Hey guys,
I've been a member for many years having had my beloved mk3 ibiza cupra for a long time and then a red mk4 Ibiza cupra. Both great little cars and many good memories.
I moved to Czech republic from the UK a few years ago and ended up converting to VW, currently I have a Mk6 Golf GTI 5door with 19 inch Edition 35 alloys. Its a cracking car and still serves me very well.
However, yearning for something a little bigger and slightly more practical has brought me back to the Seat frey and I'm potentially going to buy a Leon ST 290 which is for sale here - see pics.
Looks like it has full seat dealer history, 74k km (45000 miles in old money I believe) and almost every conceivable option fitted - black package, black performance (had the Michelin tyres as new too but I'm sure they are long since gone), brembos and alcantara buckets, seat sound, pano roof, etc etc.
The brembos are in my mind a bit of a pain as we need to change tyres here for winter - on my golf i bought a nice second set of rims off a Golf R, but i know finding rims for brembos can be a pain, so thats something niggling in my mind.
I'm wondering if there is anything i need to look out for at this point? Any key troublesome things or red flags to avoid? Not sure if this engine is chain or belt driven, my golf is chain but i know the EA888 here is quite different.
Apologies also if there is also already a thread on this topic, please burn me if so
I've been a member for many years having had my beloved mk3 ibiza cupra for a long time and then a red mk4 Ibiza cupra. Both great little cars and many good memories.
I moved to Czech republic from the UK a few years ago and ended up converting to VW, currently I have a Mk6 Golf GTI 5door with 19 inch Edition 35 alloys. Its a cracking car and still serves me very well.
However, yearning for something a little bigger and slightly more practical has brought me back to the Seat frey and I'm potentially going to buy a Leon ST 290 which is for sale here - see pics.
Looks like it has full seat dealer history, 74k km (45000 miles in old money I believe) and almost every conceivable option fitted - black package, black performance (had the Michelin tyres as new too but I'm sure they are long since gone), brembos and alcantara buckets, seat sound, pano roof, etc etc.
The brembos are in my mind a bit of a pain as we need to change tyres here for winter - on my golf i bought a nice second set of rims off a Golf R, but i know finding rims for brembos can be a pain, so thats something niggling in my mind.
I'm wondering if there is anything i need to look out for at this point? Any key troublesome things or red flags to avoid? Not sure if this engine is chain or belt driven, my golf is chain but i know the EA888 here is quite different.
Apologies also if there is also already a thread on this topic, please burn me if so