Hi everybody, in a mad moment this week I bought a 2004 1.6FSI SE with 34k miles on the clock. The mad aspect is that I dont need another car (!), I've got three already but I've had a hankering for either an A2 or (sorry about this) a gen 1 Honda Insight for quite a while (aluminium body etc..). The Honda was favourite initially but they are hard to find and seem to suffer with a lot of battery issues so the A2 took over and the car I bought had just come into a Lexus dealer last week as a trade-in so will arrive with a years warranty which should make it painless (ish) to own. Its currently in the workshop having a service and to have the cam belt inspected; as a guide, when I got to pick the car up should I look out for any known faults with the model?
My wife knows nothing about this so it will be a "nice" surprise for her! By the way I just had a quote to add the car to my Aviva insurance as a second car with my Boxster-S, even though its classified as having zero no claims bonus due to it being a "second car" they have assigned me 5 years and the additional premium for the year was £130...I havent had a car that cheap to insure for a while. So all in if all things go well the tax and insurance will be £260 for the year which has to be good value!
I'll be popping on here once the car arrives with some pics hopefully.
Cheers
Keith
My wife knows nothing about this so it will be a "nice" surprise for her! By the way I just had a quote to add the car to my Aviva insurance as a second car with my Boxster-S, even though its classified as having zero no claims bonus due to it being a "second car" they have assigned me 5 years and the additional premium for the year was £130...I havent had a car that cheap to insure for a while. So all in if all things go well the tax and insurance will be £260 for the year which has to be good value!
I'll be popping on here once the car arrives with some pics hopefully.
Cheers
Keith