1. When driving, drop it into 5th at say 20mph and try to accelerate hard, it will be slow to accelerate but you want revs and speed to rise evenly, any mismatch may suggest clutch slip
1. When driving, drop it into 5th at say 20mph and try to accelerate hard, it will be slow to accelerate but you want revs and speed to rise evenly, any mismatch may suggest clutch slip
2. Check the height of the clutch pedal vs other pedals, if it’s excessively low/high could lead to a potential issues. Same goes for the biting point.
3. When changing gears change from say 5th to 2nd or 1st to 3rd. Any hesitation or issues could point to synchromesh issues.
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4. If the car has only ever been driven around town it may have flat spots midway when revving to the red line or hesitation whereas a car that had mixed driving wouldn’t necessarily have that. Not a concern as more frequent use of revs usually sorts.
5. Check on skimped maintenance record, mine had a couple of missed services however had only done 500 miles per annum in those years. I can half understand an owner not wanting to fully service a car every 500 miles as that makes for expensive motoring. The caveat however is it’s current condition and taking a view/factor into price.
At 62k miles I wouldn’t really expect any of these issues but A2‘a are not exactly spring chickens so it’s all about condition and taking a view.
2. Check the height of the clutch pedal vs other pedals, if it’s excessively low/high could lead to a potential issues. Same goes for the biting point.
3. When changing gears change from say 5th to 2nd or 1st to 3rd. Any hesitation or issues could point to synchromesh issues.
Other
4. If the car has only ever been driven around town it may have flat spots midway when revving to the red line or hesitation whereas a car that had mixed driving wouldn’t necessarily have that. Not a concern as more frequent use of revs usually sorts.
5. Check on skimped maintenance record, mine had a couple of missed services however had only done 500 miles per annum in those years. I can half understand an owner not wanting to fully service a car every 500 miles as that makes for expensive motoring. The caveat however is it’s current condition and taking a view/factor into price.
At 62k miles I wouldn’t really expect any of these issues but A2‘a are not exactly spring chickens so it’s all about condition and taking a view.