9-3 Aero

[Shotgun Rider]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

I'm hopefully going to see this 9-3 this week. Any advice?

I know little about these, could I be walking into a world of trouble? What do I need to look for?

What kind of mpg are people getting out of theirs? My commute is only 4 miles so I can't see me getting much.

[Shotgun Rider]

Thanks,. The MPG figures on auto trader are official figures, I was looking to see what people real world experiences were.

[Shotgun Rider]

I went to view the car last night, it seemed OK on the whole but it had a very patch service history, oil level was very low and the owner was very unsympathetic to the car when he took it out. Four different the brand on it too, the two front one being ditch finders.

A friend looked at it and he didn't think it had suffered too badly because of this.

[Shotgun Rider]

Gorilla Boy said:

I would avoid like the plague personally, buy on condition and history. 4 same brand tyres, oil changes every 8-10k (i do 6k on mine and its the perfect interval in my experience) and the usual checks.

That's what I've decided to do. There's another about an hour away which is around £400 more but seems a much better buy.

[Shotgun Rider]

I give up, travelled an hour to see a car in Swansea described as in excellent condition to find a car with multiple dents on the roof, cracked windscreen, bodged alloy repairs and an engine bay covered in oil. The car was hot when I got there so they had obviously taken it out for a run to hide something.