The Joy of Running an Old Shed
Discussion
rich12 said:
Quick question for the more knowledgeable when it comes to sheds.
I bought the 530D 5 days ago, don't want to keep it as having a diesel does nothing for me as apart from the odd 300 mile journey, my usual drive to the shops or train station is no more than 5 miles each way.
Do I just sell it and say that I literally bought it to do one trip or does that just sound like bull s
t?
Car is spot on apart from the leak on that fuel pipe but even that is tiny.
What you looking for to sell and does it have a tow bar? I may know of someone in the market I bought the 530D 5 days ago, don't want to keep it as having a diesel does nothing for me as apart from the odd 300 mile journey, my usual drive to the shops or train station is no more than 5 miles each way.
Do I just sell it and say that I literally bought it to do one trip or does that just sound like bull s
t?Car is spot on apart from the leak on that fuel pipe but even that is tiny.
Set of gangsta wheels, better photos than mine and it's worth £1400 extra apparently.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363072443055
(My ml500 I sold last week)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363072443055
(My ml500 I sold last week)
rich12 said:
Set of gangsta wheels, better photos than mine and it's worth £1400 extra apparently.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363072443055
(My ml500 I sold last week)
One born every minute. People flip cars like this all the time and seem to manage to find buyers for them. No idea how. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363072443055
(My ml500 I sold last week)
Toaster Pilot said:
One born every minute. People flip cars like this all the time and seem to manage to find buyers for them. No idea how.
Seems the real reason he was being such a dick about the condition is because he had hoped it was a massive bargain and he'd double his money. Be interested to see what it sells for.
May be able to get a Mazda 6 petrol with mega low mileage on it. 2007 with less than 40k miles. Would you avoid it or not? Been with the owner since new. Didn’t think the Mazda 6 had a good reputation so a bit wary. What would you say it’s worth? Paintwork isn’t great but mechanically it should be ok.
Edited by oOJamesOo on Tuesday 11th August 00:31
Toaster Pilot said:
rich12 said:
Set of gangsta wheels, better photos than mine and it's worth £1400 extra apparently.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363072443055
(My ml500 I sold last week)
One born every minute. People flip cars like this all the time and seem to manage to find buyers for them. No idea how. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363072443055
(My ml500 I sold last week)
loskie said:
why shouldn't the guy make money on it? It appears as if he's a business.
Selling very random stuff, not cars. I have no problem someone buying something from me at a price I was happy with to then try and sell on for profit. If he had been honest and said it was to sell on, I would've wished him the best of luck.
The guy I bought it from 2 months ago for £700 could've seen my advert and said the exact same thing
loskie said:
sadly very few people are honest. I think it's one of these things you just need to forget about rather than let it niggle you. If you sold it it's no longer yours so doesn't matter what and how much.
I bought a car with a short MOT for very little, specifically telling the owner I was buying it as a parts car. The statement was 100% true at the time I made it, but by the time I'd completed my 4 hour journey back home I knew the car was a decent one and worth investing the money in to save. Some 6 months after I bought it now and it's got a clean MOT and will be going up for sale for significantly more than what I paid for it (but still well within shed). I was slightly miffed when I sold a VW Sharan as spares or repairs and the buyer told me it was being shipped to his home country of Albania to be repaired and used as a taxi only to uncover it taxed, MOT'd and insured just a few days after I sold it. That car was an utter rot box that needed significant welding to make it safe for use on the road (something I made very clear at the point of sale). Wasn't bothered at all by the dishonesty of the buyer but I don't like the idea there's an MOT tester out there quite that dodgy as that car really was unsafe to be on the roads.
Bumblebee7 said:
loskie said:
sadly very few people are honest. I think it's one of these things you just need to forget about rather than let it niggle you. If you sold it it's no longer yours so doesn't matter what and how much.
I bought a car with a short MOT for very little, specifically telling the owner I was buying it as a parts car. The statement was 100% true at the time I made it, but by the time I'd completed my 4 hour journey back home I knew the car was a decent one and worth investing the money in to save. Some 6 months after I bought it now and it's got a clean MOT and will be going up for sale for significantly more than what I paid for it (but still well within shed). I was slightly miffed when I sold a VW Sharan as spares or repairs and the buyer told me it was being shipped to his home country of Albania to be repaired and used as a taxi only to uncover it taxed, MOT'd and insured just a few days after I sold it. That car was an utter rot box that needed significant welding to make it safe for use on the road (something I made very clear at the point of sale). Wasn't bothered at all by the dishonesty of the buyer but I don't like the idea there's an MOT tester out there quite that dodgy as that car really was unsafe to be on the roads.
Bumblebee7 said:
....... only to uncover it taxed, MOT'd and insured just a few days after I sold it. That car was an utter rot box that needed significant welding to make it safe for use on the road (something I made very clear at the point of sale). Wasn't bothered at all by the dishonesty of the buyer but I don't like the idea there's an MOT tester out there quite that dodgy as that car really was unsafe to be on the roads.
The same happened with a friend's Golf MKIV PD130. MOT failed for serious suspension issues (£1500+ job and a week's turnaround minimum). Sold for parts then found it MOT'd and on sale the following day. I think she emailed the DVSA but heard nothing.
That car would have been lethal.
VSKeith said:
The same happened with a friend's Golf MKIV PD130. MOT failed for serious suspension issues (£1500+ job and a week's turnaround minimum).
Sold for parts then found it MOT'd and on sale the following day. I think she emailed the DVSA but heard nothing.
That car would have been lethal.
£1500 suspension on a diesel Golf? Sold for parts then found it MOT'd and on sale the following day. I think she emailed the DVSA but heard nothing.
That car would have been lethal.
Not everyone pays main dealer prices for repairs!
Toaster Pilot said:
VSKeith said:
The same happened with a friend's Golf MKIV PD130. MOT failed for serious suspension issues (£1500+ job and a week's turnaround minimum).
Sold for parts then found it MOT'd and on sale the following day. I think she emailed the DVSA but heard nothing.
That car would have been lethal.
£1500 suspension on a diesel Golf? Sold for parts then found it MOT'd and on sale the following day. I think she emailed the DVSA but heard nothing.
That car would have been lethal.
Not everyone pays main dealer prices for repairs!
Joey Deacon said:
Toaster Pilot said:
VSKeith said:
The same happened with a friend's Golf MKIV PD130. MOT failed for serious suspension issues (£1500+ job and a week's turnaround minimum).
Sold for parts then found it MOT'd and on sale the following day. I think she emailed the DVSA but heard nothing.
That car would have been lethal.
£1500 suspension on a diesel Golf? Sold for parts then found it MOT'd and on sale the following day. I think she emailed the DVSA but heard nothing.
That car would have been lethal.
Not everyone pays main dealer prices for repairs!
It was a few years ago so the details are sketchy in my head, but that would have been a trusted mechanic (and not the MOT tester).
Of course it's not unusual to get work done more cheaply than professional estimates - it wasn't so much the cost of the work that rang alarm bells, i.e. how can they make a profit, but the fact it was up the following day with a clean MOT with so much work needed was very concerning.
Toaster Pilot said:
I can’t think of any suspension work a Golf would need that would take a day never mind a week so it’s possible it was actually repaired.
Also plenty of stehawks around and bent MOTs.
Indeed, like I say, details are sketchy in my head and there was probably more than that - welding etc. It was a long list and the estimating mechanic was trusted for good reason - there may well have been some welding involved as well and there were a lot of advisories that were 'fixed'. Also plenty of s
tehawks around and bent MOTs. It may have been possible to repair in that time, just so unlikely that it makes it a reasonable conclusion that a dodgy MOT was obtained and an innocent buyer was driving around in a death trap.
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff