Cheap 98 RX7 Questions

[NixRX7]

I have found an 1998 T reg Rx7 for sale, they are asking £6995 for it.
Obviously this is very very cheap, so as its from a garage i would expect the Engine to be a bit sad, even tho its listed as 48k only.

Apparently its been HPI checked etc (can you do that with an import? )

the car looks to be completely standard.

My question is this, would it be worth buying, and then getting the engine overhauled etc, which would cost in total about 10 -11k, which is still cheap for a 98.

what do you all think

[John Yorke]

I would be checking that this \'98\' is actualy a 98 and not a ringer sounds stupidly cheap to the point of saying there must be a catch to this:reallymad

[gsb876]

Tell us what garage it is and that may reveal more than you think.

Not keighley trade centre is it :rolleyes:

[NixRX7]

No not Kieghly, funnily enough its in a little garage in the same town i come from down south.
Im gonna get a mate of mine to drop in and check it over, see what he reckons.

[Mart160plus]

If it\'s in a garage not 500 yards from Keighley\'s door then I\'d pass if I were you. I saw two RX\'s there and when question\'d they suspiciously said \'rebuild?. Nah, don\'t know what you\'re talking about mate\'.
I would never buy a RX without a compression test done.

Mart.

[NixRX7]

the thing is, if its really a 98, i dont mind buying it and then rebuilding the engine, i would still end up with a cheap car.
I am more concerned with the fact it may be a bitzer or something like that.

[Jin Kazama]

It\'s not uncommon for traders to state the year of the car as actually being the year it was registered in the UK, can be very misleading.

[NixRX7]

i thought about that, but the advert clearly states 1998 T
I have sent them an email asking a few questions, will be interesting to hear what comes back.

[deanflowers]

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BEECHES BY ANY CHANCE?

they had a really nice blue one, with a crap respray cracked red leather seats, when you pulled the rubbers down on the panels i found it once had a red roof and bonnet, one yellow door and a black boot, fairly genuine car me thinks, not

even a women walking her dog going past said not to buy a car from them

[davegttph1]

Originally posted by deanflowers
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BEECHES BY ANY CHANCE?

they had a really nice blue one, with a crap respray cracked red leather seats, when you pulled the rubbers down on the panels i found it once had a red roof and bonnet, one yellow door and a black boot, fairly genuine car me thinks, not

even a women walking her dog going past said not to buy a car from them

LMFAO.... it used to be a jigsaw

[andrewrx7]

Originally posted by NixRX7
i thought about that, but the advert clearly states 1998 T
I have sent them an email asking a few questions, will be interesting to hear what comes back.

Get the chassis number and post it on here. You can get a reasonable idea of the era of the car from the starting number.

Example of misleading info: I looked at what was claimed to be a 2002 FD last year. It was even plated as a 2002 car. The chassis number actually dated it to 99/00. But the dealer swore blind it was "one of the last" because the paperwork said so. When asked for the paperwork......"er....don\'t have it here at the moment, mate". Guess what...I walked!!

[NixRX7]

Car is total scam, i asked them to send me a few pictures including the door sticker.

From the vin number on there it looks to be an early model 93.

I emailed them back saying the cars not a 98 its a 93,, how can you advertise it as a T plate.

They responded with " well the car was imported in 98, and the first letter of the number plate is T"

unbelievable, bunch of con men.

[Jin Kazama]

Told ya!:)

[NixRX7]

You did Jin, and you where right.
Let this be a warning to anyone else looking to buy there first RX.

some right cowboys and conmen out there

[Kieron]

Name and shame then! :spank