blackieblob

Allright so im going for a Scoob and read on here that Hursts and Torque GT are the 2 to definitely trust, and NOT Cheshire performance....


.....but what about Clive's performance Lancashire?
Clives seem to have loads of decent mileage blobs and hawks to choose from on Pistonheads/Ebay etc.
Are Clives performance a definite no-no like Cheshire?
Any help appreciated...thanks!

angel1368

iTrader: (1)

stay well clear mate, clives performance i believe was c performance and just as sh1te as Cheshire performance so save your cash and look elsewhere

Carnut

If you see one you like from said dealers could be worth asking on here in case it's a known car, maybe a members old car that can be backed up.

mikejenkins

I wouldn't "definitely trust" any car dealer - go with your eyes open and assume they are likely to say anything to make you give them money.

Trinity

iTrader: (28)

Have we actually had any bad reports of Clives?

RAC/AA check - best £200 you will spend. And if you shelling out thousands for a car, its nothing really. Check over yourself first, be sure its one you want to go for, then get the check.

RAF1

iTrader: (5)

AS stated check over the cars properly and / or get an independant inspection. Bare in mind most of the 'dealers' tend to buy cars that are already advertised on Ph / ebay / here etc.. rather than fresh imports (unless stated in the ads)

ALthough you are paying a premium for the cars as buying from a dealer i'd just think of it as buying private in that when things go wrong 'some' of them dont want to know and their warranties aren't worth the paper they are written on. Therefore if you find a car you like then just haggle like mad for a GOOD discount!

Goodluck.

scooby k

also to mention JM Imports have a really good rep too.

p1junkie

iTrader: (5)

all dealers buy low and sell high
i have yet to meet a car dealer that i would **** on if they were on fire
cannot abide car dealers they rank allong side the scum of the earth aka parking meter attendants
as u can guess i hate car dealers

blackieblob

Thanks lads.....im looking private too as well as Hursts and Torque Gt.
Also...found bad posts up on here about Clives cars mileage dodgy and doubtful so there you go.
By the way im looking a black Sti, lowish miles and FSH all stamped up and correct.
Blobeye (or Hawkeye also considered).....gotta be black.
Cheers

blackieblob

Oh and also, i'm getting sick of enquiring about cars that still have adverts/pics up, and then to be told.."sorry mate it's sold"
Why oh why do the dealers leave these cars up?....is it just laziness...
..or i'm thinking it's some dodgy reason...is it just to get all the more enquiries in or does anyone know why? It's really annoying.

ditchmyster

iTrader: (7)

Because it makes them seem like they have more cars so are a bigger outfit, also they pay for a certain amount of time so they want to get as much exposure as possible, after all said and done they're trying to run a business.

Berks-Jack

iTrader: (10)

They posted a load of adverts recently using the same pics as 'c performance' had previously.

Were 'c performance' ever properly linked to Cheshire?

blackieblob

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...-miles/2692012


Ok lads so I've seen this black one and also pics of the paperwork which seems to be ok, though she needs a belt if the last one went on in 2009.
What do you good sirs reckon?
I mean Clives have even got 20something k mileage examples and what not about them, they can't be that bad, can they?
Anybody know this black 04 car?

TheVoices

iTrader: (5)

I went to take a look a Blobeye STi at Clives performance.

The cars were stored in a warehouse and varied from brilliant to average condition.

I dread to think how much they were worth in total, probably a hundred cars in storage including R35's, Evos, Skylines, Supras and loads of Imprezas.

Most of the cars were modified rather than standard examples, the chap I dealt with seemed a decent guy and did know his stuff.

There were too many cars for every one to be mint but did see some very nice examples.