[Touring]

Largely cosmetic issues IIRC. Too many stonechips (possibly from track use ?) car park dents in panels, heavily worn steering wheel, excessive wear on drivers seat and out of date Cup tyres. All of this addressable with £ and Benhams may have decided to do some of this in order to speed up the sale. But at £44k and a less than perfect service history it was easy to walk away.

A week or so earlier I'd viewed a 27k mile car at Hexagon which was pricedat £48k and was subsequently reduced to £45k. The Hexagon car had lived a charmed life and was night and day better than Benham car. Even at £48k the Hexagon car was better value IMO. The hexagon car also had AP brakes, unfortunately the car had also been covered in Ventureshield from an early age which I would have wanted to remove. I personally felt this could be high risk as the removal of the Ventureshield may have an adverse impact on the paint given it had probably been on the car 10 years.

So in summary, I'm confident you'll find a better example than the Benham car with a ~£44k budget. You may have to wait a while for such a car to surface.