Hi,
Recently been going to see a furio (51 plate, 2002) that im interested in buying, done some checks on it and its come back as no respray, no write off, no stolen records and no total loss claim by insurance etc etc...
Garage says they have full serv history etc for it, I still need to look at that though, but heres some problems....
1. Under the back seat was soaking last week, garage said that a pressure washer did it somehow, went today again and its all dry there now so nothing must have been leaking.
2. Boot is wet below the carpet slightly, and the foamy boot layer is soaked. Mate told me his saxo did this and the garage re did the seals on the back lights and that fixed the problem for him, so im assuming that would fix it too?
3. Engine all looks fine, chassis number matches up with the plate, but there's one thing I noticed today, even after having a mechanic from different places to come have a look at it and them saying its all fine bar the brakes. There are what looks like weld marks and sealer on the two bits at the top right of the engine (no idea what they are, they have circular bits on them that a strut brace can be put onto) the welds are halfway down it and on the inside of it.
There also looks to be overspray on these parts too, but is that just on all the cars?
The car is black and the exhaust is also black too, well the tip is anyway, do all black furios/vt? have this? As im thinking it might have been in a crash, not claimed on, fix, total respray and then sold on.
Also, very many parts in the engine bay look to be fairly new or very very clean. I will have a look on service history for it though and check whats been replaced.
4. There is a dent on the steering wheel where the airbag comes out, matches perfectly as if a head would have hit it, but the airbag light is fine and there doesn't look to be anything tampered with.
The car is however fine to drive, needs an MOT though, so in the test would it fail if its found out to be a cut and shut?
Might just be me over worried but im not too sure.
Thanks if you can help
Recently been going to see a furio (51 plate, 2002) that im interested in buying, done some checks on it and its come back as no respray, no write off, no stolen records and no total loss claim by insurance etc etc...
Garage says they have full serv history etc for it, I still need to look at that though, but heres some problems....
1. Under the back seat was soaking last week, garage said that a pressure washer did it somehow, went today again and its all dry there now so nothing must have been leaking.
2. Boot is wet below the carpet slightly, and the foamy boot layer is soaked. Mate told me his saxo did this and the garage re did the seals on the back lights and that fixed the problem for him, so im assuming that would fix it too?
3. Engine all looks fine, chassis number matches up with the plate, but there's one thing I noticed today, even after having a mechanic from different places to come have a look at it and them saying its all fine bar the brakes. There are what looks like weld marks and sealer on the two bits at the top right of the engine (no idea what they are, they have circular bits on them that a strut brace can be put onto) the welds are halfway down it and on the inside of it.
There also looks to be overspray on these parts too, but is that just on all the cars?
The car is black and the exhaust is also black too, well the tip is anyway, do all black furios/vt? have this? As im thinking it might have been in a crash, not claimed on, fix, total respray and then sold on.
Also, very many parts in the engine bay look to be fairly new or very very clean. I will have a look on service history for it though and check whats been replaced.
4. There is a dent on the steering wheel where the airbag comes out, matches perfectly as if a head would have hit it, but the airbag light is fine and there doesn't look to be anything tampered with.
The car is however fine to drive, needs an MOT though, so in the test would it fail if its found out to be a cut and shut?
Might just be me over worried but im not too sure.
Thanks if you can help
