chizzel89
Active Member
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2010
- Messages
- 79
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
- Car
- Mercedes-Benz C250 Turbodiesel Sport est. 155,000 mls. Peugeot 405 1.9 GLX TD Estate- 280,000 miles
Ideally the car needs to be dark (Azurite) blue or black, and not have any nasty bulging rust in the rear wheel arch seams. Certainly no rot and ideally no rust underneath the car. I wouldn't mind a bit of rust, as I'm a bodywork guy (owned a Ford Capri for 5 years and did all the repairs myself) and realise that otherwise solid cars with a bit of rust here and there go for a LOT less than rust free examples which are in the same condition in every other respect.
Less than 150k miles ideally.
Full service history and previous MOT's (or partial MB history and proof of oil changes etc) is more or less a must. Car needs to have been serviced at the right intervals and mileage verifyable basically!
Needs to be mechanically faultless with all electrics working as they should. Needs to be a good starter without duff glowplugs (often indicates they are v. old and potentially quite seized..)
Don't care about scuffs, tears to the interior.
No big dings in the bodywork though.
Tow bar would be ideal.
I have £1640... from what I've seen go on ebay (ideal cars for me going for about £1400 or so) this should be enough.
So in short, a car that is very good in all respects (A1 mechanical condition etc) apart from rust blisters here and there.
Thanks everyone
Charlie
Less than 150k miles ideally.
Full service history and previous MOT's (or partial MB history and proof of oil changes etc) is more or less a must. Car needs to have been serviced at the right intervals and mileage verifyable basically!
Needs to be mechanically faultless with all electrics working as they should. Needs to be a good starter without duff glowplugs (often indicates they are v. old and potentially quite seized..)
Don't care about scuffs, tears to the interior.
No big dings in the bodywork though.
Tow bar would be ideal.
I have £1640... from what I've seen go on ebay (ideal cars for me going for about £1400 or so) this should be enough.
So in short, a car that is very good in all respects (A1 mechanical condition etc) apart from rust blisters here and there.
Thanks everyone
Charlie