Ive been thinking recently about possibly buying a valver and I have just phoned a guy about one on Autotrader and tbh it sounds quite good. I only have about £1300 to spend so I didnt really expect to find any really good cars but as I say I think this one sound OK and I was hoping some of you might tell me what you think of it.
It doesnt have FSH but he said that it appears to have been well looked after, it had new rear arches welded on last year and a full respray. The clutch, head gasket and timing belt were also replaced last year. The car is currently on 124,000 miles and he says there are no apparent problems with the car.
The thing is that its a garage somwhere in east yorkshire and he normally sells newer cars and he says he just wants rid of it. For all the work mentioned above he says there are no receipts so he cant guarantee it all but that the clutch seems good (no slipping and good bite) and that he was only told about the work after he agreed to take the car as a trade in so the previous owner never had anything to gain from saying that and that thre are no receipts because the work was done cash in hand. The car has about 1 months tax and is getting a new MOT before sale.
He says that the previous owener also claimed that the car is superchipped and that it has had some work done on the cams. The car also has a full S/S exhaust and a K+N filter. TBH it sounds like the car is mint and has been looked after well. If I were located closer to East Yorkshire I would love to go and have a look but as things stand it might be a bit far off as I am based in edinburgh.
The car was advertised as coming with 17" alloys for £1295 but they are no longer with the car (removed to get through the MOT) and it now has phase two standard valver alloys. I dont think the guy realises the potential value of the car and just wants rid of it and by simply asking if the price could be dropped because of the lack of 17" alloys he came down to £1000 I reckon I could get the price lowered even more. He sounded quite shocked to hear someone from scotland phoning about the car.
What do you think of this - does it sound to you as though it could be a good motor?
. One of the main things about this is that it does sound as though its in quite good condition and the last thing I want/can afford is to have a car thats gonna be giving me loads of problems.
