Thinking Of Buying A Ghia 2.3 - Help!

[Guest jools]

Hi all

 

I'm a complete newbie who has got the opportunity of buying a T reg (99/00) Ghia 2.3 with 92,000 miles on the clock from a friend of a relative for the princely sum of

[HJT]

That price is way too high. Parkers quotes

[Topbloke]

ghia's are not fitted with cd player as standard however the wirring should be there in the drivers side rear cubby hole (the one in the boot) the cd player fits in the stowage bin above , you should have a 2006 radio that has an cd button on it if so then its just a case of bying a player and a fly lead so that the player will talk to the radio and remote on steering column . i did not have one on my ghia but have retro fitted a sony unit with said lead and have had no problems , as for fuel consumption i dare not work it out in town but motorway driveing this summer averaged 28 mpg and that was not hanging about trying to drive conservatively

[Topbloke]

try contacting steve b he is wanting to change hids 2007 and cd unit, its in the i.c.e section under am i being greedy

[Guest jools]

Thanks for all your help guys, the advice has certainly helped us a lot. Great website! Will be back soon with outcome of purchase decision....

 

Cheers

 

Jools

[Neily]

Not sure about the asking price, but 92,000 miles seems a lot for its age. However, with an up-to-date FSH, this shouldn't be a problem. I agree with HJT regarding the aircon - I would think that most shaz/gal/bam owners have had some major/minor problem or other with it. Try a search, entering 'aircon' or check out some old threads to see what potential pitfalls there could be.

 

I think the CD multichanger would've an option when the car was bought new, therefore lift the armrest flap just in front of the back door (tailgate) to check if there's one fitted - also open the little sliding door on the unit to make sure the caddy or 'shuttle' is present.

 

Consumption - again I get exactly as HJT says but when I tow my 1100kg caravan this drops to a frightening 16mpg ! :o

 

I bought a set of rear parking sensors from www.parkingsensors.co.uk/quanan.asp and fitted them myself - well within the scope of the average DIYer.

 

Hope this helps. Good luck and let us know how you get on. ;)