Horrors in the PH classifieds Vol 2

[irocfan]

Negative Creep said:

Falsey said:

Very rare..

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/n...

Probably for the best.

So he owned the car for 12 year and spent £8,000 to drive it 4000 miles?

meh - I can buy that. We all do dumb things, spend more than it's worth etc. I suspect he may be a little optimistic in his performance figures (but not knowing Jap stuff I'm not certain), the kit isn't the worst I have seen... but that mesh is fecking hideous

[Cliftonite]

Buy It Now is the only option.

No other contact details.

See text to see what you get for your £150 !

Dozy seller or deliberate con?







http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Defender-110-...

[31mph]

"Buy it now price is for a pair of used wiper blades"

[Cliftonite]

Cliftonite said:

Buy It Now is the only option.

No other contact details.

See text to see what you get for your £150 !

Dozy seller or deliberate con?







http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Defender-110-...

Back again:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Defender-110-...

What you see is still not what you get!

[Blown2CV]

Cliftonite said:

Cliftonite said:

Buy It Now is the only option.

No other contact details.

See text to see what you get for your £150 !

Dozy seller or deliberate con?







http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Defender-110-...

Back again:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Defender-110-...

What you see is still not what you get!

there are hundreds, maybe even thousands of "you're bidding on the wheel trims" type breakers ads on eBay. It's a long standing trick of the scrappy trade. Not sure why, but it is.

[Cliftonite]

Blown2CV said:

there are hundreds, maybe even thousands of "you're bidding on the wheel trims" type breakers ads on eBay. It's a long standing trick of the scrappy trade. Not sure why, but it is.

But this is not quite one of those, though, is it?

[TonyRPH]

Blown2CV said:

there are hundreds, maybe even thousands of "you're bidding on the wheel trims" type breakers ads on eBay. It's a long standing trick of the scrappy trade. Not sure why, but it is.

The clue is in the advert text.

advert said:

Buy it now price is for v5, vin plate and very rusty chassis,

[Blown2CV]

TonyRPH said:

Blown2CV said:

there are hundreds, maybe even thousands of "you're bidding on the wheel trims" type breakers ads on eBay. It's a long standing trick of the scrappy trade. Not sure why, but it is.

The clue is in the advert text.

advert said:

Buy it now price is for v5, vin plate and very rusty chassis,

OK I don't get the difference then

[TonyRPH]

Blown2CV said:

OK I don't get the difference then

This particular auction is selling the vehicle identity rather than spare parts.

There is an entire thread running about this somewhere.

[threadlock]

TonyRPH said:

This particular auction is selling the vehicle identity rather than spare parts.

I'm not sure I understand the problem. There are loads of cars sold for "spares or repairs" whose most valuable component is their identity. What's different about this Land Rover?

[TonyRPH]

threadlock said:

I'm not sure I understand the problem. There are loads of cars sold for "spares or repairs" whose most valuable component is their identity. What's different about this Land Rover?

Read this thread then

[Legacywr]

Have we had this 996 yet?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

[RobinOakapple]

Legacywr said:

Have we had this 996 yet?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

What's wrong with that?

[Hugo a Gogo]

presumably the painted centre console

bit of plastidip would sort that out

[Al U]

It's a ghastly colour combo, that's what.

[RobinOakapple]

I thought it was ok, makes a change from silver.

[fathomfive]

Can anyone show me beige interior plastics which do not look ghastly?

I like the exterior colour of the Porsche and even the painted console looks acceptable to me.

[Hugo a Gogo]

the random combo of some beige, some jade, some grey, none of which match or contrast particularly well is just piss poor though

[RobinOakapple]

one man's piss poor is another's quite alright.

[kambites]

I like that Porsche, although the green bits inside are perhaps a bit much. It's infinitely nicer than the usual silver rubbish.