Have you ever left a 'wanna sell your car?' note on a car?

[Lordbenny]

I visited a B&Q somewhere in Surrey yesterday and parked next to....wait for it...a Fiat Strada 130 TC Abarth. Very straight panels, bit dirty, bit of rust on the bonnet and two tears in the seats. Loads of litter all over the floor, sweet wrappers etc. It just looked like who ever owned it didn't know what they had and/or didn't care! It was one of those cars that you just knew that you could make mint for under £500 worth of TLC. I left a note asking if ever they wanted to sell....still waiting.

[Marf]

Never left one myself, but during the years I owned Charade Turbos I had a couple of notes left and randoms stopping me to ask if I'd sell or knew of cars for sale.

[clarksonisawilly]

Lordbenny said:

I visited a B&Q somewhere in Surrey yesterday and parked next to....wait for it...a Fiat Strada 130 TC Abarth. Very straight panels, bit dirty, bit of rust on the bonnet and two tears in the seats. Loads of litter all over the floor, sweet wrappers etc. It just looked like who ever owned it didn't know what they had and/or didn't care! It was one of those cars that you just knew that you could make mint for under £500 worth of TLC. I left a note asking if ever they wanted to sell....still waiting.

Done it a couple of times, I once saw a ford 100e, with a near standard exterior but it was rather low and caged up, buckets etc. Closer examination revealed a Pinto lump. I wanted it! Left a note on the windscreen, the owner sent me a nice text thanking for the compliment but wouldn't sell. Shame.
I used to be a postman, and if somebody had a decent car on the drive I sometimes stuck one of those little red cards through their letter box, scribbling the obligatory 'Nice car mate'

[koolchris99]

no cars, but people do it to our house all the time..

[B0LLIKS]

koolchris99 said:

no cars, but people do it to our house all the time..

same here.....sold it on sealed bids.

[frosted]

I'm very tempted to loave a nite on w reg s2000 with rips in the roof and parking dents . At the moment funds don't allow but will in do in September when I will have time to actually drive it

[markmullen]

We do at Porsche shows, we have a standard letter telling the owner that we're looking for nice cars for stock and theirs is lovely, would they consider selling.

We've had quite a few successes from it.

[B0LLIKS]

i had a note left on a car i had once years ago, but i think it was just a way for a dealer to get you to phone them so they can try to talk you into buying a car off them, after all who would want to buy a mk1 honda civic.

[mojjo1]

Marf said:

Never left one myself, but during the years I owned Charade Turbos I had a couple of notes left and randoms stopping me to ask if I'd sell or knew of cars for sale.

How weird...i've only left one note on one car and that was years ago on a GTti Charade!! got a call from the owner but didn't want to sell it!

[TheCarpetCleaner]

My mate had a very tidy landrover 200TDI some time back.

Used to get the odd note left asking if he wanted to sell while in parks.

[hairykrishna]

I used to get them on my Sierra Cosworth all the time. I always thought it was slightly odd to be honest.

[Mattt]

There used to be a shed of a Mk 1 Escort parked in a driveway on a main road near me, he must've got people dropping by all the time as he put a big 'NOT FOR SALE' sign on it. Still just kept it there, doing nothing and rusting away.

[retrorider]

Left a note on a scirocco storm mark 1 years ago...

[glazbagun]

TheCarpetCleaner said:

My mate had a very tidy landrover 200TDI some time back.

Used to get the odd note left asking if he wanted to sell while in parks.

Same with my Dad's rotten SIII Safari when we lived on a main road. Every six months there's be a knock at the door asking if it was for sale. Still undergoing a 15 year rolling restoration.

[dxg]

Parked up next to a near-pristine Fiat X1/9 in a supermarket car park a few years ago. Waited for the owner to come back to see if they would sell. Turned out to be owned by a middle-aged woman whose husband had given her the car as a wedding present. Hence, the great condition and the lack of willingness to sell. Still left a business card anyway. Maybe the call will come through one day...

[FamilyGuy]

retrorider said:

Left a note on a scirocco storm mark 1 years ago...

Bizarre: I'd trashed my GLi Storm and my brother knew I wanted another the same. He saw one in a car park left a note and it was mine a week later. It was absolutely mint (good spot bro...) and the guy needed to sell as he'd just gained a child and needed 4 doors.

[baldy1926]

Several years ago i had at the time a mint mr2 mk1 i had 2 dealers seperatly leave notes and twice got followed and each time i was offered over book price. However i kept the car as i had so much fun with it

[Stu R]

Had a few on my skylines, mainly on the R33 GTR. Never left any.

[fridaypassion]

Not a for sale note but I have heard of a VX220 owner that had a note left on his pride and joy asking him "not to park his little Noddy car" over two spaces etc etc

I thought it was quite funny

[Huntsman]

No one has ever left a note wanting to buy one of my cars. Hmpf.