Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Gonna spend a bit of time this eve scouring the web for info.

You could do worse than call a Nissan dealers parts department with the number plate of the car you want to buy- if they’re not busy and a decent sort they may have a look at what they can and can’t get for you

I've seen a Skoda Yeti I quite fancy, problem is it's a dealer in Peterborough and I'm in Edinburgh. I've never purchased a vehicle sight unseen before, has anyone ever done this?

I suppose HPI checks etc worth paying for?

I have bought sight unseen but from main dealers only, with a written-down "return within 7 days no question asked" policy. Dodgy "street corner" type operation then no way

They're not a main dealer, just a local dealership

https://www.theaa.com/vehicle-inspection/

Yeah I was just looking at that. Ta

Love the look of these. I'd want to know more about what 'restoration' work has been done to the underside given the many previous corrosion related failures/advisories on the MOT history. Has it been properly addressed or just some rough 'MOT fix' welding that's been sprayed over with underseal to hide any horrors?

The state of the sills makes me suspect the later.

repairs in most recent MOT seem pretty extensive TBH -

"Please see the notes below as written on the invoice by the restoration workshop as undertaken early 2021.

Attend to repairs for MOT
Cut out affected metal on O/S and N/S rear chassis cross beams.
Above fuel tank, make up and weld in repair panels as required.
Attend to corroded main O/S chassis rail, cut out affected metal in sections to minimise distortion.
Make up heavy gauge metal as required.
Fabricate new O/S/R trailing arm mounting and bracket and anti roll bar bracket.
Weld all new panels.
Repair corrosion in O/S inner seal.
Finish all repairs with seam sealer and black stone chip.

Works for this underbody work totalled £2,355 by a well trusted and long used garage."

I’m in Peterborough and wouldn’t turn down a trip to Edinburgh

I bet those seats are comfy.

Heated?
Roof down?
In winter

If I'd just spent the best part of £2.5k on "underbody has been partially restored" I'd be a bit disappointed that my sills looked like this

(I'm half trying to convince myself not to bid on this)

Ah! Do you know Fenlake Car Sales?!

Haha….. don’t bid on it. It’s terrible.

Fenlake, or fengate?

It’s comfy as hell. I don’t think the seats are heated unfortunately as there’s a blanking plate on the switch panel where the control for it should be. Shame as the seat adjustment is powered...
It seems a bit of a mish mash of mid range interior spec.
The heaters are fucking bril tho. I did do the final couple of miles to work with the top down this morning despite the freezing fog and was pretty cosy.
*browses string back gloves

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I have a pair of those! Hahaha

Enjoy! V sad to see it gone but better it be used than sat

Fenlake https://www.fenlakecarsales.co.uk/

I have to say (I don't but hey) Compared to what was out there at the time same time it was better than the land rover and bigger than a range rover.

There is quite a big following for this era Patrol, they are very capable offroad

E.g:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz2CNjb6s

All the patrols round here have "LandCruiser recovery vehicle" stickers on them