QP - So whats the catch

D Walker

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Registration number: M1KBH

Vehicle makeMASERATI Vehicle modelQUATTROPORTE Date first used18 May 2007 Fuel typePetrol ColourBlue

MOT history of this vehicle
Test date25 August 2016 Expiry date24 August 2017 Test ResultPass Odometer reading77,790 miles MOT test number3828 0776 0205 Advisory notice item(s)
offside rear Anti-roll bar linkage has slight play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
Test date23 August 2016 Test ResultFail Odometer reading77,783 miles MOT test number2200 6940 0863 Reason(s) for failure
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
Advisory notice item(s)
offside rear Anti-roll bar linkage has slight play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
Test date30 September 2015 Expiry date29 September 2016 Test ResultPass Odometer reading77,387 miles MOT test number6483 7793 4412 Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Rear Road Wheel partially seized when rotated.
Test date17 September 2015 Test ResultFail Odometer reading77,387 miles MOT test number6758 4360 9169 Reason(s) for failure
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
front Brakes imbalanced across an axle (3.7.B.5b)
nearside Headlamp aim too low (1.8)
Brake pedal creeps down when held under pressure (3.3.B.1a)
Test date6 November 2012 Expiry date5 November 2013 Test ResultPass Odometer reading75,221 miles MOT test number9950 8191 2325
Test date27 April 2011 Expiry date18 May 2012 Test ResultPass Odometer reading64,661 miles MOT test number2758 1771 1164 Advisory notice item(s)
Brakes imbalanced requirements only just met. It would appear that the braking system requires adjustment or repair. (3.7.B.5b)
Test date23 April 2010 Expiry date18 May 2011 Test ResultPass Odometer reading39,084 miles MOT test number8135 0341 0166
 

MarkMas

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I test drove M1KBH a couple of months ago. The seller had a long story about how he is a bankruptcy asset recovery guy and it took him a while to find and recover the car from the previous owner as the car had been hidden in storage. He told me that when he found it, there were big nails in all four tyres (which, obvio, have been replaced). It drove ok, but there were a lot of smallish things wrong with the car including a scratch on the Nav screen, broken trim and severely damaged rear window shades. Good value, but really no telling what it had been through, so I passed.