I'm not trying to put you off it, and I'm sure Moose and pld aren't either. However, you do need to go into this with eyes wide open.
The old owner of my FF spent several thousands on it in his ownership, and still not everything is perfect. You can see what he had done to it here, in the thread he did for selling it :

http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/post171185.html#171185
That was not all, either. The pile of invoices for work and parts could probably take down a small forest.

Now, the turbo and engine were (I and he suspected) largely due to it being chipped when it already had quite a bit of mileage on it. A lot of the rest of it was just standard maintenance though, and worn-out parts breaking and needing replacement

The Moose wrote:

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15 month interest free credit card with someone like tesco - £3,000 limit. There's your safety net...

I'm trying to help you with your man-maths...!

Not a bad idea  2004 Lotus Elise S2 111S
2001 Ford Focus Estate

robjp wrote:

I'm not trying to put you off it, and I'm sure Moose and pld aren't either. However, you do need to go into this with eyes wide open.
The old owner of my FF spent several thousands on it in his ownership, and still not everything is perfect. You can see what he had done to it here, in the thread he did for selling it :

http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/post171185.html#171185
That was not all, either. The pile of invoices for work and parts could probably take down a small forest.

Now, the turbo and engine were (I and he suspected) largely due to it being chipped when it already had quite a bit of mileage on it. A lot of the rest of it was just standard maintenance though, and worn-out parts breaking and needing replacement

Fully appreciate no-one is trying to put me off, maybe my eyes have been opened somewhat wider than they originally were however...

Hopefully someone on here will be looking to sell up soon and will have the perfect car at the perfect price will everything sorted  2004 Lotus Elise S2 111S
2001 Ford Focus Estate