astra gte only 16400 miles

[mint/griff motors]

mint silver gte standard ebay number 160401748237

[LIBERTINE]

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[jo4nny8]

"I would like to see it make £6500 plus"
"The second bad bit is the gentleman i bought it from cannot find the service books and docs but I know he would as I will sign a declaration as to it authenticity"
"P.S. if this was a Mk1 or Mk2 escort RS just think what it would be worth????"

Now we all want top money for our cars but £6500 for a gte with NO HISTORY

come on hes surely having a laugh

[Kadettsr888]

Yeah i agree if it is what he says it is wheres all the paperwork gone! its a nice car but its not worth that.

[Mark1GTE]

no history is deffo not going to help it but it does look a stunning car and right up my street if i was to buy another if it was white i`d deffo have it but i`m trying to get out of mk1`s not buy more

i have one niggle that i spotted straight off and it is bothering me slightly and it`s the fact that the satin black paint is not present on the bonnet slam panel the photo angle is really bad and you can`t see the area properly where it should be but i`ve just gone and checked brochure photos etc and the black paint should extend up over the swadge line which is deffo visible in the photo and it`s silver not black

a better photo of this area would confirm this but i think this car has had front end paintwork or at the very least i am suspicious of that fact so i would advise any potential buyer to thoroughly check this area for accident damage before parting with cash especially when it`s had an elderly owner i`d be checking for things like genuine panel 3 digit stamps,panel creases,over spray etc,etc

other than that it looks a thoroughly clean car shame about no history though i think that could kill it`s potential value

[sean]

the wing & bonnet look a different colour to me too

[Mark1GTE]

[Jon_Kadett]

i think your all wrong about this one, im usually good at judgeing a car by the pics and this on seems to be original.

you cant see the front panel to see the black painted bit. even if it not there the car could have been lightly damaged at the front and its not been painted the same.

id love to go and see it. id rip it to bits to look for rust/damage!

[jo4nny8]

i think the colour difference is the shadow created. the drivers seat does look a little worn to me though for 16k on the clock

[sean]

[Mark1GTE]

[Delmastiff]

Even if it is totally original, untouched, unblemished etc, is it worth the £5k asking price? I'd say not as the arse appears to have fallen out of the MK1 Astra boom of a few years ago.

[Jon_Kadett]

my kadett was metalic blue it had never had paintwork before i got it. it had its original front wings ect. but the front end was shinyer than the back end as if the front had new paint. could be a similar thing here.

another thing ive notinced on some gte's that some have the extra water pipe from the thermostat to the header tank and some dont.

i think we should all go and pull it to bits!

[gazster]

its very nice and with the low mileage but with no history to back it up i would be reluctant to part with that sort of money.there has been a few on ebay that were in similar condition but higher mileage that never made anywere near that sort of money.its still a nice gte that would be worth a look!

[Suicide]

'original Uniroyals' - I could be wrong but GTEs were never fitted with Uniroyals, it was either dunlops or pirelli P6000s iirc