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omega0684

posted on 20/11/09 at 09:33 AM Reply With Quote
Opinions on this PLEASE

right i found this on Piston Head and i would like your opinions please.

Linky

how much do you think i could haggle off it and what sort of things should i be looking out for when buying this car, early wear and tear points , milage of cam belt change etc?

Cheers

Alex





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Mr Whippy

posted on 20/11/09 at 09:44 AM Reply With Quote
its silver and rather dull...? doesn't float my boat, I have still got my silver vectra and can't stand the colour now, could hardly tell if it was washed or not

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speedyxjs

posted on 20/11/09 at 09:54 AM Reply With Quote
Never buy a silver car. Ihad a silver civic and no matter what i did to it or how much i polished it, it never looked 'special'





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MakeEverything

posted on 20/11/09 at 10:07 AM Reply With Quote
I dont like them.. they look awful.

Oi speedy, i was going to paint my kit silver....... maybe i should look fr some metal flake or something.... hmmmm...


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l0rd

posted on 20/11/09 at 10:16 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
Never buy a silver car. Ihad a silver civic and no matter what i did to it or how much i polished it, it never looked 'special'


From the other point of view, it never needed cleaning

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tegwin

posted on 20/11/09 at 10:17 AM Reply With Quote
For that sort of money a Cupra FR TDI should be doable!





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omega0684

posted on 20/11/09 at 10:29 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
For that sort of money a Cupra FR TDI should be doable!


thats what i was thinking!





I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!

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Irony

posted on 20/11/09 at 10:46 AM Reply With Quote
I used too own one of those and they are great little cars. Driving it was fun and the slightly different bodyshell makes it 'feel' faster than is brother the mk4 golf.

Sadly I drove mine through a large puddle. I thought thats a big puddle going across the road. I waited watching the cars drive through it and then followed a fiesta through. Thinking if a fiesta can get through then I can. Nope! Wrote it off.

I now own a Golf mk4 GT TDI 150 and I think yours has 130. I could swear that the Leon 'felt' faster though.

Every 60k cam belt.

My tip after owning and writing one off: Great car avoid puddles. I think I liked it better than my golf actually.

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eddie99

posted on 20/11/09 at 11:30 AM Reply With Quote
As above, Cupra Teritory for that price...
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smart51

posted on 20/11/09 at 11:35 AM Reply With Quote
Silver, or shiny grey cars are the colour of mist, fog, drizzle and road spray. They may look lovely in the summer sunshine but they are invisible in bad weather. I always avoid this colour when buying a car.






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skinned knuckles

posted on 20/11/09 at 11:51 AM Reply With Quote
I've got a silver/grey merc GL as a company car and agree that it never looks particularly clean but i have never had a problem with "invisible car sindrome" and i do about 45K a year. mind you, it is as big as a house..





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Benzine

posted on 20/11/09 at 11:52 AM Reply With Quote







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02GF74

posted on 20/11/09 at 01:16 PM Reply With Quote
silver cars are popular becasue they don't show up the drit . about 1/2 the cars in our works car park are silver - lazy bastids.

don't like'em myself but the it is not me who is buying so don't be put off by the anti-silver brigade.






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l0rd

posted on 20/11/09 at 03:29 PM Reply With Quote
I love silver cars

Too bad, i couldn't find the car that i liked to buy in silver.

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morcus

posted on 20/11/09 at 04:53 PM Reply With Quote
In my experience, flat (off) white is the easiest colour to keep clean as most dirt you pick up is pale. To me silver looks cheap and Saabs and Mercs are the only cars that do silver well, unless were talking really shiny silver which does look good.

I personally don't like SEATs but if its what you want go for it.

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nick205

posted on 20/11/09 at 06:07 PM Reply With Quote
2 things....

1. Top car, but get a Cupra/FR TDI for that money.

2. Crap colour, get Ovni Yellow or Black Magic

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