mitsubishi 3000GT

cristianus2004

I was planing to buy a 3000GT from somebody in Romania with a good price. That car look's brilliant,but i dont know if should i buy it . is a red beauty.Was boughted 3 years ago from Phoenix,Arizona and has '05 romanian reg.he is saying that the car is a bit dear for him at this moment.the price is 8500euro.what should i do.

bazz26

Have you seen this car in the flesh or do you know the individual selling it?

This sounds like a scam to me which there are plenty doing the rounds at the moment. Usually they might ask you to pay for the shipping of the car on top of the price of the car or something similar.

colm_mcm

sounds a bit like the BMW 3 series scam.

FX Meister

colm_mcm wrote:

sounds a bit like the BMW 3 series scam.

Whats the 3 series scam.

I'd be very wary of buying a car from Romania, are you sure it's not on hp or something over there? And it's gonna be a left hand drive. Is the Romanian seller actually romanian or a roma gypo?

TempestSabre

Why on earth would you need to go to Romania for a car? You'll get a 3000GT in the Jap importers in UK or IRL.

colm_mcm

how does it have 05 plates if it was bought 3 years ago?

JohnCleary

colm_mcm wrote:

how does it have 05 plates if it was bought 3 years ago?

It may have only been registered in 2005

mike65

Has the world gone mad???? Romainia to buy a car you can source next door or maybe here is nuts, imagine the hassle of getting through 7/8 border crossings on RO plates. They'll be looking for smuggled guns/drugs/children everytime.

car scam links http://www.carbuyingtips.com/fraud.htm
http://forums.roadfly.com/alerts/5822151-1.html
http://www.usedcarmart.co.uk/forum/t4359-where-is-the-scam.html



Mike.

phoenix_nights

cristianus2004 wrote:

Romania

Walk away! Thats my advice.

cristianus2004

bazz26 wrote:

Have you seen this car in the flesh or do you know the individual selling it?

This sounds like a scam to me which there are plenty doing the rounds at the moment. Usually they might ask you to pay for the shipping of the car on top of the price of the car or something similar.

i am not afraid to buy it because i will be there and i'll pay with cash and i also have louds of friends over in romania. but what i was asking is''should i pay that money or not?''

cristianus2004

FX Meister wrote:

Whats the 3 series scam.

I'd be very wary of buying a car from Romania, are you sure it's not on hp or something over there? And it's gonna be a left hand drive. Is the Romanian seller actually romanian or a roma gypo?

is a genuine romanian.

cristianus2004

colm_mcm wrote:

how does it have 05 plates if it was bought 3 years ago?

as I sayd is a bit dear for him and he just drove it less than 3000km in 3 years. he just registered the car in 2005 because is very expensive to reg a 3 liter eng from states in romania.

cristianus2004

mike65 wrote:

Has the world gone mad???? Romainia to buy a car you can source next door or maybe here is nuts, imagine the hassle of getting through 7/8 border crossings on RO plates. They'll be looking for smuggled guns/drugs/children everytime.

car scam links http://www.carbuyingtips.com/fraud.htm
http://forums.roadfly.com/alerts/5822151-1.html
http://www.usedcarmart.co.uk/forum/t4359-where-is-the-scam.html



Mike.

yeah but stil is an adventure .imagine that.even if is something wrong with the papers i will buy it legal with solicitor and all the legal advice.Then. imagine crossing the border of 7/8 countries and 2 of them dont have a speed limit.(some 250-300kmph on motorways in germany) can somebody face such a adventure?

cristianus2004

JohnCleary wrote:

It may have only been registered in 2005

you are right.

legs11

you, sir. are nuts..........

Max_Damage

legs11 wrote:

you, sir. are nuts..........

Agreed. Hell, I wouldn't even go to the North to buy a car, let alone across Europe.

Plus, why do you want to go to Romania to buy a LHD drive car (which is a bit of a nuisance here), when you could source a RHD one from Japan?

JohnCleary

OP: Buy it, and let us know how you get on!

TempestSabre

cristianus2004 wrote:

yeah but stil is an adventure .imagine that.even if is something wrong with the papers i will buy it legal with solicitor and all the legal advice.Then. imagine crossing the border of 7/8 countries and 2 of them dont have a speed limit.(some 250-300kmph on motorways in germany) can somebody face such a adventure?

For the same money you could travel around the world. That would be a better adventure.

heggie

a gto in phoenix arizona is the bit that seems far fetched to me! (that and the rest of the story)

colm_mcm

this whole thread is a bit dodgy IMO

JohnCleary

colm_mcm wrote:

this whole thread is a bit dodgy IMO

I still think he should 'buy' it.. then in 3 weeks time can inform us about the latest Romanian scam

cristianus2004

heggie wrote:

a gto in phoenix arizona is the bit that seems far fetched to me! (that and the rest of the story)

U can believe what U want, but I will be in romania just after St Patrick's day.and back with the car in few days.than u will se pics,or even for real(just to believe me)