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Old 12 November 2010, 01:36 PM
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Afternoon all

just wondering if anyone knew what williams motor company are like in cardiff? saw they had a number of scoobs for sale and wondered if they had a good rep before i go looking at any cars. the garage i used for my current car wasnt the best.

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Old 12 November 2010, 01:41 PM
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As with any garage, get it checked out first! A lot of his cars are sale or return I believe! I was going to put my Scoob in there but couldn't be arsed in the end!
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Mixed views to be honest mate. I found them rubbish when i was looking to change my car a couple of years ago. Never bought anything off them and have'nt heard anything bad about cars from there. But he does take the pi$$ with his part ex prices.
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I went there to look at an EVO 9 a couple of weeks ago, thought the guy had a **** attitude, knew very little about the cars he's selling, as Merv said a lot of the cars he has (inc the EVO) are on sale or return and not actually his... I doubt i'd buy a car off him or even go there again.
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cheers for the opinions guys, think il steer clear, was gonna look at a couple of scoobs and the S2000 they have there. have to keep looking

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I know of 2 people who bought from them....one an Evo and one a scoob.
So far the scooby is fine but the Evo has problems.

Reading between the lines....
My car is fine...I have mixed views.

Taffy

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Old 13 November 2010, 02:35 AM
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seem a little over priced as well imho
Old 13 November 2010, 08:15 AM
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Good tip I heard - if you look at a car and are seriously interested in it, ask the dealer if he doesnt mind you getting one of those full RAC inspection reports done on it - if they um and ah, walk away - if they say fine, you can be fairly sure they are ok, and if you get the report done and anything comes up, can save yourself getting stuck with a lemon/
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Saw a WRX Newage JDM in there once. Not well presented and the bloke never mentioned the JDM at all when telling me about the car.

Walked out.
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Originally Posted by The Trooper 1815
Saw a WRX Newage JDM in there once. Not well presented and the bloke never mentioned the JDM at all when telling me about the car.

Walked out.
He's got Jullians old car listed as a Twin Turbo Would love to ask him to show me where the 2 turbos are....
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He did offer me £14k back for my car as he would've put it up for £15k! He doesn't vet his cars too well I don't think!
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Does the short bald guy still work there? He priced my old Peugeot 206 as a 106 a few years back
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Don't think so, he priced my Calibra up and I laughed in his face
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Originally Posted by wrx287
Does the short bald guy still work there? He priced my old Peugeot 206 as a 106 a few years back
No he doesn't work there anymore, Williams got rid of him for being useless.

Williams himself is ok, I bought my Scoob from in there. He'll always tell you that the first finance quote got declined and the second (more expensive) one got accepted by the underwriters. I guess he makes more money from interest that way, lol!

Seemed a decent selection of cars when I went there last, and he let me sit in the Ferrari F430 for a bit after I bought my car, which was a nice bonus haha!
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