Looking at a car tomorrow need some tips please

LandyAndy

lindseykim13 wrote: »

Good point there are other cars in the feeddback but like you say not within 90days. I have a feeling he sells all the part exs this way as thats what the others for sale look like. I'm just trying to weigh up the cheapness of the car and if its worth the possible faults?

Worst case senario 400 for clutch, 500 for airbag i'm not bothered about the bodywork so not a nessasary repair. total 900. does that still seem worth it? or could there be more costs involved?

Neither was the previous owner. What else weren't they worried about?

cajef

LandyAndy wrote: »

Start running now.

Agreed, I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole, selling as a trader with various faults that could be very expensive when investigated, what other faults are there and no come back, forget it.:eek:

hewhoisnotintheknow

not worth spending the suggested 900, when you could buy a tidy one without the dents or faults

lindseykim13

Starting to not want to bother going to look at it one last question though, it was serviced in may wouldn't that have shown up anything major and be in the paperwork for me to check?

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

You're expecting paperwork? Good luck.

Its clearly a dubious operation. Walk away.

lindseykim13

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

You're expecting paperwork? Good luck.

Its clearly a dubious operation. Walk away.

yes ebay listing states full service history.

steveo3002

just keep looking , plenty of good honest cars around

anewman

I wonder if the seller is relying on the old ebay feedback to look good and making the sales so they don't go through ebay and therefore you cannot leave any feedback via ebay. My guess is the game is buyer looks at the car, cash payment, ebay listing disappears.

lindseykim13

The fault in the airbag light has been traced back to a side airbag wire. How much is that likely to cost to fix please?

Wig

Walk away.

The EBAY ad in question

I can't believe the dealer has not got an fault code reset tool. If the airbag light was easily fixed he would have done it.

I just looked on autotrader for you and found two good examples of a similar kind to yours.

There's one described as Immaculate, 73K X Reg LX (ok, no Aircon a bonus IMHO) 5 mths MOT - £1690
Another one is Y Reg SX 70K 12mths MOT £1790

Both cars would be far more preferable to the Ebay one. And you could haggle a discount.