"No cash - No drive"

VolvoMan

What the hell does it mean?: http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2226017

Basq

No clue..

.. money down before taking it for a spin?

omb0wyn5ehpij9

It means that the owner won't let you take it for a drive unless you have the cash to pay for it. Presumably in case you damage the car or try to steal it.

Absurdum

googling the number reveals he had a car stolen last year, maybe he got stung when selling it?

VolvoMan

BDJW wrote: »

It means that the owner won't let you take it for a drive unless you have the cash to pay for it. Presumably in case you damage the car or try to steal it.

But surely the only way to prove you have the cash is showing it; which is putting you at a disadvantage when it comes to haggling because the seller will already know that you are obviously keen.

jhegarty

€18k in cash ?

Some chance.

mickdw

I think its an idiotic statement on a car of that value. Nobody is going to turn up with 18000 in notes I would think.

ITs a reasonable comment to put on an ad that might be for a cheap powerful car that would be attracting the scumbag young fellas but not on this car.

Absurdum

I wonder if a blank credit union loan application form would do?

Lex Luthor

Its risky selling a car privately but nobody is gonna show up with those kind of spons

I like these motors though

-Chris-

Hopefully he means "don't test-drive it unless you can afford it" rather than "please turn up to my house with €18k in your pockets", but even at that it's a pretty silly thing to say.

It seems like not a week goes by that some misguided seller invents some new blatantly unnecessary phrase to put in their ads (no private numbers, no texts, no cash-no drive, first to see will buy, blah blah etc).

Henry Ford III

Bring a bank draft to show you are serious?

-Chris-

Yeah, but you have to pay for a draft, and if you don't like the car you'll have to get the draft cancelled - imagine having to do that for every car you were looking at!

superfish

maybe he wants a deposit of a couple of grand before you test drive that way he knows you are a serious buyer and if you do steal it he claims off the insurance and has 2 grand cash.

Lex Luthor

Another twist on it

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2172978

bijapos

VolvoMan wrote: »

What the hell does it mean?: http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2226017

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Bring a bank draft to show you are serious?

As Henry Ford says the seller is of the opinion that you should be able to prove you can buy it before showing up, a bit unusual with a car like this maybe but as someone else said maybe he had his fingers burnt before.

I was forced to write this a couple of times, most notably when trying to sell an Esprit and then a 911 a few years ago. You would be amazed at the amount of people who show up who just want to try the car out and have absolutely no interest or intention in buying it. Time wasters and a total pain in the arse along with the fact that their only interest is in driving the car as hard as possible.

You interested in the car? Fine. Driving License, Passport, Bank Draft and proof of fully comprehensive insurance please.

Irish Fire

bijapos wrote: »

As Henry Ford says the seller is of the opinion that you should be able to prove you can buy it before showing up, a bit unusual with a car like this maybe but as someone else said maybe he had his fingers burnt before.

I was forced to write this a couple of times, most notably when trying to sell an Esprit and then a 911 a few years ago. You would be amazed at the amount of people who show up who just want to try the car out and have absolutely no interest or intention in buying it. Time wasters and a total pain in the arse along with the fact that their only interest is in driving the car as hard as possible.

You interested in the car? Fine. Driving License, Passport, Bank Draft and proof of fully comprehensive insurance please.

+ 1

There is some amount of bloody time wasters. I know a guy that puts "no tyre kickers, no shiny tracksuits no dreamers" and still the amount of dipsticks he gets is unreal........

Henry Ford III

Lex Luthor wrote: »

Another twist on it

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2172978

2.5l but 2.0 on the log book. Great. Think of the motor tax evaded and the wasted insurance premia.

ninty9er

VolvoMan wrote: »

What the hell does it mean?: http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2226017

It means it'll be a long time selling!:rolleyes:

Cill Dara Abu

Whats a "tyre kicker"

Absurdum

this is the same guy last year:

http://straightaftercrest.com/classifieds/100419-221720

I would presume he wants some kind of proof that you have access to the money such as a bank statement, rather than turning up with a bag of notes. I'd say he's just sick of timewasters/potential thieves.

Basq

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

Whats a "tyre kicker"

Time-wasting pedants..

maglite

One would think a licence or passport would be enough. All you need is a way to go after them. That ro an accompanied test?

bijapos

maglite wrote: »

One would think a licence or passport would be enough. All you need is a way to go after them. That ro an accompanied test?

If I'm selling a car for serious money then I want to see the licence and passport. There are too many fake licences going around to accept one in full faith. I would never give the car over until the bank draft has cleared, I've only ever accepted a draft once, for me its either cash, handed over in my bank branch where it can be checked for forgeries or the easiest method, a straight bank transfer using Swift.

An accompanied test goes without saying, no excusues. If you want a mechanic to test drive the car then I go with him, not just the buyer and mechanic on their own.

Any serious buyer would, and in my experience always has, agreed to any of the above requests.