Warning signs in a small ad

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Taking photos of it in front of a nice house when it's being sold by some chancer working out of a caravan in an industrial estate.

[andye30m3]

hooblah said:

Distasteful modifications I tend to stay away from. Dodgy wheels on an otherwise standard car is a no no for me.

This would normally put me off but in the past has worked to my advantage.

Was looking for an Integra type R, there was a car for sale 5 minutes down the road, looked very clean, full history and low millage, but had the most awful chrome wheels I've ever seen.

After a few weeks it was still for sale so decided to go and have a look, ended up making a pretty cheeky offer and got the reply 'ok but you can't have the wheels for that I'll have to put it back on the standard ones' ended up as a bit of a bargain.

[Lester H]

gothatway said:

"Relisted due to time-wasters"
"No (more) tyre-kickers"

Maybe if they had described it accurately in the first place ?

The old ones are the worst: “First to see will buy”. “Back sat never sat in”. “One elderly lady owner”. The snobbish ones are the next worst: “Registered to a Dr Kildare in North Shields in 1939”. “ The Alvis was fully rebuilt by Anon and Stepsons in 2001”. “One Titled owner”or
In the case of a tedious 1970s mainstream vehicle “ mine since 2004”. Oh, dear!

[treetops]

I suggested to PH management years ago that any advert they accept there should be a box that should be ticked that said... YES V5 in my name. And another that could say owned by seller for one year, two years etc.

To weed out the chancers, home traders.

[magpie215]

Her for sale is mint Ford focus 1.6 very tidy just out of mot lost logbook but full recite will be given will fly its next mot new works car forces sale £700ono take it no time wasters


Seems legitimate

[coffeebreath]

Frimley111R said:

'<Insert issue with car>...but easy fix'

So easy they didn't bother.

'Air con needs a regas'

Or a new compressor..

And on a 20+ year old car ... 6 dye leak tests, a new condensor, 3 refills, leaky pipe replacement, and overhaul of every o-ring in the system before chilled success.

Any 20+ year old car with working A/C has been cared for.

[67Dino]

treetops said:

Pericoloso said:

What's wrong with ..."one previous keeper " ?

Prefer 1 over 10......

@Treetops.

It's more just say "two owners", not "one previous". Makes it sound like one owner.

See what you mean, just seen this:

“1 OWNER 8v Mk2 Golf GTi 'Big Bumper' For Sale. It took me over 2 years to find this car and it was well worth the effort! It is an absolute beauty. Extremely rare to find a 1 owner car”

So it’s not 1 owner is it? It’s 2 because you now own it. Duh.

[67Dino]

This...

“which I must stress from the outset of this description, must not be confused with any other E-Class MERCEDES advertised for sale”

[anonymous-user]

cuprabob said:

"Genuine reason for sale" is another one that really annoys me.

And me, the car being fked is a genuine reason for sale so doesn't tell you anything about the car, might aswell not put it

[jeff666]

Mabbs9 said:

And a premium rate number to contact them.

That's the reason the advert is free.

[coffeebreath]

Any time an owner tries to explain why they're selling it makes me think they're creating a justification for suspicious circumstances.
And I'd much rather hear about how they came to purchase it in the first place, than why they're getting rid of it

[M4cruiser]

Here's the best one yet, a "gem of a car" that's been "very well looked after", in "excellent condition", yet the brakes are dangerous and there is so much rust it's not worth repairing: (It's on Autotrader at the moment):

[anonymous-user]

M4cruiser said:

Here's the best one yet, a "gem of a car" that's been "very well looked after", in "excellent condition", yet the brakes are dangerous and there is so much rust it's not worth repairing: (It's on Autotrader at the moment):

So basically that car needs scrapping

If that dealer sells that car, and lets someone drive it away, they are breaking the law.

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coffeebreath said:

Any time an owner tries to explain why they're selling it makes me think they're creating a justification for suspicious circumstances.
And I'd much rather hear about how they came to purchase it in the first place, than why they're getting rid of it

Not sure I agree with this. If someone is selling a car privately they're selling it for a reason. I see no harm in knowing what that reason is; and if it is indeed because the twins have just started university and the big Volvo is now too big, then fair enough.

[67Dino]

M4cruiser said:

Here's the best one yet, a "gem of a car"

Marvellous ad. I can only guess that the qualities of a ‘gem’ he’s referring to here are the superficial shininess masking a tendency to break into tiny pieces if hit with something heavy.