11-07-2014, 11:17 AM
You really need to go on condition and what you see in front of you in the metal as there's only so much that you can tell from a few ropey pictures and a description that may not be very true to reality.
That said, I agree with what has been said about that looking expensive with a clutch that's going to be replacement shortly (circa £300 fitted) and with only a few weeks MOT. If you're not particularly mechanically minded, I think you might be better bartering for for the seller to get a fresh MOT on the car as part of the sale, preferably at an MOT station of your choosing, rather than a small discount that would go nowhere near covering the costs if there's any notable MOT failure points on the car which isn't exactly beyond the rhelms of possiblity.
Indeed, the response on the seller when you ask them to put a fresh MOT on it as a condition of sale will be telling, as all too often cars are sold with short MOT remaining because the seller knows full well that it's likely to fail horribly and they want to palm it off on some mug.
That said, I agree with what has been said about that looking expensive with a clutch that's going to be replacement shortly (circa £300 fitted) and with only a few weeks MOT. If you're not particularly mechanically minded, I think you might be better bartering for for the seller to get a fresh MOT on the car as part of the sale, preferably at an MOT station of your choosing, rather than a small discount that would go nowhere near covering the costs if there's any notable MOT failure points on the car which isn't exactly beyond the rhelms of possiblity.
Indeed, the response on the seller when you ask them to put a fresh MOT on it as a condition of sale will be telling, as all too often cars are sold with short MOT remaining because the seller knows full well that it's likely to fail horribly and they want to palm it off on some mug.
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