bought my first williams!

[matt uk]

just won a williams2 on ebay for £1550 :O

full service history 105k miles
full mot and a few month tax

just sold my 16v williams lookalike for £1000 to so should hopefully work out the best £550 i could ever spend.

[Coops]

i got my valver off ebay........n its in bits in the garage!doh!

hope u have better luck than me mate!

Coops

[malbon]

now thats cheap !

Im interested in 2 at the moment. One at 3.5 and one at 4. Both minters. But am starting to think this is expensive ??

[Martin]

Nice one...hope you had a good look at it...there a plenty of blue and gold money pits out there! :(

[jay s]

did u sell ur valver on autotrader, if so think i spoke to you today, im after a replacement at the mo.

[Zollo]

now thats cheap !

Im interested in 2 at the moment. One at 3.5 and one at 4. Both minters. But am starting to think this is expensive ??

No mate, if you can afford it, then spend it. As Martin says, these cars can be huge money pits. Spending the most amount of money you can is the best thing you can do, 'cos it'll save you money in the long term. Just be very, very fussy whe looking.

[Gav]

any pics mate?

[Andy]

now thats cheap !

Im interested in 2 at the moment. One at 3.5 and one at 4. Both minters. But am starting to think this is expensive ??

mate seriously more the better minty mint comes along every now and again and they go at the top of the price range the 2 nicest one i have seen went at £4800 and at £5000

[matt uk]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4598880421&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

thats the ebay link lads

if that doesnt work its item number

4598880421

let me know what you think i'm collecting it in an hour

[Scott-16v!]

looks allright for the money fella :D i'll keep an eye for it when i'm out and about

[Gav]

looks proper BO mate

new tailgate bit of minor bodywork and ur laffin

£1500 for a williams...say £500 max for ur repairs, 2k for a mint lookin willy...bargain dude

Gav

[POWARTEK]

nice car mate. thought that was cheap and then read the 1st line.

you will be suprised at how badly the floors can bend too. My sister had a car that sum1 bumped into, only cracked the bumper at the joints but the floor was foooooked.

hope your is a good un thou mate 8)

[lewis_willy2]

looks pukka to me, hope all is good m8

[FATBOY]

nice find! keep us updated on the progress of repair!

[matt uk]

bag of shit

not even worth a grand


back to the drawing board

grrrr

[BigBoreBri]

bag of s**t

not even worth a grand


back to the drawing board

grrrr

Too be brutaly honest mate... gud en's cost ya ££££

And with this kind of car even cheap ones just end up costing you more to keep running! :roll:

[Coops]

:shock: what were up wot it mate?

[stew]

Hybrid Time anyone? :roll: :wink:

[big hp]

Oh dear.

Thats the thing with ebay unfortunately. Full of shit descriptions.

[case]

just be carful with that snapped wheel bolt. Don't try driving it more than a mile or so like that, get the AA to tow it back for you. honestly a bloke i work with tried driving about 3 miles slowly home with 2 bolts in and the wheel soon came off. That was only 2 bolts but still i wouldn't like to risk it.

[richy]

i drove about with 3 wheel bolts in mine after trackday(1 snapped) allway from wales back home at speed limits etc, took me 2month to swap it!

[Gav]

what were wrong wit it dude? didnt u bid to buy? under the ebay rules n regulations n all that horse shite?

[big hp]

Why change the hub anyway?

Snapped one in my old 16v and just got it out, piece of piss.

[case]

:shock: your a braver man than me but i surpose the factor of safety they may use must mean that 3 wheel bolts will hold it if not put under excesive strain.

Just realised aswell you haven't bought it so it doesn't matter.

[Coops]

yeah u can run on three no worries, its part of the design spec, safety n blah blah!! :shock:

[matt uk]

basically

the wheel bearing/wheel bearings sounded awful alot worse than a bearing should so this made me think its something worse

sounded ****in AWFUL i mean horrible tinny and just strange!

gearbox would not drop in to 1st at junctions and clutch was onits last legs

exhaust was blowing all over the palce

drivers door wouldnt shut

boot wouldnt open

shall i go on

i basically just told him no and walked off

waste of ****in time......

anyway i'm having that wily 1 on the FOR SALE section on her
picking it up tomorrow

let hope this one aint a shed! lol

[Coops]

haha

good luck fella!

see you back here tomos moanin?!

:wink:

[malbon]

buy cheap. buy twice :?

[matt uk]

well i've spoke to the lad and it seems genuine

gonna risk getting a £39 coach down there so touch wood i'll be coming home in a williams

[northy]

good luck

[Gav]

hope it goes well dude

[Zollo]

:oops:

I really should get round to fitting my locking wheels nuts. Been driving round with three bolts in each wheel for a good couple of thousand miles now :shock:


Oh, and good luck with buying your second Williams Matt :D

[gonch]

i noticed mine only has 3 bolts on one of the wheels to?, clearly a common fault with a clio??,
also good luck with that sale mate, i bought an Xr3 of Ebay once, and it went bang on the way home, :? oops hope that dont worry you too much

[matt uk]

well i've just bought a black swift gti my 8th one!

i love em and it popped up on ebay for 525 i got it for

rapid little cars give a valver a very good run!

i'll get a williams one day i swear :P

[Coops]

defector!!! :D

[big hp]

Pah....... Should of bought a williams fella.

[Zollo]

Those Swifts can be made to go pretty quick though mind.