leon s 1.6 16v

[deebow]

hi
looking at seat leons or ibiza as my first proper car and have been offered a leon s 1.6 16v in red for £1800

its done 56k with most of it being motorway miles. also has recently been serviced with the following parts replaced TIMING BELT (FULL KIT), DRIVE BELT, IGNITION COIL, 4x SPARK PLUGS, IGNITION LEADS, AIR FILTER, OIL FILTER, FUEL FILTER, MOBIL 1 OIL, FRONT + REAR WIPERS

is this a good price and also what are the leons like to drive and are they good first cars? ive been driving a vauxhall meriva for the last couple of months

 

[DPJ]

What year/plate is the car?

 

[deebow]

2001 y. comes with partial service hisotry and has had 5 owners with 3 being from the same family

 

[DPJ]

1600S are good cars.

I'd say with only a partial service history, you could do to pay a tad less.

 

[deebow]

what would be a good price for this as im not in a rush to get one. got about 4 weeks to look for one. also the person has reduced the car from 2200 to 1800

 

[DPJ]

Assuming the car is sound, try and get it for £1,650 - £1,700?

 

[deebow]

for the size of the car is the 1.6 engine decent or can it feel underpowered sometimes

 

[DPJ]

It's a heavy car, but the 1.6 is reasonably powered. Not a rocket though.

 

[MrBen2k7]

Get the 110 SE Tdi... Bit more grunt... *****

Sounds like a pretty good price tho...

 

[deebow]

ive decided to leave it as looking at readers ride i prefer it if it was blue, black or silver rather then red.
Anyway thanks for all the advice so far

 

[mikeholroyd]

I paid £1700 for my 1.6 S Leon in gunmetal grey metallic (Shadow Grey?) from eBay last month. It's very tidy 2002/52 plate with 75k on the clock, and full history.

Since had the cam belt done, even though it was done at 57k (the reason we got the Leon was because the cam belt went on my wife's car, reducing it to scrap value because of its age, only 12 months after it had been replaced, so paranoia ruled the day and made me have this one done again!) and I've sealed both doors on the drivers side after finding wet carpets, but otherwise delighted with the car.

Mike

 

[mikeholroyd]

It's a heavy car, but the 1.6 is reasonably powered. Not a rocket though.

Good job, with her driving it.....................

Mike

 

[deebow]

looking at insurance the difference in price between the cupra and tyhe 1.6 is about £300