None of them are. I went to see one yesterday morning in Sunderland which was very clean, it had 42,000 on the clock and had spent 11 years in an air conditioned garage doing 2000 easy miles a year.
Problem is the current owner used it as a daily driver for 18 months, and while it's very good, both rear arches need sorting (they're not bad, but they've started to rust), there was a small spot at the bottom corner of the drivers door (on the sill under the hinges), and there were quite a few noticable scratches etc.. That was £3200.Went to see another one last night which has 47,000 miles, and it is rust free.
Problem is the lacquer is peeling in places, and so several panels will require rubbing down to paint and respraying. The other problem is that there's a dent in the roof just off the front drivers side corner of the sunroof, and an L- shaped ridge at the opposite corner (passenger rear).... it looks like someones rested something HEAVY on the roof with one corner making the drivers side dent and the other end resting on the sunroof, pushing it down at the passenger rear corner. I guess it'll push out from the insde with the lining off (it's not creased, only pushed in), but that, plus the panel respraying and it's adding a lot to the £3500 price.I'm not paying
£3200 for a car that needs rust cutting out and welding, so the first one is out of the window. I'm still tempted by the second car.... what do you guys / gals think??Am I being unrealistic?
There's a white one down the road (for a change!) which is a £3k low mileage one, but it's white, and I hate white. I could live with it if I sprayed the bottom half silver...... Might stretch to a Dark Mica Blue one... Cheers,
Jon
