Going to look at this tomorrow all being well.

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Just wanted to know if anyone has any history on it? was it on the forum and one time or another?
Cheers.

The spoiler, The Car mats, pedals, green writing in advert.

all reasons why I would avoid.

I thought the spoiler looked good lol.

yeah i like the spoiler,suits the car with it being lowered

i too have been looking at that

whats wrong with green writing? cos his car's green no doubt

Looks nice, I'd bin the mats and pedals though.

Doesn't mention why they think the mileage is incorrect. You can check the mileage recorded at each mot test on line if you have the document red no from the V5.

You'd probably get £3-400 back by flogging the personalised plate.

Been up a few times that. Wonder why it hasn't sold?

Usual questions - cambelt etc. Also looks like it's had a very good wash and valet.

Looks nice but then most coupes do in pictures.....

Have a look at the oil pressure and the engine is cold.

either the oil is veeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyy old, it's gone for a walk or that engine is fubar'd. And if it's not and he's driven as suggested in the description it soon will be!

Bet it has been trashed within an inch off its life. just seeing that pressure i wouldnt even look at it. but that juat my thoughts

It's "obviously" been well cared for mind

P11 JJP I'd say is it's original plate Joe?

Normal checks apply, oil pressure is on the low side for stone cold. Russ, check out the buyers guide as this covers everything you could want to ask or that is likely going to cause an issue.

I thought original plates of that era were always three numbers, not two.

Either way it's worth sticking the reg into regtransfers website and seeing what they'd give for it.

Numbers 1 to 20 were kept back for people who wanted to pay for a "special" plate, after that the remaining 2 digit numbers normally went out in the general run of registrations.

The subtitle put me off a bit "proper mental" and he dosent say if its been a cat c or d when it was written off. But I like the spoiler same as mine

Ok guys thanks for the replys.
Ok to clear a few things up,the oil pressure was low and it worried me until i looked at the dip stick and there wasnt any on there lol, topped up and now running 2.8 to 3 bar so all good, and the car wasnt used much just test drives as no tax on the car so im happy with that.
No smoke on hot idle so turbo good.
Shes standard and not chipped,ive had many turbo cars running 200bhp to 350bhp.
She pulls well and gear change is fine also no slip from the clutch.

Ok the chap told me she was re-shelled? was in a accident a year after being made.
its reading 56k miles and the word going about is that it was stored for a few years, now its pritty mint inside with everything that would wear with a high mile car has not worn at all.

There are a few things that need looking at,the temp gauge only goes to around 50 and i drove 100 miles home lol,maybe thermostat of the temp sensor for the gauge?
And oil temp doesnt go much past 40?
But other than this shes very clean with no rust at all.

If the oil was low enough to give low oil pressure I'd say your engine is on borrowed time.

[quote=Russ1976 Ok the chap told me she was re-shelled? was in a accident a year after being made.
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Have you HPI ed it to see if its been recorded

Assume you bought it then?!

Stat needs replacing most likely. Hope you didn't push it too hard in that 100 miles? The fact it was that low on oil is hardly a good sign of good maintenance

HPI check will reveal what category it was. Likely to be CAT C if re-shelled. Do you have a VOSA certificate for the re-test?

Its was a cat d

reg was P461CCF before plate change

Re-shelled, and CAT D? That certainly doesn't smell of roses

What you mean? i thought cat d was the least of the cats? and i would say work would have been done right by dealer or other garage if car was only a year old and the insurance was paying for it?

If its cat D insurance DIDN'T pay for the repair. It was written off the repaired by someone else

Sorry i was going on what this site said.
http://www.whatcar.com/car-advice/running/what-is-cat-d-/3487412

I was going to have alook at that car, spoke to the guy selling it he told me the rear quarter had been repaired, I personally wouldn't be put off by a cat D if it had been repaired properly

It must of had a big smash though for them to write it off at a year old, but saying that it would still of had a significant value to it so its probably safe to assume it was repaired profesionally rather than botched back together in a back street garage

If its a good solid car I wouldnt worry about it

If it was repaired when it was a year old and still looks good now its more than likely that its been repaired well.

Thats what i was getting at lol cant see the insurance righting off after only a year old,maybe 5 years or 10 year lol.

Cat D is the least "serious" of all write off categories. Fact is, if the damage was so bad that the car had to be reshelled, it would have been a Cat C at very least, if not a B (breaker).

If it was just a damaged rear quarter and it was fixed, then a Cat D sounds right.

All category insurance write offs will have meant the owner would have had the market value paid in full to them. The car would then be sold off by the insurance broker at auction, and that buyer may have paid for the repairs to get it back on the road. That, or the previous owner had an option to buy the vehicle back after they'd been paid out, for typically 10% of this value.

Besides all that - did you buy the car? You mentioned you drove it 100 miles home so I assumed yes!

Ive never seen oil low enough to have sub 3 bar cold. Thats probably 0.5 litres away from a red light and death!!!
Youre a braver man than I if you made that purchase!!!