danhicks22
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Hi all,
I'm currently trying to decide whether or not to buy a Leon Cupra TDi. The guy who's selling it will be trading it in on Tuesday in part-ex for a van. He's been offered 2.5k from the dealer but obviously he'd like a bit more if he can get it.
The car is an 04 plate with 123k on the clock (mainly motorway - he's been commuting 100 miles every day since he had the car from new) and seems to drive really nicely. It's been serviced every 10k miles at a main dealer. He's lost the log book but has receipts for all the services and a dealer is issuing a new book with the last stamp in for the service that they did. It had the cambelt replaced at the last major service (120k).
It needs a new glovebox handle (guessing about £50 from a dealer), a new n/s wing (caught a lorry trailer and pushed the very front of the panel in quite badly although only about 4" actually affected) and it's had a scrape/bump on the rear bumper (just looks like scratches and he said the bumper took the impact). There are also a couple of chips in the windscreen, out of the driver's line of vision that could probably be repaired but have passed MOT. The passenger seat is quite badly marked but I'm thinking it will probably clean out.
I figure that if I have to replace the bumper and wing, I'd be looking at maybe £300+ depending on where I source stuff from but have no idea about price on a new windscreen if it's needed.
What I'm not sure about is whether there's anything else common with these cars that might bite me if I buy the car.
To me, it seems like even with these issues, it's still a bargain.
Any thoughts (preferably related to this thread, although random musings are always enjoyed) would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
Dan.
I'm currently trying to decide whether or not to buy a Leon Cupra TDi. The guy who's selling it will be trading it in on Tuesday in part-ex for a van. He's been offered 2.5k from the dealer but obviously he'd like a bit more if he can get it.
The car is an 04 plate with 123k on the clock (mainly motorway - he's been commuting 100 miles every day since he had the car from new) and seems to drive really nicely. It's been serviced every 10k miles at a main dealer. He's lost the log book but has receipts for all the services and a dealer is issuing a new book with the last stamp in for the service that they did. It had the cambelt replaced at the last major service (120k).
It needs a new glovebox handle (guessing about £50 from a dealer), a new n/s wing (caught a lorry trailer and pushed the very front of the panel in quite badly although only about 4" actually affected) and it's had a scrape/bump on the rear bumper (just looks like scratches and he said the bumper took the impact). There are also a couple of chips in the windscreen, out of the driver's line of vision that could probably be repaired but have passed MOT. The passenger seat is quite badly marked but I'm thinking it will probably clean out.
I figure that if I have to replace the bumper and wing, I'd be looking at maybe £300+ depending on where I source stuff from but have no idea about price on a new windscreen if it's needed.
What I'm not sure about is whether there's anything else common with these cars that might bite me if I buy the car.
To me, it seems like even with these issues, it's still a bargain.
Any thoughts (preferably related to this thread, although random musings are always enjoyed) would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
Dan.
