Description
The documentation is mainly on paper, though some of it is in digital form. There are repair records and yearly service records from 2021, when I bought the car, and more sporadic records prior to that.
Reasons for not buying this car:
- The swivel pin issue on the current MOT advisory list will get worse: it may or may not become a major defect at the next MOT in December - the repair involved is extensive.
- There is some scuffing on the nearside front and rear wheel arches (see photo 7 for an example) - there has been no resultant rust, and I think the arches are made of some sort of plastic.
- There is a dime-sized outbreak of rust above the offside headlight (see photo 6).
- The alloy wheels look rather haggard, some more so than others.
- The aircon doesn't work, and the professional opinion I have received is that it would be disproportionately expensive to revive it.
- The radio aerial is broken off, so the radio doesn't work (it might not work anyway) - the aerial fitment is easily unscrewed, but there's not much wire to work with. Also, I don't know how easy it would be a get a new aerial that fits.
A reason for buying this car:
- Compared to its statistical neighbours (model, age, mileage), it's really cheap.