Hi guys,
On impulse purchase I bought a roughish X reg 210bhp S3 for £2000 off a guy down the road 3 months ago. Its completely standard in black with 127k mileage with yellow/black interior. Most of the documentation and service history has been lost.
I just spent £850 on the paintwork with Revive getting all the wheels, scratches all around it and some surface rust sorted and it now looks presentable especially with my private plate. Got a new windscreen being fitted next week on the insurance since mine is cracked, hopefully they will replace the rubbers around it since these are all brittle. Just got myself a 2nd key as well and getting it serviced on Friday.
I still have the following problems:
- Oil leak needs to be investigated
- Knocking on front suspension (can see something hanging down)
- Several small dings still around the bodywork
- Headlights are cloudy
- One of the doors has a tear on the yellow material
- Under the front bumper there is a black strip which is damaged
- Under dashboard around steering wheel seems to be loose and not clipping back up properly
My questions to you guys is
- how much would this car be worth in really good condition?
- realistically what kind of mileage do these cars go up to?
I have made up my mind to keep this car until it dies - its part of my environmental conscience since so many good cars get scrapped unnecessarily these days and people regard everything as disposable unnecessarily. However I think I need to be careful just throwing money at it, might make sense to stop after the oil leak and suspension knocking.
thanks
Paul
On impulse purchase I bought a roughish X reg 210bhp S3 for £2000 off a guy down the road 3 months ago. Its completely standard in black with 127k mileage with yellow/black interior. Most of the documentation and service history has been lost.
I just spent £850 on the paintwork with Revive getting all the wheels, scratches all around it and some surface rust sorted and it now looks presentable especially with my private plate. Got a new windscreen being fitted next week on the insurance since mine is cracked, hopefully they will replace the rubbers around it since these are all brittle. Just got myself a 2nd key as well and getting it serviced on Friday.
I still have the following problems:
- Oil leak needs to be investigated
- Knocking on front suspension (can see something hanging down)
- Several small dings still around the bodywork
- Headlights are cloudy
- One of the doors has a tear on the yellow material
- Under the front bumper there is a black strip which is damaged
- Under dashboard around steering wheel seems to be loose and not clipping back up properly
My questions to you guys is
- how much would this car be worth in really good condition?
- realistically what kind of mileage do these cars go up to?
I have made up my mind to keep this car until it dies - its part of my environmental conscience since so many good cars get scrapped unnecessarily these days and people regard everything as disposable unnecessarily. However I think I need to be careful just throwing money at it, might make sense to stop after the oil leak and suspension knocking.
thanks
Paul