Description
Classy cabriolet, fantastic to drive with all-wheel steering that keeps the car on the road like it's on railway tracks. MoT until Sep 24, but needs work. Selling since I plan to move to a city likely to introduce ULEZ, otherwise I'd get these jobs done here. Still looks and drives like a dream, but suffered a fair degree of rust when I had to store it outside (wrapped in a cover) in Lockdown (I needed the garage space for returning family members' stuff). Paint needs addressing, as does rear soft-top window.
Details: 2L automatic transmission with Sport and Eco modes. Equipment includes an electrically operated cloth soft top, electric windows and mirrors, power steering, all-wheel steering. MoT until 17 Sep 2024. Fantastic to drive, and starts first-go every time. However, it has a fair few advisories, including underside corrosion, which would need attention. Other than regulatory advisories, the paintwork needs addressing, with some scrapes, scratches, blips and dings, as well on the soft-top frame, where the paint has largely peeled away. One of the boot support struts has failed, so it won't stay open, and there is a slight bend on the boot lid next to one hinge. The leather seats show their age, but remain comfortable and supportive. Soft-top hood still sound, but rear window has turned opaque over time, and needs replacing. Only modifications are a reversing light to comply with UK rules, and an immobiliser.
Take a good look at the pics. I've tried to pick out things that need attention.
Lights/ indicators, etc. all work. Aircon needs regassing, but apparently hard to find the adaptor (also, it’s a soft-top…, so who needs aircon?)I bought this car from the warehouse as a low-mileage import in 1999 (a good friend had owned it from new in Tokyo, imported the vehicle, but he was promptly transferred overseas before clearing the car through customs, so I bought it from him. It had been in the warehouse unused for a couple of years). It's been mostly parked in a garage when not in use since then, aside from during lockdown, when it took a significant hit from underbody corrosion, which was a shame (see pics).
