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G'day all, I'm picking up a MY04 NP 3.8 petrol tomorrow arvo. Had a mechanic inspection and all good (considering the age). It's done 210,000km.
Looks like it's been on a couple of road trips and on a beach once or twice, just some minor surface corrosion underneath. Which is what I'm planning on doing with it anyway and I don't intend to keep it more than 3-4 years anyway. More importantly it appears to have been taken care of and many receipts are there from over the years. One negative point is that from the receipts I can see that it lived in Bondi for 4-5 years at one stage.
However, I'm reminded of an old MX5 I bought a few years ago which also lived in Bondi but probably for closer to 10 years. But it leaked water once in a downpour and I pulled up all the carpet to dry it out and found surface rust all through it under the carpet. Some of it quite bad.
Would it be worth my pulling up the carpet tomorrow before I pick it up (I mean just trying to lift it at the edges of course, just enough to see) in order to to check this? I've only paid a deposit at the moment. Is it a big job? Would anybody else consider doing the same if they were in my shoes, knowing it's done a couple of beach trips and lived in Bondi for a while?
Cheers
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Looks like it's been on a couple of road trips and on a beach once or twice, just some minor surface corrosion underneath. Which is what I'm planning on doing with it anyway and I don't intend to keep it more than 3-4 years anyway. More importantly it appears to have been taken care of and many receipts are there from over the years. One negative point is that from the receipts I can see that it lived in Bondi for 4-5 years at one stage.
However, I'm reminded of an old MX5 I bought a few years ago which also lived in Bondi but probably for closer to 10 years. But it leaked water once in a downpour and I pulled up all the carpet to dry it out and found surface rust all through it under the carpet. Some of it quite bad.
Would it be worth my pulling up the carpet tomorrow before I pick it up (I mean just trying to lift it at the edges of course, just enough to see) in order to to check this? I've only paid a deposit at the moment. Is it a big job? Would anybody else consider doing the same if they were in my shoes, knowing it's done a couple of beach trips and lived in Bondi for a while?
Cheers
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