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Good runner and used daily. Car has never broken down. 17inch alloy wheel with low profile tires. Tires are in good condition. Wheels are scuffed as you can see from the pictures.  Electric front and rear windows. cd changer in the boot. Cream half leather seats. Full service history. Radiator and expansion tank replaced this year. New middle and back exhaust sections fitted this year. Rear brake pads replaced this year. Other brake parts are in good condition. Windscreen replaced this year as result of stone chip. The car is mechanically sound. Body work and paint is in good condition for car of this age. Approximately 127800 miles on the clock.
Things to noteDriver door brake (checkstrap): The door brake is worn out and needs to be replaced so that when the door is opened on surfaces with some camber it stays open in position without swinging back to close.Central locking: The key fob locks the car ok. However, when unlocking using the key fob, the door lock knobs do not pop up on the driver and passenger door. You then have to use the key to manually pop the knob up to open the driver door and reach across to the passenger side to open the door.  The car can be locked manually using the key and inserting it into the driver lock barrel. If you choose to unlock manually by using the driver door, you still need to reach across and open the passenger door.False boot open indicator: There is false warning light on the dashboard for an open boot.Intermittent high revving: There are times when the engine revs slightly higher than normal when changing gears or when coming to stop. This is very intermittent and in my experience it happens infrequently (maybe once every few weeks or so). The issue does not last long and soon clears away. This was previously cured by cleaning the throttle body. The throttle body is easy to remove and clean. The car drives and pulls away perfectly. There is no loss of power.
Intermittent tappet (hydraulic lifter sound) when car is started and sometimes when driving. This does not affect the way the car drives. The car still pulls away perfectly with no loss of power.
Driver seat: There is rip in the leather. The leather is also cracking. See pictures. Can easily be repaired and overhauled.

Tramlining: This is when car is sensitive to deep road imperfections/grooves caused by heavy vehicles and will tend to follow these deep imperfections/grooves. All cars tramline to some degree. Large low profile tires will make the car sensitive to this especially when the imperfections are severe. Mine are 17 inch low profile tires. Most cars will follow deep grooves in the road if you let go of the steering wheel. In general, the car drives and handles well. The tramlining only happens when the road imperfections very deep and severe. Most road surfaces are not like this so there is no regular issue with tramlining. There is nothing wrong with the suspension. Suspension parts have been changed over the years. Read this article for more information https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=47

Driver handle: The external handle needs good firm pull to release the latch and open the door. 

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