Odd add

w124man

The story in this ad just doesn't add up ....

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C306888

Bigus

It's more the background in the pictures than anything else, but I see what you mean

corktina

the bit about the diesel is bizarre....trying to cover up a VERY expensive engine rebuild being needed perhaps?

jimmyw

I wouldn't cross the road for that oul barge.Changing the whole Dynamo because of just worn brushes?

Sids Not

WOW.:eek:.you lot are harsh...people in council houses dont deserve to drive a classic.....guys givin you a free dynamo, he need'nt have mentioned the diesel episode in the ad..but he did....

swarlb

Sids Not wrote: »

WOW.:eek:.you lot are harsh...people in council houses dont deserve to drive a classic.....guys givin you a free dynamo, he need'nt have mentioned the diesel episode in the ad..but he did....

Here, here ! 'specially the 'oul barge' quip...

jimmyw

My my, we are sensitive around here, tut! tut!.I would say the same about a beemer for instance too of any age.

sogood

Many years ago, I lived for a wile in a less than sought after suburb of Dublin. I was driving a very nice car, fully loaded and a little unusual. It was a bit of a head turner. Anyway, one night it was seriously vandalised, spray paint, keyed, the usual stuff. When the guard arrived to look see and take a statement, he said, "Well, what do you expect when you drive a car like that in a neighbourhood like this?" My response was, "So, I'm supposed to lower my standards, let the scumbags dictate how I should live/what I should drive? Maybe an old unroadworthy rust bucket, with no tax or nct to boot and take my chances?"

Its a fact of life that some people spend their disposable income in the pub, at the bookies or at whatever they enjoy. Some people enjoy their cars, regardless of where they live, and long may they live.

Sids Not

jimmyw wrote: »

My my, we are sensitive around here, tut! tut!.I would say the same about a beemer for instance too of any age.

Stick up a pic of your car so we can all have a good oul slag............:rolleyes:


I've never understood people with the same interests "dissing" others because they dont have an interest in an individuals choice....this isnt football....:)

jimmyw

I am only saying I wouldn't have one one of them, I am not saying anyone who owns one of them should be jailed.Not a practical classic, you would want deep pockets .I wouldn't condemn anyone who has an Allegro for instance either (praise them actually), though I am sure some would like
that to happen.

I wouldn't expect everyone to like what I like either.Can people not have an opposite view?

P.S maybe they were out for a drive and just stopped for a break, lunch etc and just so happened to stop in a council estate? They might not live there, I would doubt it.

corktina

Sids Not wrote: »

WOW.:eek:.you lot are harsh...people in council houses dont deserve to drive a classic.....guys givin you a free dynamo, he need'nt have mentioned the diesel episode in the ad..but he did....

in fairness, its mentioning the diesel incident that makes me suspicious..why mention it?

kev1.3s

I just can't understand why he won't do the mill 3 or 4 hours work to make her good and get a better price, I don't care how little interest he has left in it but nobody want to loose money either.

Sids Not

corktina wrote: »

in fairness, its mentioning the diesel incident that makes me suspicious..why mention it?

Honesty..???........it wouldnt be mentioned over here....:eek:;)

kev1.3s wrote: »

I just can't understand why he won't do the mill 3 or 4 hours work to make her good and get a better price, I don't care how little interest he has left in it but nobody want to loose money either.

Who knows why people lose interest...(ask my wife .:eek:)...in fairness it sound like it needs a bit more than 3-4 hours work......

kev1.3s

Sids Not wrote: »

corktina wrote: »

in fairness, its mentioning the diesel incident that makes me suspicious..why mention it?

Honesty..???........it wouldnt be mentioned over here....:eek:;)

kev1.3s wrote: »

I just can't understand why he won't do the mill 3 or 4 hours work to make her good and get a better price, I don't care how little interest he has left in it but nobody want to loose money either.

Who knows why people lose interest...(ask my wife .:eek:)...in fairness it sound like it needs a bit more than 3-4 hours work......

I have no objection to the owner living in a council estate, although if it was me I'd probably have taken the sale pics somewhere else but what really gets me is a vendor trying to pass off all the work that obviously needs doing as a few hours work to make perfect!
Just ask yourself if you were trying to sell a car that wasn't running well would you not go the effort to make it run well before any inspection especially for the want of a fuel filter and a good drive. In my opinion anybody buying this car would be off there head to buy that car on the word of the vendor!

Capri

corktina wrote: »

the bit about the diesel is bizarre....trying to cover up a VERY expensive engine rebuild being needed perhaps?

Putting diesel in a petrol isn't too much of a problem on old cars, only cats on the new ones have a problem.
The photo location isn't the best idea - but 'a man's home is his castle' so he's photographing it outside his 'castle'
He's had it 35 years so that means something, maybe the 15k is the correct price for that type of classic ?
I'd say a dealer has snapped it up by now if it's genuine

mattroche

Hi Capri, Got your message. I am not very computor literate, not able to respond, feel free to !Phone me and we can talk. P.S. Did you see the 300SE for sale in Kilkenny? Definitely NOT buying it!!

corktina

Capri wrote: »

Putting diesel in a petrol isn't too much of a problem on old cars, only cats on the new ones have a problem.
The photo location isn't the best idea - but 'a man's home is his castle' so he's photographing it outside his 'castle'
He's had it 35 years so that means something, maybe the 15k is the correct price for that type of classic ?
I'd say a dealer has snapped it up by now if it's genuine

Im wondering if stating diesel was put in the car was a blind for something more wrong with the car, I thought I had said that clearly.

Capri

corktina wrote: »

Im wondering if stating diesel was put in the car was a blind for something more wrong with the car, I thought I had said that clearly.

Rings going ? You could be right