3r for sale
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scoobyslayer

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172 posts

231 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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anyone know of this 3r for sale i might be lookiing at it http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4014585.htm

AMG Merc

11,955 posts

282 months

Saturday 30th June 2012
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Seems about the right (trade) price to me.

More about it here...

http://www.sportsandprestigecentre.co.uk/used_car_...

scoobyslayer

Original Poster:

172 posts

231 months

Saturday 30th June 2012
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what upgrades are condidered essential just the fuel pump wiring upgrade

AMG Merc

11,955 posts

282 months

Saturday 30th June 2012
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scoobyslayer said:
what upgrades are condidered essential just the fuel pump wiring upgrade
Not even sure I agree with those - although most here do.

Check that the throttle cable runs along the offside of the engine (not over the forward turbo heat shield) - this was a factory fix. Avoid the MBE ECU (only on early models). Must have LSD (written on the bell housing - very "tech"), 6-speeders better, trackday sump essential for any track use at all, a/c - most have this £2K option.

daddysumo

2,545 posts

242 months

Saturday 30th June 2012
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AMG Merc said:
scoobyslayer said:
what upgrades are condidered essential just the fuel pump wiring upgrade
Not even sure I agree with those - although most here do.

Check that the throttle cable runs along the offside of the engine (not over the forward turbo heat shield) - this was a factory fix. Avoid the MBE ECU (only on early models). Must have LSD (written on the bell housing - very "tech"), 6-speeders better, trackday sump essential for any track use at all, a/c - most have this £2K option.
Wiring mod is sensible to avoid any possible fuel starvation problems at WOT IMO.
Avoid the Webber Marinelli (spelling ?) ECU I would suggest,the MBE is the prefered one.
Agree with the rest as quoted above.

AMG Merc

11,955 posts

282 months

Saturday 30th June 2012
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Apologies if I got my ECUs mixed up - the later one is solid and the older one is unreliable so would need replacing along with the entire wiring loom.

sjc

16,366 posts

299 months

Saturday 30th June 2012
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Well blow me I was in there today!
Was visiting family in Beaconsfield, and because they had an Ultima and a CLS, both of which I wanted a look at(and both bloody sold!) I popped in.
Cosmetically that 3R looked O.K,( only had a very,very brief glance though)and I didn't look at anything under the clams.
However, what I can say is that we bought the wifes Discovery from there in 2008,( he gets a lot of cars through Porsche Centres which is where ours came from)and it's been a bloody good car,so much so that I'd be happy to buy from them again.after my intial sceptism,(the deal seemed too good) everything turned out to be true, even to the point that I was paying a lot less than the original owner had been given by the Porsche centre in part-ex.It was the same two chaps in the showroom in 2008,and even 4 years after with no contact since, he remembered me.
Kerridges also have a 3R at the moment, another dealer I've dealt with for 20 years, who I'd recommend without hesitation.
Good luck.

scoobyslayer

Original Poster:

172 posts

231 months

Saturday 30th June 2012
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thanks for the replies guys is there anything else to look out for, ive heard they have a lot of problems with the chasis and exhaust is this true?

verba1

628 posts

197 months

Saturday 30th June 2012
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scoobyslayer said:
thanks for the replies guys is there anything else to look out for, ive heard they have a lot of problems with the chasis and exhaust is this true?
not heard of problems with chassis myself , exhaust brackets can break and can be rewelded .

mrdemon

21,146 posts

294 months

Sunday 1st July 2012
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Paint comes off the tubes and they go rusty,

All now will need a chassis refresh if not already had one.