The Chief

Ok i've just bought myself little runaround for 500 quid and hopefully i'm going to pick it up on Saturday.

The thing is its a W reg 106 with a suposedley 23k on the clock - now this seems like sale of the century, so alarm bells have been going off in my head or it could be a genuine bargain.

the guy has the log book and it had SH.

I'm going down to Southampton on saturday picking it up with a bankers draft.

if the guy has lied to me in any way about the sale can i back out of the sale.

Truth is i bidded my max expecting for it to go for a lot more, but i ended up winning it.

Advice please

Ta!

sbk1972

Ive brought cars from ebay. And as far as Im concerned, even if Ive won the auction, if I dont like the car, Im not having it. Also, £500 for a w reg 23K 106 ? Mmm sounds too good to be true mate. Did you get the number plate ? if so go to www.rac.co.uk to check the number of owners. Go to dvla.co.uk to see if its taxed / mot'd.

Perhaps a hpi check?

Mind you, if the travel to Southampton isn too far, then take a friend, go down and look at it. Do the usual checks, pedals, rubbers, mileage, rust, and other things to see if the condition of the car reflects the mileage. If you like it buy it, if not, then dont.

If you get poor feed back, then just create a new account.

SBK

Dracoro

Do hpi, ask specifically about mileage.

at 23k I expect it to be in almost mint condition. It shouldn't look like it's done 123k miles which it possibly has.

The Chief

i've done that and its had two owners - the last (who i bought it off) has only had it since beginning of July though. i am thinking he does a bit of wheeler dealing in cars

OllyK

If the car is not as described then you can walk away, if the car is as described but you just don't fancy it any more then you can't just walk away, you have made a legally binding agreement. Whether anybody would actually persue you over it or not is another matter, you'd probably just get neg feedback

The Chief

To be honest mate - i dont think its gonna be mint. its describeed of having a few small dents which is fair enough.

as long as its mechanically ok and its HIS car and not stolen i'll be fine about it

apples24

iTrader: (1)

i just serched all completed auctions for 106 i couldnt see it, if its a trader give me location i might know him

apples24

iTrader: (1)

oooo that red one... barge pole springs to mind, if i recall either chassis numbers are iffy looking or outstanding finance

saw it a week or so ago

pikey bloke runs round in a truck picking up scrap etc, thats exactly how he got it someone asked for it to be scrapped, he was touring dealerships trying to sell it lol, mind you he only wanted £250 so i believe then

Miss Kinky

if you don't like it you could always sell it on and maybe make something out of it...

The Chief

He has not sent me his location yet.

His name is 'ogrecovery' - sound s a bit funny oo-eerr

The Chief

Thats the one

that bad is it

PM'd you mate

scooby_me

iTrader: (1)

i have a nice cheap runabout for sale 6 months tax/test on it, £350.....

and its a very smooth runner.. has rust...but for 6 moths trouble free motoring i think £350 is a bargin

vaux carlton auto BTW in swindon!

Darren

The Chief

No good to me. i need cheap, cheap.

i need 45mpg, 100 quid tax and cheap insurance.

i've got my 300bhp Scoob for weekends

The Chief

Well it looks like i'm walking away.

Buddy has just told me its been written off!!!


Cheers for the pointers Apples24