It's a mixed bag from James again. He mentioned that the PTU could fail, and that they once cost £30k to replace. That's now less than 10k as Simon Furlonger has a rebuild service which includes some upgraded O rings, the cause of the issue. It's a simple case of oil passing a seal that it shouldn't leading to a mess. The later FF and the Lusso has a different colour O ring set, and the incidence of failures is less. It's a good example of a manufacturer knowing there is a potential issue, fixing it mid-life cycle but still charging a stupid amount to replace a part that can be repaired. And much like the famous issue with 997 model 911s, the actual number of failure is in the single figure percentages, still too many, but it's a bit exagerrated. There's a long thread on FChat about it and the reports of age/mileage of member's cars that it's happened to etc.
If you look at FF prices, you'll see a jump 2014 cars onwards of between 10-20k. This is because the main dealers and many specialists know they received several updates and repairs and the later cars are regarded better as such. A 14 plate or a 64 will be 120k or more, where a 12 plate is 100.
Other than that, the items mentioned are just wear and tear stuff that should have been better taken care of. For example, my FF has been cleaned and undersealed and every bolt for the undertrays replaced with stainless steel items. Not hard to do but will certainly help keep the elements away from hoses, fixings, sub frames and so on as well as making sure that service departments can get the trays off and don't just give up and say they did.
In the end, it's a very early car, high miles, many owners, lots of different drivers and if it was a Granturismo, all of us would be telling a buyer to walk unless it was mega cheap. And the £88k that he was going to pay isn't cheap. It's keen, but not cheap. McLaren will just want what they paid to get out of it as they maybe paid a little too much as you have to in order to get someone into a McLaren.
Usual story, spend a little more, get one a bit newer, less miles, less owners and then get it inspected.
Cheap and supercar shouldn't be used in the same sentence.