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Jon_Kadett
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What colour is it? Its not carmine red, it looks more like power red on the newer vxrs.
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VERNON
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| Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:55 pm Post subject: COLOUR |
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no idea mate , ben had it painted
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DeadEye
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| mark1 wrote: | | DeadEye wrote: | My Red GTE was a rusty, unreliable P.O.S. so I don't share the sentiment! 
Do it very dark purple with big gold metal flecks.  |
What are you saying about red GTE's then Phil   |
Two days after buying it (paid for with insurance money after some cnut wrote my Black one off) I got pulled over and told it had been written off.
Two months later I was on the way to pick the Mrs up and it stopped - the oil seal on the crank bearing came out of the bearing and layed itself over the crank pully. 4 Bent valves and a piston, head skim etc.
2 months after that I went through a ford which said it was 12" deep but it was actually 2 feet deep - water came up over the bonnet and hydraulic'd the engine. From then on it needed a new head gasket every 3-4000 miles.
In the mean time the inner wings and floor were rusting to sh$t and this was 20 years ago!
Apart from that I love Red Mk1s
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Trisyb
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| Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like main problems started after some idiot didnt measure the depth of water well enough not the red mk1's fault it's theirs lol 
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DeadEye
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| Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Trisyb wrote: | | Sounds like main problems started after some idiot didnt measure the depth of water well enough not the red mk1's fault it's theirs lol |
The idiot read the depth gauge at the side of the road - you know the gauge specifically there to do one job, tell you how deep the f**king water is.
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Trisyb
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Ok the idiot that put the gauge in wrong then I never seen these gauges before but I guess I don't live anywhere near places that have water going over road as live on a big hill
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VERNON
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| Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:16 pm Post subject: gte for sale |
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may still have to sell this if my mortgage isnt sorted soon
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343GTE
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Joined: 24 Oct 2013
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Location: South West Scotland
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| Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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If you do decide to part with it, please let me know
Absolutely stunning car!! |
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greenmk1
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Location: shropshire
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| Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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| iv seen this car in person a number of times and its an awsum car if i had the cash i would buy it straight up you wont get better !! soands amazing ! |
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james23abest
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| Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Ou still thinking of selling? |
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VERNON
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| Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 7:13 pm Post subject: gte |
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No mate Mr PPI refund came to my rescue
Was even enough for me to buy myself a manta GTE too
Sorry mate would need to be a very good offer for me to part with it now
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