Ebay rs turbo write off or not?
12-02-2011, 05:32 PM
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Ebay rs turbo write off or not?
Read the bit about the plate. Apparently they wrote the private plate off, not the car so now it has the origional plate on and is hpi clear. Am I understanding that right? Surely the car is writted off not the plate??
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12-02-2011, 05:38 PM
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i personally wouldnt risk it, needs welding and dodgy business with the plate, say it goes for around 2500, theres bound to be better rs's for that money
i would of thought that its the car itself thats written off, basically just a reshell but the wrong way round
i would of thought that its the car itself thats written off, basically just a reshell but the wrong way round
12-02-2011, 06:09 PM
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In theory a proper HPI check including the chassis number will link it back to its private plate so of course it will show up as having been repaired.
However dvla and hpi records from the early 90's are not great so its quite possible it wont come up (in which case he is being up-front about it).
Its quite a well written advert and sounds like it could be a decent car - then again cars that have been re-shelled can be complete dogs a few years later, also what was the shell it got built into? Unlikely to have been a new one in 1993.
Personally I think anyone who puts more than £500 into an series 2 RST needs their head looked at they drive like sh1t.
However dvla and hpi records from the early 90's are not great so its quite possible it wont come up (in which case he is being up-front about it).
Its quite a well written advert and sounds like it could be a decent car - then again cars that have been re-shelled can be complete dogs a few years later, also what was the shell it got built into? Unlikely to have been a new one in 1993.
Personally I think anyone who puts more than £500 into an series 2 RST needs their head looked at they drive like sh1t.
12-02-2011, 06:14 PM
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In theory a proper HPI check including the chassis number will link it back to its private plate so of course it will show up as having been repaired.
However dvla and hpi records from the early 90's are not great so its quite possible it wont come up (in which case he is being up-front about it).
Its quite a well written advert and sounds like it could be a decent car - then again cars that have been re-shelled can be complete dogs a few years later, also what was the shell it got built into? Unlikely to have been a new one in 1993.
Personally I think anyone who puts more than £500 into an series 2 RST needs their head looked at they drive like sh1t.
However dvla and hpi records from the early 90's are not great so its quite possible it wont come up (in which case he is being up-front about it).
Its quite a well written advert and sounds like it could be a decent car - then again cars that have been re-shelled can be complete dogs a few years later, also what was the shell it got built into? Unlikely to have been a new one in 1993.
Personally I think anyone who puts more than £500 into an series 2 RST needs their head looked at they drive like sh1t.
12-02-2011, 07:15 PM
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Makes perfect sense to me,I think you've read the advert wrongly.the car was written off in 1993 and reshelled,it had that plate on it at the time hence whenever you hpi that numberplate,it will show up as once being on a written off car,standard procedure for hpi.
The guys just being 100% honest if you ask me,car looks quite straight as well but of course,I'd be viewing it first at that sort of money.
The guys just being 100% honest if you ask me,car looks quite straight as well but of course,I'd be viewing it first at that sort of money.
12-02-2011, 10:38 PM
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In theory a proper HPI check including the chassis number will link it back to its private plate so of course it will show up as having been repaired.
However dvla and hpi records from the early 90's are not great so its quite possible it wont come up (in which case he is being up-front about it).
Its quite a well written advert and sounds like it could be a decent car - then again cars that have been re-shelled can be complete dogs a few years later, also what was the shell it got built into? Unlikely to have been a new one in 1993.
Personally I think anyone who puts more than £500 into an series 2 RST needs their head looked at they drive like sh1t.
However dvla and hpi records from the early 90's are not great so its quite possible it wont come up (in which case he is being up-front about it).
Its quite a well written advert and sounds like it could be a decent car - then again cars that have been re-shelled can be complete dogs a few years later, also what was the shell it got built into? Unlikely to have been a new one in 1993.
Personally I think anyone who puts more than £500 into an series 2 RST needs their head looked at they drive like sh1t.
12-02-2011, 11:09 PM
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They're Mk4 Escorts and were designed to handle about 80bhp at the most - beefed up anti roll bars, bigger wheels and better suspension helped them handle the 132bhp that the RST came with.
And this at a time when FWD cars were still a 'relatively' new thing...
£500 gives you 210bhp quite easily...... of course they drive shit.
Apart from all the above.... its just a Mk4 Escort.
Back on topic - if the numbers match and its hpi clear and its rot free and a good honest straight shell I don't see the problem - at least he's being honest.
How many cars have you had when you've found after the owner hasn't quite been honest.
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And this at a time when FWD cars were still a 'relatively' new thing...
£500 gives you 210bhp quite easily...... of course they drive shit.
Apart from all the above.... its just a Mk4 Escort.
Back on topic - if the numbers match and its hpi clear and its rot free and a good honest straight shell I don't see the problem - at least he's being honest.
How many cars have you had when you've found after the owner hasn't quite been honest.
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13-02-2011, 01:12 AM
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They're Mk4 Escorts and were designed to handle about 80bhp at the most - beefed up anti roll bars, bigger wheels and better suspension helped them handle the 132bhp that the RST came with.
And this at a time when FWD cars were still a 'relatively' new thing...
£500 gives you 210bhp quite easily...... of course they drive shit.
Apart from all the above.... its just a Mk4 Escort.
And this at a time when FWD cars were still a 'relatively' new thing...
£500 gives you 210bhp quite easily...... of course they drive shit.
Apart from all the above.... its just a Mk4 Escort.
13-02-2011, 10:51 AM
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There used to be a way of getting cars removed from hpi but it was a long winded difficult expensive process although I believe you can take them to a thatcham centre where they agree the repair work is good and give you a cert,but it's still not hpi clear.
The only way round it is to reshell the car into a DIFFERENT i.d hence removing the original reg.he may well have done this and then put the private plate back on to make his mates/neighbours etc believe it's the same car,nothing really wrong with that.
he may have just transferred his vin plates over to the 1993 shell meaning whenever you hpi the chassis number of the rst,it will comeback on hpi.
13-02-2011, 12:58 PM
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http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...le/DG_10014246
From what I can gather you can keep the original reg if you re shell with a brand new one.
A few years ago the owner of a breakers yard was telling me he was buying cat c and d cars, buying brand new shells from dealerships and the cars were losing their cat c/d status as a result.
I have no idea whether this is true or not, but he claimed to have done quite a few already and was very open about doing all this.
Gavin.
From what I can gather you can keep the original reg if you re shell with a brand new one.
A few years ago the owner of a breakers yard was telling me he was buying cat c and d cars, buying brand new shells from dealerships and the cars were losing their cat c/d status as a result.
I have no idea whether this is true or not, but he claimed to have done quite a few already and was very open about doing all this.
Gavin.
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