Need you're help buying a starlet :)

Rock-kick-Ass

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my advice would be dont rush into buying a glanza or you'l be sorry down the long run..

just sit back and and post up links of cars on auto tarder or that,

and get peoples opioin on how much ya shud pay and if they know the car and see it before and they will tell ya if there was anything wrong with the car
 

boostup

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Unfortunately went to see the car everything was going fine untill the car started over heating on
Idle, the fan wernt kicking in for some reason, so gutted went all that way :(
 

Bazza

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Surely it's an easy fix that though mate? Couldn't you just put it on a switch or something?

Was body work and everything else ok though yeah?
 

triple j

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If i where u i would buy as much of a stock starlet as u can find, its the only way to buy them, then u no what u have as u mod it yourself.
 

Paul_JJ

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Unfortunately went to see the car everything was going fine untill the car started over heating on
Idle, the fan wernt kicking in for some reason, so gutted went all that way :(

Overheating in THIS weather? Bloody hell that's must be really bad. My fan doesn't kick in in this weather and no overheating, not to mention that most like the heater was on at all times and that's cooling the engine down as well.

I wonder why would she sell the car after a fresh rebuilt with 10 miles on the clock? May be tuning developments didn't do a good job rebuilding the engine? I heard some bad stories about their rebuilds. That overheating in such cold weather sounds for me like there is ether something wrong with the build or a faulty thermostat, but then again alsmost the whole engine was rebuild why would anyone keep an old thermostat to save £10?
 

boostup

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Overheating in THIS weather? Bloody hell that's must be really bad. My fan doesn't kick in in this weather and no overheating, not to mention that most like the heater was on at all times and that's cooling the engine down as well.

I wonder why would she sell the car after a fresh rebuilt with 10 miles on the clock? May be tuning developments didn't do a good job rebuilding the engine? I heard some bad stories about their rebuilds. That overheating in such cold weather sounds for me like there is ether something wrong with the build or a faulty thermostat, but then again alsmost the whole engine was rebuild why would anyone keep an old thermostat to save £10?

Don't have a clue what was wrong with it mate all I know is it was over heating on idle and the fan wasn't coming on
 

AdamB

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Overheating in THIS weather? Bloody hell that's must be really bad. My fan doesn't kick in in this weather and no overheating, not to mention that most like the heater was on at all times and that's cooling the engine down as well.

I wonder why would she sell the car after a fresh rebuilt with 10 miles on the clock? May be tuning developments didn't do a good job rebuilding the engine? I heard some bad stories about their rebuilds. That overheating in such cold weather sounds for me like there is ether something wrong with the build or a faulty thermostat, but then again alsmost the whole engine was rebuild why would anyone keep an old thermostat to save £10?

Totally agree, it would have been picked up within 10 miles...
 

Gav_Kara

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I've had gt and glanza before I've just bought a ep82 in white with sunroof I wanted it cos it was mainly stock engine wise. Why splash out 5k because it's forged ect imo it's best to build than buy yeah it maybe forged but don't mean it's any good..I wouldn't touch a tdo4 one unless it was supporting all right mods and management and I don't just mean a shitty emb piggy back..
 

SR Turbo

Lifer
Unfortunately went to see the car everything was going fine untill the car started over heating on
Idle, the fan wernt kicking in for some reason, so gutted went all that way :(

Can i just say it was a shock to me when i heard the fan didnt work but as from what i recall you said get it fixed and ill have it. So i got i picked up and sent to a garage for you srtaight away as i thought u wanted it i sent it to a garage. It was only a fuse. We was guna fix it and bring it to you that same nigjt but u decided to text me sayin sorrt i dint want it not theres other problems with it can i just say no the problems with it is that it has no tax and mot the front wheel bearings need sorting and the mirrors could do with a touch up. The fan busness just hapend and like i would do to anyone who was interested i would fix the problem and i did and got let down myself and wasted transport money to get to a garage l. But thanks for everyone elses comments about the car it is a nice car. And i just wanted to let you know the very very minor issue with the fise for the fan has been fixed
 
Can i just say it was a shock to me when i heard the fan didnt work but as from what i recall you said get it fixed and ill have it. So i got i picked up and sent to a garage for you srtaight away as i thought u wanted it i sent it to a garage. It was only a fuse. We was guna fix it and bring it to you that same nigjt but u decided to text me sayin sorrt i dint want it not theres other problems with it can i just say no the problems with it is that it has no tax and mot the front wheel bearings need sorting and the mirrors could do with a touch up. The fan busness just hapend and like i would do to anyone who was interested i would fix the problem and i did and got let down myself and wasted transport money to get to a garage l. But thanks for everyone elses comments about the car it is a nice car. And i just wanted to let you know the very very minor issue with the fise for the fan has been fixed

Just as well u noticed cause a minor problem like that can cause big issues if it had boiled
Do u no why it blew the fuse ? ? Never seen one on a starlet blow yet
 

SR Turbo

Lifer
Just as well u noticed cause a minor problem like that can cause big issues if it had boiled
Do u no why it blew the fuse ? ? Never seen one on a starlet blow yet

Yes i no why it blu the fuse because the fan has been droped somehow. So were not sure how and when its been dropped. But its all good now and a new fan is gettin fitted
 
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