After many, many years of lurking on the forum reading about all of your wonderful A2's I have finally managed to buy one that I think is in excellent condition.
This is our fourth attempt at buying an A2, the last one put us off almost forever after traveling all the way from Liverpool to Colchester to pick up an A2 we'd "won" on eBay with what was described as having a small scratch on the side only to find after we arrived there it was a large gouge. The owner had emigrated to Canada unbeknown to us and the car was being "sold" by her sister who had no interest in the car or trying to contact her. That was a waste of £70 worth of diesel.
The other two were described as mint condition, but when we went to look at them they appeared to have been used as red leather lined dog kennels!
We gave up looking and put buying an A2 to the back of our minds even though my wife had always longed for one since they came out, which is quite difficult as Liverpool seems to be populated by the more A2's than anywhere else.
To make matters worse about a quarter of a mile away an elderly couple owned two, his and hers. Her's a silver 2003 75bhp tdi SE with leather, sunroof and parking sensors and his a crystal blue 2004 Sport 90 tdi with climate and disc changer, owned from six months old with 33,000 miles on the clock with full service history. Sadly her husband passed away in July.
I was bored and looking at private cars for sale locally and unbelievably this one was the nearest to our house for sale! I told my wife that I couldn't believe the A2 we had driven past for the last eight years was actually for sale. I rang them up to be told it had only been listed ten minutes earlier and a gentleman was desperate to come down from Yorkshire with the cash that evening. I had a test drive and agreed a price with her daughter and left a deposit. We collected it the next day.
So far we've had it valeted, wheels refurbished and a full service including the thermostat and sender as well as the fuel filter which was the original 2004 one. The next job is to have the drivers door realigned as its had a new hinge fitted, but is sitting about 2mm too low.
Ive also clayed the whole car with Bilt Hamber medium clay then Auto Glymed it which after 29 years of motoring is a first for me. I really couldn't believe the difference!!!
I've managed to get a nos set of the correct black mats with blue trim as the car has blue seats with black panels and I'd like a set of front mud flaps.
One of the things I've noticed about the car is that the front windows both have scratches on them, is this common as I'd like to source some replacements or would they go the same way?
The car was a 20th wedding anniversary gift for my wife and she's very happy with it.
This is our fourth attempt at buying an A2, the last one put us off almost forever after traveling all the way from Liverpool to Colchester to pick up an A2 we'd "won" on eBay with what was described as having a small scratch on the side only to find after we arrived there it was a large gouge. The owner had emigrated to Canada unbeknown to us and the car was being "sold" by her sister who had no interest in the car or trying to contact her. That was a waste of £70 worth of diesel.
The other two were described as mint condition, but when we went to look at them they appeared to have been used as red leather lined dog kennels!
We gave up looking and put buying an A2 to the back of our minds even though my wife had always longed for one since they came out, which is quite difficult as Liverpool seems to be populated by the more A2's than anywhere else.
To make matters worse about a quarter of a mile away an elderly couple owned two, his and hers. Her's a silver 2003 75bhp tdi SE with leather, sunroof and parking sensors and his a crystal blue 2004 Sport 90 tdi with climate and disc changer, owned from six months old with 33,000 miles on the clock with full service history. Sadly her husband passed away in July.
I was bored and looking at private cars for sale locally and unbelievably this one was the nearest to our house for sale! I told my wife that I couldn't believe the A2 we had driven past for the last eight years was actually for sale. I rang them up to be told it had only been listed ten minutes earlier and a gentleman was desperate to come down from Yorkshire with the cash that evening. I had a test drive and agreed a price with her daughter and left a deposit. We collected it the next day.
So far we've had it valeted, wheels refurbished and a full service including the thermostat and sender as well as the fuel filter which was the original 2004 one. The next job is to have the drivers door realigned as its had a new hinge fitted, but is sitting about 2mm too low.
Ive also clayed the whole car with Bilt Hamber medium clay then Auto Glymed it which after 29 years of motoring is a first for me. I really couldn't believe the difference!!!
I've managed to get a nos set of the correct black mats with blue trim as the car has blue seats with black panels and I'd like a set of front mud flaps.
One of the things I've noticed about the car is that the front windows both have scratches on them, is this common as I'd like to source some replacements or would they go the same way?
The car was a 20th wedding anniversary gift for my wife and she's very happy with it.
