Its not quite as black and white as 15k i reckon. It depends if you use an indie garage or a dealer, or indeed do repairs yourself. Wishbones are a bit scary, because there are 8 of them and they cost in the region of 400 a piece to replace, and the main suspension ball joints are integral with the wishbones so they do need changed. The front uppers have separate ball joints and are easy to change, and ironically never fail. All the rest can develop cracks around the bushes and these are hard to see and really requires the arms taken off the car to inspect, so MOT does not pick it up. IT is unusual for more than one or even two of them to have cracks so its unlikely you would be hit with the whole set in one go. Just making sure this is ok can be a bit of a pest even if your car has no cracks, would be worth asking if the garage looking after it have checked for this you never know. i checked all of my wishbones last year, i had a couple of ball joints gone, so i know its a bit of work. I would say 4-6 hours in a garage so a few hundred to check it and add the cost of the wishbones if there were problems. End float can be the end of the engine, or at least a complete engine rebuild, so second hand engine 4-5k rebuild depends who does it i guess. Water pump and cam belt pulleys are cheap enough the parts all in probably 500 but a fair but of labour in there so a dealer will charge 2k perhaps. I have done the wishbone work my self and had a garage deal with the set up afterwards (important!) similarly i have generally changed the CAM belt myself and although in principle its scary its not much harder than any other car, and garage bills should be similar. A god indie garage with some knowledge of these cars can save you a lot of heartache, by getting things right when needed, and this forum is full of good suggestions if you look. Buying a 3200 is a bit illogical on the surface of it, because of all the potential problems, but once you have established the main scare stories are ok and its not going to disintegrate, you will not regret it, its one of the most infectious cars to drive, it is literally a drug. If you haven't driven one yet i suggest you do, its either going to seal the deal or put you off. i could not resist and bought my car 10 years ago meaning to keep it for a year or two and sell it before it got old or high miles. Ah well here we are still got it and cant really find it in me to sell it.
Thanks. How much would that work roughly cost please?