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(Message started by: Savvy on Mar 10^th, 2009, 8:07pm)

Title: Facelift Cossie M4
Post by Savvy on Mar 10^th, 2009, 8:07pm

i was in mine and we kept passing each other around J11 and J10

was admiring yours as it I was looking at mine!

;D

Title: Re: Facelift Cossie M4
Post by Jeff on Mar 11^th, 2009, 12:31am

Yes that was me, and I was having a good look at yours!
I'd just like to say I don't do this in the gents.
I live in Woking,, you in Bracknell? Mine is aubergine - is yours the same, couldn't be sure. Whatever, it looked good. My mate who has an XJ reckons these sit nicely on the road, and can confirm same now that I have followed one.
Did you spot my squashed lower panel front offside wing (jacking mistake) and panel damage to driver's door (previous owner/car park job apparantly)? Trust not as we were cruising at about 70! (well more like 80 but I'm not putting that in writing).
Happy days!

Jeff

Title: Re: Facelift Cossie M4
Post by Savvy on Mar 11^th, 2009, 7:57am

Hi Jeff! I do live in Bracknell. Before I saw you join the M4 I was sat at 56mph and getting a massive 42mpg! Then I decided to catch you up. They do indeed sit nicely on the road, I was thinking that as I was looking at yours LOL

Didn't notice any damage on yours, looked in very good nick. Mine is tourmalard green. Did it look strange seeing a Y rev? Did to me when I first saw her!

Title: Re: Facelift Cossie M4
Post by Jeff on Mar 11^th, 2009, 9:57pm

I memorised your number so I could mention it here, but when I got round to logging on you'd already posted. But then I did indeed think that can't have been right, Y reg - that's 2000 or something, isn't it? Is yours an old stock that never got registered or something? EXPLAIN!!!
I also have a slowly dying green R-reg Cosworth estate that I can't bring myself to dispose of. 130k miles, most of the toys have given up but the rest of it is working, esp the new alternator. What do you suggest I do with it? Still looks OK.

Title: Re: Facelift Cossie M4
Post by Savvy on Mar 11^th, 2009, 10:20pm

It's actually a 98 S plate but had an irish plate on it. When it went back to an English plate the DVLA assigned it a plate as if it was newly registered, hence it got a Y plate!
Is the estate facelift? I need a new facelift front bumper in green, we could swap and I'd happily give you some cash lol
Depends if you still want to use it, problem is, the cost and time of putting gremlins right sometimes isn't worth it and have to bite the bullet.
What things on it don't work?
Worth keeping the mechanical bits for your Cossie for sure though.
How many miles has your saloon done?

Title: Re: Facelift Cossie M4
Post by Jeff on Mar 11^th, 2009, 10:55pm

No the green one is a 97R , not a facelift I'm afraid. Bought it a few years ago from a bloke in Cove when it had only 60k miles on the clock. The tappets were rattling when cold, but it was always warm when I went to see it, so I think he was worried about it. In the event it has run perfectly for another 70k with very few upsets - the tappets still rattle on start-up for a few seconds.
The roof no longer opens, the a/c is shot and the computer button is broken. But it was still working in terms of running nicely, then my new one came up. Wanted another estate but they are so rare that I went for this one as it was so good. Prev owner had it from about a year old, had been owned by Ford, and he kept all the maintenance up to date - I have all the receipts. I gave him a grand for it, what a bargain!!
It has done 80k now, everything works, but had a tow bar fitted and the mobile fitter bodged up the rear bumper so that doesn't fit properly anymore. Tried to fix it but the thin plastic blades that retain it are broken. Then I squashed the bottom of the front wing by not placing my jack correctly and the driver's door is also damaged, but it's not very visible, esp when it's clean. My main problem is what to replace this one with! How many miles has yours done? I've just done all the front rubbers so it rides nicely again. Great car, think they get better with age!

Title: Re: Facelift Cossie M4
Post by Savvy on Mar 11^th, 2009, 11:01pm

Sounds fairly easy to fix that lot. You can get a new motor for the sunroof from a scrappy for around 20 quid I reckon. AC regas for 45 and the computer buttons for a fiver. My old scorp had broken computer buttons. Very easy to replace the sunroof motor as well!
I **may** have to replace mine with something more economical as I might have to do more miles with work (hence me driving slowly when I saw you to test what I could get). Only thing that really catches my eye is an Omega Elite 2.5 TD, but the diesel Elite's don't come up very often. They have BMW engines too.
Were the front rubbers easy to replace? I'd like to do mine as I have slight steering wheel knocking over bumps etc. Typical signs of worn rubbers I believe

Title: Re: Facelift Cossie M4
Post by Jeff on Mar 12^th, 2009, 12:48am

Yeah doddle. The lower arms are expensive mind, and if you have play in them they will have to be replaced for the MOT. I replaced the arms and anti roll bar drop rods but didn't do the two roll bar mounting rubbers. A very unpleasant clonking developed and I thought at one point I had made a mistake re-assembling the lower arms, but I did the mounting rubbers and it's all good now, made a big difference. Your knock sounds like the anti roll bar rubbers, easy to do and cheap, even from Ford.
Have you considered LPG as an economy solution? Big cost up front but then cheap motoring. can't see me fixing the old one now, will prob keep it for spares, shame though.