good choice fella

So its as good as it was in pictures then nigel looks a very nice car

Not typically a wine red fan, but that looks very sound

No Nigel! No! You could have had Another Ferrari!

A plus hey? very nice

Very nice indeed Nigel. I like the rear spoiler *runs*

Great colour Nigel, good choice

Quite similar to my first Coupe, which had skirts and Plus wheels

One of the very few piccies I have is one of Matt Neal about to thrash it to within an inch of its life at Rockingham



I'll see how I feel about the spoiler - my initial reaction is to have it taken off, but I haven't seen it in the flesh yet, so I'll reserve judgement until I do

Damn

The Plus wasn't good - if anyone need to know more, please PM me - to be fair, the dealer wasn't a Coupe specialist, so he wouldn't have known about the issues, but suffice to say, I would only pay £2k for this car, due to the work required.

Ah well - the search continues....

I wasn't sure about that colour anyway Nigel

Never mind. Don't rush into anything, there's LOADS of coops out there! It's a buyer's market!

Difficult, when I need a car for work - I have a hire car for Monday's 300-mile business trip, but its the train for the rest of the week (unless I can get the Sprinty working again - going to have another look this evening)

When i was looking for a shell.... found sprinty 20vt in really good condition on pictures , but when i come to see that , it was absolute shed i would not even take it for free.

P.S Sprinty blue with ZENDER body kit is PERFECT , this is my honest opinion.
It's nice to have something rare or limited , but you can get 20v in perfect condition much cheaper and buy wiring loom from Contrycruzing.
( Just a thought)

Your wheels aren't dissimilar to mine Nigel, I think they will suit a Vinci very well indeed
I think Vinci looks very classy on a coupe.

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nigel as mentioned above it is definately a plus that would suit best..men of our age should not be seen with interiors resembling a michael jackson jacket (le)in fact sitting on a micheal jackson like seat should be left to the kids ...if you see what i mean

When I bought my Sprinty, it was not my first choice of colour, but it was the right car at the right price - lots of history and great condition

Now I'm looking again, I have to try to take the same view - the condition and history is the first consideration and the colour comes a close second

I've just got of the phone to Ed about his Concours-winning LE - with a bit of luck, I should be going to see it tomorrow, if not on Monday

oops there goes my foot again right in it..
i hope you see it was said (as are a lot of my posts)as a wind up i have twice tried to buy one and would have the right one tomorrow (id just change the seats :D)

I've seen plenty of red leather interiors on BMWs that truly are

The LE is a far nicer and bright red. Would I take it over the Jizzbag Plus Recaros? No.

what a nice car though i think most of us would have it if we could afford it..
i know what you mean about the right car at the right time..i am not a fan of scotts green but in order to build a 400+ car with the £3500 i got for my last car ...there was only one way to achieve it and that was to but jamies old coop with its big list of mods and a 340 bhp set up..i got it for a very good price (with broken engine)..so i understand that. if i had a choice i would have bought edz a long time ago

Stunning!

Get rid of the red and it would be stunning.

ktm - yes, I know you were just playing

TBH, my first choice would be a very late, very low mileage Plus, but they have all disappeared (annoying after there have been so many good ones recently)

Its a shame my car hadn't died a couple of weeks ago - I would have had Patch's Plus in a shot

However, I now have the chance of a VERY clean Vinco LE, so I'm going to have a much closer look to see how I feel

TBH, the only thing that's put me off an LE is NOT the seats, but the fact that the dash strip isn't the same as the body colour - however, on a Vinci, it must be very close, so far less noticeable than on a red or black LE

I'm sure you could get hold of a dash strip and get it sprayed any colour you like, would not be too much work to swop it out...

To be honest I quite like the dash trim with mine been red I think it would be a bit too much red in the cabin.

Looks like I'm destined NOT to have an LE

Edz has understandably decided he can't bring himself to sell his Vinci

So - that's three LEs that I was interested in - all become unavailable in the last 48 hours

the search continues....

I'm not having a dig at EDz but why have it for a sale for months on end only to not sell it when someone finally wants it at the overly inflated price he wanted?

Most odd.

To be fair to Edz, he was "pricing it NOT to sell" and hadn't had any serious interest to challenge his position

However, when I told him I had a wedge of cash burning a hole in my pocket and that I wanted to come and view the car today, he was forced into making a final decision on whether he wanted to sell or not.

Sadly for me, he's chosen not to sell, but that's his prerogative.

All of this is directing me towards a car that I originally wanted to see, but the owner is on holiday for another two weeks

Unless someone comes up with a stunning Plus in the next fortnight, I'll be reverting to my original plan

Joe has a Vinci, talk to Patch he might give you some tips on how to get him to sell up

On a serious note try and get yours up and running again or buy a runner and wait for a good coupe to come up. Good luck nigel.

I think it may still be in Belgium Anthony if it is the one I'm thinking of.

Did it go bang or did he sell it?

Well - some good has come of it - instead of trundling to London in a 1.1 Punto to view Edz's LE, I've spent the day sorting my car, with some results

I'd already found and replaced a blown coilpack on No1 cylinder, which was causing a misfire under any kind of load



However, within a day, the misfire was back and so was the dodgy electrical behaviour.

I was convinced the problem felt like an iffy earth, so I've supplemented the earth strap from the engine to the chassis (and then up to the battery) with another heavy-duty cable.

Went out for another drive - misfire still there

I decided to replace all the coilpacks, just to see if this was the problem - as soon as I pulled the No1 coil out, I realised I'd found the issue - the replacement coilpack had also blown. Thankfully, I had a spare NGK BKR8EIX plug - fitted it and all is well again. I still get a very slight misfire at 1.5 bar, but I'm guessing that the other four plugs are probably past their best as well, so I'll replace them ASAP

So - the pressure is off - I have a working car which means I can search for a replacement at my leisure. I'm still looking though, as the Sprinty's rust problem always meant it would meet its maker in the next few months anyway