I hate buying cars
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I really really f
king hate it. It is pissing me off more than I should be letting it right now!
It seems nigh on impossible to find a decent Mazda 6 MPS at the moment for sensible money. The ones I have seen have been either a dog, not as described or I've been totally mis-led.
So I arranged to go see one on Friday that looked good, well priced for the mileage and modifications, not the colour I really want but I've never let colour dictate my choice of car before. I had the train ticket booked and paid for, HPI check done, Insured the car so that I was fully covered to drive it. Then I get a call this afternoon telling me that the seller cannot sell the car to me, he has changed his mind as he would regret selling it. That's fine and is his prerogative. He has reimbursed my out of pocket expenses which I cannot complain about. It's just really fked me off as I have been car less since Feb 15th and I've never spent this long trying to find a car before. Its more annoying as it isn't like I am looking for something "special".
It's getting to the point that I am going to stop looking for one and look for something else.
fkING RAGE!
meh, poor rant, not enough fks, 1/10.
king hate it. It is pissing me off more than I should be letting it right now!It seems nigh on impossible to find a decent Mazda 6 MPS at the moment for sensible money. The ones I have seen have been either a dog, not as described or I've been totally mis-led.
So I arranged to go see one on Friday that looked good, well priced for the mileage and modifications, not the colour I really want but I've never let colour dictate my choice of car before. I had the train ticket booked and paid for, HPI check done, Insured the car so that I was fully covered to drive it. Then I get a call this afternoon telling me that the seller cannot sell the car to me, he has changed his mind as he would regret selling it. That's fine and is his prerogative. He has reimbursed my out of pocket expenses which I cannot complain about. It's just really f
ked me off as I have been car less since Feb 15th and I've never spent this long trying to find a car before. Its more annoying as it isn't like I am looking for something "special". It's getting to the point that I am going to stop looking for one and look for something else.
f
kING RAGE!meh, poor rant, not enough f
ks, 1/10.Gavin0478 said:
There is a red one over the road from where i work the gent took in px this week for one of his vans. what spec price and miles are you looking at.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAZDA-6-MPS-06-69K-MLS-2...
Dont know if that helps any?
The miles are a bit high on it really, it'll be due a VVT change and I really dont fancy a 5 hour train ride to Redcar. If it had had the VVT replaced or was around the 58k mark then I'd of entertained it. Thanks though.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAZDA-6-MPS-06-69K-MLS-2...
Dont know if that helps any?
Edited by Gavin0478 on Wednesday 25th March 21:47
Gavin0478 said:
No problem.
If I decide that I can muster enough energy to spend 5 hours on a train, a few hours to look it over and then 5 hours drive home, then I'll give the guy a call, as its the colour I wanted initially.It has rear PDC which I'd prefer as well.
Its just a shame its close on 70k miles, and it is (and you're going to say you cant win
) possibly a little too cheap.VVT will need doing soon which is a £450 job and a trip to the lakes (no bad thing, but from Bucks it isnt quick to get to, and I've just had a holiday).
Rage.
briang9 said:
TheAngryDog said:
The miles are a bit high on it really, it'll be due a VVT change and I really dont fancy a 5 hour train ride to Redcar. If it had had the VVT replaced or was around the 58k mark then I'd of entertained it. Thanks though.
69k in a 9 year old car doesnt seem high to meW00DY said:
TheAngryDog said:
briang9 said:
TheAngryDog said:
The miles are a bit high on it really, it'll be due a VVT change and I really dont fancy a 5 hour train ride to Redcar. If it had had the VVT replaced or was around the 58k mark then I'd of entertained it. Thanks though.
69k in a 9 year old car doesnt seem high to meI think you're asking for too much. How much is a VVT replacement?
The VVT history suggests 70k more often than 60k miles.
golfdsg said:
Strong username to thread content ratio.
I do exactly what it says on the tin!Gavin0478 said:
When I was talking to John (seller) he took it in a good deal and priced it to sell quick as he mainly sells vans.
It looks fairly tidy with a few stone chips, being red in my opinion it could do with a good mop to get the full luster from the colour and like most it has the signs of some bubbling between the rear bumper and wing (only very slight though) I'm sure what you are saving would leave plenty to get it to a fantastic condition.
He had actually considered keeping it for himself but was a little annoyed that it falls into the higher VED rate.
Sod that for a game of soldiers, most of the ones I have looked at have had no rust bubbles on the rear quarter and there is no mention of that in the advert. I am avoiding that one!It looks fairly tidy with a few stone chips, being red in my opinion it could do with a good mop to get the full luster from the colour and like most it has the signs of some bubbling between the rear bumper and wing (only very slight though) I'm sure what you are saving would leave plenty to get it to a fantastic condition.
He had actually considered keeping it for himself but was a little annoyed that it falls into the higher VED rate.
I arent spending £1k on body work on a £3800 car. I might as well have kept my M5. I can buy another MPS for £4800 with less miles and less rust.
MattyB_ said:
I get stuck in this odd juxtaposition whereby I don't want to pay dealer prices, but don't want to deal with the general public either.
It's not all bad though - I bought my VXR8 from a jolly nice American chap who kindly took me around his local US Army base where he worked to fill up with "gas" (at something stupid like 40p/litre) to brim the tank for my journey home. A bizarre experience, it was stepping over the boarder into the US. One of my more interesting buying experiences.
If only it was always as straight forward as that.It's not all bad though - I bought my VXR8 from a jolly nice American chap who kindly took me around his local US Army base where he worked to fill up with "gas" (at something stupid like 40p/litre) to brim the tank for my journey home. A bizarre experience, it was stepping over the boarder into the US. One of my more interesting buying experiences.
wormus said:
You get what you pay for so don't expect new car quality and service for no money/private seller. Dealers and guarantees cost more for a reason.
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