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So I've been around auto restoration my entire life, everything from MG Midgets to 250 GTOs, my Dad has done it all, and in turn, I've gained 2nd hand experience of this, so here's my 2p...
In all honesty, I think they are both to blame...
Josh should have known better than to offer someone a flat rate in exchange for exposure, any time there is rust repair work on a car, especially an older car, you have to take the project on with the customer being comfortable with doing whatever it takes to get the car sorted, if someone is uncomfortable with this at the start, they are not the right client for your business.
The main issue with auto repair and bodywork of non-mechanical parts is that things that aren't your problem turn into your problem, which obviously costs time and money.
With rust, you have to start grinding and cutting before you know what you're dealing with, anyone who quotes for rust work is setting themselves up for failure.
On a £500k Ferrari, an extra £10k here or there for welding is no big issue, but on a car that he paid £5k for already, he doesn't want to be £10k into welding. I think in the video Josh mentioned it needed £6ks worth of work, and to me it looked about £10ks worth of work...
The second issue is Taylor going on the podcast and trashing someone else's business, and I'd like to think he didn't tell the full truth to the other AutoAlex guys, so they egged him on.
Conclusion:
Josh shouldn't take work on for exposure, and should vet clients properly that they are willing to spend what it takes to make something right.
Taylor shouldn't give his car to someone if he isn't willing to go the full hog to get it fixed, especially if he has other looming financial issues, and certainly shouldn't trash someone's business on a podcast or anywhere else. Sadly, burying your head in the sand is just too easy when the world is coming at you, he should have known better.
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Make sure you are keeping all of your receipts + taking photos of before, during and after work being down as you'll be able to claim capital allowances!
A lot of accountants will shy away from this as they usually do not have the knowledge, but speak with an independent to see if there's any CA's available for you to claim.
As you are turning a commercial property back into a commercial property (Airbnb still classed as a commercial holiday let) you'll be ripe for the claim.
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The only thing I'd say to that is just make sure the car is all one colour.
Yellow is a notoriously hard colour to match, and having mis-matching body panel colours would drive me insane.
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Agree!
After owning both, I don't think I'd ever go for a 986.1 again
My favourite things about the .2 over the .1:
. The window on the hood being glass instead of plastic. With the original boxster, sometimes you'd have to get out and push the hood with your hand so the plastic wouldn't crease and cause a rip, meaning getting the hood down was effort
. Boot and frunk puller on the driver inner door sill are electric rather than mechanical. Really small, but these buttons are so nice to pull, they have a really nice click to them, like an old stereo system
. The .2 has a glovebox, the .1 doesn't
. The .2 has a nice 3 spoke steering wheel that looks a lot like a Carrera GT one. The .1 had a 4 spoke which looked shit
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I know it does :)
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Next jobs:
. Polish front lights
. Replace or repaint wheel bolts, slightly corroded
. Electric seat motor fuse keeps blowing, think it's grease that's got old on the mechanism and causing it to blow. Will clean it and see where we are.
. Weight reduction (maybe?) -
. front spare tyre weights about 20kg, tool kit about 5kg and the battery around 17kg (at a guess). I could remove wheel items + get a lighter battery.
. Fit Recaro pole positions (I have already, no idea about how to fit them)
According to google, these cars weight 1260kg. Would be nice to get it just under 1200.
Have to really stop myself from just completely stripping this car...
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Taaa daaaa, fresh MOT.
I cannot believe a 22 year old car got through with only 1 advisory, extremely pleased.
I was sweating expecting something unexpected, but MOT tester said it was a really well looked after car. All of the plastic under trays in great condition with original fixings, plus all jacking points etc really clean. Very happy.
I had a nose under the car when he had it up on the ramp, everything single time I've ever done this with a car I've owned, I've been disappointed lol, but for the first time I wasn't.
I purchased the car back with only 1 month left on the MOT so I was expecting something.
The issue is on the front bumper are the indicators, which have lost their orange-ness. I think I'll just get some new bulbs instead of trying to repaint them.
Last weekend, I spent an entire Saturday cleaning the car. Sadly, I don't have any photos of the cleaning but result photos below.
For those interested, I put the car on jack stands, removed wheels and snow foamed entire outside of the car, including under the arches + underside.
Once it was left to sit, I used mixture of brushes and mitts to remove dirt, then just a mitt and shampoo. I then dried the car and used Swissvax carnauba before putting wheels back on and tyre shine.
Interior also got leather cleaner and nourishment.
My next job is to get some new numberplates as the previous owned put on 3d plates, which I think look shit.
Very tempted to get the 8 and the O sliiiightly closer together.
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They mean you don't have to read this thread, as there will probably be more boorish Clarksonism's coming in the future.
Spoiler: there will be
My dad once told me a story of a customer who went to look at a Renault 5 GT Turbo, told my dad the car was mint, not a spot of rust on the car, paint all intact, etc. He wanted my dad to do some work to it.
My dad said "just be careful with buying that, they are rot boxes, rust can sometimes be hidden and you don't know until you get it up on a ramp and do some digging"
A week later, the guy purchased the car and pulled it out of the garage by the tow eye.
As he was pulling the car, it split in half.