Been meaning to do a thread for a vvvvvvvery long time but i never really got round to it, So here goes.
I spent most of my school IT life searching the internet for information on a 5, never actually joining rtoc(because i didnt have a 5 and for some reason thought id have to own one to join lol)
It got to the point that my gf(now wife) was fed up and said lets just go get one, so one saturday morning my gf sisters bf had come up from london and said to me just pick one off the internet and we'll go look at it. So i pretty much lucky dipped one in sheffield for about £1800 and off we went. 2 hrs later i was sat in my very first 5, fell instantly inlove(it had just been resprayed and looked lovely) i didnt care that the coolant was full of cream(just thought hg had gone, but after changing gasket i then found it was the head cracked between the oil gallery and the water way, i then fitted another head which was goosed, and then another which was ok ) so i gave the man his deposit, took his keys, he left his steering lock on( i didnt want him ragging it while i sorted out coming to collect it) and the next day my best mate drove me back to collect it. The drive back was such an amazing experience but..... little did i know all the problems the car had which will follow in the pictures. Put it this way, i was a teenager with no mechanical experience whatsover, and because of this car i am now a fully qualified mechanic and.. a pretty good welder lol. If i'd of know then what i know now i would never of bought it, but i dont hold a grudge against the car as it has given me the life i now have of which i am gratefull.
Anyway.. pics are to follow but its getting late so you will have to give me chance