166 retro costs

Hi all,

Does anyone know rough scrap yard / ebay prices for the following:

1) ICS with GSM
2) G2/G3 Sat/Nav
3) CD Changer

thanks very much

Scott

Personally, if I was buying a car with 80-100k miles on it, I'd make sure I found one with all of these items already!

Hi,

Yes but there arent that many in my price range so most likely it wont have at least one of the above options. I could for instance fit a cd at a later date. I need to get a new car now as I will be commuting regularly from a few weeks and wont have a chance to swap cars after that. I therefore cant afford to wait to long and be picky!

Cheers, Scott

Is it really worth all the hassle of changing the ICS and maybe cabling? My advice would be to get one with CD and fit a Tom-Tom or something if you really must have Sat Nav. The inbuilt GSM phone is great, but takes a large SIM and will need a separate number (or lots of typing codes if your service provider even allows two SIMs on one number). I have my phone setup to forward to the car. That number then forwards back to my voicemail (if not answered) - costs a bit in forwarding though. Just get a hands free kit!

If you don't have the CD, no chance of connecting an mp3 player. If you do, maybe you can hack the cabling and disable the CD whilst splicing in the mp3 audio. Never tried, but there are threads on this board about it.

Getting any of these bits on ebay seems to be pot luck. Maybve contact a breakers?

Just make sure you get a mechanically sound car!

Originally Posted by alfa_mad

Personally, if I was buying a car with 80-100k miles on it, I'd make sure I found one with all of these items already!

Easier said than done! I'd place more importance on age, mileage, trim and colour.