Buying an Impreza Hawkeye, blind, from Scotland...

[S100HP]

Thanks F1nn.

CarlosSainz100 said:

I didn't realise this was the same chap who owned the green gta and used to post on alfaowners. Small world!
What happened to the green bogie?
I used to have a gtv 3.2. Used to be on there all the time.

Yep, that was me. Sold it in 2012, and it was written off a short while later. Owned quite a few things since then. A rusty 405, XM, Xsara VTS, XC70, C5 estate, Xantia Activia X2, V70R, C4 VTS, Panda 100HP and my current XC70. Don't think I've missed anything.

[S100HP]

WBAC online valuation is almost 2k.

[S100HP]

TheJimi said:

In that case, I'd seriously chomp their hand off.

I've no doubt it will be battered down when they see it, but whatever happens I'm losing a st ton on this.

[S100HP]

TheJimi said:

You are but I bet you won't do that again.

No, I certainly won't buy a car from Mark again.

[S100HP]

TheJimi said:

S100HP said:

TheJimi said:

You are but I bet you won't do that again.

No, I certainly won't buy a car from Mark again.

I think you've missed my point, just a wee bit...

[S100HP]

CarlosSainz100 said:

Slight thread derailment.....what were the XM and Panda 100hp like?
I was down at Autolusso a few weeks ago....they do fantastic better than new gtas' now for big money....

Have a read:

XM - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Panda - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Quick summary:

XM was cool but old and not very exciting. Coming from a GTA to an Auto XM wasn't going to go very well.
Panda was fun, but ride and size got tiring fairly quickly.

[S100HP]

Sunny in Dubai said:

So in conclusion, did you move car on to WBAC?

No. The other half drank too much alcohol on Saturday night meaning she wasn't much use on Sunday to provide transport! Still sat on my drive

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TheJimi said:

For me, I'm definitely not enjoying laughing at him. If anything I'm utterly bewildered at his logic but I'm not laughing at someone losing money they can't afford to lose.

I take offence to this comment. You don't know me and you don't know my financial situation. Yes a loss of over a grand in a short period is going to hurt, it would hurt anyone, but it's not going to put me on the streets. Is it because I don't have a flashy car on the drive you think I can't afford anything better? Have you thought that maybe I just like playing with older cars, or that I just don't like having too much money tied up in them?

To recap, I took a punt on a car from a dealer in Scotland. I trusted the guy that the car was in a better state than it was. It arrived and it was ropey. I fixed the glaring issues so I could use it. Once I used it a bit I decided that I didn't actually like the car. I am now advertising the car/selling to WBAC. If I had liked the car then there wouldn't be such a loss, because I'd be using it and fixing bits as I went.

Kitchski is right. I'll do it again (although probably not from Scotland). I might lose a grand or so on this one but I've had wins elsewhere, and do you know what? my grand loss is probably less than most people spend on renting their car for 6 months.

Edited by S100HP on Tuesday 14th August 15:35

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carinaman said:

S100HP do you want to give us a safeword so we can get your Shiply account suspended for you?

Probably a good idea

[S100HP]

Finally got the car over to WBAC, only to find out there is finance against it from the dealer. Sale aborted till cleared. FFS.

[S100HP]

Did fix the wing mirror tho to make it look a little less shonky

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Sa Calobra said:

S100HP said:

Finally got the car over to WBAC, only to find out there is finance against it from the dealer. Sale aborted till cleared. FFS.

How did that happen?!

No idea. It should be cleared by tomorrow, something to do with a stockin marker? Whole world of finance is a mystery to me.

Edited by S100HP on Sunday 9th September 12:19

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Pommy said:

The dealer was so quick to come on here before and defend his position- wonder if he'll be so quick to defend this error?...

It might not be his error, it could be finance company. To be fair he did return my call and advise he'll sort tomorrow.

[S100HP]

Sold to WBAC. What an expensive fk up that's been, but ended up with several hundred more than I was being offered by jokers. Ill never buy a car from Scotland again.

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MDMA . said:

Did they pay the 2k in the end?

Few hundred under, but still more than I was offered by others, such as this joker.

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funkyrobot said:

Travelling costs. fk off!

I had that when selling a car and also when selling a high chair. People automatically taking money off as they have to travel.

wkers.

There were loads. I advertised it at £2000 and had people offering £1300 without even asking questions. I figured £200 off what I was asking was worth it for not having to deal with these people, plus no comeback either.

Lost £1200 quid tho, and still no goodwill from the dealer towards the rad which is probably my biggest annoyance with the whole thing. A bit of goodwill would have made me feel much better about everything.

Edited by S100HP on Saturday 15th September 20:04

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mooseracer said:

Well this was an interesting read.

What are you going to replace it with, or do you still have the Volvo?

Kept the Volvo thankfully. Shall not be changing cars for sometime after this mess.

[S100HP]

Yeah that helps, but I'm sorry to hear of your problems too!

[S100HP]

Reading that story above makes me feel better, thanks! Speaking of rust, I never did look under it but did find some more whilst changing the mirror. I'm not sure what you do to them up there, but I really didn't expect it to be that bad.

Edited by S100HP on Sunday 16th September 11:21

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Kitchski said:

Davie said:

WBAC's bid probably involved a short drive,10mins in a portacabin, a weak coffee, a signature and money in the bank a short time later... £1500 from matey would have probably involved lots of faffing, unknowns at the door, dodgy test drives, haggling, the risk of iffy pound notes then several weeks of waiting for the inevitable "M8, the cars has broke down, I want my money back" etc etc that we've come to expect. Generalising there obviously but for the want of a couple of hundred quid, I'd rather drop kick a car to WBAC or similar and save a lot of stress and hassle.

This.

Plus, WBAC weren't suggesting he should subsidise their fking travel costs!

Yep, plus WBAC paid several hundred more than travel cost man.