danbills' Mauritius Mk2 - Saxperience

danbills · 2nd January 2011, 02:22

danbills' Mauritius Blue Mk2 VTR
standard as f*ck - 43k

The Story

I first saw this vtr advertised for sale on the PistonHeads website at the beginning of December 2010 where she was advertised with incredibly low milage at just 43,000, meaning on average a year she only covered around 4,700 miles!

At the time I was only just browsing the internet for a rough guide price of a good condition mk2 vtr but decided to bookmark the page and take down the sellers contact number just incase I managed to get the money together sooner than expected.

When it finally come around to purchasing a new car later on in the month I found that the PistonHeads advert had expired but I decided to get in touch with the owner anyway to see if it was still available. To my shock it was and he had now dropped the price to £1,200 so I carried out a HPI check with 'mycarcheck.com' which shown the milage of the car to be legitimate but to be previously recorded as a category c write off back in March 2008, I was not too worried about this if it had been repaired properly due to the price and in the end I managed to knock him down an extra £100 because of the long distance I had to travel (508 mile round trip). He was also nice enough to give me £20 back from the money I gave him for food on the way home!

The car drove on the button all the way back with the 254 mile drive costing me half a tank of Shell V Power.

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The Initial Bad Points & Problems

After getting home and parking in decent lighting I realized that the drivers side door was previously red and had been re-sprayed mauritius blue to match the car. I only realized this because of where small areas of paint had peeled away, mainly visible behind the door handle and most probably due to previous damage caused when declared as a category c. The wing mirror base is also not attached properly as it moves when trying to fold the mirror. No problems with this when driving so not an essential fix at the minute.

I do intend on replacing/re-spraying the door and getting 106 mirrors at a later date.

Again on the drivers side the wing is slightly out of place due to snapped clips, it has been fixed previously using Tiger Seal or similar. Unsure whether to replace the clips or do a better job than previous with some adhesive. I’ll let a body shop decide what is best when I go and have the mirrors and door replaced.

The little piece of trim underneath the O/S headlight flares out on the one side. It is not that noticeable but will be getting sorted because I now know it is there.

I also will need to get the car professionally valeted as the car has been through automated car washes a few too many times and has very light surface scratches in the paintwork.

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Future Plans

Bilstein B8 Front Inserts & Rear Dampers w/Eibach Spings (-35mm 155lb)
Kam Racing Race Exhaust System (Straight Cut Back Box)
205 GTI Wheels in Gloss Black
106 Mirrors
Gloss Black Grill & Chevrons
Euro Style Rear Lights / Smoked Crystal Rear Lights?
Smoked Headlights

Matty_VTR · 2nd January 2011, 02:28

I like it a lot. I miss my Mauritius blue VTR more everytime i see one.

danbills · 2nd January 2011, 02:43

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Originally Posted by Matty_VTR

I like it a lot. I miss my Mauritius blue VTR more everytime i see one.

Thanks Matty, I got her because of the milage and condition...didn't really think much of the colour before but I've fallen for it now.

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Originally Posted by Chris-VTR

Looks great! I miss my mauritius too... Give it a month and I'll have another (hopefully) if not silver

Will keep an eye on this

Cheers Chris, getting a few things ordered up tomorrow so there should be progress by next week. Thanks for showing interest.

furiokitney · 3rd January 2011, 14:09

welcome to the mk2 club bills

danbills · 3rd January 2011, 22:14

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Originally Posted by furiokitney

welcome to the mk2 club bills

Thanks Lou, coming to French Car Show this year? A load of the boys are going to convoy up from Porthcawl if you're up for it. 5th June @ Rockingham

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Originally Posted by CHIP

Looks nice buddy. Nice low mileage too.

Get her machined and then look after the paintwork. Mauritius is a beautiful colour.

Cheers Chip, big compliment coming from someone that in my opinion owned the nicest Mauritius on the site. You're old Saxo convinced me to buy this. I'm just going to keep the car clean using my own car cleaning products for the minute but it'll be professionally detailed for the summer and more importantly FCS.

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Originally Posted by sexy-silver-saxo

well nice colour mate ... hardly ever see them in that colour .. id love mine to be that colour ...... plans sound good to ... i got some 205 gti wheels coming soon of a mate .. there guna go gloss black

geting them for a bargain 120quid !!

Yer, they are pretty rare...espically around my ends, plenty of Saxos about but none are Mauritus blue. Good stuff, wish I could find 205's for that cheap...I'd be picky and have to get them refurbed as well which will cost me £50 a wheel!

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Originally Posted by johnr32

Welcome to the mauritius blue club, looks really tidy for what you paid! Also, you probably have the lowest mileage saxo on this forum. Mines standard as f*ck too

Yer it's pretty clean for the price. Haha yer it drives mint and pulls better than I expected due to milage and how well it was looked after, makes me smile everytime I look down at my clocks.

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Originally Posted by jdizzy

Best colour IMO for a Saxo

Looks clean Mate

Cheers buddy, I agree so glad I got it now...cleans up lovely.

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Originally Posted by Matty_VTR

Agreed, closely followed by Wicked Red.

I have the best of both worlds then seeing as my drivers door was originally Wicked Red and has been re-sprayed, tiny bit of paint peel needs redoing before FCS.

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Originally Posted by beaniehat

205 wheels look the dogs balls imo mate deffo the right way to go!

Yer I'll be getting a set soon when funds allow, hard to find a spotless set already gloss black and a refurb will set me back £200 so it might be a while before they make it onto the car.

Chris-VTR · 2nd January 2011, 02:34

Looks great! I miss my mauritius too... Give it a month and I'll have another (hopefully) if not silver

Will keep an eye on this

CHIP · 3rd January 2011, 14:28

Looks nice buddy. Nice low mileage too.

Get her machined and then look after the paintwork. Mauritius is a beautiful colour.

sexy-silver-saxo · 3rd January 2011, 14:37

well nice colour mate ... hardly ever see them in that colour .. id love mine to be that colour ...... plans sound good to ... i got some 205 gti wheels coming soon of a mate .. there guna go gloss black

geting them for a bargain 120quid !!

johnr32 · 3rd January 2011, 15:00

Welcome to the mauritius blue club, looks really tidy for what you paid! Also, you probably have the lowest mileage saxo on this forum. Mines standard as f*ck too

jdizzy · 3rd January 2011, 15:02

Best colour IMO for a Saxo

Looks clean Mate

Matty_VTR · 3rd January 2011, 15:07

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Originally Posted by jdizzy

Best colour IMO for a Saxo

Looks clean Mate

Agreed, closely followed by Wicked Red.

landerboi13 · 3rd January 2011, 16:36

love this colour sax, by far the best! plans sound good and a bargain price, can't complain!

kyle4256 · 3rd January 2011, 16:31

love the colour !

beaniehat · 3rd January 2011, 20:49

205 wheels look the dogs balls imo mate deffo the right way to go!

K1zza · 3rd January 2011, 22:20

Love the car, the colour and the plans. Will be keeping a look out for the thread

AFB10 · 3rd January 2011, 22:49

nice car mate

danbills · 6th January 2011, 17:58

Update
mystery parcel

The postie delivered this to my house today, no prizes for guessing what it is but I will be impressed if anyone guesses who it is made by. Don't let my 'future plans' above decieve you.

Further updates when it is ready to go on the car.