We went to see the car last night, looked good aside from the mentioned issues, but I'm no mechanic. The owner seemed very legit. Spent around £250/yr during services to get stuff done.

So I don't know. Guess I'll have to just keep looking...

My experience of private sellers is that if they cannot afford to fix the obvious faults, there will be others as well.

I'd run away or ask for £2k off.

I see it is descibed as "excellent condition".. Lying toerag then.

Yes, I agree 100%

On a car that new and of that price I wouldn't expect to be able to see any visable signs of damage whatsoever, either trade or private. If I could see signs then I would immediately start to think about parts of the car I couldn't see and wonder what condition they were in.

Yes, definitely one to walk away from.

I might nip down to Car Giant tonight. But last I looked, the prices seem to start around the £6500 mark, a little out of my budget. Although not having to worry about issues is reassuring and I guess that's why so many people go to them, it's always busy there.