MaxGT Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Going to look at a GT turbo next week. Wondering about common faults and what to look for. I tried looking for a buyers guide - couldn't see one. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glanza-Ben Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 gear box crunch into gear, engines with ring failure, head gaskets gone or goin , bottom ends goin on way home is commen, turbos smoking, cracked manifolds, crash damage, rust behind skirts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 simple everything needs checking these little girls get raped all there life and there al 20 years or older now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaxGT Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Awesome cheers guys. First "real car" so I need to be careful. Micra's can be fixed with duct tape. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glanza-Ben Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Awesome cheers guys.First "real car" so I need to be careful. Micra's can be fixed with duct tape.duct tape is more then a lot of starlets are held together with these days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patman Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 gear box crunch into gear, engines with ring failure, head gaskets gone or goin , bottom ends goin on way home is commen, turbos smoking, cracked manifolds, crash damage, rust behind skirtsThat's all I keep hearing and reading these days mate bottom end going on way home Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glanza-Ben Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 That's all I keep hearing and reading these days mate bottom end going on way home90% of time i bet there either driving like a cunt on the way home or turn the boost right up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 the biggest issue with buying a starlet these days is this cunt geuninely not even joking if hes selling the car the best thing you can do is get your mate to record you giving him a swift kick in the nuts. the amount of people hes ripped off will likely give you enough thank you beer tokens to buy 2 starlets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 ^^^^^ OOOOOO jeeez ha ha 14 ^^^ ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patman Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 90% of time i bet there either driving like a cunt on the way home or turn the boost right upIt does make me wonder mate what the bloody hell goes on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 ^^^^^ OOOOOO jeeez ha ha 14 ^^^ ??? he can actualy drive ha! but hes been banned on here with a few accounts and can think of atleast 4-5 threads of people buying cars from him and them blowing up with in a few hours-weeks. bascily buys fucked cars tarts them up and sells them as mint saying him/ his brother have owned them for years for top dollar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 he looks like 1 off those little fuckers dont he ha ha ( that wasnt meant in a racist way for those reading feeling insulted ) ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glanza-Ben Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 the biggest issue with buying a starlet these days is this cunt geuninely not even joking if hes selling the car the best thing you can do is get your mate to record you giving him a swift kick in the nuts. the amount of people hes ripped off will likely give you enough thank you beer tokens to buy 2 starlets.Apparently its 3 brothers and been described as the 3 lions off the film Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iamlegend Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 duct tape is more then a lot of starlets are held together with these days so so so true even on here lol tatty as fook Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 am really suprised someone that has been ripeed off hasnt pretended to be someone else and meet them to buy another car and proceeded to kick there heads in to be honest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaxGT Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Have I stirred the shit? 😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 ha nah mate just stay clear from high wycombe as i say they lads are well known for selling dodgey cars and have been banned from the site but there still active on other selling mediums and people are still getting caught out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaxGT Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Hahaha fair enough mate. Going to devon to look at one. I've asked the seller for more pictures of the car, maybe I need to ask for some pictures of him?! .. Although that may be weird, and the police may come knocking on my door Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 id bang up any pics and spec you get. alot of people on here are pretty good at spotting bullshit in ads. i dont no if id be more worried if the guy sent the police or started firing me some random selfies of him posing on the car to be honest ha! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaxGT Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) This is the fella - *Link removed to due to me being paranoid someone else will see it and buy it* I'm now scared you're all gonna tell me it's shite and I've got my hopes up for nothing. I have hopes of returning it to standard. (Bar wheels and exhaust) Edited April 2, 2015 by MaxGT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Apparently its 3 brothers and been described as the 3 lions off the film ha ha i spat out half my bollte a beer on my screen reading/ seeing this hilarious nice 1 dude :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 seems a nice modest discrition. price wise its decent provided its in good mechanical order. cant see if the boost controler is there. id ask to see a few interoir and engine bay shots and one or 2 of underneath the car before i traveled to view it. only thing that looks off on it is the milage hes saying its 113k kms the speedo reads 138k which will be a mix of miles and kms if it has been convereted into mph already which going by the mark on the tacho blocking out the K i would say is very likely. although for a car of this age even at a mixed miles and KM's 138k isnt exactly bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaxGT Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 seems a nice modest discrition. price wise its decent provided its in good mechanical order. cant see if the boost controler is there. id ask to see a few interoir and engine bay shots and one or 2 of underneath the car before i traveled to view it. only thing that looks off on it is the milage hes saying its 113k kms the speedo reads 138k which will be a mix of miles and kms if it has been convereted into mph already which going by the mark on the tacho blocking out the K i would say is very likely. although for a car of this age even at a mixed miles and KM's 138k isnt exactly bad. I've asked for more photos. It's a four hour round trip, I've got to be pretty sure I want it before I go. Thanks for the feedback I was shitting it that'd you'd say it was a heap Ain't perfect but I hope I can improve it. Starting by getting rid of the BOV and boost controller... I'm quite taken with it, keep going back and looking at it. But the only problem with me, is I'm impulsive. I see something and have to have it. I decided I wanted a starlet tuesday haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 from the pictures it seems to be fine to be honest. most the bullshit ones have mental power claims from stock turbos or fully forged engines with no reciepts or pictures of the engine bay ha! id assume the plan is keep it as stock as possible for insurance purposes? i was slightly impulsive with the first glanza i bought i seen it on ebay and called the guy striaght away and asked if he meet me at the airport if i flew down. he agreed and said what time and i told him i had no idea id call when i was getting on the plane ha! i had to get a taxi then a boat then another taxi arrived at the airport an hour later and just walked upto the desk and asked for the first flight to birmingham luckily there was one due in like 30mins so flew straight down walked over to the car and didnt even test drive it just handed the guy the cash and started my 7 hour return drive home ha! i broke down with in 20miles becuse a clip blew off the intercooler and had to wait 2 hours for the RAC to bring me a screw driver to fix it! luckily that was the only problem i ever had with that car but i paid well over the odds because it was super low miles and pretty fresh import. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glanza-Ben Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Theres no decent starlets in devon lol ive stripped most of them hahaBut that one dont look to abused, looks familiar though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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