Would you buy a car with a short MOT?

flimsier

Gothicfairy wrote: »

What are the wrong reasons ? why is it wrong to buy something local ?

Insurance is an issue no matter how far you travel to buy a car as is the cost of fuel and even more if you then need to take 2 people in a car to collect.
Short MOT is not really a problem as if it passes it is only £20 to £40 depending on where you take it and to be honest anything can fail the MOT, newish or old. cheap or expensive. I have had an £85 van pass and a 1k plus car fail when I thought it would be the other way around.

They also did say they were happy to pay the tax in the first post so clearly have already got that worked into the cost..as everyone would as it also means you can bargin a bit and maybe get it down slightly.

S/he didn't say it was wrong to buy local.

flimsier

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

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.

yes, but they were checked 5 months ago, in comparison with 9 months.

bigjl

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

I think the big give away is that one has five doors and one had three doors fella! Lol

Biketrials08

Average car usage is 10-12k miles per year so 150k over 15 is average. Yes that cambelt is well past. I'd ask them to MOT (their not great but at least it's a second opinion on condition and they will be able to look underneath at things such as exhaust and bushings which are highly likely to be worn) it but would bargain it into the cost, why offer to pay out more? In my opinion I wouldn't be looking at anything with a GTI badge on it for that kind of money - likely to have had a much harder life than an equivalent say 1.6 shopping version. At this price level you really can't expect perfection but you should be able to pick up a base level vehicle which is road worthy and reliable.

prosaver

i went to look at a car to buy....and when I said I didnt want it the bloke went mental and said I was stringing him along...
ps it was a crap car and over priced..
had a look on ebay and got one for 500 with a fresh mot...
erm...... however theres a hole in the exhausts
but thats it (I hope).
anyways it sounds sporty..... har..... har

missile

pgilc1 wrote: »

its not a red fetish - honest!

Golf GTIs are hard to find. Now I know why. You buy them all.:rotfl:

mikey72

pgilc1 wrote: »

and sold for £1350. :beer:

I did say it was well worh a punt for £700.

LadyMorticia

Just an update:

I feel a bit silly. I totally misunderstood the cambelt thing. When he said 60,000 miles I thought he meant that that was the last time the cambelt was changed, when infact he meant that it needs to be changed at every 60,000 miles and that it was last changed at 130,000 miles.:o I'm an idiot.

Went to see the car today with FIL. Him and OH took it for a drive and it drives really well. The seller (he's a private seller) has agreed to get a new MOT for it and we'll give him the money for the MOT. We put a deposit down, just so he knows that we're not timewasters.

It's a P reg (not sure how old that is. ).

mikey72

I don't think you can lose on that deal.

vax2002

If its the 1.8 20v engine, the head gaskets fail quite regular when they get old.
Starts as misfire when cold with water dripping from exhaust.
Its a shame because it is a cracking engine when it runs right.