Amusing advert - perhaps a scam?

Amusing advert - perhaps a scam?

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9,410 posts

200 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Whilst wafting through the classifieds came across this amusing advert or scam. You're not allowed to view the car until you've paid the vendor for a inspection at Porsche Silverstone. The vendor then gives you a reference code to contact Silverstone lol????!!!!!!!!!

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

v8ksn

4,711 posts

183 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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9e 28 said:
Whilst wafting through the classifieds came across this amusing advert or scam. You're not allowed to view the car until you've paid the vendor for a inspection at Porsche Silverstone. The vendor then gives you a reference code to contact Silverstone lol????!!!!!!!!!

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...
Its certainly odd but I can sympathise with the owner and his desire to separate the genuine buyers from those who just want a test drive.

I had a chap come to see my GT3 who turned up and literally kicked the tyres, asked a couple of questions then after telling me about a drive he had in one a while back (where he could really feel the four wheel drive system firing him out the corners) asked for a test drive.....I just said I had an appointment to attend to so I would have to rearrange another time.

There are some proper knobs out there but I am not sure this approach will be the most effective at filtering them out.

av185

18,432 posts

126 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Joke price.

LotusAlfaV6bloke

203 posts

191 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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I laughed at "it has premium tyres"

He talks A LOT about his handbrake handle and the crest on his gearknob, but not a single mention of any work to the engine or the service history (when and by who) in the slightest.

Yeah yeah yeah its shiny, well done.

pete.g

1,527 posts

205 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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If someone wanted to sell a car, would they not be better to pay a tiny fraction of the asking price for an inspection which could then be used to prove the car's condition?

Does this ad mean the car might end up getting inspected again and again as each prospective buyer pays up?

And if it's so hard to get it out of heated storage and it can't be viewed, how are Porsche Silverstone going to inspect it?

Anything that raises this many questions is something I would just avoid.

peralta

81 posts

203 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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It looks as though the vendor has read somewhere about storing cars on wooden blocks but hasn't quite grasped the concept.

Vipers

32,796 posts

227 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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peralta said:
It looks as though the vendor has read somewhere about storing cars on wooden blocks but hasn't quite grasped the concept.
Maybe he is a short arse.




smile

drmark

4,792 posts

185 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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peralta said:
It looks as though the vendor has read somewhere about storing cars on wooden blocks but hasn't quite grasped the concept.
biglaugh

stef1808

950 posts

156 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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peralta said:
It looks as though the vendor has read somewhere about storing cars on wooden blocks but hasn't quite grasped the concept.
What's the advantage to this?

Digga

40,201 posts

282 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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pete.g said:
if it's so hard to get it out of heated storage and it can't be viewed, how are Porsche Silverstone going to inspect it?
Looking at the pictures, it appears he's build a house around it.

peralta

81 posts

203 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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What you're supposed to do is jack the car up and then put wooden blocks under the chassis so that the tyres and suspension are clear of the ground and are not under compression. The vendor seems to have missed the point.

FurtiveFreddy

8,577 posts

236 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Digga said:
Looking at the pictures, it appears he's build a house around it.
It does say "...WILL TAKE TIME TO ACCESS THE CAR"

i.e. knock a hole in one of the walls to get it out.

stef1808

950 posts

156 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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peralta said:
What you're supposed to do is jack the car up and then put wooden blocks under the chassis so that the tyres and suspension are clear of the ground and are not under compression. The vendor seems to have missed the point.
thumbup

the blocks on the rear tyres threw me off

Fl0pp3r

859 posts

202 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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pete.g said:
Anything that raises this many questions is something I would just avoid.
+10

medieval

1,499 posts

210 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Why has he parked it in his hall?

kitesurfer2

186 posts

172 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Must be a bit embarrassing for the Silverstone centre. This car is probably worth less than a clean original car.
£150k is at least £50k too much and the arrogance of the advert is actually quite funny, was it posted on April 1st?
Beat the rush..

Black_mamba

313 posts

208 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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why is it wearing wooden shoes...what a knob!

birdcage

2,838 posts

204 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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Predicting a 'crash' is far from my expertise but I will be pleased when the market reaches some normalcy and a large majority of adverts doesn't make you wince

roygarth

2,673 posts

247 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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I wouldn't trust a PPI from an Official Porsche Centre anyway!

PH5121

1,963 posts

212 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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Who is the vendor, Porsche Centre Silverstone?