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I'm not being funny here at all, but why on earth accept the car & pay for it when you didn't see any service history up front ?
If it were me i'd have put down a deposit on it and got it in writing that it was fully refundable if there was no service history for the car.
I do appreciate that...
I wouldn't buy a car with outstanding finance on it at all (it's not theirs to sell anyway)
Personally I think that your best off getting out a loan (with a low rate of something like 5.6%) Pay the finance off & then sell the car.
Tbh I think your bet off going for a 172/182, more practical for everyday use, plus you can get your mrs & kid in it.
If you want a liquid/black gold vee - your looking at mk2's. As 99% of mk1's are silver, they also came in blue (only 8 of them though) and red like clarkie has (I think there...
Some insurance companies are a total joke, some don't even touch group 20 cars at all, no matter what your & experience is.
I was insured on a group 20 car at the age of 24.
Shop around for it, then tell the other one where to go.
If you have uk 172 it'll have a cat 1 alarm on it already. Things like a disklok (cat 3 rated) aren't counted as they go on the highest rated item.
Even if you have a tracker like me, it makes no difference.
I remember a while ago on here (I think when they came out) people predicted that they would have good residual values.
That doesn't seem to be the case for them at the moment.
remember this car ??
Only now he says it was stolen recovered ! Hmm, the front bumper has some god awful mesh in it & that drivers seat is still looking wrong.
Also he claims to be 25 but can't get insured in it, surely anyone would get a quote first ??:rolleyes: (another thing Ali's 21 yet...
Jokes !
"The gear knob has also been replaced due to scratchs on the orginal from previous owners at a cost of £400 just shows how much care has been given to this car. "
Also how can it be clear when you buy it ? but when you come to sell it it's a cat D ?? So what he's saying is it was...