I am currently looking into getting a Ibiza Cupra TDI and have been searching for the past couple of weeks. My preference is to trade my car and pay the difference.
I was excited when last night i found one for sale at a repo company in Cheshire. 2004 04 reg with 20K on the clock for £8950 is a very good price. Was bit dubious as you never know the background of some of these cars.Anyway i rang them for more info, no M.O.T or service book, so i rung my local dealer to see if they could trace the service history. They couldnt but did give me the garage ( Seat Oxford) that had performed some warranty work. I rang them and they confirmed that it had 2 services 10k & 20K. The 20K service performed back in October 2005..So missing the last 18months or so. The car was advertised with 20K on the clock , so rung the repo company to advise that i reckon the car could have been clocked..turns out the milage was actually 34K and they had made a mistake with the milage..Back onto Seat UK this time for more info..again they couldnt give me service history but told me other warranty work was carried out at a dealer in Wales...I ring them up and they were a bit curious and didnt want to give me any info..i told them Seat UK told me to call for the service history....The dealer rung me back and said 'dont bother going looking at that car as its a crash repair and a botched job!' he didnt want to go into more detail but pretty much said dont go near it...Felt quite justified after all the digging i finally find the truth..
Just think i was gonna take a chance on the last 18months history and maybe purchase the car..!
If anyone is lookin for a Cupra TDI then dont get this one ..
http://www.repossessions-uk.com/carsframe.asp
I was excited when last night i found one for sale at a repo company in Cheshire. 2004 04 reg with 20K on the clock for £8950 is a very good price. Was bit dubious as you never know the background of some of these cars.Anyway i rang them for more info, no M.O.T or service book, so i rung my local dealer to see if they could trace the service history. They couldnt but did give me the garage ( Seat Oxford) that had performed some warranty work. I rang them and they confirmed that it had 2 services 10k & 20K. The 20K service performed back in October 2005..So missing the last 18months or so. The car was advertised with 20K on the clock , so rung the repo company to advise that i reckon the car could have been clocked..turns out the milage was actually 34K and they had made a mistake with the milage..Back onto Seat UK this time for more info..again they couldnt give me service history but told me other warranty work was carried out at a dealer in Wales...I ring them up and they were a bit curious and didnt want to give me any info..i told them Seat UK told me to call for the service history....The dealer rung me back and said 'dont bother going looking at that car as its a crash repair and a botched job!' he didnt want to go into more detail but pretty much said dont go near it...Felt quite justified after all the digging i finally find the truth..
Just think i was gonna take a chance on the last 18months history and maybe purchase the car..!
If anyone is lookin for a Cupra TDI then dont get this one ..
http://www.repossessions-uk.com/carsframe.asp
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