355 on E-bay with FFSH, not quite!
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Went to have a look at was appears to be quite a tidy car today. Saw it advertised on e-bay and as it was local I thought I would take a look. Very clean car but looking at the service book the last service was carried out in April 2002! Yes it has only done a few thousand miles since then and one of the guys at the garage told me the last owner was very meticulous and that the car had come in straight off Stratstones forecourt. Hard to believe really.
Any one know of any tidy manual 355s for sale down South in blue, red or yellow?
Any one know of any tidy manual 355s for sale down South in blue, red or yellow?
This is the "problem" with them - people think that because you do next to no miles, you can skip services.
Now, the car *might* be perfectly fine. But...this has only been done to save money on the upkeep. Fair enough, but what else has been skipped in the interest of budget?
If you're buying a car to keep for a while, this sort of car might still be worth checking out. The price of the car should reflect its history so you should get a bargain (assuming the owner's being realistic, which many aren't). And if you keep it for a while and make sure you keep on top of it and it runs fine during your tenure, future owners should (not always the case) be less worried.
Now, the car *might* be perfectly fine. But...this has only been done to save money on the upkeep. Fair enough, but what else has been skipped in the interest of budget?
If you're buying a car to keep for a while, this sort of car might still be worth checking out. The price of the car should reflect its history so you should get a bargain (assuming the owner's being realistic, which many aren't). And if you keep it for a while and make sure you keep on top of it and it runs fine during your tenure, future owners should (not always the case) be less worried.
reb1977 said:
Murph, very true.
Trouble is I would only keep a car like this for lass than a year as I get bored with cars very quickly. This means a car with a good FSH is very important for the eventual re-sale.
Trouble is I would only keep a car like this for lass than a year as I get bored with cars very quickly. This means a car with a good FSH is very important for the eventual re-sale.
Regardless of how long I kept one for, I'd also want this.
Was just meaning that ultimate cost of ownership needn't be any more if you buy at the right price.
Mind you, I suspect the patchy cars will get progressively harder to sell - with the cost to fix major items being what it is, I would inagine cars would ultimately become unsaleable if not looked after demonstrably. And that their value for parts may start to be greater than as a whole car.
BTW, in your search be very wary of "low" mileage claims...these cars are a minimum of yrs old now. And the odos are remarkably easy to fiddle with.
CURRENT condition is what counts, dont be fooled into thinking that as a car has all its service stamps its had all the work done it needed............a perfect car can be put into storage for a period of time (owner abroad etc) and may not have been serviced for 3 years or so................does that make it worthless or a bad car??? NO
murph7355 said:
This is the "problem" with them - people think that because you do next to no miles, you can skip services.
Now, the car *might* be perfectly fine. But...this has only been done to save money on the upkeep. Fair enough, but what else has been skipped in the interest of budget?
If you're buying a car to keep for a while, this sort of car might still be worth checking out. The price of the car should reflect its history so you should get a bargain (assuming the owner's being realistic, which many aren't). And if you keep it for a while and make sure you keep on top of it and it runs fine during your tenure, future owners should (not always the case) be less worried.
Now, the car *might* be perfectly fine. But...this has only been done to save money on the upkeep. Fair enough, but what else has been skipped in the interest of budget?
If you're buying a car to keep for a while, this sort of car might still be worth checking out. The price of the car should reflect its history so you should get a bargain (assuming the owner's being realistic, which many aren't). And if you keep it for a while and make sure you keep on top of it and it runs fine during your tenure, future owners should (not always the case) be less worried.
true...
POORCARDEALER said:
CURRENT condition is what counts, dont be fooled into thinking that as a car has all its service stamps its had all the work done it needed............a perfect car can be put into storage for a period of time (owner abroad etc) and may not have been serviced for 3 years or so................does that make it worthless or a bad car??? NO
You are of course right, and you need to check the condition of any car carefully. But....
Given a choice of two cars, one that had been used properly for the last couple of years, serviced properly and done some miles with some lovely receipts, and a car that was perfect 4yrs ago but that had been stored unused for the last two years ago, I'd go for the used car every time.
murph7355 said:
POORCARDEALER said:
CURRENT condition is what counts, dont be fooled into thinking that as a car has all its service stamps its had all the work done it needed............a perfect car can be put into storage for a period of time (owner abroad etc) and may not have been serviced for 3 years or so................does that make it worthless or a bad car??? NO
You are of course right, and you need to check the condition of any car carefully. But....
Given a choice of two cars, one that had been used properly for the last couple of years, serviced properly and done some miles with some lovely receipts, and a car that was perfect 4yrs ago but that had been stored unused for the last two years ago, I'd go for the used car every time.
Me too, however if the stored car PPi'd ok, and was a bit cheaper then ????????
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