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I guess experiences vary. Yours looks great and 36k is very low mileage. If it has no issues with rust it must have been well looked after in it's time.
So it can work out if you buy a good one.
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Ha, it’s done 220k but I am the 3rd owner…1st owner had it till 2008 and 180k. He was a doctor in Portsmouth and spent whatever needed.
2nd owner had it and did a light resto from the waist down so all the rust got cut out and repainted…it then lived in the south of France and Italy.
Then I bought it…I do agree that I think I have been lucky. All of the major stuff has been done so all I have needed to do is keep it going
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@luke572
Hmm….I’ve had mine for 5 years. I do 2-3k a year in it…
36k service was £1k, aside from that it’s been between 3-500 a year to service. Parts a readily available online unless you are after rubber bits around the rear windows..they are expensive. Yes it drinks super plus now (E5), but it’s super comfortable and will easily sit at 80mph on the motorway…I get about 350miles out of a tank..not frugal but it’s not terrible (well not what I’d consider bad, having owned a e39 m5 and a cerbera)
Very practical with a massive boot…my next bill will be big though…lots of rubber engine mounts, bushes etc need replacing. I think I’ll spend 2k over the next year or so while it’s at my mums waiting for exemption.