About to purchase 2010 MPS (Sydney), Please help me!
You are all my last hope :D
So I've been looking at an MPS for a few days now and went to see it in person yesterday.
Overall, the car seems to be in good condition, however it does have a few scratches (lots of nail scratches in door handles), front bumper, and a few from car park shopping trolleys but none too obvious.
Also has a small dent on the a-pillar, apparently caused by a golf ball hit. While these imperfections are not ideal, I am mainly concerned about the mechanical aspect.
It has done 65,000km, built Oct 2010, and is driven by a couple over 35, garaged at night.
It is on Original Clutch and Original Brakes, and 5,000km into its 3rd set of tires (pirelli cinturato p1 225/18)
I took it for a spin, and the owner even semi-launched it from 3k RPM, flooring it all the way to through to third to 120km/hr and it seemed like the clutch was fine. I could not personally tell its condition. He called his Mechanic friend to ask, and the Mechanic Friend said the original clutch should last until 150,000Km (seems legit..). The owner claims he only occasionally gives the car the beans, and waits for the blue light on the dash to go out before driving. I did not notice any smoke out of the exhausts at all, even after 3 hard pulls to 120km/hr.
It has a log book, with dealer servicing for the first 3 services (10k, 20k), and then his local Mechanic Friend for the rest (30k,40k,50k,60k). Apparently the major service was at 40k, and the next is when..?
We have arranged a time today to go to his Mechanic (in a shop), that he has apparently been friends with for 20 years, for him to lift the car up and have a look with me for FREE, brake pad left etc (but he probably won't look at turbo seals etc). The owner has made it clear I can get my own mechanic to have a look.
What I want to know is, should I just see what his mechanic has to say, or then pay him for a written report too?
The fact that he is a friend of the seller, I am worried he might neglect to give me an objective view, and I'm hoping if I paid him to do the full assessment, he might not lie?
Should I get a compression test done?
If anyone knows any reputable mechanics, especially ones that deal with MPS's around Kings Langley/ Blacktown / Kings Park and even as far as Eastern Creek NSW, I would LOVE to know.
I would really appreciate ANY advice, I posted on whirlpool after making an account here (but its so hard to navigate!) but they don't know much about MPS's, so please redirect me to the right place if this is not :)
I am going out later to meet with his mechanic, and again, would love any advice from MPS'sers here (maybe even join me for a ride if you are in the area?) :D
