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[G-Bob]

FOR SALE - Rex the VX

2001 VX220 2.2 NA Calypso Red.
MOT until 29th July 2013
Tax until May 2013

Interior:
trimmed door card and dash plates
Kenwood stereo with USB and aux ports
Sony xplod speakers
bolster wear on the drivers seat
Carbon fibre gear stick cover
Interior carpet set


Exterior:
Good condition for age/mileage
Black painted front V
Elise windscreen with black surround
colour coded turbo spoiler
Black powder coated NA alloys


Engine/mechanical:
Ported and polished TB
custom cat back exhaust
elise 111r shocks (replaced 15k ago)
Yokohama s-drive tyres with lots of tread left
Mintex 1144 brake pads all round
Brake disks replaced 6k miles ago
New rear callipers for MOT
Induction kit.
2.4 inlet manifold (not fitted)
340R fast road Geo
New coil pack
clutch replaced at 85k
New handbrake cable for MOT

Servicing:
5451 Vauxhall
8817 Toyota
15474 Vauxhall
24689 Vauxhall
32741 Vauxhall
41460 Thorney Motorsport
53883 Plans Motorsport
69000 Edinburgh Sports Car Services
78,400 Oil & filter change, fuel filter (home)
86,800 Oil change (home)
92,340 Oil & Filter Change
95,200 Brake and clutch fluid replace
I also have oil and filters for another service.

This car is always kept clean with meguiars gold wash &wax and is driven on a regular basis. The car is well known on VX220.org.uk and has been owned by 2 other active users (that I know of).

[G-Bob]

ok….. so that's the puff piece as it would read on piston heads or on ebay.

Now here's more of the detail and real information that explains the price:

1. The mileage is high - It's just gone over 95k. The engines on these cars are generally bulletproof but that also means that the car is just a little worn.
It's not as tight as other examples and rattles a little. Since it just had it's MOT it can't have anything majorly wrong with it.

2. It's a cat D - If you search on trevski220 then you will see what made it a cat D. The car was never really fixed. A car reversed into it in a carpark and pushed it into a bollard at the back. 2 clams, instant right off because the insurance company would only replace not repair at the time. The mark on the front clam is about the size of a 10 pence piece just below the light (pictured below). The rear has a little crack under the exhaust pipe (pictured) and had a crack at the top of the clam when I got it. I had the top crack bonded with fibreglass and the turbo spoiler was put on the top. Invisible!

3. The bodywork - It's not that bad considering it's done 95k but as you can imagine there's a lot of stone chips at the front. They have been touched up, but if you wanted a perfect car you could get it blown over. The bubbles are not that bad compared to a lot of others to be fair, but it's mostly apparent at the bottom of the doors (pictured below). There are some fibreglass stress marks on the rear clam at points. My front number plate is attracted to kerbs and as such, under the number plate plinth there are some cracks (not visible unless underneath the car)

4. Original Radiator - Yup… it's still going, but I don't sit in traffic a lot so it doesn't get that much of a workout.

5. The original cam chain - It never rattled, so I never changed it.

6. EML is on - The error is because the ECU was from an Astra and the error says it can't find the traction control. Murray Lotus tried to sort it, but decided it wasn't that important and passed it through it's MOT anyway.

I've had issues recently with the car which are all sorted now including:
- Not starting/immobiliser (new ECU)
- Running rough (new coil pack)
- Losing coolant (thought it was the radiator on it's way but it was the header tank cap)
- Binding brakes (new rear callipers)


I'm trying to be perfectly honest about this car because I'm not out to con anyone. There's a tonne of things on this advert that people wouldn't normally mention but I want people to know what they are buying. It's a 11 year old car with 95k on the clock!
The car is not by any means perfect or pristine, but I think that the price reflects this. I would rather that it went to someone who knows these cars and knows what they are doing as then they know what they are getting themselves into.
Alternatively someone looking for a project car or is going to strip most of the parts off and replace them anyway. I will not sell it to some newbie who just wants a cheap vx.

Feel free to ask any questions or ridicule my car in anyway, either on this thread or by PM.

After getting my ear bitten off to price my car higher, I'm going to invite offers around £4750, but by all means make me a stupid offer. I can only say no after all.

I also have a calypso red factory hard top in a bag. I will be selling this separately for £500, but if you want it with the car then I'll offer it to you at £450.

Thanks for looking folks.







Mostly water

[VXT Tim]

(I can't see a price Bob)

[christhegasman]

(I can't see a price Bob)

Offers around 4750

[VXT Tim]

Got it thanks Passing onto a mate.

[G-Bob]

Got it thanks

Passing onto a mate.

Thanks for that. feel free to ask any questions.
I realise that I'm quite far away from a lot of you so I tried to describe it as fully as possible so not to waste anyone's time.

[JG]

good advert

[Mangham54]

Honesty. A little too early for me... House purchase rumbling through, but we shall see how things rattle on.

[mbes2]

Sorry to see such a great advert.... Lovely car, Great hooner , I salute you sir

[Ollyj]

Great add, nice to see a honest write up. I got my vx cheap and have spent £££ getting it right. You should have got Stuwy for the pics !

[rob999]

You'll be back Bob....

[G-Bob]

I will be back. No doubt about it. Just think of it more as a career break! Doesn't mean I won't be gutted to see it go though. The VX has been such a big part of my life and my identity for the last 3.5 years that it's hard to imagine life without it.

[Nelly Vx]

Good luck with the sale Bob , good and honest write up there, don't think you will be waiting long for a sale at that price too, I for one will be sorry to see you go, hope you will be sticking around on here , you have not mentioned the Db reducers did they not quite work ? !!! Good luck my fellow hooooner ;-)

[Lou_m]

I know how gutted you are to have to sell but we all go through times of change. This will be a great car for someone, hope you get a speedy sale Bob We all you won't be a stranger once you sell

[mbes2]

Buy a silver one when you come back

[G-Bob]

I will ne sticking around and showing you guys how to drive properly . Also be hanging around to wind people up and slag off silver vx's. So mark, No!

[LazyDonkey]

An honest appraisal of an honest car. Good luck with the sale bob - i'm sure you'll be back.

[Rosssco]

Good luck with the sale mate..

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Got it thanks

Passing onto a mate.

Thanks for that. feel free to ask any questions.
I realise that I'm quite far away from a lot of you so I tried to describe it as fully as possible so not to waste anyone's time.

How big is your thumb?? Just want to gage the chip

[Tuuurtle]

Sorry to see that you're selling, Bob. At that price it won't hang around long, so all the best with the sale mate. When you're back in one, make sure it's black!