What Price for This?

albionrovers

colino wrote: »

I'm surprised that for a one owner, it's got that mileage on it. Sure it wasn't a company car first?

That's what I intend to find out tonight but the 1 owner has always been a neighbour of mine and I'm sure he has owned the car from new. But you're right, I'm puzzled where exactly he has done the miles?

albionrovers

Update:

Garage now owns the car ie. my mate.
The 1 owner gave it a good write-up but told me about 2 problems, 1 is mild knocking at the front-end when car pulls away, the other is yellow oil sensor light, which is also happening on my 520 for the last 4 years, not worth fixing for a car of that age, probably a sensor under the seat or something.
Decisions, decisions. Any ideas about the knocking?

Hintza

albionrovers wrote: »

the other is yellow oil sensor light,

Is that not an MOT fail nowadays?

motorguy

albionrovers wrote: »

Update:

Garage now owns the car ie. my mate.
The 1 owner gave it a good write-up but told me about 2 problems, 1 is mild knocking at the front-end when car pulls away, the other is yellow oil sensor light, which is also happening on my 520 for the last 4 years, not worth fixing for a car of that age, probably a sensor under the seat or something.
Decisions, decisions. Any ideas about the knocking?

If his garage owns the car, have him put these things right before you purchase the car.

Thats the whole point in buying from a dealer.

Mate or no mate it could cost you £££'s to fix these things.

albionrovers

He's a filling station forecourt dealer with no repair facilities onsite so I guess these things are subbied.

I've cooled on it a bit but it's worth having a chat.

Thanks for replies.

ess0two

The yellow oil can is a duff sensor in the oil sump,very common,you just need to rely on manual oil dipstick checks,it should go out after 10 secs of starting car.

The knocking coud be the lollipop bushes.