I'm looking for a diesel....

[Voyager]

Originally Posted by derekosb

I agree with James. If your budget is only £2k Messenger's is about as good as you might find.

Maybe I'll not be able to better a V reg Club with 240,000 miles and holes where the taxi badge was for my £2k. But I don't think so.

Originally Posted by derekosb

On saying that I found this one that looks pretty good:

W Reg CDT Club SE (Cowley car) in Wedgwood Blue with Unions with 124k on the clock and history (accoring to the ad) for £1995. Looks in good order in the photos, however it is a Club SE, so cloth seats.

Car is hopefully not too far from you.

Sadly even further than Messenger's. Love the Wedgwood blue though. But looking at that, the lack of leather (at that price) is more off putting than I thought though.

[Voyager]

Originally Posted by Messenger

Clutch was around 4000 miles ago

Done it twice? You advertised it in November last year for £2100 with 110000 on the clock and a new clutch.

That's 29000 miles in 9 months! No wonder it needed a new clutch.

Sturdy car for sure, but I think I'll pass on this one for now.

[Platemaker]

Indeed, the original advert is incorrect and would have been proven to be had a sale occured based upon that information, the mileage at the previous MOT on the 11/09/08 is recorded as 130970 and if I recall correctly it was showing around 134000 ish when I came about it,and 138677 at present so actually around 4677 miles on the clutch.

The original advert was not terribly well concieved at the time as the chances are it had already been sold to a friend of mine (which it was) and there would have been a further opportunity to discuss the car in greater detail.
I was also indeed selling most of what I owned at the time for various personal reasons that I would rather not go into on an open forum and probably did not pay as close attention as I should have.

Are you suggesting that I am a liar?

or

Have I just made a mistake on a posting?

After all I imagine that anyone considering buying the car for £2100 back then would have been most puzzled that the mileage was wrong by 20000miles as to what I had stated.

[Voyager]

Originally Posted by Messenger

Are you suggesting that I am a liar?

The opposite actually. I presumed you were telling the truth.

I have only the information you have posted to go on here - one advert from nine months ago and another recently. Both say recent clutch and there is a big difference in mileage - what would you think?

Originally Posted by Messenger

or

Have I just made a mistake on a posting?

You may well have done, but how am I to know?

[GreyGhost]

There appears to have been an error in the mileage posted, we all make mistakes. In any event that was over a year ago and would have come to light and been corrected had any body noticed at the time.
I am forever being asked to edit posts and thread titles to correct mistakes including mileage readings.
Let's just leave that one there please.

Thank you for your co-operation.

[derekosb]

Originally Posted by Voyager

Maybe I'll not be able to better a V reg Club with 240,000 miles and holes where the taxi badge was for my £2k. But I don't think so.

I think you will certainly do better than that description!!

Originally Posted by Voyager

Sadly even further than Messenger's. Love the Wedgwood blue though. But looking at that, the lack of leather (at that price) is more off putting than I thought though.

Okay, so we have established that Leather is a must have! The red one looks pretty well specced, but what mileage & history?

Anyway, I will keep an eye out and let you know of any that may meet your "specification".

BTW, just for info, Corin (Messenger) has a good reputation on here, and I think that is why GG posted to defend. HTH

Derek

[Voyager]

Originally Posted by derekosb

I think you will certainly do better than that description!!

I expect so too.

Originally Posted by derekosb

Okay, so we have established that Leather is a must have!

Unless it is cheap. Then I really don't care - but for £1995 on a W plate I'd want the works!

Originally Posted by derekosb

The red one looks pretty well specced, but what mileage & history?

Dunno, only found it this evening. I'll let you know. Seems rather suspiciously reasonable though. I expect starship mileage or some category of insurance repair (or both) myself.

Originally Posted by derekosb

Anyway, I will keep an eye out and let you know of any that may meet your "specification".

Thanks. I found this while looking through Autotrader (What have they done to that site? It is dire these days if I log on)

2003 MG ZT 2.0 CDTi 135 4dr Diesel Saloon
Price: £2,500 ONO

103,000 miles, Silver, 4 Door Saloon, Diesel, Manual, ABS, Air conditioning, Alarm, Alloy wheels, Drivers airbag, Electric door mirrors,twin tail gate, 11 months mot,4 weeks Tax,Luxury condition, any trial.Half leather seats, 6 rack cd, and TV. £2,500 ONO.

Although clearly not a saloon as adverised and 200 odd miles away in Leeds, but rather lovely and I might choose to find the extra for something like that.....

[Tam]

High miles but high spec .http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[MadRus]

Looks like I bought a bargain
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[Voyager]

Originally Posted by tammyboy

High miles but high spec .http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Looks very nice.

I had seen that while searching but it really is miles away from me (on the Devon border in west Somerset) and, if you read between the lines of the ad, apparently missing my 'Not that fussed about mileage as long as it has some paperwork' criteria.