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Would you buy a car with a short MOT?

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  • rev_henry
    rev_henry Posts: 4,965 Forumite
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    Sounds good! P is 96/97 iirc. You can forget about that cambelt for a while then. Is there any history, particularly a receipt for that cambelt? And just remember cambelts wear with age as well as time. If it was last done 5 years ago then it'll probably need doing again even if its only done 20k since.
  • LadyMorticia
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    rev_henry wrote: »
    Sounds good! P is 96/97 iirc. You can forget about that cambelt for a while then. Is there any history, particularly a receipt for that cambelt? And just remember cambelts wear with age as well as time. If it was last done 5 years ago then it'll probably need doing again even if its only done 20k since.

    It comes with all of the history, receipts, service history, MOT history, everything.

    Thanks for the heads up about the cambelt and age thing. :)
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  • rev_henry
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    LadyMorticia wrote: »
    It comes with all of the history, receipts, service history, MOT history, everything.

    Thanks for the heads up about the cambelt and age thing. :)
    Great. Good luck. :)
  • scheming_gypsy
    scheming_gypsy Posts: 18,410 Forumite
    flimsier wrote: »
    yes, but they were checked 5 months ago, in comparison with 9 months.

    so they'll be checked again sooner with the short MOT.
  • Flyboy152
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    LadyMorticia wrote: »
    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. :o

    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. :o).

    Ask him to prove it.
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  • Flying-High_2
    Flying-High_2 Posts: 761 Forumite
    edited 12 June 2011 at 8:45PM
    I'd me more concerned about rot on a MK3 Golf arches around windscreen,Sills, and seat belt mounting points are a common MK3 Killer....... Cambelts a chimp could do on these so no biggy.

    If he's agreed to testing it then happy days.... Swap the belt etc out for peace of mind.
  • scheming_gypsy
    scheming_gypsy Posts: 18,410 Forumite
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    Ask him to prove it.

    it'll probably be....

    LadyMorticia wrote: »
    It comes with all of the history, receipts, service history, MOT history, everything.

    Thanks for the heads up about the cambelt and age thing. :)

    .... in with those receipts.
  • LadyMorticia
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    Hey everyone.:wave:

    Just to let you know that the car went in for the MOT on Tuesday and passed and the guy dropped it around on Tuesday evening. We're just waiting for the insurance certificate and then we can tax it. :)
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  • scheming_gypsy
    scheming_gypsy Posts: 18,410 Forumite
    it's an N reg isn't it? if the time isn't right LEAVE IT ALONE!!!! I had a VR6 on an N and everytime i set the clock to the right time, something went wrong.
  • LadyMorticia
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    scheming_gypsy wrote: »
    it's an N reg isn't it? if the time isn't right LEAVE IT ALONE!!!! I had a VR6 on an N and everytime i set the clock to the right time, something went wrong.

    P reg. :p:p
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