I'm very reluctantly (99.9% certainly) having to sell my 827 after eight years. It's far from a wreck, but it needs more attention than I can really provide at the moment, and I have the opportunity to buy my brother's 51 plate Ford Focus (excuse my French), which, with cheaper running etc, is pushing me in this direction...
It's currently a non-runner, a fault on the ignition somewhere, it died on the way home from my last trip to Brands and still won't start. Tried and replaced the usual suspects except the igniter, which I'm struggling to get hold of. However, running or not, it may only be a breaker now as rust is setting in around the rear arches and forwards, which could be stupid money to put right!
It's done 133000 miles, despite sporadic servicing it has always run beautifully, and has never failed on me until this recent issue!
Good points:
* Full leather interior, in very good condition - no tears/holes, but a little scuffing on the driver's seat
* All interior electrics are fine bar occasionally iffy driver's side window controls, cd changer currently not registering discs, and driver's seat & mirror adjustment disabled (removed the fuse when a battery drain was discovered, though it works fine..)
* Recent new front exhaust pipe fitted (winter '10/'11)
* Fairly good Pirelli P6000s all round (abt 11k miles on them)
* Alloys in good condition, though a little grubby
* Recent new rear brakes (discs and pads), winter '10/'11
Main issues:
* Rust...
(Trim's missing in this last pic, but not lost, it just came off so kept it in the car...)
* Loose passenger door handle - broken mountings I think
* Mandatory dashboard lift!
* Scratched passenger side mirror cover, cracked glass
As I said, servicing has been a little sporadic, but I have all the MOT tickets for it, and receipts for most major work - tyres, front exhaust pipe etc. Current MOT expires in March, tax until end of Feb.
As for price, ain't got a clue!! All I can say is that I'm close to scrapping it, on account of getting a good chunk of the tax back, especially if I act before the month is out. At a guess, that should see me good for about £250...
I'd much rather it be of use to someone though. If anyone is interested and wants any more details, please let me know, by PM or whatever. But I will need to do something soon...
Cheers!
P.S. Will be away from 7th 'til 12th, so apologies if anything goes unanswered during that time!
but it got the car going ) after resolder no more problems. the igniter was fine i sold that not long back actually, went to germany. 
nothing wrong with it either. i was going to get the car and then my brother inlaw offered me my sterling. but after selling he missed the coupe and so he bought the 2.7 manual coupe. he took off the lowering kit, Nos and all the junk that was fitted and got it looking lovely. body work was mint. he then sold it as his mate was desperate for a reliable car. the so called mate then traded it in for a kia people carrier using the scrappage scheme. I was not a happy camper as i had given him a mint set of 17s, there was a s/steel system on it and the car was lovely to drive.
