Hi All - newbie soon hopefully

[Parisien]

....well......see how you go....you never know......


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[Andyk]

Fingers crossed.

 

[Namistai]

Hi, I am just down the road in Chichester, if you want me to come along and inspect it with you, I am happy to do so.

My advise with £25k on the hip would go for a LE spec (full leather) you get so much more extras for your extra couple of grand.

Mileage, you should be looking at sub 40k and the big ticket items are the clutches and you have to take note of the oil pumps as they are starting to become a bit of an issue. This does appear in later miles, 70k upwards but also lack of use is not good for them either.

Get it is stinking hot and make sure the oil is over 2 bar or a 1/3rd of the gauge. Normally is should sit in the middle at 2.5bar.

Wow thanks for the kind offer - I should be in a position to start looking in September when the funds become available.

Hey Dom: nice to 'meet' ya: £25k burning a hole should net you a fine motor indeed...

I've only been on here a couple of weeks but these guys (a) know their stuff, (b) tell it like it is and (c) are a generous crew with observations and time. Sure helped me with my recent acquisition!

Good luck in your quest.

Indeed - I will lean on the community in this forum for help and advice.

Thanks for the kind words Dom, I'll do my best to sort what you're after. It's a shame you're not ready yet as I've 3 lovely ones in at the moment. Regards what you'd get, a low miles (sub 30000) LE is around £27k upwards. There are some around for less now and again privately but need a clutch and service etc which could easily be £3k or more. Don't disregard non LE cars too, buy on condition and history and you won't go far wrong.

Thanks Richard. An LE would be nice but I certainly wouldn't discount a non LE for sure. I'd much rather a well sorted non LE than an LE which was rough around the edges. I wish I could get one now, however, I have just been made redundant (which was a blessing) and my severance pay doesn't arrive until September.

On a separate note, I was at goodwood today (fantastic day) and couldn't spot any Gransports in the car park. They're so rare but I guess that's part of the appeal