Seeking for some advice before 512 TR purchase

Poor service documentation or inadequate service history will affect value as well as other things.

 

We can't give you much advice without photos and any documentation.

 

Service history shows new valve seals, new head gaskets, normally all of that would not be needed at only 60k kilometers. Also the words..."grind the cylinder"....sounds rather concerning. A full pre-purchase inspection is strongly recommended.

 

Compare it with the other 230k eur 512TR they have and you have your answer.

"cheap road garages" won't affect anything on that car and most euro cars.

Make sure the 23k service was done correctly and buy the car.

 

Thanks for taking the time to post, but those photo's are not really helpful. Would need careful photos of interior/dash and seats, motor compartment and bonnet. Also body and chassis. My advice get a PPI. But if you are a car guy you can first tell if you want to go that far. Look at the car carefully cosmetically. Is there any issue that put up a red flag? Try every switch and button on the car. If things do not work, Question why. fuse boxes are all going bad on the 30 year old cars. $1,500 Read on Fchat what to look for. Age of tires? Everyone seems to be concerned about repaint issues, but it the car has been driven 60,000K and if the paint is good, who cares? Crappy repaints however will stretch your tolerance for cosmetic issue and that is an individual issue. Cold start the car, It will probably smoke a little on startup should goes away quickly. Drive the car, how does it shift. 2nd may be tough at first, but within a few warm up miles smooth out. If not question. Any noise from the tranny? Redoing a transmission and upgrading the diff and new clutch could run you $15,-20K. Look at and touch break rotors. Should be smooth and no grooves, any noise while driving? Fronts are expensive $1200 each and hard to find. Rears are cheap and available. My car had a lot of miles and many issues when I bought it for about 60% of market rate at the time. I spent every penny of that 40% getting it up to a great standard over a 2 year period, Well worth it, as it is joy to drive. The kicker has been the electric power steering I in stalled. LOVE IT!