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Do I buy this MX5?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202601319568495?

Seem to be great value, and even if it needs work doing, at that price I can afford to get the wrench out
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Seems almost too good to be true but maybe the UK market is different. Looks like an amazing deal.
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holy shit that is cheap.
whats the catch? 4k in insurance and liocence fees in bongoville?
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It shouldn’t be *that* cheap even though the used UK market tends to be a lot cheaper than the rest of the world. They’re 3-6k cars all day long at that age, so I’d be asking why that one (in what appears good nick in a nice colour) is priced that way. 67k, too. Thats suspiciously low. Check the MOT history and what its failed on before. Apart from that if the body is straight and it doesn’t smoke you’ve got a car for no money with 7 months MOT on it. If it does go properly bang then either fix it or part it out

tldr for that money you can’t really go wrong but it may have been crashed or clocked but if you can live with that go for it
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This is the list that they DEFINITELY had fixed....
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I’d be really surprised if it had any of that done desu. It explains the price discrepancy. They’ll have had it tested at some fly by night garage and passed, now they’re shifting it on. To fix all that with it is basically what you’d pay for one in good condition

Take someone with you who can see if any of that’s been rectified, particularly the seatbelt anchor. It’s apparently done less than a thousand miles since that fail so it’s probably been punted around whatever dealership they’ve been running across the country and they want rid of it
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Will be a complete rust bucket at that price, better off getting a good one. you'll save money in the long run
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Seen one 3 years newer that was crunchy underneath. Why people don't put lanolin on the Sheetmetal and decent stuff like bilt hamber in the cavities I don't know. But they don't.

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