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Make sure you get it for a VERY cheap price. Because that cheap price will be passed to you when you want to sell as Alex says. Its not like these are uncommon cars there are a fair few for sale and many buyers will come in aggressively on price if you want to sell. Just dont go in giving the seller and easy ride because you wont get the same come sale time. Price aside, be absolutely sure its a good car - get details of the repair etc. There is a thread on PH at the moment where a chap bought a cat d Golf GTi where the imagery showed a slight bump on the front wing but then a panel inside the car fell off during some spirited driving and found the side airbag was missing and replaced with toilet roll. Of course some cat cars are repaired well and you would never know when driving them, but some are not. Do your homework, and that means more than just looking at photos and a general look over the car.

I own a 23 year old car (which you have seen!) it doesn't look like it from the outside with its shiny paint job etc but underneath it takes a lot of looking after. The previous owner gave me a booklet of around £7k worth of spend on parts in his 900 miles of ownership over 6 years. It was only on the strength of all the work done i.e. cambelt, pumps, hoses, clutch etc. that I bought the car. You just have to accept that some stuff on the car will fail due to age and you have to deal with it. Inside I have tried to make the car more comfortable to live with but its still a 1995 car with its quirks. I think its worth just getting in the mindset that as you save up for that £500 nice exhaust its likely something like a water pump might fail and you spend the £500 on that instead. All that said, I do secretly love the fact that my 23 year old car is as quick as most 2018 hot hatches but looks a lot cooler and is uber rare. Just driving a bit of rally history around gives me a huge buzz that no newer car could.

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Auto Union Type D

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A bit more help?

Yep, as in yep its jap, but no its not a Previa

Keep guessing!

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Lets try something other than headlights or rear lights

Corolla E30

Mark4 Celica? AE86?

Hmmmm yes you can have it, Virage edition!

Ascari A10

Ooooh good shot Sir!