Would you buy a car with a short MOT?

Flyboy152

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

Maybe, but that doesn't mean they're screaming out to be changed or the average person will spot them. Even a mechanic won't spot them unless doing a full check; so there is no 'oh. Dear' when there are numerous unspottable reasons why it might fail it's MOT

Inspecting brake lines is part of the MOT test.

scheming_gypsy

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Inspecting brake lines is part of the MOT test.

yes... the MOT. But you don't MOT a car when you're buying it, so if there's 3 months left on the MOT and a problem with the brake lines, you're not going to know.. the same goes if there is 7 months on the MOT.

motorguy

There are plenty of decent Golf GTis about for humble money, without having to buy something with high miles and short MOT.

I bought this one for £600. 9 months MOT 90K miles. I spent £200 on paintwork and £350 on the alloys...



Then i bought this one for £830. 107K miles and a years MOT. Just needed a polish.

mikey72

That's £1150 for the Mk3 all in though.

s_b

and hes as bad as me for liking red cars
do we come from mars:D

motorguy

mikey72 wrote: »

That's £1150 for the Mk3 all in though.

and sold for £1350. :beer:

motorguy

s_b wrote: »

and hes as bad as me for liking red cars
do we come from mars:D

its not a red fetish - honest!

I had this one too!

s_b

pgilc1 wrote: »

its not a red fetish - honest!

I had this one too!

how do we know thats not a photo manipulation?
im sure i can see the same spider on the light in the foreground:p

motorguy

s_b wrote: »

how do we know thats not a photo manipulation?
im sure i can see the same spider on the light in the foreground:p

LOL.

I'm starting to think there is a ghost at our house.

Theres a shadow of a fat bloke in one of the pictures.... :eek:

flimsier

LadyMorticia wrote: »

My OH and I are in desperate need of a car and we've seen one in the village we live in. It's a Golf GTI and is selling at £700.

I got in contact with the guy who was selling it and asked about MOT, tax etc.

The MOT runs out at the end of September and it has no tax (the tax thing is okay because we can tax it ourselves anyway). He also said that it has 150,000 miles on the clock but that Golfs last for a very long time (I don't know much about cars). He said that it had the cambelt changed at 60,000 miles.

Would you buy this car? The owner said that he put three new tyres on it before the last MOT and that there isn't anything wrong with the car.

Would the 3 month MOT be a problem for any of you? OH's dad said not to go for any car that has an MOT with less than 9 months left.

As I said, I don't really know anything about cars. We're going to see it properly tomorrow morning but I was just wondering if you think purchasing the car wouldn't be worth it?

ask him to get a new MOT and tell him you'll add the price of the test to the price of the car.

If he's a dealer, don't bother - a mate of his will do it quick.