RType

Bid and won this on ebay last night so got a mate to drive me 90 miles to collect it today.

I had messaged the seller about it a couple of times regarding all the usual things you'd ask, like history, mods, remap etc but got no replies or got a message saying their inbox was full. I bid based on the description and it seemed quite honest and genuine.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2810892752...d=468280206347

Got there and asked for the service history, it wasnt mentioned but I thought it might have some, but all I got was 5 reciepts

Went for a drive and it was gutless, hardly any boost at all. It pulled to the left and there was a knocking noise coming from the boot. He said "that spoiler is well heavy mate so the bootlid bangs"

On inspection round the car I found both foglights smashed, front disks and pads completely shot, aircon not working, rust on the bottom of doors, and the MOT had an advisory for 2 new tyres.

When I asked the seller to come down on the price I'd bid he refused and got arsey so I said "ok, I'll go and get the £ from the car" and drove off.

If you want a nail, this is the one for you.

The hunt for a decent Newage Impreza continues. Budget up to 4k, preferably with mods or something cheap that I can make my own over time. PM/post if you have anything for sale. Sorry, no classics, been there done that thanks.

sunnyjones003

iTrader: (12)

this is on facebook i think

Carlh

someone's bought it lol

tubbytommy

iTrader: (20)

It was cheap for a reason.
A blob at that money is going to be a nail

domino46

Wouldn't it have been better to go view the car first before wasting his time ?,,,,,I done a 500 mile round trip yestaday to view two bug eyes with a mate and neither was any good but the adds seemed ok so we just told them what our best offer would be and neither wanted to sell at our offer but everyone was still happy when we left as no ones time was wasted

tubbytommy

iTrader: (20)

not really, he has bid upon a description and it was not as described so he walked away.
only one wasted trip but it would have been that to view anyway.
only time wasted was the sellers and that was his own fault for not describing the car honestly

L.J.F

iTrader: (31)

Why would you bid on something without viewing in person first?? Everyone has different views on what they would interpret as good condition so you can't go on someone's views in a advert as they may not much you own views also if the advert doesn't state service history and the owner is shying away from giving you a answer then the chances are there isn't any service history! You should have viewed the car beforehand and made inspections etc to avoid disappointment, instead you wasted both yours and the sellers time but I will grant you that the advert should have been more informative especially about the rust and mechanical problems.

blackvenom

There are some hidden gems on ebay due to the amount of cars being sold. But I looked at a few cars from the site as the advert and photos looked good, turned out to be right dogs. Without service history being descripted it's your fault on that, same with front brakes, says its only had rear done, he should have put about the rust and broken lights!!, The advert itself its really doesn't help the car. I wouldn't have even bid on a car with such little information written.

Shaid

Did you take the money with you?

Justme103

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There are some good ones out there, I paid £1500 for my Bug,

pflowers

Agree, I paid £2300 for my mint blobeye wagon a year ago.

stonejedi

iTrader: (51)

Exactly,there is no way I would drive even 50 miles to see a car unless I was 100% sure about the condition of the car,the car was described wrong to the OP.How much did it cost you to do the 500 mile trip in petrol?.SJ.

Osimabu

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When you find another one you're interested in, perhaps you could ask if anyone on here already knows the car, or if there is anyone local who can pop round to look at it for you before you have a bid on it.

At least you did the right thing and walked away this time though.

domino46

£100 but did it in my hawkeye to enjoy the drive aswell ,,,some nice roads up north IMO and I did enjoy it

stonejedi

iTrader: (51)

Not to bad cost wise,at least you enjoyed the driveSJ.

stonejedi

iTrader: (51)

RType as said before try sourcing one off of here if you can find one,at least you know 9 times out of 10 it's being looked after and got some kind of service history.its funny it's like when I first brought my Renault 5 Gt turbo back in the days and about five years later I tried to get one for my wife it took about a year to source a good one as they where either rotten or the engine was on it's last legs over heating etc...their are a lot of subarus about but it's the good ones which are now getting very hard to find.SJ.