996 c4 £7k!

[959]

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/pors...

[stripy7]

Scam, pic is of Italian strada.

[KenC]

Looks like LHD with non UK plates on it or the other parked cars.

[Johnboy Mac]

A crap advert, no mileage, no details & a non driver. So, it really ain't a 7k 996, more like a 12k+ one with big mileage. I could be very wrong and it just might turn out to be a bargain - for somebody else.

[Johnboy Mac]

stripy7 said:

Scam, pic is of Italian strada.

Maybe, the car is in Leeds now?




P.s. Just sent off an email to seller, should be interesting if replied to.

Edited by Johnboy Mac on Thursday 24th November 22:09

[Stevej33]

Johnboy Mac said:

Maybe, the car is in Leeds now?




P.s. Just sent off an email to seller, should be interesting if replied to.

Edited by Johnboy Mac on Thursday 24th November 22:09

asked for reg number, and have cash waiting... so we'll see what happens!!

[LordHaveMurci]

Foreign plates, piss poor spelling + a clutch is what, £750.00 ish.

If it looks like a scam, smells like a scam & tastes like a scam...

[993AL]

It could be genuine, he's been posting ads since June 2009.

[Vroomer]

anonymous said:

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Look at the pic, look at the way the ad is written...

[Munter]

Vroomer said:

anonymous said:

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Look at the pic, look at the way the ad is written...

It's written better than most posts in The Lounge or General Gassing. And it could be he's used a random photo off the webnets to get more hits.

[Vroomer]

Munter said:

it could be he's used a random photo off the webnets to get more hits.

So potential buyers can proceed with confidence then?

[Munter]

Vroomer said:

Munter said:

it could be he's used a random photo off the webnets to get more hits.

So potential buyers can proceed with confidence then?

I don't remember using that phrase. It could well be a truly borked car. But while yes it's a bit dodgy, the ad itself doesn't scream scam. Just st ad.

[Maersk]

Money will have to be forwarded to a Nigerian Bank.................

[yeti]

I went to buy a 996 C4 Cab with 60k on the clock a couple of weeks back... For £9975!

It had gone by the time I got there, so someone drove away in a bargain car! 996s are incredible value, clutch is £750-850 and he states no money as moving house, plausible. But a crap ad with a picture of a car that isn't his (doesn't look like it had red leather?). He may not have had a picture of his actual car...

Let's see if he replies, and I bet 140k miles! Sweepstake anyone?

[monthefish]

993AL said:

It could be genuine, he's been posting ads since June 2009.

So he's an experienced scammer then...


That photo looks very like a photo of a 996 that was for sale via a similar method a few years ago (which was a blatant scam)

[Stevej33]

well he didn't reply to my email...

did state I would only pay cash on collection though!!

[sunbeam alpine]

Scammier than a scammy thing

[959]

I looked on Google streetview at the ad posters location and was surprised to see the vendor himself.

Macaulay St, Leeds LS9 7, UK
http://m.google.co.uk/u/m/Rwqg3T

[RiccardoG]

Yes, that may well be a scam, however, 996s can now be had for £9k asking price, so no too far off:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3372969.htm

Also £4 k for a similar vintage Boxster:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3355817.htm

[LordHaveMurci]

RiccardoG said:

Yes, that may well be a scam, however, 996s can now be had for £9k asking price, so no too far off:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3372969.htm

Also £4 k for a similar vintage Boxster:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3355817.htm

That Boxster sounds like a good buy at that price? Shame they're too heavy to make good Sprint/Hillclimb cars.