Is this a good deal (Leon Cupra R)?

Silent Bob · 30 Mar 2007 at 19:04

I'm going to look at some cars tomorrow and this one caught my eye:

http://www.perrys.co.uk/usedchoice/11774014/20005//0/9999999

My budget is £13k (would prefer less). Although it's a 210 opposed to a 225 i'll probably get it remapped in a few months and both the 210 and 225 can be increaced to about the same level. However most 225's don't have a cd changer which all 210's have which is something I missed since selling my mondeo a year ago. What do you guys think about the price?

Another one i'm going to look at is here is a 225, a year newer but doesn't have a cd changer but is still under manufacturers warranty.

I'm also going to look at a civic type-r to compare it with but I think i'm swayed towards the leon bucause most of my miles are on the motorway so will be more comfortable than the civic.

Silent Bob · 30 Mar 2007 at 19:40

Thanks for the reply. I thought all 225's had the newer steering wheel with the red stripe on the top so thought the first one was the 210. Do you know if the older steering wheel was fitted on early 225's as this one also has the newer shape mirrors?

The 225 also has a red R badge on the back but cant tell from the pictures. A lot of the pictures i've seen of 225's had a cd slot in the headunit and didn't mention a cd changer. All 210's i've seen just have a tape player in the headunit. Parkers say the cd changer was a £225 option on the 225.

Silent Bob · 31 Mar 2007 at 17:16

Took a test drive in the yellow one today. And yes paradigm it did have a cd changer

. Compared with my celica it was completely effortless to go quickly. Seating position was more conventional which i'd have to get used to again. In the celica you sit pretty much on the floor. The best bit though was the brakes. The disks on the back look bigger than the ones on the front of my car.

However the dealer wouldn't offer as much as I wanted for the celica. He already had 2 up for sale around the same age and would have had difficulty selling a third. Then I went to look at the red one I linked above but that was sold this morning.

Tomorrow I'm going to Cheshunt to look at 2 here. The milage is very low on the black one so will check out wheter it's been standing for a long time but think i'd go for the silver one out of the 2.

Silent Bob · 1 Apr 2007 at 14:49

Woo, I've gone and bought one

It's a 53 Cupra R 210 in black which I got for £11k with 12 months tax. It has the optional Recaro seats in the front and back which was a £1,200 option when new, also has a full service history carried out the SEAT dealer I got it from and it was also bought there originally. I'm going to pick it up next weekend

Insurance isn't too bad although it's got an extra 70BHP over my celica, at only £18 extra until the end of my policy in 2 months time.

I'm currently looking at track days at either Snetterton or Brands Hatch. Last time I went to Snetterton in the celica i kept getting stuck behind a n00b in a 2006 golf gti, he kept leaving me for dead on the straights and then went really slow around the corners.

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Silent Bob · 1 Apr 2007 at 15:41

Hi,
It's only done 15,000 miles. All by 1 owner. It's had 3 main dealer services though one every year. No it doesn't have a tracker. I'm not that bothered about that as if it was stolen I'd perfer to get the money back from insurance rather than getting it repaired. But I don't like in the ghetto and it'll be parked within an 8ft fence in my back garden.

A remap and recirculation valve is on the cards and will look at other mods when I've got the money. I'll probably get it done after I renew my insurance so then i'll be 25 and have 3 years no claims.