Thoughts on this 4.6 RR

[james S]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1459173.htm

Guys, I wonder if anyone knows this car. I've spoken to the owner who says its fine except for a noise from the engine / fan / aircon. He's not sure which, though as they are a race mechs, I thought this a little odd

Front suspension replaced and back fine. Box and diffs are fine I'm told.

What attracts me is the condition and spec.

The car is without MOT, which I would need to buy it, but I wondered if anyone knows the car or any specifc test I need to be thinking about re. the engine.

Its the blue one in Iver, ust under £2k if the link doesn't work

Thanks

[Shaw Tarse]

From the pics it looks good, description sounds good.
But why wouldn't a bunch of mechanics put it through MOT? I'd have thought the time & effort would be more than recouped in the selling price?

• I have no mechanical knowledge. The car may be perfect, but personally I'd look elsewhere, gut feeling there's summat wrong?

[plasticpig]

Shaw Tarse said:

From the pics it looks good, description sounds good.
But why wouldn't a bunch of mechanics put it through MOT? I'd have thought the time & effort would be more than recouped in the selling price?

• I have no mechanical knowledge. The car may be perfect, but personally I'd look elsewhere, gut feeling there's summat wrong?

It's a very good price if it costs a couple of hundred to put it through an MOT. But if that was the case why haven't they done it and put it up for £3.5K?

[Shaw Tarse]

plasticpig said:

Shaw Tarse said:

From the pics it looks good, description sounds good.
But why wouldn't a bunch of mechanics put it through MOT? I'd have thought the time & effort would be more than recouped in the selling price?

• I have no mechanical knowledge. The car may be perfect, but personally I'd look elsewhere, gut feeling there's summat wrong?

It's a very good price if it costs a couple of hundred to put it through an MOT. But if that was the case why haven't they done it and put it up for £3.5K?

That's what would put me off!
Cost to me £500.
Cost to them parts at trade price + a couple of hours @ beer money

[clarkey]

I'd pay a deposit and ask them to put it through an MOT first. If they say no, run away.

[Meeja]

clarkey said:

I'd pay a deposit and ask them to put it through an MOT first. If they say no, run away.

^^^ What he said.

If a car "will sail through an MOT" then I'd MOT it before selling. Makes it more attractive to a potential buyer.

Brake pipes are a known issue on P38s of that age. (Rusting/corroding)

I got an advisory on mine (a 2000 car) last year.

As mine is a "keeper" I am planning on getting a decent job done on the brake lines rather than a "get through the MOT" job..... which is going to cost a few quid.

Edited by Meeja on Wednesday 27th January 13:07

[bmw2002]

They seem to 'deal' a few cars too, currently also have these for sale:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/user/ccts1571/

[plasticpig]

bmw2002 said:

They seem to 'deal' a few cars too, currently also have these for sale:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/user/ccts1571/

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C128806/

If they are competent enough to engineer and fit a supercharger to a P38; then they are competent enough to put one through an MOT. There is something very wrong here.

[bmw2002]

plasticpig said:

bmw2002 said:

They seem to 'deal' a few cars too, currently also have these for sale:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/user/ccts1571/

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C128806/

If they are competent enough to engineer and fit a supercharger to a P38; then they are competent enough to put one through an MOT. There is something very wrong here.

My thoughts exactly too...

[CraigW]

the supercharged one has a ferrari and bentley badge on the dash!

[james S]

Thanks Chaps. You have echoed many of my thoughts here. It does look well looked after through which is the only possitive as far as I can see.

Its odd they have spent quite a bit on it and then stopped short of MOTing it however.