What's happened to this paintwork then?
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Needs a bumper and tailgate respray and blend, or used bumper if you’d be happy with that?
We will never know, but big slobbery dog or used by a trade loading stuff in and out of the boot without much care?
Any evidence in the boot of dog hair or paint tins or something or a business name on the V5?
We will never know, but big slobbery dog or used by a trade loading stuff in and out of the boot without much care?
Any evidence in the boot of dog hair or paint tins or something or a business name on the V5?
RD-1 said:
Needs a bumper and tailgate respray and blend, or used bumper if you’d be happy with that?
We will never know, but big slobbery dog or used by a trade loading stuff in and out of the boot without much care?
Any evidence in the boot of dog hair or paint tins or something or a business name on the V5?
It's just on AT, rest of it looks ok. MOT history clear apart from advisory worn ball joint a couple of times that doesn't seem to have been addressed. We will never know, but big slobbery dog or used by a trade loading stuff in and out of the boot without much care?
Any evidence in the boot of dog hair or paint tins or something or a business name on the V5?
It might be an ex-panda car given it’s white and has 185,000 miles on it.
The DLD-416 1.6 diesel in this is a real workhorse and is reliable providing it gets its oil changes when needed, at least every 12.5k or annually. If it’s been a police car then this should have been the case. I have seen cars with this engine reach 300,000 miles with proper maintenance. If you neglect to do oil changes, the oil will sludge up, block the pickups and the turbo will blow.
I’m not sure whether the variant in this engine uses adblue- does anyone know? That could also give you some grief.
The DLD-416 1.6 diesel in this is a real workhorse and is reliable providing it gets its oil changes when needed, at least every 12.5k or annually. If it’s been a police car then this should have been the case. I have seen cars with this engine reach 300,000 miles with proper maintenance. If you neglect to do oil changes, the oil will sludge up, block the pickups and the turbo will blow.
I’m not sure whether the variant in this engine uses adblue- does anyone know? That could also give you some grief.
georgeyboy12345 said:
It might be an ex-panda car given it’s white and has 185,000 miles on it.
This could hold water.Had a replacement bumper and decals reapplied without letting the paint cure properly?
Seems a hassle OP, unless it’s nearby to go and have a look.
ETA: Bingo! Good sleuthing.
Edited by RD-1 on Wednesday 15th March 11:48
Jakg said:
georgeyboy12345 said:
It might be an ex-panda car given it’s white and has 185,000 miles on it.
Exactly that:
And yeah, always do a google image search for the registration along with the MoT history check before buying a car. You may well find nothing, but if you do find something it's often worth knowing about.
dmsims said:
To be fair, some work has been done - it's had paint on the doors by the looks of things.Someone local to me is selling an ex-police X5 - a broken one with a hole drilled in the engine block - for £10k. Having bought it from the same auction for £5k, and having done nothing to do it.
dmsims said:
They don't charge VAT on the hammer price. The buyers fee is usually 7.5% but on ex police cars it is a minimum of £300 + VAT. So it was a grand before getting it collected and paying to respray bits of it.Gassing Station | Car Buying | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff