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Congratulations, a great buy and good value considering the spec :tu:
When i phoned the dealers on Friday they said the vehicle was sold awaiting for a PX to come in, must of been yourself!
Must of been a cold drive home? Enjoy :) :

[quote="rowmrob"]Hope you have a great drive home. I have just been out for a drive, so know just how cold it is out there today. Your Atom looks like a really good purchase. Where in the UK are you? I am in sunny Essex.[/quote]

I’m Bedfordshire just off the a1 so not far.

Made my way up here tonight ready to collect tomorrow and it barely going above 0 tomorrow. Fingers crossed for the drive home on semi slicks.

Hope you have a great drive home. I have just been out for a drive, so know just how cold it is out there today. Your Atom looks like a really good purchase. Where in the UK are you? I am in sunny Essex.

That's good they are original wings, then looks like they need adjusting that's all.

I think you have a cracking value car there, enjoy! I know you will once the dry nice sunny weather comes in the spring - and it can't come too soon that is for sure.

[quote="simonrhart"]The front and rear wing on the car doesn't look right. I think it's the angle, it looks too deep or maybe it's my eyes. I think think it's a Ariel wing but could be wrong here.[/quote]

Thanks for the advice.

They are definitely factory wings. I have spoken to Henry in the factory and he has confirmed this as well as it being a genuine vehicle.


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The front and rear wing on the car doesn't look right. I think it's the angle, it looks too deep or maybe it's my eyes. I think think it's a Ariel wing but could be wrong here.

[quote="V6ollie1"]I'm in the process of buying this.
Ive been to see it and test drove it last week.
It needs a good detail but it's in relatively good condition.[/quote]

Did you speak to the factory about it and or buy it?

I ended up putting a deposit down on this one...

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I'm in the process of buying this.
Ive been to see it and test drove it last week.
It needs a good detail but it's in relatively good condition.

thats my old car

sold it on in 2016

was a cracker when i had it :tu:

[quote="John Scherrer" post_id=288096 time=1525596257 user_id=1915]
High Res photos on dealer's web site :-


[url]https://www.boxfastclassics.co.uk/arielatom[/url]
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A good detail and I bet it will come up looking close to new. If I hadn't ordered one I would consider it.

High Res photos on dealer's web site :-


[url]https://www.boxfastclassics.co.uk/arielatom[/url]

In terms of the mileage if it were any other 2009 seco9nd hand car an 'average' mileage would be between 90,000 to 108,000 miles (10,000-12,000 annually)!

As this this is an Atom 3 it is at an extremely competetive price albeit unsupercharged

With the registration number to hand ([b]WA09 JWF[/b]) I would suggest you call Tom or Henry at the Ariel Factory who generally have a wealth of information about most of the Atoms that are currently on the market.

Looking at the 'walk around' video it looks pretty clean with nothing obviously amiss - but then again it would be much better to closely inspect it in person - prefereably with someone familiar with Atoms to get a good idea of it's underlying condition.

There is this Atom on Autotrader which looks like a fairly good price. Quite high miles though: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201804296033108?sort=sponsored&radius=1501&advertising-location=at_cars&postcode=nr116wa&make=ARIEL&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&page=1

Thanks for everyone’s input. I decided not to bid in the end as something doesn’t seem right about it. Poor pictures, very poor advert, not listed the mileage or history!? Just seem a bit odd. It might turn out to be a bit of a bargain or even a complete shed but that’s for someone else to find out now.

Thomas

Yes you are entirely correct - very strange looking pax seat which I hadn't noticed until you pointed it out, also the front right suspension looks a bit 'iffey'!!

- the rear wing looks very 'home made' with an extreme leading edge angle - looks to be set at around 30-40 degrees 'nose down'!

The bloke selling it looks as though he(?) might be a 'private drive' type of car dealer as he has another car listed for sale (Mercedes) on eBay