Low(est) mileage Non-PLUS on PistonHeads

Anyone know of any coupe with less than this?

If its genuine, in reflective condition and correctly cared for, then for the price it could put "The Doctors" car at GTi in the shade.....

Didn't think the Plus came out until V reg? Seems a bit daft to try to sell a £7.5k car without taking pictures

this isnt a plus if its a 98 and i have a feeling that there is a zero missing (mistake) in the advert.

Unless of course he just clocked it and lost the service history

Looks like a plus from the pictures, except that it doesn't have red brembos.

We shouldn't slag it off though - could be a genuine car with a decent owner.

Would need to have had cambelt done though regardless of mileage............

Indeed, it does - apart from the red Brembos, so presumably it's a 20vt[6]. The pics weren't there an hour ago

Quite right. Piccies now show no Plus calipers or body kit, so a turbo 6 then.

Owned from new for 10 years, but unaware its not a Plus I guess means not an enthusiast/visitor to/from this forum?

yes its six speed. No le skirts or lips and no red brembos

10,700 genuine miles your honour... cough...

Can anyone here zoom in on a picture of the tax disc clearly?

I'm just suss as all the other cars in the background of the photos are older models, there are no new cars that I can see, suggesting the photo may be several years old......

Stan

It's a plus alright.....10,700 PLUS the rest

Tax isn't due until August 08

not that that helps you with your line of enquiries..

Dvla Details below

Cheeky, but I like you......

Come on people, must be someone who knows how to clean up a zoom image so the tax disc can be read?

zoomed in on photoshop but impossible to read the pixelated disc!!!

It isn't CSI you know we can't actually do that kind of thing

I'm with Stan here. The other cars are all fairly old models and the tax disc colour doesn't look like any current ones...

If it really has done 10,700 why hasn't he done the "owned by elderly lady to do her shopping once a fortnight" line in the advert ?

I can only guess that its either gone wrong so much (a JimO special !!) that it only ever went to the fiat garage

That's what you think

Someones tipped him the wink that you are on the case Stan - no longer described as a plus !

Hmmm, my reputation precedes me........a bit like my belly!

Anyone who buys a coop and keeps the mileage that low has to be an enthusiast of types, which makes me wonder, if it is his pride & joy, why arnt there more pics, and more details about the history? and reasons why the mileage is so low? me suspects a recon..... or a missing 0 !

Hmm if there was a missing 0 then why add "genuine miles" to the ad, and also "only 10k.." etc.

I'm wondering whether this is one of those people who thinks that replacing a knackered old engine and putting a new one in 10k ago means the "car" has only done 10k

Hang on, has anyone considered that the guy might be trying to sell a genuine car - benefit of the doubt and all that!

It looks like the photo may have been taken at the Goodwood Festival of Speed car park. Its possible then that he's a car collector or something, and has the choice of many cars to drive - hence the low mileage.

Has anyone been to take a look?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-FIAT-COUPE-16...1QQcmdZViewItem

LOL, take a look at this 'Plus', some people eh haha........

Repost

I agree. Why is it impossible for an 8 year old car to have only 10,700 miles. I bought an Audi A3 a few years back, 5 years old with 7,900 on the clock. My mate Brian bought a 1996 Alfa GTV last year with 22,000 on the clock.

Low milers do exist!!!

There's only one way to solve this: someone get down there and view the car!

Very true - A short while after buying my 38k mile Integrale (when it was 7 years old), I got to view one of similar age with just 1,900 miles recorded (mind you it was up for £9.5k more).

Still confused though that if the seller has owned it from new, then why they originally listed it on PistonHeads as a PLUS?

If they were not an "enthusiast" or expert and had bought it second-hand badly described then I suspose its possible to own it for years and then list it wrong (especially as the DVLA document normally just states 20VT and not PLUS/LE/Turbo 6 etc.)

But surely to have purchased new, then the original purchase price/receipt detail/brochure/extras etc etc surely would have given it away 10 years ago in the showroom that it wasn't a PLUS....... if PLUS's were indeed even for sale on a T plate..... Unless he got stung by the FIAT Dealer ......

Possibly a very nice, well maintained and cared for, exceedingly genuine low mileage Turbo 6 that someone will go to see, drive, inspect, love and purchase.

What makes me confused is why you are still discussing this, if you have such an issue with the buyers description or mileage, why not contact him!!! Clearly no-one here knows the answer!

JimO that confused you?

This confuses me!



About time you came out and said it really its like an open secret

Er, I am confused now, I never said that

re read it JimO

Dammit, our secret has been more obvious than we thought.

Its just jealousy really

Your just jealousy, again i am confused

Well with a signature like that JimO I am not suprised

hmm my head hurts

Sorry!!!

Well come on Stan be gracious and accept the apology!

I thought he was apologising to you for you having a head ache

Evo - no worries, we are all mad here

JimO - thats why I feel so at home.

Right 15:30, Nurse Ratched is due with my medication. Blue pills today

Red pills for me

Can we please get back on topic...........?

You don't see me (or Matty my alter-ego) dragging threads off topic willy-nilly, do you?

Anyway, after that irony attack, who is volunteering to contact the owner for details?

Why not yourself Staniel

I have sent him an email

The staff here won't let me use a phone..........not after the injunction

Ah yes makes sense especially after the last incident!

Do furnish us with the details Mr Jim of the O when they arrive

Your wish is my prerogative

I have heard from the seller, the mileage is genuine and backed up by a service history, its not a full history as it has been serviced on mileage as opposed to age, so the cambelt hasn't been done yet, nor have any other major parts.

It was a second car, hence the low mileage and is now being sold due to extreme lack of use.

The chap seems very genuine, as does the car, although it will need a cambelt change at the least.

So there we go, a very simple answer for what was really a very simple question....

So it's probably only been serviced once in its lifetime as it's done less than 12k miles

Reckon one would need to add a grand to the price to get it fettled by PF

No it has been serviced every year, but just not stuck to the service schedule of cambelt at 60k.

Ah ok, so £550 at PF for belts and service...

Ah so not bad then really

crikey an opportunity for someone on here to become owner of the lowest mileage coupe on the forumthen! (I'm guessing )

Carl will be SOOOOO pleased!

Now reduced by £1k