Vantage @ £35k

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216 months

Sunday 8th April 2012
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Does anyone know this car?

http://www.oakmeremotorgroup.co.uk/specialist/used...

I took a quick look yesterday whilst passing (only had 5 minutes). The paint looked as if it could do with some correction and obviously I didn't drive it but it seems like fantastic value on the face of it.

I had been looking for an MY07 but at that price could be tempted. Would this car be eligible for AM warranty? If so, what is the annual cost?

Are the upgrades on the MY07 worth the extra spend?

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Original Poster:

746 posts

216 months

Sunday 8th April 2012
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Thanks for the responses.

Mikey - very generous offer. I have taken a brief look and may pop back for a proper chat/test drive. I think I may prefer to pay more for a lower mileage example (appreciating this may be flawed logic!).

I will only use the car for pleasure, probably 4k miles pa and so perhaps a higher mileage version is the one to go for (if the condition is right)?

I saw the yellow roadster. Looked very nice although the colour is not for me. I didn't realise they had had it in for so long!

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Original Poster:

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Tuesday 10th April 2012
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Thanks for the advice guys, all very helpful.

I will order myself the book - it looks a great read.

I noticed this one came up (and sold) today. Looks like good value and includes a warranty.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3746081.htm

I think I will look out for an earlier model (£35-38k) rather than spending £45k on an MY07 model. I guess that will minimise depreciation too.

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Original Poster:

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Thursday 12th April 2012
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Mikey - appreciate your efforts (in the rain!).

The car was indoors over the weekend and the paint did look in need of some 'correction' (just swirls rather than anything too worrying).

How wary should I be of wear to the drivers seat? The interior was in generlly good shape and I assumed some wear to the leather (though it was more creasing) would be the norm at > 30k miles?

The car in question seems to have disappeared from their site/AT now but it has been useful for me to start to understand what to expect for my money.

I am hopeful of getting out to see more examples (across a range of prices) over this weekend.

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Thursday 12th April 2012
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Another quick question (I have ordered the book so most will hopefully be answered by that), what is the situation re getting an inspection (I would like to get a feel for clutch condition, brakes etc) when buying private/outside the AM network?