Never really understood the point of 'pre-MOTs', unless you are selling a car on and don't want a ream of advisories on the ticket. Just shove it in for a test and see what it fails on.
Just tested our mk.1, it all went surprisingly well, apart from the back brakes, which only just squeezed through on the NS handbrake - crusty discs, and pads seizing through lack of use. It's ready for discs anyway, so that's another little job at some point soon. Big car in for test next week, that'll be four MOTs in the last month or two!
Silver's a nice enough colour, granted it's not as nice as the blue, and there are some lovely low mileage mark ones about. Trouble with cars that age is that it's often better the devil you know, unless you know there's something seriously wrong with it... then there's the gearbox bearings. If you swapped yours, I'd keep the gearbox!
It's on Gumtree, local to me.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/honda-jazz-hatchback-2005-manual-1339-cc-5-doors/1390930194?utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_ios&utm_medium=social&utm_source=email
Looks clean on top, but there's a fair old list of advisories on that one - either somebody is very keen on defects, or it's very crusty underneath... and wishbone bushes!
I did watch a 07 SE in blue go through auction last week, under 40K miles, written off because the cat had been 'borrowed'... it was absolutely immaculate underneath though, only looked a few years old.
