car buyer scam
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M3Gar said:
This again.
Why would putting oil in the coolant make the exhaust smoke?
At least get the story right.
no it would not as there's not route from water channels to exhaust unless the head gasket has goneWhy would putting oil in the coolant make the exhaust smoke?
At least get the story right.
oil up the pipe would make smoke
but it would be black and not white smoke when a head gasket go`s
Edited by optimate on Wednesday 31st May 08:14
optimate said:
M3Gar said:
This again.
Why would putting oil in the coolant make the exhaust smoke?
At least get the story right.
no it would not as there's not route from water channels to exhaust unless the head gasket has goneWhy would putting oil in the coolant make the exhaust smoke?
At least get the story right.
oil up the pipe would make smoke
but it would be black and not white smoke when a head gasket go`s
Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 31st May 08:14
Anyway, OP is a troll.
The old uns are the best...lol reminds me of the bloke who came up to me in at the services the other day with his sob story of how he had lost his wallet and run out of fuel "but my friend if you help me out., I take your name and address"
lol told the cheeky f
ker that as I had 4 kids and a workshy misses that if anyone needed money in this carpark it was me , he wouldn't take no for an answer so aborted to the second response of telling him if he didnt job on I would run him over.
lol told the cheeky f
ker that as I had 4 kids and a workshy misses that if anyone needed money in this carpark it was me , he wouldn't take no for an answer so aborted to the second response of telling him if he didnt job on I would run him over.it does look a bit copypasta, but it is entirely possible for someone to do that, just pull off one of the vacuum hoses going to the throttle body or the crankcase vent hose and our some oil in there, you'l get blue smoke for a few miles until it's all gone. Used to do that one as a prank at college.
FRMATT said:
It's entirely possible to produce the effects the OP describes. I spilt some power steering fluid near my downpipe while changing one of the hoses and it caused a lot of smoke behind the car for about 10 miles when accelerating
Explain how this smoke managed to billow out of the exhausts?This thread has brought back memories of what happened to me, just yesterday.
Yesterday we fell victim to a scam by 3 Eastern European thugs.
They came late in the day to look at our second hand car, we showed them around the car & then went for a test drive after around 5 minutes smoke was billowing out of the exhausts. We limped back and they said the head gasket was gone,one off them dipped his finger in the expansion tank and it was full of black oil.
I could not believe it as this is a good car.
The penny dropped when they insisted they would still buy it for half price (intimidating)
We googled thi and found that they distract you round the back of the car while the other one pours oil into the expansion tank.
They left empty handed but we now the have job of putting it right.
Yesterday we fell victim to a scam by 3 Eastern European thugs.
They came late in the day to look at our second hand car, we showed them around the car & then went for a test drive after around 5 minutes smoke was billowing out of the exhausts. We limped back and they said the head gasket was gone,one off them dipped his finger in the expansion tank and it was full of black oil.
I could not believe it as this is a good car.
The penny dropped when they insisted they would still buy it for half price (intimidating)
We googled thi and found that they distract you round the back of the car while the other one pours oil into the expansion tank.
They left empty handed but we now the have job of putting it right.
paul789 said:
Funnily enough, two powerfully-built Eastern European dogs tied together with a small piece of rope tried to buy my mapped 335D with a bag of frozen sausages yesterday. Very odd.
Have a bit of wrist time with a Submariner and dominate the staircase before you pull the trigger on them if they come back.You'll be ok old chap
Bomma220 said:
paul789 said:
Funnily enough, two powerfully-built Eastern European dogs tied together with a small piece of rope tried to buy my mapped 335D with a bag of frozen sausages yesterday. Very odd.
Have a bit of wrist time with a Submariner and dominate the staircase before you pull the trigger on them if they come back.You'll be ok old chap
FRMATT said:
While I accept that it's not going to come out of the exhausts, this may be many people's assumption of where it is coming from if it comes out of the back of the car.
rubbish its not going to come out of the car only way your make smoke come out of the back is if you put dirty oil or diesel fuel in the exhaust system and then you just have a black cloud if was the head gasket you have white steam
ericmcn said:
rule of thumb
if more than 2 eastern europeans turn up just tell them f**k off.
have someone with you at all other times in the event of two turning up.
I had this before when five Eastern Europeans arrived in a blacked out Audi A8 to view a Volkswagen Passat I was selling. I thought 'Here we go...', but they were pleasant, inspected the car and paperwork, asked a couple of sensible questions and for a test drive, once back they offered a sensible amount for the car which I accepted, they paid in cash and drove away happy.if more than 2 eastern europeans turn up just tell them f**k off.
have someone with you at all other times in the event of two turning up.
One of the easier sales I've had.
They're not all out to get you!paul789 said:
Good plan. I'll hide my assets and have the Waitrose "Emergency-Go" hamper ready just in case.
Everybody should carry one in their car in the event of a neighbours bin preventing access to your property (sorry, estate). At least you won't starve while you're waiting for the neighbour to return & move their bin.fido said:
If I specified ONLY one person and they turned up with another person - then I would remind them that I specified ONLY one person and wave them good bye! On the other hand, if they said "can I bring brother/mechanic/wife ..along?" I would say NOPE. Well maybe wife would be okay.
So you insist that people turn up alone to an address they have never been to before carrying a large amount of cash? You find you sell many cars this way? If somebody said that to me is assume that were going to rob me.There are all sorts of social misfits on this forum.
xrv said:
So you insist that people turn up alone to an address they have never been to before carrying a large amount of cash? You find you sell many cars this way? If somebody said that to me is assume that were going to rob me.
There are all sorts of social misfits on this forum.
This is the primary reason I come here. To get a reminder that no matter how 'fringe' I may feel from time to time, I am about a million miles from being the oddest person out there.There are all sorts of social misfits on this forum.
For balance to the utterly mental OP...
I recently turned up mob handed (I had the wife with me) to view/buy a car. The bloke I was dealing with was a different race from me, a different sexuality, a different heritage and a different profession.
Guess what? It made not one iota of difference to anything. He was a charming chap with a passion for fast cars, a good all round guy to deal with and spend a couple of hours with on a sunny Saturday. I suspect he enjoyed our interaction as much as I did.
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