Hi mate,
This is indeed my old car I loved her dearly and is in very good condition. Im posting up on this thread, not to engage in a debate about the advertised mileage etc but because I genuinely want the car to go to an enthusiast and someone who will look after it.
I sold the car with 143k miles. The speedo and odo had been converted to read in miles and I bought the car with 100ish k miles on the clock in November 2006.
The car has been in the country since 1997 and I gave the dealer all the MOTs/paperwork and bills from 1997 - 2010 ! I would call that history nothing short of comprehensive tbh.
The only issue with the car is that the heater matrix had failed. This is not a big issue if you dont mind the heaters not working. The interior fan and air-con work perfectly and the heater matrix has been sealed off and never caused me any problems. I cant confirm if the dealer has repaired this or not. Just make sure you run the heaters to see if the car will get warm inside the cabin on your test drive.
The car had oil changes ever 3-5k miles and never missed a beat when I owned it. The autobox fluid was changed every year and the car had a new radiator fitted in 2007 too.
Car is specced with iridium plugs, walbro fuel pump, fujitsubo exhaust with blitz 2nd decat, blitz sus air filter and HKS SSQV BOV. This equated to circa 320ish bhp and would run low 13 second 1/4 miles all day and night when I ran it at the drag strip.
It really was a fantastic car and I wouldnt have sold it for a penny less than 5 grand tbh.
You can see the life of the car in this thread since I bought it in 2006:
http://z14.invisionfree.com/hadyn/index.php?showtopic=2995
and heres my youtube channel with videos of it on the dyno, at dragstrips and with the engine running etc:
http://www.youtube.com/user/subliminalvcr
Please report back on how the test drive went and I wish you all the best
Dont let the mileage of 143k miles put you off. The car drives like something half the mileage!