Mate of mine's selling his Mk1 MR2. Now before I start, I'm sure at least a few people will probably say "HFM?" so let's get out of the way now:
Thanks. Are you quite finished? Good.
Right - in short he bought it on eBay about a year ago (possibly slightly less) for 1400 quid and it was in bloody good condition and still is now. It was a 2nd (or 3rd or 4th) car for some bloke out in Oxfordshire who was ok for a few quid and didn't skimp on servicing it - most or all of the receipts up to when my mate got it are main dealer invoices - (that bloke also kept it garaged), and he's serviced it super-regularly since then (I *think* he said he's done 3 oil changes in the last 6000 miles or so - he'd be servicing it no expense spared as this was going to be the good car to gradually make mint over time that he was planning to keep for ages).
It's got around 8 or 9 months MOT and needed two small patches of welding for that MOT to the rear of the sills (one on each - about £300 worth in total to get it through the MOT), but other than that there's no rust anywhere on it (I'm pretty sure that's what he said - I've seen it and it is in bloody good nick).
Mechanically it's basically spot on - engine runs superbly - no nasty surprises as far as I know - he might have given it new brake pads and/or discs recently - basically it's not due any work in the immediate future, and comes complete with a good month or two worth of tax as well. Reason for selling is that he's just got a job in Central London, so won't need a car from day to day and would rather not see an old car deteriorate through lack of use, and fancies spending a lot more money on something more modern that'll cope much more happily with only being used now and again.
Only bad points are a slight dent in the wing (seller said it's barely worth mentioning - he says it is but I've seen the car a few times and not noticed it), and the paintwork is a bit faded in places. Having said that though, he's had a lot of people comment on how good it looks, and whilst the paintwork would benefit from a proper afternoon's compounding + polishing, it's not terrible by any means. He reckons £300 or so chucked at it would make it absolutely mint, but I'd say it's in pretty decent nick as it is.
And that's about it - one important thing is that it's a 100% original and unmolested example, in need of a little bit of work to make it absolutely perfect. It currently needs a new exhaust (not sure how much of it - probably just the back box) and he's going to get that sorted before selling it. Says he'd like to see £1200 for it, but isn't too sure what to ask as he doesn't want to sell himself short, but at the same time doesn't want to pitch it too high and have people expecting something absolutely mint (or just not call up).
So in brief, it's a D reg or a G reg (I honestly can't remember....), red, decent condition all round, 100% original, medium-long length MOT, a couple of months' tax (end of September I think), 85,000 miles with a recent service. Think he had the cambelt replaced as well, but might not have got around to getting that done yet. Oh, and it's in South-West London suburbia - around the Sutton/Croydon area.
Questions/Pisstakers/"HFM"-ers all welcome.