2003 FIAT PUNTO DYNAMIC 1.3 16v MULTIJET GREY
£300
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We've owned this car for for a few years and it has been great to us. Its in generally good condition albeit with some marks and scratches throughout the body, although no dents.
The car has an MOT until Feb 2017. Tax is £30 for a year. Has over half a tank of diesel in it! It's in drive-away condition.
The car doesn't have any warning lights showing and everything works fine, including air-conditioning and electrical items. It's got remote central locking and I also have a spare key.
The car has 2 significant problems. If you can tolerate these, then you will have a very cheap car to buy and run.
1) The car accelerates more slowly than it should until the turbo kicks in due to a misfire. When the turbo kicks in it goes just fine. This problem is worse when cold.
2) The turbo wastegate actuator mechanism sticks due to rust. It needs freeing off every now and then, then it will rust up again probably. This is a common problem on these cars. It means that if you floor it above 3000RPM, the engine will over-boost and the car will temporarily go into low power mode.
We have driven it all over the country for two years+ with these problems. You can drive around both of them.
Other smaller problems are:
1) Last month I decided to replace the anti-roll bar bushes (just had an MOT, didn't really need to) and the very first bolt I tried instantly snapped, leaving the thread in the wishbone. I just left it, so now the anti-roll bar rattles. It has 7 more bolts attaching it so it isn't going to fall off. The wishbone will need to be replaced to repair this, unless a skilled person can drill the old bolt out and put a new one in. The car drives fine and it is not a safety problem.
2) The climate control temp sensor has been wrong for a couple of years. This means it thinks that it is 85 degrees centigrade in the car so always blows cold air unless you turn it right up, then it blows full hot, so can be used to clear windscreen, etc. fine in winter. We've put up with it, but you could just replace the sensor!
3) The passenger door key hole was damaged so it cannot be used. I've never used it anyway, since there is remote central locking and driver side door key also works fine.