New car Saturday! (if its all okay)

[Nathan1305]

Open the boot and give the arches a good thump, it's an S reg so they should be fine but you never know. Open the oil filler tube and check it's not full of this grey/white/watery shit like mine was, was only condensation build up because the intake pipe to the turbo had split, but still. Make sure you start it cold and don't touch the throttle, if there's smoke and it sounds like it's struggling a little, and when you press the throttle a little and the idle changes and it sounds different, it's possible that was oil sat on the pistons from a soon to die turbo, it's hard to explain that one but someone may have a video they could link? If the clutch is slipping and the engine does run away, goodbye engine

Yeah he says the clutch only slips when you try push it. Mine was like that it's fine for everyday driving but when you put more power on it slips a bit

I was stressing more that you try check the turbo as best you can, hell even if you have to pop the pipe that connects the turbo to the top mount to check for an excess of oil, my point is if the clutch is slipping and the turbo happens to let go, a clutch that slips when a bit of power is added wont be able to stall the engine.

But like everyone has said so far
Check rear wheels for signs of camber
Check the rear arches, not cool going to the beach and coming back with a boot full of it
When was the cam belt last done? Service history at all? Previous MOTs?
Squeeze the top radiator hose, if its hard then i would leave it as thats headgasket territory, also check the water tank for mayo
Check the oil level and look at the floor under where the engine was parked over, mine leaked oil from both sides of the crank seal and it does ruin drive ways
If its smokey on a cold start up and clears when you blip the throttle a little and the idle sounds different, that may be a sign the turbo is on its way out, mine lasted about 3 weeks doing that every morning before it let go, but my clutch was very good and stalled the engine even when the RPM gauge was over 6k
Check under the car where the footwells would be, because sometimes they get jacked up wrong and the underneath gets bent, which caused one of mine to rust and needs welding

Other than that do the standard car viewing procedure, tyre condition, look for odd sounds, get a test drive and get it through all the gears, get it to up to temperature and see what happens, all electrics work, is there much fuel in it

I dont think the front window tints look illegal, they look the same as mine but it might be worth getting it checked anyway as it could save you a ball ache

But yeah, that does look a really nice example, good luck!

Thanks mate that's awesome!

When you going to view it? Pontypridd is only ~half hour from me and im a qualified mechanic

I'm meeting him at Cardiff train station at around half 9 could you also meet me there? Then we will go back to where he lives