The Pitfalls Of Buying A Second Hand Euro
Recently my partner was in the market for a car, after owning two Jap imports (both now not running), he was looking for something that would be economical, that wasn't a Hyundai and he had a total budget of around $4K. We looked around for a couple of weeks and we ended up at a local Auto action house. Several cars we were interested in sold or passed in at a far higher value than we could afford. The last car on our list was a Renault Scenic 2004 2 Ltr. To make a long story short, we bid against one other and once it was on the market got it for a reasonable $3K and a little bit. We took it for a Road Worthy Certificate it only needed front rubber. We brought it home had another good going over, found the service books and some of the service history. My partner cleaned it from top to bottom and I set about getting everything I needed to service the car. Now this is where the trap can be. We noticed during our checks that one of the pencil...