1. The car is a 2009 model Mazda 3. It appears to have the infamous 'dashboard melting' issue plagued with Toyotas and other brands during the timeframe. The owner has wrapped the dashboard with a cloth like material to hide the sticky and ugly dashboard. It actually looks nice. However, during the pre purchase inspection, the garage advised that this wrap could severely affect the airbag deployment and recommended to buy a new dashboard which has the issue fixed. What are your thoughts on this?
2. The car is a UK spec, so the speedometer and mileage are in miles and the turn signal lever is switched. Are these considered a major turn off in our market that it would affect my resale?
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1. The car is a 2009 model Mazda 3. It appears to have the infamous 'dashboard melting' issue plagued with Toyotas and other brands during the timeframe. The owner has wrapped the dashboard with a cloth like material to hide the sticky and ugly dashboard. It actually looks nice. However, during the pre purchase inspection, the garage advised that this wrap could severely affect the airbag deployment and recommended to buy a new dashboard which has the issue fixed. What are your thoughts on this?
2. The car is a UK spec, so the speedometer and mileage are in miles and the turn signal lever is switched. Are these considered a major turn off in our market that it would affect my resale?
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