Purchasing a Noble
Purchasing a Noble
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Medusa

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301 posts

250 months

Monday 16th May 2005
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Hello

I am a new member and am thinking of buying a Noble GTO 3R

I am just curious if anyone has any idea why lots of Nobles seem to come up for sale with extremely low milage, could it be because quite a few people have them as a second car?

Davey S1

13,389 posts

277 months

Monday 16th May 2005
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The majority are second cars as there is no boot whatsoever. They make my Lotus seem like an estate car in comparison.

Good buying guide in this months EVO if you havent seen it.

pdV6

16,442 posts

284 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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Davey S1 said:

Good buying guide in this months EVO if you havent seen it.

...featuring our very own Joust, who is a font of knowledge as regards all things Noble.

See also the Noble forum here on PH.

zippee

13,940 posts

257 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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pdV6 said:

Davey S1 said:

Good buying guide in this months EVO if you havent seen it.


...featuring our very own Joust, who is a font of knowledge as regards all things Noble.

See also the Noble forum here on PH.

Don't forget Owen (Obes), wasn't his car in there as well?

pdV6

16,442 posts

284 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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You're right, you know!

mechsympathy

57,332 posts

278 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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pdV6 said:

...featuring our very own Joust, who is a font of knowledge as regards all things Noble.

See also the Noble forum here on PH.



pdV6 said:
You're right, you know!


pdV6: He speak in URLs.

off_again

13,917 posts

257 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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....and buy this months Evo (if you havent already). An enlightening 4-5 pages of buying a Noble M12.... worth a read just for dreaming too...

pdV6

16,442 posts

284 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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off_again said:
....and buy this months Evo

Keep up at the back!

joust

14,622 posts

282 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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Medusa said:
I am just curious if anyone has any idea why lots of Nobles seem to come up for sale with extremely low milage, could it be because quite a few people have them as a second car?
Donno - but for me, it was my fourth car.

Still managed to stick 22,000 miles in just over 2 years on it though, and running at 1000 miles per month on the M400.

But then some people like to coo, look at, and stroke their cars rather than drive them (don't they Rob )

J

silversix

258 posts

255 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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Had my M400 for 6 months now, and only done 1500 miles (had 800 on when bought). All to do with the weather. no doubt will do more when summer finally arrives. Not many paople will use a Noble as an everyday car. Between me and teh wife, we've clocked up 30,000 miles since Xmas on the everyday cars.

ThatPhilBrettGuy

11,810 posts

263 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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I'm averaging about 10K miles a year. I've a feeling I'll be busting that easily this year.

And practical? It's my only car but 2 weeks ago I still got a bathroom rad, jetwash and a bird table in it from B&Q. The passenger, I admit, was a little squashed.

AMG Merc

11,955 posts

276 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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joust said:
But then some people like to coo, look at, and stroke their cars rather than drive them (don't they Rob )

J


they do indeed - and don't suggest that you don't care how yours looks - you who advocate the excessively expensive Zymol treatment!

PS - and yes, I always try to look "coo" and enjoy bird seed and nuts!

kentviking

577 posts

263 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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I use my "classic" 2.5 twice a day every day for a half hour blast to and from the station.

It has never missed a beat.

We (yes "we" also use the car for the odd weekend away, be it sailing or touring venture...and it is quite surprising just how much stuff you can fit behind the seats, on the parcel shelf and in the footwell (not to mention on the passenger's lap)

I kept a third (Alfa Romeo 156) car in case of reliability issues (the first car is the family Volvo runaround), but so far I'm just using it when it gets a few too many cobwebs on it.

In the immortal words of Nike: Just do it!

joust

14,622 posts

282 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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AMG Merc said:

they do indeed - and don't suggest that you don't care how yours looks - you who advocate the excessively expensive Zymol treatment!
It's Swissol actually, and I have said that it's only slightly better than the caranbuna wax from Frost at £12 a large pot

robp

2,097 posts

264 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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joust said:
But then some people like to coo, look at, and stroke their cars rather than drive them (don't they Rob )

Different Rob, I suspect, but this one is more likely to be standing over it with a big birch twig...

AMG Merc

11,955 posts

276 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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joust said:

AMG Merc said:

they do indeed - and don't suggest that you don't care how yours looks - you who advocate the excessively expensive Zymol treatment!

It's Swissol actually, and I have said that it's only slightly better than the caranbuna wax from Frost at £12 a large pot


Ooooh, you've always got an answer eh Justin, you must have been annoying kid?!

joust

14,622 posts

282 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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AMG Merc said:

Ooooh, you've always got an answer eh Justin, you must have been annoying kid?!
Popular I'd like to call it

J

Medusa

Original Poster:

301 posts

250 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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Thank you all very much for the replies, I will get a copy of EVO as a few people have suggested.

obes

3,298 posts

267 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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Yep, it's a great article (no bias) featuring two particularly grubby Nobles, There was no Zymol, Swissol or any other ol kicking about that morning I can tell you !!!
a massive good work fella to Andy Morgan for using some photographic mastery to make them look loads cleaner than they were !

P.S. Buy the GTO Terry, you won't regret it

>> Edited by obes on Tuesday 17th May 17:05

V6GTO

11,579 posts

265 months

Tuesday 17th May 2005
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Martin.