by carspath » Sat Sep 22, 2018 2:01 pm
Thank you all for your prompt replies--- you certainly are a polite , informed and helpful group on this forum …….I would love to have membership from the inside rather than the outside.
I have already spoken to Lawton Brook about the red car ----- it has had 8 owners (I don't know what this means in Atom terms ?), and has been serviced , but only during its earlier years by the factory , and we did not get as far as finding out the details about its service history in the more recent past .
The black 20k car is new to me , but over the decades I have learnt (or at least I hope that I have learnt ) not to pick up trouble based on price . Recommissioning is often more expensive .
I am fortunate in having a few fairly pristine toys , most of which are frankly unsuitable for any use on public roads except for very early morning drives in the summer.
The only car that currently appeals is the Atom , but this would need to do daily duties , to justify its presence.
This is one of the reasons why i did not want to spend too much , as it will need to suffer the abuse that iinevitably comes from regular use , and while it always hurts me to see any car deteriorate , this is amplified when a pristine car visibly deteriorates .
I would not use the extra performance that comes with the supercharged version , so a N/A version would be fine .
I do hear what you say about the forthcoming Mk 4 , impatience is not one of my many vices .
Do enjoy your lovely Molecules
Carspath
Thank you all for your prompt replies--- you certainly are a polite , informed and helpful group on this forum …….I would love to have membership from the inside rather than the outside.
I have already spoken to Lawton Brook about the red car ----- it has had 8 owners (I don't know what this means in Atom terms ?), and has been serviced , but only during its earlier years by the factory , and we did not get as far as finding out the details about its service history in the more recent past .
The black 20k car is new to me , but over the decades I have learnt (or at least I hope that I have learnt ) not to pick up trouble based on price . Recommissioning is often more expensive .
I am fortunate in having a few fairly pristine toys , most of which are frankly unsuitable for any use on public roads except for very early morning drives in the summer.
The only car that currently appeals is the Atom , but this would need to do daily duties , to justify its presence.
This is one of the reasons why i did not want to spend too much , as it will need to suffer the abuse that iinevitably comes from regular use , and while it always hurts me to see any car deteriorate , this is amplified when a pristine car visibly deteriorates .
I would not use the extra performance that comes with the supercharged version , so a N/A version would be fine .
I do hear what you say about the forthcoming Mk 4 , impatience is not one of my many vices .
Do enjoy your lovely Molecules
Carspath