May be buying this!
May be buying this!
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cerbielee

Original Poster:

344 posts

235 months

Monday 19th March 2007
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www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/72839.

It needs,door seals,drivers seat recovering,a bit of paintwork,wheels refurbed,and the cats are missing! maybe a service? waiting to find out! 64k. thinking of offering 8k, what do you think?
Thanks chaps,Lee

forthright MC

8,362 posts

312 months

Monday 19th March 2007
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its a cracker, in a lovely colour too! once those jobs are taken care of it'll be a great example.
good to see you're intending to buy it off a fellow PH'er too!
good luck! thumbup


Edited by forthright MC on Monday 19th March 21:22

Scrooloose

888 posts

245 months

Monday 19th March 2007
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I can't believe that they're so cheap now!

sam gamgee

966 posts

282 months

Monday 19th March 2007
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Flippin `eck, Lee!


Only just replied to your post below!!!! This strikes me as a better buy (not that I would know silly)

Dave.

ridds

8,372 posts

273 months

Monday 19th March 2007
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Up at £11k for a cheap sale and you offer £3k under?

Think he might ask you to go forth and multiply. laugh

byker28i

91,688 posts

246 months

Monday 19th March 2007
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Lee, I get the impression you're trying to do this on the cheap. I really hope you don't get bitten.

Nice colour car and interior though. I'm never too sure about those induction kits. Bear in mind a brand new clutch & two tyres will have cost a grand I doubt he'll drop that much, ut as it's been up for a while you never know.

raw cerb

603 posts

277 months

Monday 19th March 2007
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Looks good to me.

Crazy money. I hope the seller has thick skin.

The link shows the ad as 64 days old

ridds

8,372 posts

273 months

Monday 19th March 2007
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What put you off last month though?

Topic from Feb

leebus

170 posts

256 months

Monday 19th March 2007
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lee you obviously want the cheapest cerbera on the planet!
you will probably get one and be happy as larry, but you will be dreading the first major bill and sell very quickly!
You will just be another former keeper!

Owning a Cerbera maeans dedication and a deep wallet! If you have that, then you will prove me wrong

ridds

8,372 posts

273 months

Monday 19th March 2007
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Aye, I've done a LOT of work on my car and still walked away with a service bill of over £700.

Cooky

4,955 posts

266 months

Monday 19th March 2007
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ridds said:
Up at £11k for a cheap sale and you offer £3k under?

Think he might ask you to go forth and multiply. laugh



If I were the seller and you offered £8k....you'd be picking a window hehe

Damn I need my Cerb home....soon...soon

cerbielee

Original Poster:

344 posts

235 months

Tuesday 20th March 2007
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Iknow he paid 10k for it two years ago and it needs a fair bit spending on it to get it right! so 8k is a starting point! i have spoken to him on the phone and its had recent clutch & few other bits.needs paint work,seals,steering wheel retrim,drivers seat retrim,service,cats,door cards refurbed,wheels refurbed so a good few quid needs spending that you can see, never mind what you cant see! so i expect to throw about 3k at it to get it nice wich then makes it 11k so not so cheap anymore! i could go and buy one for 11k that looks like its a great car untill i have owned it several days when all the little faults show their selves and then have to spend xxx amount on it. im not after the cheapest one i can get me hands on! but one that i can use from time to time, and work on over summer to make it a hobby and hopefully get the car to a good standard and personalise it.not thinking of running it on a shoe string budget,will be a third car so tucked away most of the time.
He may tell me to F**k O**! we will see? thumbup

Cyclone1

2,614 posts

275 months

Tuesday 20th March 2007
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I nearly bought an Olympic Blue 4.2 about 4 years ago, it had fairly high miles at the time (around 50k or so)but I just missed out. I can't remember the name of the owner at the time but he was a regular on here (car had been to Joospeed - now TCS - a few times), I also remember that it was a "good" 4.2 in that it was kicking out over 350bhp. This looks like the same car but I could be wrong. It also doesn't mean that it's still a decent car etc....but it could be...

Jules.

RUSSELLM

6,002 posts

276 months

Tuesday 20th March 2007
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cerbielee said:
have spoken to him on the phone :


Have you mentioned that you're going to offer £8k

If it were me, I'd tell you to not bother your wasting your petrol

byker28i

91,688 posts

246 months

Tuesday 20th March 2007
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cerbielee said:
Iknow he paid 10k for it two years ago and it needs a fair bit spending on it to get it right! so 8k is a starting point! i have spoken to him on the phone and its had recent clutch & few other bits.needs paint work,seals,steering wheel retrim,drivers seat retrim,service,cats,door cards refurbed,wheels refurbed so a good few quid needs spending that you can see, never mind what you cant see! so i expect to throw about 3k at it to get it nice wich then makes it 11k so not so cheap anymore! i could go and buy one for 11k that looks like its a great car untill i have owned it several days when all the little faults show their selves and then have to spend xxx amount on it. im not after the cheapest one i can get me hands on! but one that i can use from time to time, and work on over summer to make it a hobby and hopefully get the car to a good standard and personalise it.not thinking of running it on a shoe string budget,will be a third car so tucked away most of the time.
He may tell me to F**k O**! we will see? thumbup



OK so we now understand your reasoning, but this one does seem to need a lot doing to it.

There was another story on here about someone buying a cheap ebay one and doing it up. It ended up costing them a fortune, but they do probably have the best Cerbera going now.

sam gamgee

966 posts

282 months

Tuesday 20th March 2007
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Lee, tell ya wot, if you can clinch it at that price....respect!


Dave.

BCA

8,651 posts

286 months

Tuesday 20th March 2007
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Cyclone1 said:
I nearly bought an Olympic Blue 4.2 about 4 years ago, it had fairly high miles at the time (around 50k or so)but I just missed out. I can't remember the name of the owner at the time but he was a regular on here (car had been to Joospeed - now TCS - a few times), I also remember that it was a "good" 4.2 in that it was kicking out over 350bhp. This looks like the same car but I could be wrong. It also doesn't mean that it's still a decent car etc....but it could be...

Jules.


Futie's Cerb.

Same car I think.

Cyclone1

2,614 posts

275 months

Wednesday 21st March 2007
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BCA said:
Cyclone1 said:
I nearly bought an Olympic Blue 4.2 about 4 years ago, it had fairly high miles at the time (around 50k or so)but I just missed out. I can't remember the name of the owner at the time but he was a regular on here (car had been to Joospeed - now TCS - a few times), I also remember that it was a "good" 4.2 in that it was kicking out over 350bhp. This looks like the same car but I could be wrong. It also doesn't mean that it's still a decent car etc....but it could be...

Jules.


Futie's Cerb.

Same car I think.


yes

That's the one, well remembered.

Jules.

trackcar

6,453 posts

255 months

Wednesday 21st March 2007
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Yup Marc was a PH regular, not heard from him for ages though .. he sold the cerbie to build a track day westfield xtr, I did have a conversation with him about a year ago about building a track day cerbera aswell but nothing came of it. top bloke, I remember that blue cerbie with great fondness I hope whoever buys it treats it with respect

SI-PEN

1,009 posts

266 months

Wednesday 21st March 2007
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let us know what you get it for Lee, good luck.