Hello

[matthew slade]

Morning all!

I am a newbie here, I trust you are a friendly bunch and are willing to put up with my numerous questions.

Cheers

M

[BraindG]

:welcome:
theres a wealth of info alreay available on the forums.. but im sure we can assist if thers something missing..

do you own a vr4?

welcome again
Barry

[tunes]

Welcome aboard. Yeah, everyone on here is a pretty friendly bunch.

[matthew slade]

I am going to look at one today, they have always appealed to me, but I have yet to have a good look at one.

Basically I need an everyday car that can carry big loads, tow and still have that all important grin factor.

I was wondering what I should be looking for in a secondhand VR4, is there a buying guide somewhere? I have read that the gearboxes can be problematical, is this true?

Your guidance on buying one of these would be gratefully received.

[BraindG]

im in the middle of a buyers guide.. will take atleast another week to finish though :INSERT INTO post VALUES ( or atleast get first draft up for peoples comments

[Nick VR4]

Hi and Welcome

Where is this car your looking at local ?

[matthew slade]

Yes, its in Hemel Hempstead. Where abouts are you in Bucks as I work in and around Bucks. I have offices in Milton Keynes, Leighton Buzzard, Tring and Hemel.

Can I see the draft of your buyers guide as soon as it is ready. I would not want to buy a lemon.

[BraindG]

Originally posted by matthew slade
Can I see the draft of your buyers guide as soon as it is ready. I would not want to buy a lemon.

yup, once its up for public ridicule

[Nick VR4]

I'm in Aylesbury
I use to live in Hemel Hempstead for a number of years :eek:

Wow a lot of Offices then INSERT INTO post VALUES (Milton Keynes, Leighton Buzzard, Tring and Hemel.)

[matthew slade]

It just means that I hot desk and have no fixed location.

[Nick VR4]

Oh ok
Is this car for sale private or trade ?

[matthew slade]

Trade, I found it on the autotrader website.

[Nick VR4]

Ok no problem

good luck looking at the car
Any more infomation you need just shout mate

[matthew slade]

Thanks a lot, it is the first car i've looked at so I am just going to get a feel for it.

[Spirit]

Welcome to the Club Matthew.

Maybe if you post up some info on the car like age, mileage, warranty cover, service history etc we can give you an idea if the price is right INSERT INTO post VALUES (as Bruce would say).

[Pescha]

Hello, and welcome to the ClubVR-4 family!

The only thing that I can think of is if its an auto, make sure you take it for a looooong test drive and warm up the transmission to make sure that the damperINSERT INTO post VALUES (sp) is not slipping. I got caught with this in March! Also try and get a mechanical warranty with the car as this will prove handy if you have problems INSERT INTO post VALUES (Mitsi parts are expensive)

Cheers, again welcome to the family, all the way from New Zealand!

Pescha!

[matthew slade]

Thanks for the advice. The car is a 1996 P plate, it has 6months tax, 6months warranty, sva test and 12months MOT. The car is for sale for £5,995.

[Spirit]

Sounds a bargain mate - would suggest as it's so cheap to get a full AA/RAC inspection carried out and what is the service history and mileage like ?

[Nick VR4]

Wow £5995
Whats the mileage on it any idea

if its under 100k you might want to get the Red Zebra warranty after the 6 months has finished from the Garage

It also should have a good service record ie. Every 4500 miles

[the_boy]

Howdy Matthew :cool:

Is the car the one from Keighley?
I scour the Trader that much I pretty know them all off by heart.

Not sure what their rep is like although I think Lisa did speak to them once.