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At least it looks like it's had all new brakes in the last 12 months! The spring is a curious one, but could be as bloke says. I mean, one tester noted the headlamp washers didn't work. Cups don't have any!
Cam belts have been known to last much longer than the stated intervals. It's usually the aux belt that fails due to the tensioner or a pully failing and then it gets wrapped around the cam belt and f***s the engine. If the cam belt doesn't have signs of being very old you could just have a new...
Welcome to the club. You got a bargain there! Belts wise you've got to decide how much you want to invest in the car. Doing them would put you upto about £1k so far and I would say you'd get that back if you sold it. Cup shocks aren't expensive new, springs are so go aftermarket there. Pay £10...
My dad had a similar thing happen once. Some gimp parked a cavalier partly blocking our drive. My dad got out but getting back in was difficult. That had a window partly open too and had been there all day so old bill were called and it turned out the car had been stolen 2 days before. It may...
Does sound like your problem is further back. Trace the wires back to the big moon plug in the bay (sorry can't remember where it is atm) and check that's not full of corrosion or water.