652 · Post by **richardd1652** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:45 pm

Lets just hope its gone to someone with higher morals and who is actually going to save it instead of weighbridge fodder.
Richard.

Mickey taker · Post by **Mickey taker** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:45 pm

johnbird wrote:did the original owner sell it for twenty quid as he thought the buyer was going to save it and use it? if thats the case the buyer was not a very honourable man. the original owner could have drove it into a scrap yard and got 150 quid for it . some people................

thats exactly the case

Mickey taker · Post by **Mickey taker** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:49 pm

toddao wrote:Is this Stuart the Morris Man/Real Ale fan who use to be the owner of that brown Mk.1 'Snoopy' that got rear-ended? If it is him, I am very surprised that he didn't offer it here first. Once upon a time he was very involved here..

Thats the one Todd ,

Stu was goind to advertise it here and on BXP but he was at work and I think put it on there infranet first ,

the buyer evidentally got to Stu before he had the chance to post it on any other forums , I believe he was desperate to shift it quickly as he needs a reliable car for work and has only one parking space at home and has a replacement car coming

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:16 pm

I believe Stu also has problems accessing here without using a proxy server, hence he's been on the quiet side. I've seen the car in the last few weeks and it seemed pretty decent visually and felt less worn than mine based on the door closing test!
Hopefully it won't get broken...

themildbunch · Post by **themildbunch** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:23 pm

Is it this one... http://www.bxclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic ... ght=stuart ... if so, then it's a different car as the retro rides one had 170K on the clock not ~110K STeve

Nope, definitely not that one as it was grey and I bought it.. needed a new headgasket though but it's still going strong.. cost a bit more than £20 though and didn't have those nice speedlines...

Think that retrorides ad is not public anymore...

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:30 pm

Erm, yes.

Susan Donym and Mat Fenwick have pretty much summed the situation up in their posts above.

I was intending to advertise the car here, BXProject and at work, for £1 to a restorer. I just happened to place the ad at work first and it sold immediately. I truly believed he was going to fix it up, but the evidence suggests otherwise...

He's in full possession of the knowledge that I paid £195 for it two-and-a-half years and 35,000 miles ago.

It's a generally good car with a lot of minor(ish) faults and if you are someone with the skills to sort it out, I'd recommend offering him - oh - let's say twenty quid?

In other news, I've finally figured out how to make this forum work without having to go via a bloody irritating web-based proxy server, so you're stuck with me again!

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:39 pm

Good to see you again Stu

Post by **Defender110** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:55 pm

stuart_hedges wrote:
It's a generally good car with a lot of minor(ish) faults and if you are someone with the skills to sort it out, I'd recommend offering him - oh - let's say twenty quid?

Bit late for that he's already sold it for the £150 I pressume.

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:18 pm

No idea Defender! I've got no interest in following the retro-rides thread.

I made a mistake, my faithful old BX is gone and I'm looking forward to picking the Xsara up in the morning.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:20 pm

Looking forward to picking up a Xsara

Not many would say that

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:33 pm

I'll miss the hydraulics, and no mistake.

But just imagine you want a car that's as new and low-mileage as possible, with cheap insurance, smallish without being a supermini and good on fuel, for £2,500 or less.

It's Xsara, 306, Focus, Fabia or Civic. Trust me - I've spent many hours on this!

Out of those the Xsara is a clear winner for me. Familiar engineering, comfortable, spacious, cheap and well equipped.

Plus I've driven loads of them and I know I like the way they drive, which is preferable to a leap into the unknown.