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NurseHolliday-
I would 100% avoid that car.
I also felt the same. Why is he selling it.
@Fox there's no reason you have to peg your offer to what he paid or the money he's put in to it. Price in the risk, you don't have to justify it. 'Nice car, I'd be comfortable paying £x'. Thats it.
Or tell him to come back to you when it's fixed and bedded in.
Howard
Went to see a very nice and fairly priced Civic last night. Chap bought it at the start of March, put it through an MOT (two new tyres and rear brake pads), then lockdown happened, so he's only done 900 miles on it in four months. And he lives in Surrey.
After the MOT he took it to the garage to get the air con looked at and they told him it needed new gas, but to come back after lockdown, so that still needs doing.
He's asking what he paid for it, which given the work he had done and that he paid a good price for it doesn't seem unreasonable (it's a 12 year old Civic with 100k, so 4 months and 900 miles really is neither here nor there). One more owner I suppose.
I've already got him to agree to take £50 off the cost for the re-gas, but while he had it the door blew open and there's now a tiny dent/scratch on the driver's door. I'd like to get this fixed as the paint/bodywork is otherwise basically perfect, so it seems reasonable to use this as a negotiating point to cover the cost of the repair as it happened on his watch.
What would be a reasonable amount? Googling suggests I'd maybe be looking at £60-100ish so I'm thinking if I can get another £100 off that would do, even if it doesn't totally cover it I'd feel cheeky asking for more tbh.