Would you buy a stolen + recovered car?

[i remember]

Just saw this in the 'fieds, awesome price. Advert looks genuine but the whole "car was stolen professionally and no damage" got me thinking would anyone buy a car like this?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2710523.htm

[KenBlocksPants]

Interesting one really.

I'd consider it as long as I went in with my eyes wide open.

Of course what you save on price, will be passed on when you sell it. I.E you will need to put it at a heavy discount as well.

How much 'off' is this compared to a straight one? I'd then make my mind up from there.

Also get everything / every body you can to have a look over it. AA inspection etc... can't be too careful.

[aka_kerrly]

I'd want to know how it was stolen if there was no damage - to me that suggests the only two ways it can be done is a flat bed lorry with winch or if someone has had a "spare" key made up without the existing owner knowing which suggests that this key might still be out there....

dave

[R12HCO]

aka_kerrly said:

I'd want to know how it was stolen if there was no damage - to me that suggests the only two ways it can be done is a flat bed lorry with winch or if someone has had a "spare" key made up without the existing owner knowing which suggests that this key might still be out there....

dave

Erm, what about breaking into the owners house and taking the keys. Its probably the most common car theft technique used on modern day cars.

[aka_kerrly]

R12HCO said:

Erm, what about breaking into the owners house and taking the keys. Its probably the most common car theft technique used on modern day cars.

Of course - how naive of me.

[tr7v8]

Why wouldn't you buy it? And it is sold so someone thought the same as me.

[LukeSi]

For that money hell yes. Remember with key theft or cloning they would replace the locks once recovered. That is a great price considering even though it isn't a Cat D it was never actually in a smash and never had to be repaired afterwards. I would however get all the locks changed even if they had.

[joreco]

There are indeed some cars thats are ragged and used for illegal purposes when stolen, however, there are just as many that will have been driven just a few miles and not driven any differently than a good owner would, as the last thing most thieves want is to draw too much attention to themselves.

I bring back a few cars from abroad which have been stolen previously in the UK and sold on down on the costas! These can vary from vehicle to vehicle depending on if they know its only a matter of time before it gets seized, in which case there is no money spent on them at all, why would you, so lack of servicing and the odd knock goes unrepaired, to the purchaser who thought they were getting a good deal and then find out the hard way, having looked after it etc.

The only way, which has just been said, is to go into the purchase with an open mind and see how things look, it could be no worse than a well used non stolen/rec cat vehicle, but as soon as the stigma is placed, its worth less.............or is it??

[Fort Jefferson]

The 82000 miles would put me off as much as the CatD.

[aka_kerrly]

Fort Jefferson said:

The 82000 miles would put me off as much as the CatD.

Really, for a 06 car that is 16k a year. We are a long way past the days when 100k marked the end of a car's life.

[mikefacel]

anonymous said:

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That is a fantastic name for a tyre company!

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