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Cerberaherts said:
If you can stretch to the extra expense it’s worth tracking down an ‘08 car as there were lots of revisions to the external gearbox components. The change is much, much faster and the clutch wear far lighter, as well as changes to the ignition system they also come with the later exhaust manifolds. The later manifolds do still crack but they have a metal-based substrate in the pre cat, the early type are ceramic and failure can cause chunks to get hoovered back into the engine causing lots of broken expensive bits. Get an inspection, all the later cars had the ceramic brakes and unless the callipers have been rebuilt with the hill engineering parts budget £1500 to have them rebuilt at some point. Check for a rattle on cold start which could be timing variators or cracked exhaust. Don’t get hung up on a dealer history, it means nothing, as long as it has stamps from a respected indie and an accompanying pile of invoices to prove you aren’t going to buy into a load of deferred maintenance work from the previous owner it’s indicative of a cared for car.
Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated.Edited by Cerberaherts on Monday 21st September 18:30
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