Buy on Copart keep the savings for any work needed

[Teaspoonasaurous]

I was going to buy a Range Rover Sport from a dealer for around 28k. As I like my money I think I might spend 10-12k on disco 4 on copart with 3 or 4k in reserve if it needs a little tidying up. Is this insane?

[Teaspoonasaurous]

Well technically they are different models and the only damage is vin and minor dents. I'm not a complete idiot I'm booking a video call to assess

[Teaspoonasaurous]

That was the reason for keeping some of the savings for fixing it up

[Teaspoonasaurous]

I can't resist a bargain

[Teaspoonasaurous]

This is the vehicle I am looking at: https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/38260823/clean-title-...

[Teaspoonasaurous]

What is a q plate?

[Teaspoonasaurous]

It's a learning experience

[Teaspoonasaurous]

I'll ring copart get an update and a video tour, I appreciate all the concern and advice much appreciated. 👍

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GreatGranny said:

Up to £9100 with 3 days left.

Looks like it will go above £10k but if the lack of vin isn't an issue then it looks good value.

I would contact the DVLA as well as Copart.

My granny all supported me whatever the endeavour!

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wol said:

Why not give Weathersure Roofing & Building a call and ask them about their old Disco?

I can't imagine they'll hide anything as it's not their problem now....

This is on the to do list

[Teaspoonasaurous]

Fully legiit

[Teaspoonasaurous]

Car shows 2 errors in the visual inspection, open bonnet and flat tyre. However there's a critical error warning light on the dash. I've asked them to plug in an odb and get the fault codes and they are looking into it!

For clarification my nephew did not bid 20k, but I appreciate the wild accusations and insinuations!

[Teaspoonasaurous]

I was indeed the highest bidder at a point where I wasn't willing to go any higher. despite this it hadn't reached the sellers reserve which is a solid 5k higher than my bid.

I'm unwilling to go to that price point because you could literally buy one from a dealer with a warranty at that point.
Quite odd and ultimately a little disappointing, there truly are no free lunches!

At the moment they have invited me to purchase it at the reserve, I have declined and the seller has lowered the reserve but I am.only willing to pay what I bid

[Teaspoonasaurous]

The sellers have accepted my offer which was 5k under the reserve. This seems like a pretty decent indicator that the car is good if the reserve was set so high. Next step is delivery to my mechanic and V62, MOT and Tax to get it back on the road.

I do have some buyers remorse and I am not sure I will hold on to it as even webuyanycar would give me a small profit now if the car isn't completely rubbish.

Lets wait and see what happens

[Teaspoonasaurous]

As honest as I can be in the given circumstances

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georgeyboy12345 said:

Bullet dodg... oh wait you actually bought it

Agreed unfortunately

[Teaspoonasaurous]

ConnectionError said:

OP

A credit to you for taking the risk. PLEASE start a readers ride thread and keep us updated on the new adventure you have embarked on.


regards

Great idea!