100 miles up here is nothing!Looks like PK have serviced the car for the last 4+ years so hopefully he has some idea of its past but yes, wouldn't consider buying it without the inspection - I've read enough posts here to know it's crucial!
It's a shame PK are a 100+ mile round trip though, I thought they were a bit closer on first glance. Would the car need to go back to the garage for the inspection or could they do it on site? Not sure how open the dealer would be to letting the car go so far...
Looks like PK have serviced the car for the last 4+ years so hopefully he has some idea of its past but yes, wouldn't consider buying it without the inspection - I've read enough posts here to know it's crucial!
It's a shame PK are a 100+ mile round trip though, I thought they were a bit closer on first glance. Would the car need to go back to the garage for the inspection or could they do it on site? Not sure how open the dealer would be to letting the car go so far...
Thought I would comment on here as I travelled up from stoke to view this car a few weeks ago. I had a good look round it and offered him a what I considered a decent offer of 11k as the colour is stunning but the dealer didn't want to play ball at all.
In the end we ended up buying a car from Richard Grace which blew this car out of the water.
Things I picked up were:
OSR shock leaking
Cambelt due
Windscreen cracked around rear view mirror
Rust on tailgate (after the dealer assured me there was none when I enquired).
Mirrors and wheels need attenion as menioned at the start of this thread.
Thanks for the help everyone - I had the car inspected a few weeks back now and it's still at PK awaiting a replacement shock absorber. I've made the dealer an offer which he has accepted and I'm flying up on Monday to have a look at the car before I buy.
There's a few bits and pieces that need doing which I will get sorted - most importantly the cam belt which I'll get Phil to do while it's up there as I definitely do not want to risk it snapping on the way back! Unfortunately that means I'll be flying up to Scotland twice but I'm sure it will be worth it when I have the car
Can't recommend Phil at PK enough - he's been very helpful and a pleasure to deal with, now I just need to find a similar indy down here, Grimaldi and Giallo aren't too far so I'll probably use one of them
Thanks, just put my name down for the brake discs as the inspection noted the discs were a bit corroded.
I did some detective work on this car and found this was Johncwl's old car from the Maserati Forum (and before that it belonged to someone called goo)
http://www.maseratiforum.co.uk/fb.asp?m=1070
Not sure if either of them are still around here?
I remember him, what happened? he came on here a few times then just went away