I had a look at this car at SMC about six weeks ago. It looked ok but I reckon it had been standing for a while. The salesman tried to bully me into paying a deposit there and then because apparently there were loads of people coming to look at it that weekend and it would be gone in a flash! I bought another one for £2k less with half the mileage.
My advice is make him a silly offer, leave your phone number and walk away - be brave!
Martin
I have offered £11,995 to include XPower exhausts or Zeros and a three year warranty and a few other cosmetic bits and a full service and new heater hoses and fuel pump clip. Am waiting for an answer. Where did you end up buying yours from?
Watch out for the warranty. You usually find there is so much small print on servicing etc that it is almost impossible to meet their requirements without spending more money than you are risking without it.
I found mine on Autotrader. I did not like the colour in the pictures, but in the flesh it looked great so I bought it. I just love it.
Towed my Twin Cam MGA on a trailer 220 miles up to Pontefract yesterday. I hardly new it was there. I had to concentrate hard to keep the speed down!
Good luck!
Martin
If they agree to fit a hose, make sure its a Two Sixties uprated one.
Ian
SMC are a hard bunch, for the heater hose you would be better of fitting it yourself. they wouldn't even check to see if the fuel clip had been put on mine when i asked them. As i extended my warrenty with them i've been taking it to them for the oil services and doing the other little things myself, diff oil, air filter, pollen etc
Peter Essling
Thanks for the replies.
Martin, which car did you end up buying? Also are your comments regarding the warranty specific to the SMC warranty?
I have just noticed that another two have just appeared on Autotrader. Incidentally the one being offered by Continental Cars is VIN No 470 which will be familiar to many on here......
The SMC warranty is pretty good. They paid out with no quibbles for a new alternator for me.Originally Posted by JulesV
You polish yours if you want to. I'll be driving mine!
I have no experience of SMC's warranties but I have had some really stupid experiences with others in the past. If SMC handle their own warranties then you can at least negotiate. Some dealers lay the warranty off to an insurance policy. I once had a refusal to pay out because I had gone 200 miles over on a service. Hence my scepticism.
Martin
they did the hose and clip for me - it's worth a try asking!
colintf
Colin Murrell
vin 00242 - Probably the only 260 to have driven the full Le Mans circuit?
MG Car Club Z Register V8 ZT/ZTT Rep.
MG Car Club V8 Register V8 ZT/ZTT Rep
MG Car Club MGF Register Regional Rep for Devon & Cornwall and Cotswold Regions.
MG Car Club MGF Register International Liaison Representative
http://www.mgfim.org/
http://www.two-sixties.com/main.htm
http://www.v8register.net/
http://www.mgfregister.org/
http://www.racethemg.com/ http://www.triple-mracing.com/
Member of MGCC (UK), MGOC, VSCC & TSSC (Triumph Sports Six Club)
must be once they have your money then
Peter Essling
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
