Is this a Free Car ?

mgbgt1978

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1838299

Well, is it ???
No mention of offers
No pointers towards a price range
Just listed with price at €0

E-mail sent offering asking price....will report back with response.

jimmynokia

its somebody that did not fill in the details correctly
or maybe just thinks he will gain more response due to no price its common for people to do this

Absurdum

still over-priced :pac:

mgbgt1978

I think it's VERY common for people to do this when they believe their car is so superbly special that it must be worth way more than all the other similar models out there.
Maybe it's like the old Rolls Royce response to a price query..."if you have to ask, then you can't afford it".
Anyway, we'll see what his response is, if any.

mickdw

Offer asking price and ask where you can pick it up.

jimmynokia

will i ring him and tell him i will take it for 0 LOL:D

mgbgt1978

E-mail sent at 17:50 offering full asking price....still no reply.
Think I went in a bit high :D

maybe i should have have asked for a few hundred off the asking

Seriously though, it's bad enough when someone leaves the "asking price" bit blank or puts €0 but when you click on the ad it would be nice if the Dreamer could at least put a guide price on their cosseted POS.

By the way I have no huge interest in Punto GT's but they are probably worth a punt at small money if you have enough room to store them for a few years.

CiniO

I've never seen any Punto HGT or Bravo HGT in Ireland.

That pretty much makes his as true - very rare.

If that's real mileage for 2005, it should be a really great car, and it's probably worth a good bit.
It's 1.8 petrol 130BHP, Top speed 205km/h, acceleration to 100km/h - 8.6s

I would love to have one.

colm_mcm

That's a pre 03 one, must have been sitting up for years.
Drove one about 10 years ago. Meh.

Kit looks good, I had the same wheels

dave45dave

Not a fan of Fiats in any way , but that looks like one minter of a car.

CiniO

colm_mcm wrote: »

That's a pre 03 one, must have been sitting up for years.
Drove one about 10 years ago. Meh.

Kit looks good, I had the same wheels

The ad says it's 05. I don't see any reason not to believe in it.

PS. That's a regular abarth kit. Probably left the factory like that.

bazz26

CiniO wrote: »

The ad says it's 05. I don't see any reason not to believe in it.

PS. That's a regular abarth kit. Probably left the factory like that.

I don't think Colm is debating that it isn't 05 but rather stating that it is the pre 2003 facelifted model so must have been sitting around unsold for some time. Facelifted model from 03 has a different front end. Given that the HGT is 1.8 litre in a small car in this country then it makes sense that it probably was sitting around unregistered for some time.

andyseadog

CiniO wrote: »

I've never seen any Punto HGT or Bravo HGT in Ireland.

That pretty much makes his as true - very rare.

If that's real mileage for 2005, it should be a really great car, and it's probably worth a good bit.
It's 1.8 petrol 130BHP, Top speed 205km/h, acceleration to 100km/h - 8.6s

I would love to have one.

130bhp isin't much to push out of a 1.8 is it

CiniO

andyseadog wrote: »

130bhp isin't much to push out of a 1.8 is it

I don't know.
I have primera 1.8 which is 116BHP. I used to have mondeo 1.8 before which was 125BHP.
130BHP seems to be nothing extraordinary.
Besides Fiat was always quite innovative with it's engines.

keysersoze0330

They're a wee pocket rocket them yokes. Mate of mine had 1 in a lovely blue, very fast for its size and weight. It was a 1.4 GT turbo

andyseadog

yeah it makes you wonder.

i'd feel bad driving a 1.8 fiat and paying the fuel and tax costs that are associated with it, only to be effortlessly overtaken by a cheaper to fuel and tax and infinitely (IMO) better Glanza.

even in terms of modern N/A engines, now that most manufacturers are using engines with variable valve timing, 130bhp is a bit underwhelming i reckon.

colm_mcm

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-4sLXjAZVTE%26sns%3Dfb&sns=fb&v=-4sLXjAZVTE&gl=IE

mgbgt1978

24 hours have passed and still no reply to my full asking price offer.
He probably realises his asking price was a little low and wants to try and haggle a bit.

By the way, when I started this thread it was aimed at ALL the people who don't put a price on their Car-For-Sale ads, not just this particular car. I don't care if it's the last one in the whole world, made of diamonds and platinum, been tuned by Jesus himself, and had Elton John and David Furnish conceiving babies on the back seat.....without some indication of price then it's just a few pictures of somebody's car.

And another thing, Stop covering Reg. numbers. It just makes the car (and seller) look dodgy.
For those who use the "cloning" argument, it is very, very rare in this small country of ours and if your car is ever cloned you should be delighted at the opportunity to enjoy free tolls and the freedom to fly past the mobile-camera vans.

Yakult

Rare indeed

But it looks like this
Just with 4 wheels.

johndaman66

Yakult wrote: »

But it looks like this
Just with 4 wheels.

Or indeed it even looks a wee bit like this

Anan1

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

24 hours have passed and still no reply to my full asking price offer.
He probably realises his asking price was a little low and wants to try and haggle a bit.

By the way, when I started this thread it was aimed at ALL the people who don't put a price on their Car-For-Sale ads, not just this particular car. I don't care if it's the last one in the whole world, made of diamonds and platinum, been tuned by Jesus himself, and had Elton John and David Furnish conceiving babies on the back seat.....without some indication of price then it's just a few pictures of somebody's car.

And another thing, Stop covering Reg. numbers. It just makes the car (and seller) look dodgy.
For those who use the "cloning" argument, it is very, very rare in this small country of ours and if your car is ever cloned you should be delighted at the opportunity to enjoy free tolls and the freedom to fly past the mobile-camera vans.

My guess is that the seller glanced at your email and deleted it.

mgbgt1978

Or he could be figuring out how we are going to arrange payment...