tegwin
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| posted on 28/6/07 at 09:52 PM |
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OT...Paint chips and dents...
Im thinking about buying a second hand car privatley....
It has an awsome history with it and has only had 1 owner...
The car has quite a few small stone chips on the front bonnet area along with a graze in the paint at the back and a 2 inch long, 1 inch wide dent in
the bottom of the drivers door...
The car is metalic red...
How much should I be expecting to pay to have it all sorted out?..
Apparently it has already had the passenger side quaterpannel pulled and painted because someone drove into it in a supermarket carpark....
Cant work out if all the cosmetic damage is hiding something more sinister...
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andyharding
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| posted on 28/6/07 at 10:01 PM |
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Think I'd pass on that one!
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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tegwin
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| posted on 28/6/07 at 10:06 PM |
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I was thinking along similar lines...But it drives really nicley, has to be the lowest milleage example of the car I have seen second hand, has only
had one owner and a full main dealer service history...
I guess there is just no way of telling...her story was that the damage to the left hand side was caused by someone elses bad driving and the
insurance company paid for it...have seen receipts for the work done...
She didnt have an explanation for the dent in the drivers side door....the graze at the back...well I cant figure that one out...but all the stone
chips on the bonnet...seems a bit odd....
Balls...such a nice car otherwise
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Hellfire
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| posted on 28/6/07 at 10:28 PM |
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When you say "low mileage", how many miles are you actually talking about and how old is the car?
I'm thinking a few years old and less than 10,000 miles pa, in which case it shouldn't have many stone chips on the bonnet. However, if
it's 10 years old and done less than 10,000 miles pa, it may have a few. Should be an easy enough DIY repair, provided it isn't peppered
with stone chips.
To have the dent knocked out and the scratch repaired, I'd reckon it'd probably cost about £200 (unless you know someone in the trade) and
take that price at least into consideration whilst haggling a price if you decide to buy.
Phil
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tegwin
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| posted on 28/6/07 at 10:33 PM |
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The car was registered in 2001 and has done 46,000
It deffinately has a few more stone chips than the other couple of examples I have seen with slightly higher milliage
I kinda figured it wouldnt be cheap to fill/pull the dent and paint it... I guess trying to do it myself would result in a lumpy finish and badly
matched colours...
How annoying!
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Chippy
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| posted on 28/6/07 at 10:34 PM |
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I purchased a Citreon Xsara 2ltr HDI, low mileage but in pretty much the condition you say your car is in. Have now had it two years, absolute
cracker, and still haven't done the dents, (2), or the stone chips, (probabley never will  ) Can't always go on the fact its got a bit of
damage, if its cheap, got full service history, and runs well, go for it. IMHO Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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tegwin
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| posted on 28/6/07 at 10:35 PM |
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Im kinda thinking along those lines...however...Because its quite a "special" car I dont want the body to start rusting/corroding because
the metalwork has been left exposed..
Is it possible that the origional laquer put on the car isnt thick enough and has allowed the stone chips to occur?..
Could a good layer of wax and some elbow greece stop it happening some more?
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Chippy
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| posted on 28/6/07 at 10:43 PM |
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Wax and elbow grease, good god man what are you thinking!!! its just a bloody tin top, not a Locost.  Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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tegwin
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| posted on 28/6/07 at 10:49 PM |
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Its going to be my shiny chav smashing bird pulling machine...it has to be polished
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 05:31 AM |
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If you post some pickies of the damage, I can tell you to the penny - its what I do all day long!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Danozeman
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 05:42 AM |
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I wouldnt worry about the damage if its a good low mileage car and full history and reciepts and mot's to prove go for it. She has probably used
it for the school and shopping run. The stonechips is a strange one but if she lives near a dusty busy country road that could be an explanation.
Not being sexist but women do seem to get strange damage on a car. My mums and sisters being good examples.
Have u got protected no claims??
If so buy it and wait for a month or 2 and put it through the insurance.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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britishtrident
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 06:23 AM |
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Steer Clear --- paint chips on the bonnet are a sign of a driver who habitually tail gates --- which is a good indicator chances are the car will
have been abused in other ways --- clutch slipped, habitually taken to max revs.
Buy a car on condition not just mileage
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02GF74
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 07:45 AM |
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re: stone chips - I was thinking similar as ^^^^ but maybe high motor miles or could be just getting stuck behing a gritter in winter or on a newly
surface road.
Look closely at the door and bonnet/boot gaps - it is almost impossible to fix them as good as the factory and also the paint - again this is hard to
match as per factory - when I say close I mean really up close. And overspray on plasticky bits.
there is always the magnet check for filler 
you can never really be 100% sure but as long as you aware of any faults and rpice reflects condition then see no reason to buy it.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 10:27 AM |
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Surely paint chips and the odd supermarket troley ding are just honesty marks.
I suffer a few paint chips but i drive to Bristol every month. i rarely go over 70 + vat and pride myself on keeping a gap etc. Its hard to avoid some
dings and scrapes at times, they are just unfortunate. It doesnt make the owner a reckless hooligan nor the car a write off.
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