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Mr Whippy - 1/6/25 at 08:32 PM

One of those times you tend to dread, taking the bumper off to fit a tow bar, what horrors and rust are we going to find??


Oh wow 26 years old and it looks like this! don't tell me I've actually bought a good second hand car for a change




MikeR - 1/6/25 at 09:37 PM

That looks immaculate - what is it, what mileage has it done and when did it pop out of the time warp?


Mr Whippy - 1/6/25 at 09:59 PM

That's the Nissan Primera I bought two weeks ago, it's only got 37k on the clock and one previous owner, 23 full services for just under £4k

It only stopped getting serviced when the owner died, it was his son that sold it.

From what I've been told it was always kept in a garage.





[Edited on 1/6/25 by Mr Whippy]


JAG - 2/6/25 at 07:27 AM

Blimey!

That could have rolled off the production line yesterday


adithorp - 2/6/25 at 10:54 AM

quote:
Originally posted by JAG
Blimey!

That could have rolled off the production line yesterday


...or been rear ended and repaired


Sarah - 2/6/25 at 11:48 AM

quote:
Originally posted by adithorp


...or been rear ended and repaired


That was my first thought, but I doubt anyone would pay to fix it and insurers would have written it off.

I think Mr Whippy has indeed bought a nice, well looked after car.


Mr Whippy - 3/6/25 at 12:29 AM

Na I have a huge folder that came with the car, every recept, bill, road tax disk service report, even the original news paper advert the owner saw the thing. I was going to sort it by milage and service date. The underside is spotless and I was coating it in lanolin today and flooding the sills and arches with old engine oil before draining.


coyoteboy - 3/6/25 at 12:09 PM

There's no way in hell that's that clean behind the bumper cover after 38K miles!


Mr Whippy - 3/6/25 at 01:23 PM

I've been using it to work so it's a bit dusty...





[Edited on 3/6/25 by Mr Whippy]


coyoteboy - 3/6/25 at 02:25 PM

That's amazing, but I suspect it's been cleaned. I've pulled a fair few cars apart and I've never seen one that clean even after only a couple of years. Either way, good find!

[Edited on 3/6/2025 by coyoteboy]