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Just got back from viewing a car described as having two scratches on the bumper. Yes that bit is true, but what the seller neglected to add was the rust on both rear quarters, flat tyre, badly repainted bonnet, missing trim on the rear bumper, damage to the front bumper and probably a host of other things I didn't bother to check for. I wouldn't mind if it was priced as a snotter, but £4500? It's the first time I have ever walked away from a car after just 2 minutes.
It was a Mazda6 MPS for anyone who is interested. Complete waste of time.
Why can't people be honest?
It was a Mazda6 MPS for anyone who is interested. Complete waste of time.
Why can't people be honest?
TheAngryDog said:
Just got back from viewing a car described as having two scratches on the bumper. Yes that bit is true, but what the seller neglected to add was the rust on both rear quarters, flat tyre, badly repainted bonnet, missing trim on the rear bumper, damage to the front bumper and probably a host of other things I didn't bother to check for. I wouldn't mind if it was priced as a snotter, but £4500? It's the first time I have ever walked away from a car after just 2 minutes.
It was a Mazda6 MPS for anyone who is interested. Complete waste of time.
Annoying isn't it ? Even more so if it's a garage (a well respected specialist in importing Subarus in my case). Wasted my time showing me a 'mint', 'well cared for' scratched, tatty, broken windscreen, missing service history POS. aIt was a Mazda6 MPS for anyone who is interested. Complete waste of time.
holes. I only travelled 800 miles and took a ferry to look at their lies. 
When I was shopping for my car this was pretty standard and I use to get pretty angry when sellers had said the car was mint and you find it's knackered. After a day of looking and wrecks I walked up to one car....told the dealer he can fk himself and went home. Yes I definitely shouldn't have said that to someone I haven't met but I was pretty tired of it.
I understand why sellers do it, they feel they won't shift the car but maybe they'd have better luck selling it as a project car or something and accepting they're going to lose money on it. (should have looked after it better in the first place)
...Getting angry again now!
k himself and went home. Yes I definitely shouldn't have said that to someone I haven't met but I was pretty tired of it. I understand why sellers do it, they feel they won't shift the car but maybe they'd have better luck selling it as a project car or something and accepting they're going to lose money on it. (should have looked after it better in the first place)
...Getting angry again now!
photosnob said:
Little scratches wouldn't bother me on most cars. I spent 5 grand on my last car and it has plenty of cosmetic problems. Some people just have different expectations.
I don't turn up to view a second hand car expecting it to be mint. I do expect it to be as described, or near enough. Scratches don't bother me. Bumper damage, poor paint jobs and rust do!
When I sold my M5 i was very honest about it. The first person who viewed it bought it and didn't haggle on the price. I always sell cars honestly as I wouldn't be happy selling a car that I haven't described accurately.
Don't understand it either.
Spoke to a small dealer & told him that if the car had any body damage I would definitely not buy it so best tell me now or we will just be wasting each other's time. Assured me that there was no damage and everything worked.
So a 50 mile drive later there was the car.
Defective windscreen wipers 'Oh, I've got a spare switch but haven't got round to fitting it'.
Been heavily smoked in, several large cig burns on both front seats & stank of stale smoke.
Air con didn't work 'It is, it's a cold day so you aren't noticing it' - pity about the broken metal pipe in the engine bay that had let all the fluid etc out.
The nearside looked like Jonny Wilkinson had been using it to practice kicking. 'I'll get that done'.
I then told him that he had wasted my time, I wasn't prepared to believe a word he said about the car as he had lied to me from the start & walked off the pitch.
Amused to see that several other people had been looking at other cars & had been earwigging. They also walked off.
Spoke to a small dealer & told him that if the car had any body damage I would definitely not buy it so best tell me now or we will just be wasting each other's time. Assured me that there was no damage and everything worked.
So a 50 mile drive later there was the car.
Defective windscreen wipers 'Oh, I've got a spare switch but haven't got round to fitting it'.
Been heavily smoked in, several large cig burns on both front seats & stank of stale smoke.
Air con didn't work 'It is, it's a cold day so you aren't noticing it' - pity about the broken metal pipe in the engine bay that had let all the fluid etc out.
The nearside looked like Jonny Wilkinson had been using it to practice kicking. 'I'll get that done'.
I then told him that he had wasted my time, I wasn't prepared to believe a word he said about the car as he had lied to me from the start & walked off the pitch.
Amused to see that several other people had been looking at other cars & had been earwigging. They also walked off.
Edited by paintman on Saturday 7th March 14:01
TheAngryDog said:
I don't turn up to view a second hand car expecting it to be mint. I do expect it to be as described, or near enough.
Scratches don't bother me. Bumper damage, poor paint jobs and rust do!
When I sold my M5 i was very honest about it. The first person who viewed it bought it and didn't haggle on the price. I always sell cars honestly as I wouldn't be happy selling a car that I haven't described accurately.
I wasn't have a dig at you or anyone else. Scratches don't bother me. Bumper damage, poor paint jobs and rust do!
When I sold my M5 i was very honest about it. The first person who viewed it bought it and didn't haggle on the price. I always sell cars honestly as I wouldn't be happy selling a car that I haven't described accurately.
But if it has been 100% honestly described I wouldn't have gone to see it... I'm being real here, and just telling the truth. In reality it was an okay car that has worked for me. I didn't have time to see loads, and didn't want to travel far. So he got a sale and I got a car.
That's the reality of why people don't tell the truth in their adds.
photosnob said:
TheAngryDog said:
I don't turn up to view a second hand car expecting it to be mint. I do expect it to be as described, or near enough.
Scratches don't bother me. Bumper damage, poor paint jobs and rust do!
When I sold my M5 i was very honest about it. The first person who viewed it bought it and didn't haggle on the price. I always sell cars honestly as I wouldn't be happy selling a car that I haven't described accurately.
I wasn't have a dig at you or anyone else. Scratches don't bother me. Bumper damage, poor paint jobs and rust do!
When I sold my M5 i was very honest about it. The first person who viewed it bought it and didn't haggle on the price. I always sell cars honestly as I wouldn't be happy selling a car that I haven't described accurately.
But if it has been 100% honestly described I wouldn't have gone to see it... I'm being real here, and just telling the truth. In reality it was an okay car that has worked for me. I didn't have time to see loads, and didn't want to travel far. So he got a sale and I got a car.
That's the reality of why people don't tell the truth in their adds.
. Many people do expect a 10 year old car to be mint when the reality is that it is going to be anything but.I do see your point, and I too have bought cars that are not fully as described, but usually these have been little things or things that haven't been too much of a concern. I tend to prefer mechanically sound cars and can accept body work flaws, unless they're like the car I viewed today.
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