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(Message started by: Moonchalk on Jan 29^th, 2006, 10:10pm)

Title: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by Moonchalk on Jan 29^th, 2006, 10:10pm

OK, in the heat of the moment I went and bought a Scorp off eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4607040385

Now I need some peer group comments from people who know the score on what sort of a deal I got!

Did I get a bargain or do I need my bumps testing?

Opinion welcomed.

:-/

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by Highlander on Jan 29^th, 2006, 10:18pm

Looks a lovely car so a fair enough price.

now go find some problems with it ;D

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by locky on Jan 29^th, 2006, 10:31pm

[] Nice car!!

Welcome to the club!! ;)

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by Geoff_W on Jan 29^th, 2006, 10:37pm

Well they are underselling your wheels, you get an extra eight spokes with it, those wheels are called 12 spokes ;D

Looks very tidy and the mileage is lower than average, hopefully you are going to have great fun with it.

Enjoy...

Geoff

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by nuttyscorp on Jan 29^th, 2006, 11:33pm

i was keeping an eye on that one too (not that i was going to bid...i got one :D)

looks great mate....you will enjoy that motor!

Russ

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by leftofcentre on Jan 29^th, 2006, 11:38pm

Nice car mate.

If anybody on heres a "convert". It is me!

Like you i bought a Scorp although mine turned out to have loads of probs. Through the help and advice of the guys on here, my scorp is now near enough mint.

Welcome to the bottom of the Learning Curve ;D

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by mr._floppy on Jan 30^th, 2006, 12:48am

The price is about right for a low mileage example, looks pretty good as well.

Let us know your first impressions of the car and its little niggly faults. ( I bet it pulls to the left, they all do ! ) :-/

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by Paul B on Jan 30^th, 2006, 7:25am

on 01/29/06 at 23:33:49, nuttyscorp wrote:

i was keeping an eye on that one too (not that i was going to bid...i got one :D)

looks great mate....you will enjoy that motor!

Russ

Ditto everything Russ said! :D

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by craig on Jan 30^th, 2006, 7:35am

2.3 is a tried and tested unit,and in most circumstances if maintained properly will give good service,only problem you might invisage with the engine is a possible cracked inlet manifold (made of plastic,and the 2.3's are a little prone to this),on a personal note,i have a 2.3 showing 88,000 now,approx 12 months ago i had a rear wheel bearing fail on me,and the other side went about 1500 miles ago,so do keep an eye and ear open for possible early warning signs,could just save you a fortune.. ;)
yours does look a nice example,so welcome to the site,i hope yours proves as reliable as mine (in the last 4 years,apart from routine maintainence,the only faults i have had wih mine are the 2 i have mentioned),and gives you many years of happy motoring...craig.. :D

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by Dave on Jan 30^th, 2006, 9:50am

Welcome to the site!

Like many others I saw this and thought it looked like a cracker - hope it gives you a lot of pleasure!

They have their problems like any car but are fantastic motors overall. You have got yourself a nice looking car there mate :)

Cheers

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by barrie on Jan 30^th, 2006, 11:32am

Hi and welcome to the site

It looks a great buy to me. Happy motoring

Cheers Barrie

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by Moonchalk on Feb 4^th, 2006, 9:53pm

Picked it up today, generally very pleased, a well looked after, clean, tight motor.

Drives half its age.

All the gadgets seem to work too, except the computer which is stuck on imperial units.

One cause for concern though is engine temperature. Around town and in traffic it is fine, the gauge sits bang on half way and doesn't budge. Get it on the open road or motorway though and it starts overcooling and it wasn't especially cold outside today at about 6 or 7 deg c.

Driving up the M1, the gauge dropped almost back into the blue. Turning the heater off had no effect. I'll try covering up the rad grille as a short term fix until the weather gets warmer, but does anyone have any ideas what might be causing this?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by David_South_West on Feb 4^th, 2006, 10:14pm

Temp problems could be thermostat.
Also check if radiator fan is running constantly
Computer switches can be taken apart and carefully cleaned

Good luck
David

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by Highlander on Feb 4^th, 2006, 10:17pm

Press S to toggle between imperial and metric on the computer ;)

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by Highlander on Feb 4^th, 2006, 10:20pm

I'd go for the thermostat too, either stuck open or missing

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by music_master on Feb 5^th, 2006, 4:48pm

nice motor moon happy motoring welcome to the site

Title: Re: Bargain or Bumps Testing.
Post by nuttyscorp on Feb 5^th, 2006, 11:01pm

on 02/04/06 at 22:17:38, Highlander wrote:

Press S to toggle between imperial and metric on the computer ;)

........and clean the contacts if it still doesn't respond.

Russ