2004 Racing Blue 182
So, I've just been to see an Inferno 182 with both cup packs at a garage in Halifax, its got 106k on it, looks tidy in the photos, but its at £2,695, so for that price i'm expecting it to be really tidy with a massive wedge of history!
I gets there (only local, hence me looking before i've sold the GTi), and the guy asks if I want him to start it because the battery is flat. well, yeah!
So he shows me to the car in the garage out back. The bonnet is already open, doesn't look particularly clean under there, a crappy induction kit hanging loose, etc. A quick look round and i find some pretty deep scratch on the o/s rear quarter, the rear wiper is hanging off, the car is covered in a really thick layer of dust. It had a set of Eibach springs on the back, couldn't see the front as couldnt get under the front end properly
I'd done the usual MOT checks before i went, hasn't been MOT'd since March 2014, but that may mean its been in storage. I spoke to the guy and he said they took it in part ex 4 years ago, its been up for sale for 2 years, he's had some interest but not much. Said the belts and dephaser hadn't been changed to his knowledge either.
When I opened the door, i realised why it hasn't sold!!! The seats, seat belts, carpets and steering wheel were covered in a really thick layer of mould, it smelled really bad in there. There was missing bits of dash and trim, the wheel was pretty worn away from what i could see of it under the mould!
The photos must have been taken years ago as the car definitely doesn't look like that now. Such a shame.
I was hoping to have a cheeky test drive in it, but not without a hazmat suit:tearsofjoy:
I reckon, at the very least, it needs the dephaser/belts doing, a bloody good steam clean and valet, new brakes all round, probably got sticky calipers on it too, a full service, MOT, and some general TLC. No way is it worth £2,695, more like £695! Was tempted to make a cheeky offer, but it's more of a project than I want to take on really. Especially as work are being funny buggers with my contract at the minute.
I gets there (only local, hence me looking before i've sold the GTi), and the guy asks if I want him to start it because the battery is flat. well, yeah!
So he shows me to the car in the garage out back. The bonnet is already open, doesn't look particularly clean under there, a crappy induction kit hanging loose, etc. A quick look round and i find some pretty deep scratch on the o/s rear quarter, the rear wiper is hanging off, the car is covered in a really thick layer of dust. It had a set of Eibach springs on the back, couldn't see the front as couldnt get under the front end properly
I'd done the usual MOT checks before i went, hasn't been MOT'd since March 2014, but that may mean its been in storage. I spoke to the guy and he said they took it in part ex 4 years ago, its been up for sale for 2 years, he's had some interest but not much. Said the belts and dephaser hadn't been changed to his knowledge either.
When I opened the door, i realised why it hasn't sold!!! The seats, seat belts, carpets and steering wheel were covered in a really thick layer of mould, it smelled really bad in there. There was missing bits of dash and trim, the wheel was pretty worn away from what i could see of it under the mould!
The photos must have been taken years ago as the car definitely doesn't look like that now. Such a shame.
I was hoping to have a cheeky test drive in it, but not without a hazmat suit:tearsofjoy:
I reckon, at the very least, it needs the dephaser/belts doing, a bloody good steam clean and valet, new brakes all round, probably got sticky calipers on it too, a full service, MOT, and some general TLC. No way is it worth £2,695, more like £695! Was tempted to make a cheeky offer, but it's more of a project than I want to take on really. Especially as work are being funny buggers with my contract at the minute.
