rabskyline

have you guys noticed recently just how many unscrupulous sellers on fleabay are trying to flog their wrx imprezas off as sti models !! drives me nuts !! there are endless amounts of people trying it on...it really does my head in ! i fear for the new guy who buys a car paying more to get an sti when in reality he is just getting mugged ! there should be a model officer on there to stop this type of dodgy business....

GazTheHat

They shouldn't be buying on ebay unless they know what they're after.

It would p!ss me off no-end too with the mis-ads. It's hard enough with all the special/limited editions.

Tidgy

same old same old, alot of mainstream companies do it as well,

ever hear of keighley trade centre? pmsl

scoobchrissy

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Dealers on autotrader do it as well

Tidgy

special edition cars are even worse. for example series mcrae impreza's.

they were only uk cars so how could an imported sti be a mcrae edition? lol

Tidgy

here we go 7 cars listed as series mcraes.

number 1

Autotrader - SUBARU IMPREZA Series McRae Turbo 4WD 4dr Saloon Special Editions

nope, not a mcrae

number 2

not sure y that poped up on the search its a standard uk classic and thats how its described

number 3

Autotrader - SUBARU IMPREZA 2.0 Sports Special 4dr Saloon Special Editions

thats a mcrae, although its not a wrx


number 4

Autotrader - SUBARU IMPREZA WRX Turbo Sti RA Colin McRae - Ltd no 17 of 555

sti ra? thast an import not a series mcrae lol

number 5

Autotrader - SUBARU Impreza Series McRae Turbo 4WD


o no its an import, its not a mcrae

number 6

Autotrader - SUBARU IMPREZA Series McRae Turbo 4WD 4dr Saloon Special Editions

series mcrae type r, 2 door? another import, not a series mcrae


number 7

Autotrader - SUBARU IMPREZA Series McRae Turbo 4WD 4dr


roof scoop, import? nope another none mcrae described as one



so out of 7 series mcrae's, only 1 is a true series mcrae.

rabskyline

i sell some of my cars on there but it really pisses me off when some sellers say the car has this part and that part....and then comes along this nice we guy and gets his pants taken down and his **** skelped ! bloody shame !

Tidgy

piston heads is a bit better, 3 out of 6

scubbay

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In fairness if your doing the add online with the Autotrader there arent very many models to choose from i.e if you go to list a Type R you cant as theres only UK models listed. Might explain some of these

taffyboyo

did they not do a jdm 555 mcrea special edition aswell as a uk mcrea?, totally different cars mind,

Tidgy

nope, it was a 555 v limited, it gets confused cos it has colin mcraes signature stiched into the seats. the series Mcrae was a UK ONLY car

o and they only made 200 of them

Tidgy

heres another one for you

SHOWGEAR : FRESH IMPORT SUBARU STI VER 4 S201

s201?

this is an s201

http://www.carfolio.com/images/dbima...0_s201_sti.jpg

taffyboyo

ahhhh, I see, my bad , maybe their just using his name to make the car sound more desirable,

taffy

GazTheHat

A lot of people add more things to the title to improve their search results too.

**** me that S201 is ugly!! People are saying the STi08 is bad.

Maz

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A sensible reply at last. All it does is improve the search result, ie the more models you include in the title the more chance you have of your ad being flagged. Anyone buying one of these would normally do their homework anyway.

taffyboyo

a lot of people dont know what import model car they have, it is a minefield, some of them just go by what is on their v5, but dvla put anything on them, so if they are not in know, they just go on what they are told, there are a lot of owners that havent heard scoobynet, on the other hand some are just chancers

howellsy42

i love reading the adds on ebay makes me laugh my **** off there was an add not long ago stating his 1995 wrx cough sti (was just a normal wrx)had 330bhp from having an air filter and an exhaust do these people believe that an air filter will add 30bhp and an exhaust will add 40bhp !!

dunx

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Funny one howellsy.... it's the buyers who believe it, not the sellers....

DunxC

P.S. Mine has both air filter and exhaust done, must be true !

Tidgy

mines got 330+

ok ok so i had to add different turbo etc etc lol

skoobidude

You're right mate. When I uploaded my Type R to Autotrader the system would only allow it to be listed as a "P1 Type R". I had to ring them to have it put right.
Makes sellers who know their cars look like dicks if they don't get them altered.

Nick

The rookie

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If you want to screw over the unscrupulous sellers on fleaby, save the cars add to your watched list and if it sells pm the buyer to tell him he's being ripped off!

Simon

AK02AFK

Surely log book will confirm the real identity anyway and no-one will hand over cash on inspection

Tidgy

not always the case

Jamo

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just seen this one

SUBARU IMPREZA WRX STI TURBO JAPIMPORT LIMITED EDITION on eBay, also, Subaru, Cars, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 25-Jan-08 23:13:06 GMT)

pnbond007

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My RA had STi stuff all over it when I picked it up, now all that's left is the spot covers....these logo's will have to go & be replaced by type ra logo's

g01dmember

But is has sti stickers on the spoiler, so it MUST be an sti...

pnbond007

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never noticed the stickers on the spoiler......lol

scoobmeister

Apart from the "STI" wannabe's you also get the "Prodrive" wannabe's, Always seem to be lots advertised as "Prodrive Impreza's" or "Full Prodrive pack fitted". From what I can gather the Full Prodrive Pack consists of a sticker, usually on the boot!

GlesgaKiss

Went there just over a year ago, took my friend down as he'd seen something he liked there(he had cash with him to buy). Long story short, we left after 2 hours extremely annoyed with attitude and customer service. and although my friend was desperate to buy something with a turbo, I did my best to guide him away...quality of cars was terrible. anyway, plenty of people came and looked like they were going to buy cars in the time I was there(2 hours) and 1 or 2 actually left with one. so they obviously dont need to worry about customer service. But who buys from these people??? If there's anyone out there with cars bought from keighley that havnt blown up leave a comment as i'm interested to know what others think.

Tidgy

i think its people who they can bamboozle with words and they don't know any better (not saying that cos the buyers stupid, alot of the time its cos there not experts on the cars themselves)