The Syder was sold in the September auction for £9k plus buyers premium on behalf of a finanace company who had repossed it 4 years earlier.At that time I was interested and went to view the car and found the following , The car would not start supposed problem with the steering lock micro switch ( now fixed?) The hood would not lower now fixed ? it also need a new hood as it was worn with a couple of tears in it, It needed new tyres and a wheel refurb, the seats were in poor condition, the drivers door rubber seal was ripped, the passengers window did not lower although it did drop to open the door, there numerous scratched in the paintwork, and some parking dents, the gearbox was not working supposedly a £1k Fix, according a garage that had looked at the car. The mileage seemed genuine as the front Michelin tyres were of year 2022 indicating they were original and the rears 2006 indicating they had been changed. Perhaps worth a punt at £6k it is an auction afteral. But as the person who brought it before is now selling, it indicates more is wrong than can be seen. Such a shame, how could someone treat a car so badly they should be shot.
Rex B
Rex B
Yep, spotted all that, good find re the tyres, can you tell how you can tell the age of a tyre, suppose its stamped on there somewhere.
Other items I spotted
Interior:
Drivers seat bolster stripped of coating
Clock rusted and flaking
Air vents flaking
Ash tray cover broken
Damage to drivers door card.
Damage to cubby box lid
Passenger window clunking, about to collapse
Roof manual release nut rounded off
Drivers seat electric lumber adjust skipping
Heated seats not working
Key casing broken
Exterior:
Poor repair damage to front bumper, you can see sanding marks
Scuff n NSF bumper
Nose grill bent
OSF wing arch scuffed
2 big chips about the size of a penny on the bonnet
Heavy door dings down one flank
Both door edges chipped badly
Rear bumper had poor repair with visible sanding marks
All 4 wheels require refurb
All nuts heavily rusted
Hole in each side of the roof about the size of a 50p
Cracked rear light
Chips and scratches all over
Mechanical
Roof fails to move more than a couple of inches at a time
Roof warning light on
Airbag light on
All 4 tyres on the limit
Front disks heavily lipped and warped
Rear gbox foil under tray ripped and in poor condition
Positives
Good colour combo
Glass all ok
Aircon and ICE appear functioning
Engine bay dirty but looks unmolested
Good oil pressure
New clutch
Value
Based upon there being no engine or gearbox faults
Respray and wheels: £2.5k
Brakes: £500
Tyres: £750
Interior: £500
Roof: £750
Misc mechanical: £1000
Total repair: £6k
Market value: £14k
Max purchase price (minus £1k for Argo): £7000
