latest GTR for sale
latest GTR for sale
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V8Dom

Original Poster:

3,547 posts

231 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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has anyone seen the latest GTR for sale on pistonheads??

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/977383.htm

discribed as a 2005 car but with a 52 plate registration???

Is it a personal plate?

Dom

Edited by V8Dom on Sunday 5th April 23:19

shithotfast

1,134 posts

297 months

Monday 6th April 2009
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V8Dom said:
has anyone seen the latest GTR for sale on pistonheads??

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/977383.htm

discribed as a 2005 car but with a 52 plate registration???

Is it a personal plate?

Dom

Edited by V8Dom on Sunday 5th April 23:19
errr.....Slovenia? this isnt one of those - send me loads of money and collect from the shipping agent type sales is it? (ie you send the money but you dont get the car?) worth checking I guess.....

canam-phil

499 posts

288 months

Monday 6th April 2009
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Strange, its not on the dvla database

highflyer

1,901 posts

255 months

Monday 6th April 2009
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The guy posted me through my wanted add, sorry not interested as I also noticed the plate, no aircon, rear spoiler, Ultima wheels.
And for that money £39k I want the lot !!

Edited by highflyer on Tuesday 7th April 16:43

Steve_D

13,802 posts

287 months

Monday 6th April 2009
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Slightly strange PH user....Joined in 2005 and zero posts.

Steve

qwick

530 posts

296 months

Monday 6th April 2009
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It has to be worth asking the questions directly and just be as safe as possible with the transaction, don't send any money in advance through dodgy means of payment and see if anyone you trust/know will vouch for the chap.

If you go ahead with the sale one way or the other you're going to have to transfer £39k to a bank account and more than likely a foreign one. It goes without saying that you have to do your due diligence and see how well this transfer can be protected. He's not going to let the car go without the cash and you don't want him to disappear once the cash has gone through. Maybe there's a way you can use ESCROW?

The factory should be able to tell you more about the car if he can give you the chassis number, if it were me I'd be looking to get a picture of the chassis number and authenticate it with his driving license/passport in the same pic.

This appears to be a good site, recommends seeing a copy of the V5.

http://www.vstag.co.uk/



Edited by qwick on Monday 6th April 22:18

V8OWNER

602 posts

264 months

Monday 6th April 2009
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I use a commercial broker for changing currencies, its done over the phone, and as of the last six months when I now send money from one account to the other it takes about 30 mins to move from one to the other..
Maybe you could go and meet him, stand next to him and do the deal and drive the car away? - Im not saying this is a good idea, something is bound to go wrong.. just an option?!!

GTRMikie

874 posts

277 months

Monday 6th April 2009
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highflyer said:
no Ultima wheels.
Actually those wheels were an option on very early GTR's so it does make the registration look a bit dodgy.

Wilder

1,509 posts

238 months

Monday 6th April 2009
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Well, I agree , its very dodgy, and I would rather send a wire transfer to Nigeria to claim my $8,000,000 inheritance Ive just been told about....beer
Not to put a damper on things, but if it looks like st, it smells like st, it tastes like st, then ...it must be st!

F.C.

3,901 posts

237 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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Saw that ad yesterday and the comment about "this could be the best buy of your life" made me chuckle.
52 plate??
2005 reg??
500 miles on the clock scratchchin
If I were buying a new Ultima I'm pretty sure I would go and get it and drive it back home.
And seeing as Ljubljana is around 1000 miles away the I reckon the ad is just a poor attempt to scam some feeble minded fool out of their hard earned.
F.C.


damian_156

3 posts

256 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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Hello

1) the car is real. Unfortunately not everyone lives in UK, some of us live in mainland europe. At least we drive on the right side of the road wink I think there is no reason why we can't sell a car on a typically british site like pistonheads smile

2) If you are from UK and would like to see the car, easyJet has a direct flight from London(Stansted) to Ljubljana. It's cheap. So if anyone is interested to buy the car, you risk virtually nothing. You come and see the car, worst case you will spend 40 quid for flight, 30 for a hotel and 1 or 2 days of your time.
If you decide to buy, we do an ownership transfer etc. I understand that some might think Slovenia is a doggy place, but guess what it is part of EU and the laws are the same as in the other EU member states. If you are not afraid to buy a car from Germany, Italy etc... We do have the same laws here. In terms of standard, we have a GDP higher than for example Portugal. Maybe you have also heard that we were the presiding EU state last year? smile

3) I have updated the ad to better reflect the history of the car. The car was built in 2002 and registered in UK, but haven't done any mileage until 2005. I made a couple of hundered miles on it since, mostly to keep the engine, gearbox and axles fresh. So virtually it's like new.
My plans were to use the car on track, but due to lack of time it was just sitting in my garage over the years (except for lubricating the car and driving once monthly around my village to wake up the mechnical parts (and wake up the neighbours smile))

Since I don't really use the pistonheads forums (too busy unfortunately), it is best to send me an email.

regards
Damjan

eliot

11,995 posts

283 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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HPI lists it an an Ultima GTR.

Wilder

1,509 posts

238 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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I deffinately remain to be convinced...

highflyer

1,901 posts

255 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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So it is an 02 car ? but I don't understand why somebody would build a car like this for £40k + then have it sitting around for 7 years, nah I must be missing something here,

Edited by highflyer on Tuesday 7th April 16:48

damian_156

3 posts

256 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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highflyer said:
but I don't understand why somebody would build a car like this for £40k + then have it sitting around for 7 years
Why?
Because I was always going "to the next track event".... That's why I kept the car all these years.

I'm only human, I make mistakes...

PS New price 33,000 UKP...


Edited by damian_156 on Tuesday 7th April 18:14

Fat Arnie

1,670 posts

292 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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Ted confirmed this car cost £32k when new, not £40k.

Its worth rather less given its spec (granny brakes, no aircon, wrong wheels etc), its location, and the fact that its a buyers market.

Edited by Fat Arnie on Tuesday 7th April 18:49

qwick

530 posts

296 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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To be fair it doesn't seem too badly priced and as he said it's negotiable, there aren't many GTRs around at that price and it might be a good base for modification/improvement. Wasn't someone on here looking for just such a car last week?

Pilot Pete

670 posts

247 months

Tuesday 7th April 2009
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That would be me then
I'm in Holland on de Vireless in the Hotel at the moment
Email sent to him
smile

F.C.

3,901 posts

237 months

Wednesday 8th April 2009
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So to re-cap in 2002 the car cost 32K.
Seven years later the asking price is 33K?

Wilder

1,509 posts

238 months

Wednesday 8th April 2009
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I will be interested to see how this one plays out...