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    Default Buying 2008.5 MS3 with 45k km

    So excited!!!! Car was never winter driven and stored in a heated garage.
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    Default Re: Buying 2008.5 MS3 with 45k km

    Quote Originally Posted by dadinho_nfg View Post
    So excited!!!! Car was never winter driven and stored in a heated garage.
    congrats man. post pics when you get it!
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    Default Re: Buying 2008.5 MS3 with 45k km

    Quote Originally Posted by dadinho_nfg View Post
    So excited!!!! Car was never winter driven and stored in a heated garage.
    Awesome...did you check the compression ?
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    Default Re: Buying 2008.5 MS3 with 45k km

    nope - i don't know much about car, just that my first car was a 06 mazda 3 gt black hatchback and i remembered settling on that car instead of the Speed3 which was always my dream car.

    im buying it private - anything i should check in detail before picking it up?

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    Default Re: Buying 2008.5 MS3 with 45k km

    Quote Originally Posted by S.F.W. View Post
    Awesome...did you check the compression ?
    anything is possible but I would guess that with this low mileage, compression should not be a problem
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    Default Re: Buying 2008.5 MS3 with 45k km

    Ask if he has winter tires, if yes, means it's not stored for winter and he is lying to you. lol
    Check the rust as well. Hatch doors, rear fenders and at the bottom of the 4 doors.

    Compression test and drive around with it.
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    Default Re: Buying 2008.5 MS3 with 45k km

    no winter tires and no rust proof - i really don't believe it was winter driven. i also looked for salt stains inside - nothing can't wait to pick it up

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