Haven't any under the bonnet shots Turbo but this is a relatively local garage that specialises in 4 x 4s - mainly Defenders so I'm expecting the usual standard of valeting at such establishments. Its the documented history I want to explore!
**thank you bigeeeee. That is super helpful and have now printed out its entire MOT history. Very interesting it reads too !
Hi Bobdog, thanks for the advice. If a driver doesn't check his tyres, whilst that is both irresponsible and stupid, does that necessary eliminate a car from consideration.? The documentation and service history is very detailed and whatever came up on MOTs was sorted. It certainly drives very well with good tyres, new discs and pads all round; both cam belts done, suspension arms sorted - all the usuals for a car of this age.
it doesn't necessarily eliminate it but it should make you look more carefully at it. it depends how many owners its had. for example- it could have had say, 4 owners, 3 of them looked after it but one didnt bother checking the tyres. though its had advisories for tyres, some owners might have waited to see what else the MOT threw up before changing them. obviously i haven't seen the service history so if you are confident any major issues have been sorted then its at least worth thinking about. its always a gamble buying used cars. when you think about it, you could see one thats flown through all MOT's, no advisories, no major work done and decent mileage. however it could be a timebomb of problems waiting to go off!
fair points but its not a TD5... its a D3...
Typical - jump in with both feet.
