mikester

I'm potentially upgrading to a bigger car so need to return to stock. I'm not after any money for these as the condition on them isn't amazing so looking for a straight swap if my part ex goes in my favour.

 

 

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You would have to come to me to do the swap and I'm looking for some decent life in the tyres and absolutely no buckles so the dealer hasn't got any ammo to do me out of my car's value. Some minor curbing is okay.

 

My wheels have curbing on all the wheels (none by me I must add, previous owner to blame), strangely there's curbing on the inner side of some of the wheels also.. Wheels are solid and no buckles that I'm aware of, they had new tyres on them in my ownership thus have balancing weights so performance wise they're perfect, drives excellent with them. Just on closer inspection they're not up to their former glory. I must add these wheels don't seem to me made out of cheese like the current Ford range

 

 

 

I'm based at B79, my place only, non negotiable.

 

P.S Please bear in mind this swap will only go ahead if I get a new motor. Not interested in swapping otherwise. So it's a 'gauging interest' type thread at this moment in time.

remember the days when i was getting 75mpg average over a tank, once i peaked at 80 something average over a tank. (worked out with maths not the trip computer)??

well now i don't even get close, but get this my commute involves less traffic and more mpg friendly roads, i don't get it. I thought engines get better over time. Mine's gone the other way.



i can't touch 65mpg average anymore. currently on 61mpg over a half tank.



i've been thinking about what has changed other than my journey, i've had two services in between, maybe these have been detrimental. nath, adam, other derv owners, hows your economy holding up or anyone getting the same?

dumb question maybe, but i've grown use to the temperature of the blowing cold AC air, so much so that with the hot weather here i've got a feeling what i thought was cold may no longer be as cold as should be.

Basically i had the AC on for 20 minutes on saturday and not once did i feel like it cooled the car down. This wasn't the case last year


So is the AC supposed to be checked during servicing? I've just had a big service, there was no mention of AC maintenance. Is it one of those things they consider perishable and your local kwik-fit are to deal with it? I've never had an AC unit no longer blow cold air before so don't know where to go next!