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For Sale and Wanted - Generic car items For the personal sale of non Vw/Audi parts, tools, vouchers, accessories, anything that isn't an actual car. Absolutely no commercial listings or breaking / bulk / repeated sale of parts or services.

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Old 1st November 2024, 09:09 PM
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Have you considered getting your existing wheels 're-diamond cut'.
Yes I have, but they've already been done more than once and it's no longer feasible.
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2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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Old 22nd May 2025, 01:43 PM
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Michelin Pilot Sport 4S 255/35ZR20 or similar/equivalent for spare wheel. Especially if anyone is going to the annual meet in The Lakes. Part worn in good condition totally acceptable.

Having had a bad experience with alloy repairs and another one buying a tyre on eBay I'm after a known good tyre for my 20" spare wheel.
(At present I still have an 18" winter wheel in the boot - same rolling radius so fine if needed)

If you have a diamond-cut wheel with such a tyre that's even better.....

FYI My diamond-cut alloy did get repaired but on careful inspection it was the edge of a previous repair that failed and it's now rather a mess. My tyre man in really not happy to use it so it's sat in the garage. Meanwhile, as I have another on the car that has already had a (tidier) repair I bought a pair of repainted 20s as "backup". It's one of these that I hope to put a decent tyre on to become my "summer spare".
I also bought what appeared to be a decent MPSS 20" tyre (eBay) for the spare but on inspection my tyre man said it had been run flat and the sidewall was damaged - inside, nothing obvious externally. I'd missed this and it's now far too late to make a claim.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!

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Old 23rd May 2025, 08:43 AM
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Michelin Pilot Sport 4S 255/35ZR20 or similar/equivalent for spare wheel. Especially if anyone is going to the annual meet in The Lakes. Part worn in good condition totally acceptable.
Have you asked tintin (Stephen), as he uses part worn quite a lot. He's mentioned on here where he gets them from, but I can't recall.
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