I'm considering buying a three year old Ford Focus from my brother but it was vandalised a year or two ago and has a scratch all along one side, over the bonet and over the back - probably about 20 feet long in total.
The depth of the scratch varies, in some places you can tell it's only in the laquer, in others it has gone deeper but nowhere is there any rust so I am hoping it's not gone down to the metal at any point.
I'm considering buying this car as it's only done 16,000 miles and I'm wondering what sort of discount to negotiate based on the price my brother would have to pay to get this damage repaired if he was going to sell it to anyone else.
Also, I'm wondering if I should give the scratch some treatment to protect it - I was thinking of cleaning the it carefully and applying some laquer to it to "fill" it and protect it in the coming years?
I'd be interested in any thoughts anyone on here has.