Stupid things people have said when buying/selling a car
Discussion
What stupid things have people who you've either sold to or bought a car from said to you during the process?
a couple that stick in my mind:
When buying a mk4 golf gti (non turbo) the bloke said "be very careful driving it , it's a very fast car , a lot faster than your golf" Well umm no it isn't it's not a fast car by any means and my golf has 35bhp more as standard.
When selling my GT-four, the lad turns up, gets out his car, first thing he says is "i've got the deposit here, i'll bring the rest and pick it up in a week" , Right well do you actually wanna have a look at the car first? "umm yeh if you want" , so cue me explaining about it and him not at all being interested in the car he's giving me £4k for and can't even afford that! He wasn't bothered at looking over it or going for a drive in it!
a couple that stick in my mind:
When buying a mk4 golf gti (non turbo) the bloke said "be very careful driving it , it's a very fast car , a lot faster than your golf" Well umm no it isn't it's not a fast car by any means and my golf has 35bhp more as standard.
When selling my GT-four, the lad turns up, gets out his car, first thing he says is "i've got the deposit here, i'll bring the rest and pick it up in a week" , Right well do you actually wanna have a look at the car first? "umm yeh if you want" , so cue me explaining about it and him not at all being interested in the car he's giving me £4k for and can't even afford that! He wasn't bothered at looking over it or going for a drive in it!
rehab71 said:
The amount of customers who tell me 'it was the MD's/MD's wife etc. ex company car so it's got everything on it' is stakering and it's normally nonsense.
Assuming you're in the trade, the amount of salesmen who use this line to shift ex rentals is similarly staggering...went to look at a BMW 3 series coupe, E46 facelift
sales man takes me over to the car, i look around it.
autotrader said "330ci manual in blue"
So you can imagine my surprise when the sales bloke fires it up and I hear a lumpy diesel rattle coming from the front.
I say, "mate this isnt the car i came to see, wheres the petrol one"
"this is petrol, they all sound like this from cold, its cos its 8 cylinder"
"the 330 isnt 8 cylinder"
"mate, i specialise in german stuff, its a v8"
"im leaving......"
the day after, i looked at the advert, he had updated it to say, 320d
sales man takes me over to the car, i look around it.
autotrader said "330ci manual in blue"
So you can imagine my surprise when the sales bloke fires it up and I hear a lumpy diesel rattle coming from the front.
I say, "mate this isnt the car i came to see, wheres the petrol one"
"this is petrol, they all sound like this from cold, its cos its 8 cylinder"
"the 330 isnt 8 cylinder"
"mate, i specialise in german stuff, its a v8"
"im leaving......"
the day after, i looked at the advert, he had updated it to say, 320d
Looking at a Impreza classic turbo.
Seller 'its a special one, been bored out to 3.5l (from 2l) and has two turbos' Clearly under the bonnet the car had a single turbo (as you'd expect) and when asking about the engine being bored out, he said he got it done as part of a major service (not in addition to the service)......
Oh and if that wasn't enough it easily did over 40mpg in town running.
I was trying to figure out if he though I was a mug or he was just off his head. I suspected it was the later with all of the bizarre claims.
I thanked him for his time and left quickly.
Seller 'its a special one, been bored out to 3.5l (from 2l) and has two turbos' Clearly under the bonnet the car had a single turbo (as you'd expect) and when asking about the engine being bored out, he said he got it done as part of a major service (not in addition to the service)......
Oh and if that wasn't enough it easily did over 40mpg in town running.
I was trying to figure out if he though I was a mug or he was just off his head. I suspected it was the later with all of the bizarre claims.
I thanked him for his time and left quickly.
Went to view a mg zr abut a year ago - I txt the owner and explain im outside (We are at an airfield), he says give him 10 minutes as he needs to put petrol in and unseize the brakes??? (good start) I explain to my girlfriend who is with me that he must be joking. He then asks me to bump start it - im not kidding. We get the car running, I ask if he has the V5 - he doesn't, there was a plain tax disc in the window, I ask if it had an MOT - hes lost the certificate.. We go for a test drive (around the airfield) the cd player pops out the dash. I brake and the passenger door flew open - at this point you can imagine I am just taking the piss now. I check the car over ask some random BS questions. He says to me are you interested and that he would let it go £1100, I said I would give him £150 - he said,, wait for it,, "don't waste my f
king time..."
oh the car was still there about 2 months ago.. Its my fav motoring story to tell. I mean jesus Christ what was he playing at.
king time..." oh the car was still there about 2 months ago.. Its my fav motoring story to tell. I mean jesus Christ what was he playing at.
I got told the other week that:
The service history had been taken after he let 2 guys take the car for a spin (on their own) and after they had left, they had taken the service history. Not any othe documentation, and not even all of the history. Just most of it. His mate obviously did the cambelt as well.
The service history had been taken after he let 2 guys take the car for a spin (on their own) and after they had left, they had taken the service history. Not any othe documentation, and not even all of the history. Just most of it. His mate obviously did the cambelt as well.
Topbox said:
I Phone up before hand "any known faults I should be aware of?"
"No none to speak of its immaculate"
I turn up: "errr the eml seems to be on, constantly"
"Oh yeah it's just a loose connection"
Is it, is it really. Fantastic. Good luck with the sale.
I very silly once bought a car impulsely off ebay, ad was very detailed and through and cheap, I bid and won, turned up, car looked great, nice area, got in car, airbag light on - "the airbag light is on" "No none to speak of its immaculate"
I turn up: "errr the eml seems to be on, constantly"
"Oh yeah it's just a loose connection"
Is it, is it really. Fantastic. Good luck with the sale.
"Oh yeah its been on a little" he replied
"Did it say that on the ad?" I was genuinely asking
"No but its not a big deal though is it"
car was a beauty to drive, looked immaculate
£700 for a 2000 323i and a few beers to my best mate who is a technician at BMW to sort my airbag light - I was a happy bunny.
Went specifically looking for an S60 T5 a few years ago got pounced on buy an overly arrogant salesman straight away, so asked him if any of the 6 S60's they had on the forecourt I could see were T5's, "No, they're the D5, the diesel T5.
Also, selling an Audi A6 a few year back, listed all known faults, priced the car accordingly, told the buyer I wouldn't knock a penny off as it was underpriced as it was. "I want £250 off because I need to put a towbar on"
Erm, how about no!
Also, selling an Audi A6 a few year back, listed all known faults, priced the car accordingly, told the buyer I wouldn't knock a penny off as it was underpriced as it was. "I want £250 off because I need to put a towbar on"
Erm, how about no!
Topbox said:
I got told the other week that:
The service history had been taken after he let 2 guys take the car for a spin (on their own) and after they had left, they had taken the service history. Not any othe documentation, and not even all of the history. Just most of it. His mate obviously did the cambelt as well.
Something similar happened to me after a serious knobhead backed out of a deal for no reason. Took me a long time getting it back.The service history had been taken after he let 2 guys take the car for a spin (on their own) and after they had left, they had taken the service history. Not any othe documentation, and not even all of the history. Just most of it. His mate obviously did the cambelt as well.
I sold a car last year, and the new owner refused to write his address on the V5 - he said it was because it was not going back on the road, because he wanted to fit a much more powerful engine, I told him until he has written his name and address on the v5 it wouldn't leave my driveway. several people turn up to drive a away car that needs to be trailered, one guy said would I meet him halfway to the isle of man, (from Berkshire) even though my car only had second gear!!!! shed load of stories I love it.
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff