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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Seanl on 23 July 2012, 17:48
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Mods feel free to stick it somewhere else if required,
Bloke who ran into the back of me has just admitted liability (6 weeks later!!), so I've been looking at a cheap run around for a bit til I get another Raddo VR6. I've just looked at a Fabia 1.4 MPI, with 38k for £1500 from the dealer. Was a PX, and they're putting a years MOT on it, Valeting it, 6 Months Warranty, it has 5 months Tax, FSSH, and almost a full tank of fuel too! It's extremely clean, but was wondering if there is anything I should be aware of before laying down the cash tomorrow?
Cheers!
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Will you get your money back at the end? If your planning of selling that is :smiley: :smiley:
Other than that sounds good.
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Well its seriously low milage, and is in near mint condition. There's very little within that price range in the country, and nothing with such low miles. I reckon theres very little depreciation left for something in its current state. (The missus will be driving it too though! :rolleyes:)
Its a pretty basic model, although does have ice cold A/C, but even so I think its a pretty good deal, especially from the dealership. I just don't know much about them, so wondering if there was anything specific I need to look out for.
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Great response! :grin:
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It is one of the slowest cars on the planet but as a cheap runaround it will be ok.
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Yeah cheers Wayne. Its pretty much for the missus tbh, so slow is good as it brings her insurance down. After a bit of research HGs can be a problem apparently when milage creaps up. Good for a fair while yet though in that tespect, and absolutely no evidence of any problems there atm. Just waiting for my compo now for the VR! :grin:
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DannyP had one of these.
He killed it to death.
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Well deposit has been paid. Cheque came through from the insurance today too. :cool:
Problem is, the Fabia isn't gonna be ready til Monday. I'm in Fareham for the week on Monday, and have a stag do in Bristol on Saturday. Gotta hand the hire car back by next Wednesday though, so I'm in a bit of a predicament................. :undecided:
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seriously run away loose the deposit if needed
they are sh!t it an old skoda pushrod engine with some fuel injection straped to it, ECU gets a in right pissy on really easly. also there slow and thirsty
i get better MPG out of a 200k mile 1.8T passat than i ever got from the fabia drove it just as hard passat just gets places faster. got to be the thirstest slowest car ive owned, cant rember if i blew it up once or twice
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Cheers Danny, filled me with confidence! :sad:
Its pretty much done now unfortunately, but its for the missus mostly anyway so I'm not too fussed if she gets nowhere in a hurry. I'm just gonna have to have easy right foot so as not to wreck it then. :rolleyes: