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Thought id share the experiences fro mthe last few days on here!
Been helping a freind buy a first car for his 17 year old, so option have been limited to fiestas, saxo` and peugeots. budget of around £1200 looking for about a 2000 model or newer been to see 4 cars so far, all have been a nightmare!
1. Saxo 1999- told it was mint on the phone, turned out really tatty, stuck on vtr kit falling off, left that.
2. x reg fiesta 1.3, 53K, no paperwork apart from logbook and current mot, said he had bought it off his ex boss who had now emigrated to cananda. After a good check over chassis number had been tampered with , looked like plate welded on top and re-stamped - left that well alone
3. Saxo x reg - looked great in the pics, email sent by seller stated a few little things wrong, but generally no dents, no rust, took an hour drive to cambridge to see it, it was a total mess, rear doors all dented and door strips stuck on with mastic, front wing rusting to bits, left that well alone (after telling the seller what i thought of his lying in his emails.
4.saxo 2002 "02" plate , 73k- it was late at this point and just wanted to get a car sorted, drove to orpington, saw the car, it was at he sellers freinds house as the tax had run out and his freind was showing it to us (alarm bells?) suppossed to have SH and 2 sets of keys - didnt. Asked where it was (i was actually talkingto the seller on the phone) he said it was his aunts car he was selling and thinks shes lost it., generally the car looked in mint condition, defo had a respray, but there was no sings of any accident damage , engine bay looked like it had never been cleaned (which is a good sign), so i made an offer taking the lack of SH into consideration as long as it passed a hpi check. done a RAC vehivle check online where the milage was recorded as 135K just 2 mnths earlier! again left that well alone!
looking at a few more this weekend, hopefully will have better luck!
Been helping a freind buy a first car for his 17 year old, so option have been limited to fiestas, saxo` and peugeots. budget of around £1200 looking for about a 2000 model or newer been to see 4 cars so far, all have been a nightmare!
1. Saxo 1999- told it was mint on the phone, turned out really tatty, stuck on vtr kit falling off, left that.
2. x reg fiesta 1.3, 53K, no paperwork apart from logbook and current mot, said he had bought it off his ex boss who had now emigrated to cananda. After a good check over chassis number had been tampered with , looked like plate welded on top and re-stamped - left that well alone
3. Saxo x reg - looked great in the pics, email sent by seller stated a few little things wrong, but generally no dents, no rust, took an hour drive to cambridge to see it, it was a total mess, rear doors all dented and door strips stuck on with mastic, front wing rusting to bits, left that well alone (after telling the seller what i thought of his lying in his emails.
4.saxo 2002 "02" plate , 73k- it was late at this point and just wanted to get a car sorted, drove to orpington, saw the car, it was at he sellers freinds house as the tax had run out and his freind was showing it to us (alarm bells?) suppossed to have SH and 2 sets of keys - didnt. Asked where it was (i was actually talkingto the seller on the phone) he said it was his aunts car he was selling and thinks shes lost it., generally the car looked in mint condition, defo had a respray, but there was no sings of any accident damage , engine bay looked like it had never been cleaned (which is a good sign), so i made an offer taking the lack of SH into consideration as long as it passed a hpi check. done a RAC vehivle check online where the milage was recorded as 135K just 2 mnths earlier! again left that well alone!
looking at a few more this weekend, hopefully will have better luck!
