So, something turned up. Horrible colour, cloth interior, only a 2.5 and not a MFL. It's a PFL. But it's manual and looks to be in good shape. Mileage is around 200 thousand Km. So not necessary low mileage. But not high either.
It's the first one which can at least be considered. So far all of them were just not worth it.
I could live with a 2.5 manual if everything else was in place. Maybe in the future I would drop in a 3.0 or even a 3.2 and be willing to go through the channels. But it's good that I don't have to do it now since it's not a 4 cylinder. Although I think the 2.5 comes with the R25, which would mean I would have to upgrade it to a R28 with the engine. But if the engine is out already I would think it's simple enough?
Like I said 2.5 would be fine if all else was in place. But that's not the case. The cloth interior doesn't bother me as I already decided I will replace any interior which is not what I want. So the main problem is it's not a MFL so I will lose on some of the features that brings it to the level of the FL, specially safety things. And also the horrible colour. I'm not sure I can live with the color. Which means it will have to be repainted. But to change a car's colour is very expensive because it's not just a mater of a simple respray. Unless you want the original colour to show when you open the doors or bonnet. So probably will cost more than the car and will never be a MFL.
The price is not particularly cheap. I could probably knock a couple of hundred off. But not cheap at all compared to what's out there. But also not in the higher side.
Hard decision. I may get it and tomorrow a perfect one shows up. Or I may not and another as good don't show for a year. The car is about 3 hours away so going to look at it just for the heck of it is not really an option.
Besides this one I also found a 3.0 manual. Colour is fine, leather interior and it's even a MFL. But it has not been on the road for a few years, has no MOT and is very far away. Actually in a different country, which complicates things bureaucratically. Price is cheap enough though. In fact about 1/3 of the other one. Mileage is about 8k lower. But I don't think it is in as good condition. Then again difficult to say by the pictures. And it has a tow bar, which is never a good sign in my opinion.
The right decision is most likely to not get desperate or impatient. But it's always hard to tell.
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