I went sniffing round car lots today.
My Calibra was half inched two weeks ago yesterday, and no sign of it as of yet, so I'm beginning to fear the worst.
In the meantime I've bought a really nice condition Phase 2 Clio Automatic to use until either my Calibra is found and returned, or the insurance pay out on it.
So there I am, actually having a look round at what sort of MPVs / big diesel estates one can pick up for around 5k (the cost of a new C15 van), when out of the corner of my eye I spotted...
...an M plate nightfire red Rover 600ti.
Hmm, looks a bit dirty I thinks, but with a price tag of £1495, it would be rude not to give it the proper time of day.
75k on the clock with no history, MOT til December 2003 and a peeling steering wheel... hmm, but the front suggests the paint is all original, and not particularly stone chipped, so maybe it is the right miles...Got them to start it, and it kicked out a small puff of smoke, but no smoke once this had cleared, even when it was revved, and to be fair, it has obviously stood for a while.
Had a drive, and I noticed the ABS light was constantly on. That aside, it seemed to drive ok albeit it wasn't as fast as I had remembered the ones I used to have as company cars; do you need to thrash the arse off these to get at the real power or what?
A quick chat later, and the dealer seemed extremely genuine - they explained they'd taken it in PX a while ago, and just wanted it out the way - the long and short of it was, was £1250 cash, or £300 and the Clio... (obviously a very clean small auto with PAS is going to be a bit easier to shift), so yes, I am tempted, just a bit bothered by the ABS fault and lack of service history as well, that's all.
Gentleman of the jury, what do you reckon???
-- JackH