henkeharkins82
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Its coming up on a year since i got my first car (MK2 Punto) and im looking to upgrade to a GP.
Been looking at an 06/07 plate. Its been difficult to find a decent one in my area. Best place would seem to be the auctions, but with my location it is difficult for me to get there.
Anyways. Cutting the long story short. There is a garage closeby selling an 06 GP. 3 door , 1.2 dynamic, 1 owner.
I had seen it before but thought they were asking too much with it having done 100k miles.
They have recently knocked a shedload off the asking price & listed it as Spares/Repair.
I enquired as to why & they told me the power steering had cut out a couple of times (but came back on when the car was started up again) & that they didnt know if it would do it again or the cause of the problem. As such they were selling at cost price.
Now i know this to be a common problem. I have even had it happen twice on my mk2, but it was due to lots of short trips with Blowers/Stereo/Lights etc on & soon righted itself after I took the car a good run.
So whats the chances this GP is having the same problem. Or is it likely to be a more serious fault.
Is it worth the punt
Its coming up on a year since i got my first car (MK2 Punto) and im looking to upgrade to a GP.
Been looking at an 06/07 plate. Its been difficult to find a decent one in my area. Best place would seem to be the auctions, but with my location it is difficult for me to get there.
Anyways. Cutting the long story short. There is a garage closeby selling an 06 GP. 3 door , 1.2 dynamic, 1 owner.
I had seen it before but thought they were asking too much with it having done 100k miles.
They have recently knocked a shedload off the asking price & listed it as Spares/Repair.
I enquired as to why & they told me the power steering had cut out a couple of times (but came back on when the car was started up again) & that they didnt know if it would do it again or the cause of the problem. As such they were selling at cost price.
Now i know this to be a common problem. I have even had it happen twice on my mk2, but it was due to lots of short trips with Blowers/Stereo/Lights etc on & soon righted itself after I took the car a good run.
So whats the chances this GP is having the same problem. Or is it likely to be a more serious fault.
Is it worth the punt