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Originally Posted by Black Swan
Black over black 1997 reg (1996 build) at £7500. Drove very well good changes clean red fluid on origional gearbox. Good paintwork and refurbed wheels. Clearly well loved and 73k genuine miles. Due for a major service and cam belt, advised £450+.
Price is high, car seems to be "real". With a good dealer warranty, I would strongly consider this car at 6.5 to 7K
Black over pearle white, Oct '95 reg, (1992 build), £4000 reserve. 103k miles, new gearbox at 82k, fluid clean and red. Some minor paint damage and a bumper scuff N/S/F and wheels need work. Poor A/C, needs rocker cover gaskets and rear brake pads.
If you believe the miles, ignore the build date. New gearbox will hold if you have a transmission cooler. Aircon can be recharged, wheels refurbished. At 3.5K this could be a nice car.
Black over black genuine 1996 car £5995, trade. 113k miles with expected wear on stearing wheel but generally good inside and out EXCEPT - rear valance has been cut about to fit Max Power dustbin size rear pipes that sound bad from outside and just awfull from inside. The "nice BBS wheels" turn out to be well curbed Halfords specials with budget tyres, but from a distance they look fine. They have offered to return the tailpipes to standard and see what can be done to the valance. Also the tranny fluid looks to be standard motor oil, certainly not red, but clean and the box has been refurbished. The CD changer is also missing from the boot, though there is a single slot head unit in the dash.
You don't want this car! If gearbox oil is brown, this means wrong oil[catastrophe] or persistent overheating [Apocalypse Now!] Walk away.
Sunday headed north:
Black over red 1993 reg, 1992 build, 71k £4995. Very un-loved, lots of little dings and broken switches, no history from 7500 to 59k and non standard wheels.
Unrealistic price for an uncared for car. Walk away.
Black over Claret, 1993 reg, 1992 build, 78k, £2990. Good service history and mostly one owner, number of paintwork issues but good interior. Tranny fluid clean but not very red. Gearbox was "slow" and present owners solution was to buy a "quick shift" device from Small Cars in US which has solved the issue I was told.
HHmmmmmm. Could be a good car. If it is still on original gearbox[service record should tell], then you may be buying a good car that requires a gearbox rebuild. Budget £1800. Quick shift device works very well, but may have been put in to curb "flaring", over-revving between gears, a sign of clutch wear in the box. Could be a good car at the right money, you would be safer to walk away.l
Your thoughts Ladies and Gentlemen
You need to say if they are UK models or Japanese imports. As a general rule, I would consider the UK cars, with all gizmos, worth maybe 500 to a thou more than the same JDM year.
Peter
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