Hello,
I looked at a VR6 last week, and hope to purchase it soon, but do have a couple of queries, if any1 can advise would be grateful. I had a VR6 before, so am reasonably familiar with them, but would like a little help regarding these "features" if possible..
The car is a 1995 / N, 60k, 3 owners, 5 door manual, black with black leather, Highline BBS alloys, little black VR6 badge, VR6 on the door sills...so presume it's a kosher Highline (not that it worries me too much if it wasn't).
Car was grubby but looked very straight, couldn't see any signs of damage / paintwork...and the price is good, but any thoughts on these:
1. Insulation - at side of passenger airbag - there was a little of what looked like acoustic / sound dampening material poking out from the side of the airbag (on both sides - most obviously between the airbag and the air vent). Is this common - or has the airbag deployed and not been replaced correctly ?! Any ideas ?! The seller didn't indicate he really knew why..
2. Engine - sounded a little bit "mechanical / tappety" - i.e. not totally silent. My previous 1997 with 105k sounded similar and was gr8 to drive...extremely strong and silky, so assuming that these do make a little noise (even with 60k miles)
3. Damp floor in boot - but couldn't see an obvious source of water coming in - does this happen if car just left outside all the time ? (i.e. in the snow / wet recently).
4. Gearbox - seemed quite long in the throw, certainly not short and snappy, believe it's a cable shift in these, but can't remember what my old one was like.
5. Plastic "scuttle" by the wipers breaking up - the strip that runs under the wipers by the windscreen was breaking up a bit, presume fairly easy to replace and not an issue.
6. Rear windows not working - odd that both broken, assuming a fuse for these.
Thanks for reading ! Dan.
