won this 20vt on ebay

I have just won this on ebay item number 220486064626 does anyone know the car

£880, for that money you can't gp wrong. Paint work looks good but expect a few issues. Hope you have a few quid to get a service as I don't ecpect the previous owner would have bothered.
You really need to start reading up the FAQ section and How to do section.
Good luck and welcome!

chipped = i hope all the pistons are ok. Remove the chip ASAP IMO. 'superchip', it will be one of a few chips, check which ideally. Bit worried 'i dunno what else has been done', hope this is just a cheap punt for you. Could be bargain, could be a waste of money. Hell if it lasts 6 months it will be fun.

that is one tasty looking car and looks to be a bargin

Like shifty said, its only £880 you cant go wrong you cant buy a TV for that !, great bargain, Good luck

The current seller is clearly a moron but it looks like the car has been enthusiast owned at some point. Good luck with it. Hope it does not cost you too much in bills over the next 6 months.

What is that boil on its nose

I know its bad lucky i got another 280bhp sprint blue that will be the donor car so the bonnet will be the first thing coming off

don't think you can go very wrong for the money you spent. nice purchase.

just made the phone to the ownwer of this , there is no service history and only the blue key, and it has noisey tappets but the car is in a garage getting them sorted , so what shall i do

I would run away and get this

http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=895196#Post895196

so, no history, no documented cam belt change, turbo change, clutch change. No red key, and its running poorly, well, thats about right for a £800 quid coupe

Its £800 for a reason, and that being its going to require about 1.5k to make good. The 20vt has hydraulic tappets, they can be noisy occasionally but I would suspect its been run with out oil, or something else is making the noise

To be fair, the bloke advertises it as running sweet, Its clearly not, and if it was me, I would turn the other direction and run...unless you want to spend that money........

spend the money, and have a look in for for sale section here, whats your budget if I can ask?

wrong colour for me or i would of snapped it up

b12kyl, mine is for sale at the moment

possibly over budget however
http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=911099#Post911099

Your car has crossed my mind but this is the last coupe i will buy so i would like it to be sprint blue but you car should be problem free for a fair while so it still may be on the cards

Why did you not ask about this before agreeing to buy the car?

Mine could be up for sale if the price is right! But 800 it's worth a punt, as long as it looks and sound tip top should be ok! I can find it on eBay, have you got a link?

I paid 2k for mine over 3 years ago, with the above spec

Has turned out to be okay though, although I did spend money and expected to spend money on it when I got it. 2K was cheap at the time

it was indeed Theresa, its shocking just how far the prices have fallen, you have spent the money...and its shows on your car...how many times have you broken down this year, none isn't it

The car has only let me down a couple of times over 3 years and they weren't serious. One was the bottom turbo pipe coming off and the other was a puncture

Think I've just been lucky really

to be honest i'd still buy it, the condition looks really good and so what if it needs a few quid spending.

i still think it's a good price

Its a pity you crashed it 100mphs into a wall the next day kyle.....oh well 880 quid down the pan

im I missing something here?

I recognise this car my mate owned it 2 years ago and did the body work on it. I can tell you it had a clutch when he owned it and he fitted a gtec 1 chip to it. not sure what's been done done since or what it will be like, but it was a good car and was a quick one.
I do know the drivers outer engine mount was shot and abit squeaky when he sold it.

Ash

20vt doesn't suffer from noisy tappets unless they are empty (for example if the head has been rebuilt)

What was it that Quentin Willson said about dodgy people and dogy cars - take a look at some of the other photos and see the other bits of tat lying around in the background

There's a good chance that some fresh oil will save it, but there's also a good chance that the bottom will fall out of the engine in less than a month.

However, it would probably break for parts and you'd get your money back, apart from the bonnet, which is now worth 3p

Coupes sound tappety if they have not been driven for awhile, theres nothing for the garage todo except drive it 50 miles.

Although i would clarify wether they know the difference between a cracked manifold and tappets, funnier things have been known.

No point in giving B13 KYL advice on this car....he has written it off already!!!

Is he ok?You know him?

How long did he own it for? From your ealier post Kyle, it sounds like it was it a matter of hours? Was he ok?

Yeah he is fine, yeah I know him well, he is just an idiot behind the wheel of a fast car!

and yeah it was less than 24 hours after having the car

and we wonder why insurance premiums are so high

Assuming he was insured himself!!

I hope this crash is a joke. Otherwise have a

These are quick cars and thus should be shown some respect.

Soon we'll all be driving limited editions, if they aren't being broken for spares they are being crashed by people who can't handle a quite powerful FWD car.

I heard about a guy who was allegedly doing 160mph on the way home from buying an Esprit S4 several years ago