Still, it would be nice for the owner to explain all this in person.

Did you buy it? Item has ended now

No. Didn't get a response from owner, so not worth the risk. I have been to see a really nice Wine Red one today. So might be in the FCCUK club soon!

is it the one on Pistonheads Lincolnshire?

Yes

Do you know the car?

Its now sat on my drive Couldnt resist another Plus, thats 3 now to the collection and 8 cars on the drive.
I must say the guy I bought it from was a genuine star, someone missed a bargain.

He's a motor mechanic and has done all the things I do my self. He wouldnt even take a deposite to secure the car as he wanted me to view, that its self told me alot about the guy.

I wanted the car stone cold when i got there and it was. Car drives mint and you wouldnt no its done the miles. Got 4 new tyres, all belts, pump, clutch, disc's and pads, heater matrix, oil cooler and pipes, brake compensator, bilstens, no smoke rattles, drives like a dream!

Cars cleaner than any of mine underneath, found only 1 fault being a noisey steering pump and he even turned around and put a replacement he already had in the boot for me. Absolute Bargain!

I dont no if he really knew what he had as he didnt advertise it as a plus. When I collected it today it was imaculate inside and out and twice the car I expected.

No but the advert reads well. Makes the car sound like a good one with a honest seller who isn't shouting about POWER etc!!

Seems like he has looked after it and everything which you want done, belts, service etc is done. Get him to stick a new MOT on it. At least you know if there are any advisories which need attending to.

definitely a good buy. Well done starvin2047... you mad man lol

It is a lovely Coop. Nicer than the pics suggest. And he's a top bloke. Trying to make my mind up over the colour. Ideally I would like a Sprint blue or Broom yellow....but the Wine red is growing on me alot

Congratualtions...sounds ace. Wish I had the kahoonas to have bought it.

Lucky you Starvin2047 I don't think my misses will allow me to have another. Im trying to convince her to take the car down to Chard next week as the mother-in-law lives down there!

I originally wanted an Ink Black but couldn't find any in a condition and price that I could afford. So instead of colour I got the best condition car I could find. Wine Red do look nice. I don't think there are any colours which don't look good in the Coupe.

Yep the Moonie's panned out ok, but buyers beware i've viewed some pup's out there. Always take some who knows there stuff.

it looked like a good one on ebay. But the price was cheap, so you've got a bargain!

Well Richie if your ever down this way give us a shout, I'll get the kettle on

im down Monday night for a week either in the Coupe or the Honda.

True.Cheers for reply.

Ref the Moonie plus, looking through the pile of receipts it looks like its spent most of its service life with Motormech on reg T90 GAN owned then by Mr Brown. Must say it appears to be well serviced and cared for.

i was looking at this one on ebay myself , looked a nice car, fancied another moonie! but not long just sold one of my coupes
(one coupe in your life is not enough!!)

I'll have a look tomorrow and see what info we have on it

Thanks Nigel

I would much rather have a genuine high milage car than a suspicious low mileage example. A well looked after low milage car that still looks like new would be a brilliant find. The trouble is so many low milage cars don't have a clear evidence trail and don't look like new! So yes, you should always buy on condition rather than the milage.

We recently went to buy a Grande Punto for my son. We looked at several quite low mileage examples (All under 60,000) at traders. Every single one of them was a mess and looked like they had done three times the milage suggested. One trader took exception when he heard me say to my son that the milage was incorrect. I directed him to my wifes 87,000 mile Grande Punto that we bought new. Apart from a few stone chips her car looks like new and is in far, far better condition than anything we looked at that day.

In the end we bough a slightly higher (Genuine) milage Fiesta that still looks immaculate.