£250 Lexus update #1

"RWS Motorsport" (rwsmotorsport) 09/12/2016 at 08:11 • Filed to: None

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Good news, the Lexus made it the 110 miles back from Leicester to home.

Bad news, somewhat predictably, not all of those miles were made under its own steam... 30 miles to go and the water pump pulley sheared off. 27 miles to go, alternator warning came on.

10 miles to go, hazards come on, and off to the side of the M25 we go, awaitng recovery... on a car with no tax or MOT :/

£180 later and we have it flat bedded back to ours and ready to commence work.

The offending water pump pulley:

Total cost: £250 (car) £36 (insurance) £30 (fuel for it) £45 (fuel for my car to get to it) £180 (recovery)

Oh, and the smell is unbelievably strong. My housemate went in the tow truck, and i left them to go to his lockup, parked near and walked towards it. I could smell the car before i could see it, and i’m not exaggerating there!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > RWS Motorsport 09/12/2016 at 08:42

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Ouch....good luck! Hoping mould hasn’t taken hold in the seats if they got too wet!

RWS Motorsport > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/12/2016 at 08:56

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Hopefully not. They will be coming out of the car for cleaning anyway so in that respect atleast we will have decent access to all the nooks and crannies to get the filth out.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > RWS Motorsport 09/12/2016 at 09:22

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No tax, no MOT, no problem.

RWS Motorsport > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/12/2016 at 10:01

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Haha awesome! As your down in the lovely south now, goodwood breakfast club is the first Sunday in October if you fancy scouting some snazzy metal?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > RWS Motorsport 09/12/2016 at 10:07

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I’d love to actually. I’m not here much longer (job is not what I was promised so I’m taking my old one back up north) but I’ll still be here then.

Leon711 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/12/2016 at 10:29

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I’ll be there too hopefully.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Leon711 09/12/2016 at 10:32

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Nice, its basically an oppomeet already. Except better, because its british.

Leon711 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/12/2016 at 10:34

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Will you be bringing the BMW?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Leon711 09/12/2016 at 10:35

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Sure if its still running well.

RWS Motorsport > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 09/12/2016 at 14:05

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Sorry to hear the job isn’t working out, that’s rubbish. But glad you’ll still be down south then, good to put a face to a (user) name.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > RWS Motorsport 09/12/2016 at 14:08

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Yeah I’m always happy to meet up with new oppos. The ones I’ve met so far have been good guys.