MX5 Buying Guide

When ringing a seller I always ask the same questions,
1/ How long have you owned the car?

This will tell you a lot, the longer the better and beware of anything under a year or wonder what has made them sell it so quick.

2/ Has the car had any accidents that they know of?

This will put them on the spot and you normally will get a honest answer, if they say yes make the repair your first check to see how well it was done, walk away from bad repairs.

3/ Has the car a service history?

If it hasn't got some sort of service record I would leave it, first cars need to be serviced and second you will have no way of confirming the mileage.

4/ Has the timing belt been changed? They need changing every 60,000 miles and don't break this rule.

5/ Ask to look at the V5 Document, the service history for the vehicle and all MOT are for the car.

Straight after arranging the view, I logged on to http://www.hpicheck.com and for £12.00 I have a full check done on the car, it confirms the owners words, no record of serious accident damage, no mileage records and no finance owning, I can't recommend this check enough, this is my number 1 buyers guide piece of advise.