I put the XR3i on ebay for £450, has a snapped cambelt, and paint was shit, sold it as spares or repair.
The car has done 36k from new, and has had 1 previous owner. well it was only on ebay for about 9 hours
best offer for £300, is what i wanted for it, just as i cant be arsed to sort it. The car was a 1988 xr3i in auto with pas, recaros, rst kit, rst alloys, new exhaust, alternator and belt and pads and shoes. The shell is SOLID.
Bloked comes for it, and my brother deals with it. well read my other topic.lol

And he could not find the V5. but had the mot and some papers, the bloke tried knocking him down, he said no way, its worth more than that for the interior and wheels.
bloke looks round it and is happy,and my brother promised to post the log book. and i had put a 90spec spoiler in the boot, spare set of door cards. and lots of new clips fronm ford as well as a few other bits and bobs.
In my opinion he got a steal!!!

Anyway my brother got the phone call after an hour, "the bloke i bought it for dont want it, i am bringing it back tomorrow for my money"
he recons its been welded and loads, the paints shit of other shit.

I know it aint been welded. And the guy was told its not being taken back.

What the f**k do you expect for £300?

 

if he's come, viewed it , paid and taken it away, then I would be telling him to stick the car up his arse and not negotiate at all!

 

did you say it has power steering??

 

"the bloke i bought it for dont want it"

Well then YOU shouldnt have bought it without being more sure about what he wanted!

 

Just say to him.

"no problem at all mate, bring it back, there is a 400 pound re-stocking fee though with all returned cars"

 

tell him to fuck off thats a decent price and it aint your fault that he bought the wrong thing for somebody else

 

'88 xr3i auto & pas?

 

the guy who bought it has listed it on ebay

 

Link?

Has he mentioned the terrible wedling / paint etc in the advert?

 

the only thing that is "modded" in the car is modified seat brackets as it was owned by a disabled woman and it had differant mountings for the front of the seats to raise the front end. anyway, either way i cant see how you can moan at a £300 car. tbh wish my brother never sold it to him

 

Does the guy who bought it from you happen to know those 5 guys you got friendly with?

Let's start a conspiracy!

 

fpmsl well he bought it of my brother anyway car was not even in my name in the first place althought i "owned" it, it was in my now ex wifes name.

 

tell him to fuck off.

I have had a similar issue with a E30 diff I sold. I drove the car it was on for about 15 miles the evening the car was stripped no whines or anything and I had the car upto 70mph on the M4. bloke came a few days after and bought the diff. then a few days after that I stat getting nasty messages and voicemails saying the diff is fucked - the guy who bought it had not fitted to the car but decided to change the oil, seals and bearings and put it into the car then once he has fitted it it was whining from the go he says.

I told him to go do one as its obviously happened when he worked on it.

If he turns up at your house be all polite and tell him to go do one then if he doesnt then bring out the bats.

 

is this her?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1988-FORD-ESCO...item23037b2336

looks like a bargin to me....

p.s

would a l reg 1.8 efi engine from a xr2i fit

cherrs john

 

You've mugged someone else off before Elvis, cause I made this picture for you last time... you could also send it to this guy it appears.



FPMSL @ the new eBay advert too...


Cheers,
Grant

 

THE CAR ALMOST LOOKS LIKE ITS A CUT N SHUT

 

you should try and buy it back for £100 and see what he says

 

you sold the red steering wheel

 

well if anyone wants a bid, its deffo worth one.

almost a cut and shut, wtf it has modified seat bases as it was made auto and with powersteering for a disabled woman who owned it from new.my brother said hey guy made out it was like a patch work quilt

 

maybe thats what the bloke got upset about

 

should break for a few bob, list the power steering right and it could make a fortune!

steve

 

the PAS is shit on it mate, like on a old yank car, its too light, you have absolutly no feel for the road with it. that was the first thing that was going to come off when i was concidering dropping a turbo lump in it. oh and the auto box too.