Paulzx

well sadly, i had a deal agreed for a yellow GT4 this wednesday in Leeds. It's 250 miles away from me, cost £160 just to get up on the train. Having formally agreed to buy the car subject to viewing, i was gazumped by somebody who offered £200 more on the same day. I couldn'r really go the extra money because the cost of the round trip already meant the whole deal was actually costing more than the sale price of the car by some margin. Hoping the other bidder might pull out, i waited to see. Unfortunately he bought the car, making the whole thing a waste of time. I was annoyed because i had planned this with the seller for over a week and had a deal agreed. So much for that agreement lol...

You guys all advised me to go UY GT4 instead of the 2006 azure i had an option on... but now you're saying the GT4's are not all that and the MY06 cars are better!! I'm getting serious second thoughts here lol...

still waiting for proof of settlement figure on that one. on another note i've been offered another GT4 but this one has two issues. first is no sat nav - i thought they came as standard so it would seem somebody has removed it? the other is that it's had no service since 2007, basically when the second owner got it. from 2007 up to now it's only covered 10,000 miles. what would you do, just get it down to your dealer or service specialist and bring the services up to date? does it matter that they weren't done at the correct times?

yeah, that's probably a good way to do it i've never found it this difficult to buy a car before

the owner just phoned me back, all sounds okay - there is a small amount of finance to settle they are a long way from me so i can't just pop over there. they have offered to settle with santander once i've bought the car, and while i am there with them, so i can get an all clear. fly in the ointment is that its likely to be a saturday so whats the chances of them phoning santander with a card payment on a saturday? virtually nil i suspect. which means i'll be driving the car back and trusting her to make the settlement

okay, i'll let you know how it ends up was supposed to see the car this weekend but have not heard back from the owners in time. haven't told them i've HPI checked it yet either. i was supposed to pay for the car with a bankers draft in the name of the seller which i have with me, thats what we agreed. can't do that now because of the finance arrangement. nothings ever easy is it?

Cheers for the advice chaps. Why does it have to be done at the sellers house by the way? If i get as far as looking at the car I'll get a settlement figure from santander for sure. I can't see any way of settling the balance on the spot though. do the finance company give you 'title of goods' etc or some documentation to say it's clear once you settle?

well it wasn't declared up front by the owner so maybe they were hoping someone would buy it without checking and then they could maybe clear the finance with the sale money...or not bother at all!! what's the best way round this? should i just walk away from this one? I'm a bit miffed that they didn't tell me about it first

we're not off to a good start HPI check shows outstanding finance

i'm happy to pay that for it, there are other GT4's for sale nearer the 15k mark so it's not a bad price by any means

you boys are harsh - i've already asked them if they'll take 13.5k and they said yes, can't really go back and ask for further reduction...i fear they won't sell it to me at all out of spite! them a dealer? Just ask mate it wont hurt anyone... no it's a private sale mate

you boys are harsh - i've already asked them if they'll take 13.5k and they said yes, can't really go back and ask for further reduction...i fear they won't sell it to me at all out of spite!

yikes..i think they will send me packing if i try and chip them on £13.5k because it's already come down 1k on the original advertised price and the GT4s are all around the same kind of price

sounds like good advice, i think we're both thinking along the same lines. i'm sure the pearl yellow in the flesh is going to be stunning

you would go for the 05 car yourself rather than the 06? would parking sensors on the GT4 put you off at all?

well if i'm not really gaining anything from the 2006 except a one year newer car on paper, seeing as they've both done similar miles, i may as well go for the GT4 and save some money i think. i would have expected both of those cars to hold their value relatively. most seem to think the GT4's will do better

well so far the vast majority of replies favour the yellow GT4, which is in line with my original opinion before i test drove the azure but the one i drove was a 2004 not a 2006...anyone think the newer 2006 has any real advantage over the GT4 seeing as i have driven neither model, is there any real noticeable difference to the driver?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201005351423286 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201002350268225 the import GT4 i mentioned was another car but it can't be genuine if it's yellow and an import...he's trying to make it look like a UK GT4 i think

sorry for the confusion, the import GT4 is a different car from the two cars i have been talking about. i don't appear to be able to attach photos in my posts so i'll see if i can get links to the ads

Thanks for all the advice, i think i'm leaning back towards UY. Part of the pull of the azure car was that it was a 2006 and of course you always want the newest car you can get. Are the GT4's uk spec only? A guy is selling what he calls a jap import UY GT4 Is that going to be a jap import painted to look like a genuine GT4 or did they actually make them in japan? I notice the little boot fin is missing in his pictures

The GT4 is 13.5k, the 06 is 15k both appear to be immaculate condition. The GT4 has rear parking sensors, the 06 doesn't. Both have done same mileage appro 22k Neither car is modded

How do you attach photos in these posts guys?

I take all those points on board, don't mind the attention, I'm used to it with the what I drive now so it's not a problem. I tend to stay away from public car parks where possible anyway. Interesting that you think the yellow will bring all the attention and that blue won't be as bad, I tend to think they would both bring attention! But yeah, i take the point that the yellow is more lary

it does look great, even though i don't generally like the non standard bits (sorry)! what i like about the UY colour is that it reminds me of the porsche GT2 colour

it's definately a 2006 facelift, I'll attach a pic if i can but it is listed as exactly that by the nissan dealer