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well i went and had a look at it today

(just got back then)

couldn't make it in time to see it by daylight but took some torches and managed to spot a few faults, will look at it again before purchase

the car still have the xenon's (i think, they were much more blue than the high beams and were very bright, and the height adjustment worked too

there is a full service history with the car (while its been in aus) and has been run on penrite sin5 (5w30 i think) or some thing similar, is this thickness fine?

only issue is that there is only one key with the car. what i need to know is, are s2 stageas immobilised? and where can i get a second door remote for the central locking? (or is it better to go full after market alarm system?)

thanks guys

Tom

well i went and had a look at it today

(just got back then)

couldn't make it in time to see it by daylight but took some torches and managed to spot a few faults, will look at it again before purchase

the car still have the xenon's (i think, they were much more blue than the high beams and were very bright, and the height adjustment worked too

there is a full service history with the car (while its been in aus) and has been run on penrite sin5 (5w30 i think) or some thing similar, is this thickness fine?

only issue is that there is only one key with the car. what i need to know is, are s2 stageas immobilised? and where can i get a second door remote for the central locking? (or is it better to go full after market alarm system?)

thanks guys

Tom

if you've found a few faults, i'd definitely get it professionally inspected

you should be able to use the results to screw down the price more than the cost of the inspection. they're very thorough, check paint thickness around the car (for accidents), they do a balance test of the engine (compression test if you want, but i think costs extra), brakes, suspension etc.

i don't believe Stags are immobilised from factory, just central locking

an aftermarket immobiliser/alarm is probably what you want, for peace of mind as well as 2 remotes

if you've found a few faults, i'd definitely get it professionally inspected

you should be able to use the results to screw down the price more than the cost of the inspection. they're very thorough, check paint thickness around the car (for accidents), they do a balance test of the engine (compression test if you want, but i think costs extra), brakes, suspension etc.

i don't believe Stags are immobilised from factory, just central locking

an aftermarket immobiliser/alarm is probably what you want, for peace of mind as well as 2 remotes

the few things that were wrong we were only nitpicking to get the price down, stuff like blown out rear speaker, needs a cut and polish, couple of scrapes around the front of the body kit and a dent and a small hole in the cannon and having no front floor mats

we probably spent a good hour going over every detail of the car and my mate slid himself under it to inspect things like bushes and it was all pretty good, no major signs of rust except for the areas under the wing mirrors, just found faults to knock the price down. fingers crossed he comes down to price i offered him and i pick it up in the next few days

well i have bought it and am one very happy person right now

its not too slow either, i may have just kept up with a brand new mazda 3 mps and those things are quick

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