Wisdom and advice required!

[mk3newbie]

I went to look at a cheap (sub £600) mk2 16v today and had a look at its MOT failure certificate, below are its faults:

Failures

• Corroded rear NS brake hose
• Insufficient windscreen washer provided
• OS headlight aim to high
• OS road wheel fractured
• OS CV joint needs replacing
• NS sill end rear suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded

Advisories

• NS and OS rear suspension spring mountings corroded - not excessive
• NS seat belt anchorage corroded not excessive
• OS tyre near legal limit
• Unable to check sills
• Windscreen chip outside Zone A

What do you guys reckon? Stick with it and give it a punt or run like hell?

[The Mighty Elvi]

Maybe £2-300 parts and labour to get the failures fixed.  I.e Brake hose, CV joint, bit of welding.

A bit more if you get a new wheel(s)

Advisories are not that expensive. Two new top spring plates. Maybe some welding for the seat belt anchorage.  They can't check the sills because of the plastic sill trim (good or bad that's your call)

1. Is this the first Mk2 you've seen?
2. What's your budget?

You can probably knock quite a bit of the sub £600 price when you factor in the work needed to pass the MOT.

AS EVER... the golden rule...Buy on Bodywork.

If the body is fine (or easily rectified cheaply or easily) then it comes down to point 2.

Any pics?  Year, Mileage etc.. Service history.  The usual.

Me.. If the bodywork was good (No rust) then About £400 sounds good for an MOT failure.

[X4MGS]

Too much rust for my liking....

Seat Belt Mounting rust... Where??? under the floor or under the rear parcel shelf (Either would have Alarm Bells Ringing for me!!)....

[mk3newbie]

In terms of bodywork its got some marks (surface rust) and bent trim where it's been reversed into a bollard. Other than that it seams pretty straight.

And it's a 1992 J Reg 4 door with lots of history although not FSH.

[Gambit]

The rust at rear suspension mounting will be where the rear axle mounts to floor, so rear axle will need dropped to repair it

 to be honest you could pick up a 4door 16v without all those issues for about a grand, and in a lot better shape