If you were buying a 5k car

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From a garage, would you expect it to have advisories on the mot? It is fairly priced already but on the mot history online it needs two new tyres and an exhaust bracket. The garage have only just mot'd it themselves a week ago, would you expect them to be sorted before buying it? I don't know if I'm expecting too much for a 5k car!

Buy a new one on finance you’ll save so much money especially SEAT

I don't really want the commitment of taking out finance and I thought with 5k cash I could buy something decent that will last me a few years. It has only done 40k miles.

Tyres are fine as an advisory. I'd expect the garage to fit a new exhaust bracket (cause I'm a cf)

When we looked into (buying a car slightly cheaper) we couldn't see how finance would save any money at all. Quite the opposite in fact if you intend to the have the car a long time. Obviously you get a better car though!

Im no expert at all (and just thinking of looking at replacing our car when it next has a big bill) but Id either expect it ti be sorted or taken into account with the price - so pay a bit less.

Advisories arent technically urgent are they. Some people go repeatedly keeping advisories on without sorting them?

I would be cheeky and ask them to fix both things and then re-MOT it. That’s what I did when I purchased our secondhand Kia for £6k. They were happy to do it and we’ve had no issues at all with it nearly 4 years on (it needed new tyres and had a small oil issue with the exhaust, passed every MOT since with no advisory’s).

I got a nissan micra recently £4k with 60,000 miles 2011,12 month MOT, 12 month warranty (garage run, not one of the national warranty schemes) and they gave it a full service with a new clutch as soon as i put down a deposit.

I would expect them to fix the advisories and re MOT it.

Yes re warranty - does it have one? Ours came with a 2 year warranty from the garage (on top of the Kia one that was left over). If your garage offers a warranty that makes a difference too.

I got a 6 year old fiat panda with 24k miles for $5000 from a reputable local dealer. No advisories, a full tank of petrol. Still have it, I've put tyres on and last month It got an exhaust. Now has 60k miles. I love it.
I noticed after I got it, there were cars everywhere with the same dealer sticker on he's very popular. All my neighbours, have or have in the past had a car from him.
Ask around for recommendations of who to buy from. Don't fixate on what car you want, I'd prefer to buy from someone reputable, than go for just the right car, from someone I'm not sure I trust.

It is a main dealer although the car I'm buying isn't their brand so I assume it's been taken in part exchange.

It wouldn't surprise me. They just want a sale without spending money on it to maximise profit. No harm in asking for repairs to be done before purchase. Tyres wouldn't be covered in a warranty as they're classed as a wear & tear item.

I just bought a 5k car. They fixed the advisories. I also checked the service history and the cam belt was due for renewal so asked for them to do that (they did).