For Sale Yet another Polo 6N for £150 !

[Sigmund Fraud]

For sale, on behalf of Mrs.Fraud, is this delightful* automobile :

 

 

 

It's a 1400cc manual Polo built in 1997 and registered on a P plate. It has around 118K miles on the odometer and is MoT'd until late March 2016.

 

Mrs.F bought it in early 2015 as a stopgap car. She liked it so much that she ended up keeping it for nearly a year and covering over 20K miles in it !

 

The car had a fair bit of work before being pressed into daily use, including a new cambelt/tensioner/water pump, a new rear wheel bearing and a new exhaust middle section. It has had regular maintenance ever since.

 

The bodywork is absolutely awful, especially the offside which benefits* from a collection of scrapes and dents. As you can see from the pictures, Mrs.F has gotten into the habit of not washing the thing, to cunningly camouflage the condition of the bodywork 

 

Structurally it's not too bad for a Spanish-built Polo, though I appreciate this isn't much of a compliment. The offside sill has had some ugly, MoT-spec welding in the past, the nearside sill end is starting to go and will probably need a small patch for the next test. The only other area of rot is the boot floor, though that's nowhere near suspension mounts so shouldn't be an issue for the MoT.

 

Despite appearances, the thing drives really, really well and has been super-reliable. The only known issue is a sticky starter, so a replacement starter will come with the car FOC !

 

Northern shitters should note that the car comes with a matched set of Kleber winter tyres, which are GR11 4 SNO KAOS.

 

 

This executive* German* car can be yours for £150 and is located near Andover in North Hampshire.

[spartacus]

Thankfully you're so far away, or I'd just buy this because it's so cheap... £150!

[Jazoli]

Awesome only 7 hours drive from me, would have been perfect for youngest as a learner crashmobile

[Slartibartfast]

If you were not mechanically minded, how much would you expect to need to pay a tame sparkle stick wielder to deal with the rust spots?

[Sigmund Fraud]

If you were not mechanically minded, how much would you expect to need to pay a tame sparkle stick wielder to deal with the rust spots?

 

Hard to say, all I can see that needs doing is the end cap of the nearside sill. It's a pretty small area, and the surrounding metal seems weldable. A motivated welder shouldn't need more than an hour to wire brush the rusty bits off, make a rudimentary repair patch and weld it in.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Oh, here's a couple more pictures to entice* prospective buyers :

 

 

 

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

This awful thing is still here... Surely, someone must want it ?

 

Weather permitting, it will be getting a new starter motor tomorrow, so the new owner can immediately put it into daily use !