roadrash
cycle chatterer
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- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
good luck, hope this ones a good un
maybe go auction?
Every car I went to see I was told was in good nick, I turned up and the bodywork was bashed, and the interiors were wrecked, ripped seats, dirty. I suspect that this is because they're a popular car with teenagers. One seller even bragged about racing these little cars! But why can't sellers be honest? it's not like I didn't check condition before arranging a viewing.
In the end I found one at a local car traders who has been around for 40 years. It was clean, reasonably low mileage, had a full service history, and was serviced and MOT'd before I picked up. I probably paid 15-20% over what the average prices were, but was worth every penny. I hope it's the last car I need to find for a few years at least.
I was looking for a run around at the end of last year, a 107 or c1 type. What an experience. I too met one or two people who didn't seem to reside at the addresses I was given to meet them.
Every car I went to see I was told was in good nick, I turned up and the bodywork was bashed, and the interiors were wrecked, ripped seats, dirty. I suspect that this is because they're a popular car with teenagers. One seller even bragged about racing these little cars! But why can't sellers be honest? it's not like I didn't check condition before arranging a viewing.
In the end I found one at a local car traders who has been around for 40 years. It was clean, reasonably low mileage, had a full service history, and was serviced and MOT'd before I picked up. I probably paid 15-20% over what the average prices were, but was worth every penny. I hope it's the last car I need to find for a few years at least.
I wouldn't buy a vehicle from a trader masquerading as a private seller. They are being dishonest before you have even seen the item for sale.Wouldn't necessarily walk away - it just means they deal a bit on the side. Car may or may not be any good after all. And such a person is going to try and buy half-decent cars to flip and probably knows enough to avoid buying duds, whilst a private individual is just as likely to try and shift a problem car.
Following on from my Luxury Bangernomics thread a while back .
We are currently trying to source a sub £600 small sized car and so far we have seen 3 and the thing that worries us is that apart from 1 of them . Is that when contact is made with the seller and we arrange to view we get given a post code and a house number which you think ok but .......
case no 1 given a post code of an old motor dealership that is now closed we get there no sign of car or seller after 5 mins we leave thinking dodgy
case no 2 given a post code in down town Far Cotton so off we go and the sat nav takes us to a bit of waste land by a set of busy traffic lights , sure enough car there complete with a very Irish sounding & looking female who i wouldn't argue with , car looks ok , drives okish but just didn't feel right . Wouldn,t give us her address details etc etc as we didn't need to know !!!
Now i can remember the good old days where you either went to a house or a garage not some vacant bit of land !!!
i know all about hpi checks and what to be careful about so no worries after all i buy and sell a couple of bikes .
got another one lined up lunch time awaiting address details as i type
My Mrs is selling her car. Had it from new, MoT'd good cond. etc etc...........................just saying like.
He will have to check which one it is. He has a corner plot full of them.What is it @colly ?
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