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Father in law just bought at auctions 78/79 T reg 1 owner 32k miles very good nick mk1 polo GLS in silver.
1st glance needs n/s wing chrome grill and a general tart up,front wing top side a bit of putty and a spot of rust on windscreen seal,engine sounds sweet and drives well. ,am thinking of buying for self to do up and use as every day car for work 80 miles a week.
He paid £275 whats a sensible offer and what is it going to be like for reliability?Think she`s a 1098cc.
Regards

She'll be as reliable as she's been driven & treated, I think you could very quickly get rid of her for £500-£600, more if you have FSH.

For what little effort is involved I would get the car yourself and wet & dry the rust, fill it, Ku-Rust it & keep it yourself.

If it's a genuine 32K on the clock it will be a beautiful car to drive, personally i'd sort out the rust, give the carb a clean, if you don't know when the last cambelt was done do that - maybe treat her to a service. - You definately won't go wrong.

My 895cc got driven 250 miles a week without a hickup (fairly hard driving for that tiny engine on quick and terribly surfaced North Yorkshires roads too!)

If you are going to use it for a daily, and you get it cheap, spend that extra bit getting a cambelt done for peace of mind - if its not been serviced frequently, the belt could have perished and nobody noticed because its low mileage.

As for what its worth. If it has the metal/chrome bumpers... lots! If they're plastic, probably what Wildchild says.