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Old thread off here from 2005, chap in Ireland claims he's selling it TODAY but alarm bells are ringing


Can anyone shed any info on this car pls

 

How do you think you are getting scammed?

 

Bit if a vague post, how are you being scammed?

 

seen this car listed on gumtree and thought it was a take on although was interested if it was legit me and my brother went to check it out n.i guy wouldn't answer the phone until the next day, it was a genuine cossie it was in real good nick although it wouldn't run so I told him to leave it, the guy selling it got very cheeky when my brother offered him £11,000 so he told us shove it up our arse

 

Did you go over to NI to view this car or is it for sale here? If it is in such good nick why didnt it start up? Seems odd to me advertising a car for sale and when someone comes to view it wont start!

 

I'd probably tell you to fuck off too if you offered me 11k

 

£11k for a car that dosent run seems like a lot of money to me lol

 

I dont get it, this car is obviously for sale at a lot more than £11k but it doesnt even run, I would be telling the seller to stick it up his arse as its a piss take. Who knows whats wrong with it and how much it may cost to get it running right!!

 

But it might be a flat battery?

If the car is 35k running, then its not going to cost 24k to fix it, or anywhere near, even if it needs a new engine

 

So if you are trying to sell a car for £35k you cant be arsed to make sure the battery is charged and the car starts first time!

 

New this reg rung a bell, I went to look at a few across the water down south and decided to go have a look at this, the fella only wanted £14K but it was a left hand drive one I couldn't put together something about his grandfather converted to LHD to move or something was confusing the life of me so I left it but it run and drove like a new car and I couldn't be annoyed having to convert it back.

​​​​​​​Think it used to be Dan's car fellas

 

If I'm reading this thread correctly and were talking about a straight Escos then its worth more than 11k without an engine! So who cares if it runs or not.

 

My point exactly Martin!

 

No idea I'm just saying I wouldn't pay £11k for a car that dosent run, some people would and some people wouldn't, I'm one that wouldn't

 

But if its worth 35k when running then it doesn't matter if you pop the bonnet and the engine is missing, it will not cost you anywhere near 24k to fix.

 

Maybe true but I don't buy cars for £11k with engines missing I'll leave that to the people who will take that gamble, as I said that's just my personal view, I don't buy and sell top end cars and have no clue what all these rs models are worth as that dosent interest me, only when I hear someone offering £11k for a car that dosent run then I don't class them as taking the piss I class them as taking a gamble. Just my view anyway!

 

Does anyone know how much this is advertised for? To me if its up for a lot of money then it should be running perfectly and I would be pissed off if I had gone to view it and have a test drive and when I get there its a non-runner. Surely if the seller is after a top price he would make sure it STARTS!!
If its a project car then advertise it as one and lower your expectation on the price.

 

Thought I left a reply on here yesterday 😣 I had a look at a few across the water down south decided to have a look at this myself, was immaculate I just couldn't get my head around the left hand drive part something about his old man moving to America :S I test drove it it ran and boosted fine this was only a week and a half ago don't think he still has it

 

Thanks for the information, being left hand drive would put me off as well, how much was he asking for it?

 

Can anyone pm me a link to the car??

 

​​​​​​​That's what put me off although he had everything there to convert it back tho 😋😋 cheap if you could be annoyed with the hassle, think he was looking £14K wouldn't really budge much I wanted it but the whole conversion thing put me off, had all the paper work and history too 😶

 

Replied to this last night obviously didn't post😣😣 no fella he was looking £14,000 it was on a SORN and had no MOT, was on gumtree Michael think you called the fella Gerard think it's been sold

 

it had 67000 miles on it 12 years ago and its up for £35K now?

 

Where have you seen it for sale again? I rang that fellow to see if it was and he said there has been a deposit left on it apparently his child passed away during the week so I feel absolutely cat now 😣😣😣

 

Where have you seen this for sale again? I actually rang the chap to see did he still have it turns out a deposit was left on it, feel absolutley cat for ringing now as his child passed away during the week 😣😣

 

Where have you seen this for sale again? I actually rang the chap there to see i he still had it, turns out a deposit has been left on it, however I feel absolutely car for ringing now as his child passed away during the week 😣😣

Would only be my luck!