SimonH

Buying a low mileage (8000) P1 from a dealer. Had a quick look over it and it's immaculate.

I'm aware of a couple of issues regarding bubbling/peeling paint on the lip spoiler and rear spoiler but is there anything else I should be out looking for?

Don't have any doubts about the car but it would be nice to find anything before the deal is done.

Gastro

See if its got any upgrades - prodrive brakes, P1 backbox....
Otherwise the usual stuff FSSH, alloy damage, etc etc......

Good luck - they are awesome cars !

Gastro

Mickle

Things I missed were.

1). Cracked driving light lenses.
2). Chunk taken out of alloy.

This was on a car only previously owned by the dealer though.

Warranty things I'd look out for would be

1). Vertical scratches on driver/passenger windows.
2). Clutch judder when cold (might be hard to spot now).
3). Trouble selecting reverse gear.
4). Paint problems

Apart from that they're great motors, a few panel rattle problems but nothing serious

Fat Boy

Difficulty in changing from 4th to 5th above 4500revs without a crunch, which will spread to all the other gears if not fixed. Against that it's an easy fix and should be covered under warranty. Ensure warranty is valid.

Stone chips on front spoiler - later cars were supplied with Armourfend on the lower lip. Sensible people had it put all over the front spoiler, leading edge of bonnet and wing mirrors. Try and get the WR mudflaps fitted at least to the front, stops scrathes stones down the sides and are very unobtrusive.

Big brakes are vital, ignore people who tell you that they are not necessary. You will run out of brakes very rapidly otherwise, unless you intend to pootle around, in which case buy something else.
Enjoy
Apart from that enjoy

SimonH

Thanks guys.

Will check out the crunching gears and judder. The car doesn't have the Armourfend on the front lip as I believe it has had the lip resprayed under warranty already.

Had forgotten about the mini mudflaps....

Cheers

daz b

big brakes a must

wilf

Simon YHM

scoobynutta555

previous comment on big brakes, no its not vital to have big brakes. Id prefer to have better brakes as im a heavy user, but im not going to pay £1500 for the privelige, especially when the standard brakes arent that bad.

burfy

Re: Big Brakes "ignore people who tell you otherwise"
I've had the pleasure of owning a few very fast cars and at the mo' I have a standard P1 (other than Prodrive back box). OK, the brakes ain't brilliant, but under normal "fast" road conditions they are fine. Stick it on a track and drive like mad, sure they're goona go... I was at a track day once where a Diablo "boiled" it's brakes and ran head on into Stowe corner - not nice. For the road, standard brakes are fine, however the big brake conversion does look better!

SimonH

Thanks again folks.
I've ordered the Alcons as I'm getting a bit of a deal on them
Bit pants that they don't come with braided hoses though

As for the standard brakes, they're the same as the standard turbo ones and frankly I found those to be a bit lacking at times. They just weren't particularly confidence inspiring at times.

Week to go....