look what im getting
http://www.gumtree.com/london/05/51964705.html

meeting the guy when he finishes work to pay and take it

 

call me sceptical but believe it when i see it, be careful mate something seems fishy in that sale, dont carry cash with you

 

Looks like you got a good deal there!!!

x

 

I wouldn't have posted this until you've got it

You'll have people offering him more than 6k now and money talks.... Good luck

 

Yep something not ring true about that,is it me or do the bonnet vents look there stuck on?

 

I think not.

 

dont worry, its 5 miles up the road.

After speaking to the bloke he has a shop on the main road,its not a ghetto area.

 

seems a bit cheap mate i would be going all over the car before i payed any cash how many owners it had?

 

a lot of dodgy adverts on that gumtree crap, would never buy anything from there as most are scams

but if its true then fair play

 

something seems not right with it mate, probably a scam so i wouldnt take cash to meet anyone. I dont know if its becaue of the wheels that are on it but it looks like a rep to me

i enquired about a white 1 on gumtree a few months back for 6k and it turned out to be a scam the guy was advertising pics of someone else's car, i knew the escos that he sent me pics of and thats how i caught him out. So be very careful

 

aslong as it has a yb lump in who cares

will break for good money.

 

Agreed. I would be VERY careful, if something looks too good to be true and all that.

Check everything! Remember this was THE most stolen/crashed car of its time, and I would take a few mates along when you go to look at it.

Just incase...

 

is it just me or does it look like a rep lol

seems very cheap too as said gumtree is full of scammers it just dont seem or look right imo

 

stinks of a scam....

BUT why the HELL would you post up the advert BEFORE its in your possession?!?!

 

Yep it does the bonnet not look right at all?

 

Thats what i said aswell mate, it does look like a rep

 

deffinatley looking at it it just dont have that look of aggression a real escos has at the front and the kit down the side dont look right either for some reason probs a chopped up escos write off had the id welded in and the log book and a old retired saph yb block in a 1.3 mk5 lol

especially for that price if it was real he would still fetch more for sure??

and the story of his brother dying you just wouldnt write that in an ad surely

 

that really doesn't look a like a proper cossie.. just the way the wheels sit under those arches I'd suspect it's a rep....or some sort of scam... be very carefull dont take any money with you... also have a mate go with you also..

 

he says CLEARLY in the advert that the wheels are the wrong offset for the car.

 

I'm picking it up in half hour for £6250

Wheels are just wrong offset as per the add

 

I may be wrong, but does anyone else think the wheels aren't what he says they are?

At first glance I thought they were wrong, but the more I look I'm not so sure 'cos it's a shite photo and too small. But he says quite clearly that they're OZ Superturismos like he knows what he's talking about, but Super T's have a flush-fitting centre cap IIRC and on there it looks to sit proud, like some cheap Fox wheels or something, and also the spokes look too flat. They appear to only curve very slightly, whereas Super T's have quite a curve on them. May be because they're smaller, but I dunno.

 

hmmmmmmm ..

looks like a rep to me , the front bumper is all blue and looks fibreglass ( normally splitter and hockey sticks are black and they look one piece not seperate section )

think id ask for the reg plate and do a data check , after all he says its in his name , so phone dvla and ask if its in his name etc ..

defo leave the money in a secure place and take a m8 with you .. and if it only 5 mins up the road go to the point on the gumtree map and have a nosey about

 

Sorry mate, your too late. Ive already left a deposit on this and will be collecting it later on tonight.

 

Look like oz super t's to me, agree with porkie though i wouldnt have posted until it was in my possesion

 

It says in the ad it has a fibreglass bumper on it anyway. Aside from that, I can't see anything to suggest it's a rep. I think it's just a shite photo.

 

He did say he has a proper bumper for it,and maybe Elvis was being ironic

 

already done a hpi fpmsl at the haters

 

never noticed that first time round when i was reading the ad ,

defo wouldnt have posted this until i had it , and if hes got a shop on the main road id be sitting waiting for him to finish work so no one else cuts my grass

like the rest says money talks ..

 

It wouldn't surprise me if you made the advert yourself to be honest, 'cos lets face it, you're not all the ticket are you?

 

Was everything ok with the HPI then

 

Remember folks, its Elvis who made the original post.

 

correct me if im wrong but isnt that the car that is actually stolen,guy on here was ill in hospital and his son stole it and sold it,im 99% sure thats the same car,sure it had a plate on it that read something like e5cds....i could be wrong but i dont think i am

 

Elvis has posted and has left the building,after posting an address hes going to with 6k cash on him that was smart

And you lot call me a muppet

 

good find but i wouldn have posted till i had the car as for all you know someone has read this thread not posted an left to offer more money for it which is a possibility as money talks

 

Nah, that's the Petrol Blue one ain't it?

 

Says the wheels are the wrong offset and has a fibreglass bumper fitted, thats why it looks like a rep imo. fingers crossed it turns out ok for you elvis, you might well get a bargain

 

you are wrong.

about pretty much everything

It was a WOMEN whose son 'allegedly' stole the car for a start and its a BIG allegedly!

 

good point mate

 

looking forward to reading the rest of this thread when i get back from the shops lol

 

Well lets not hope its heartbrake hotel for him