Just bought a Virage - servicing and insurance?

[ConorNZ]

Couple more pics after getting him home from the auction. Had to spend one night on the street, but was then safely tucked away in the underground car park at work.

[Merc fan]

I think these are ageing very well. Great looking car.

Tell us the full story then. Had you been looking for a Virage? Did you go to the auction to deliberately buy that car? Was it an impulse buy on the day for the right price? How was bidding?

[ConorNZ]

Well, the story is that I'm always on the look out for interesting cars, having had a few so far. Cars are pretty much my life (that and accounting unfortunately!). I went to a Coys auction last year to bid on a 1967 Iso Rivolta GT, but got outbid. Earlier in the day a Virage (auto with not great history) went for only £14k, and I thought, damn, that's a lot of car for the money.

With the Bonhams auction, I went to the viewing on Sunday having narrowed it down to the Lister Jag and the Virage, read the historie etc. I actually wanted the Lister, despite its lower practicality, but the Virage was first in the auction, so I decided to play it by ear.

During the auction, an Aston Lagonda was up before the Virage and went nuts! The guide was £6 - 10k, and it went for something like £16k!! So here was me thinking the Virage would be a no go either.

However, there was only a few of us bidding, with the auction starting at £8k it slowed remarkebly at £11k, and eventually crept up to £13k plus commission. I almost didn't place the final bid, but did at the last minute, which sealed my fate!

Was a good thing too, because the Lister went for £21k from a guide of £15 - £20k, and outside what I wanted to pay.

[Syd knee]

Go on the AMOC forum and get GWP to send you his advice sheet. Rikki Cann is deffinately the man to llok after it.