Ive been on the hunt for a Mini Cooper S for a few weeks now for the Mrs and have came across http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...01214461494511

Phoned the guy this morning to find out were he was as it only told me the car was 92 miles from my postcode, an English gent answered the phone so I ask where he was base, he then tells me he is in N.Ireland.

Im no stranger to travelling the length of the country to buy a car but im a bit weary about the whole thing of going over on the plane myself to have a look at a 2004 MCW for £3k from an English man in N.Ireland. I googled his trading title on the advert and it didnt come back with anything which didnt help matters either? But it does say in the advert finance is an option so he must be trading a fair bit.

Does anyone have experience from buying cars from Ireland or is there anyone on here from N.Ireland that can help me make my mind up about going over to buy the car as I think I am over thinking things big time and I hear all these horror stories of cars getting cloned over there and then sold back to mainland to then find out and it gets seized?

Any feedback welcome.

Cheers!