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What is it with these guys wanting to buy your old car?

  • 24-08-2012 10:38am
    #1
    Prometheus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭


    Have a 99 VW Golf outside of house and at least 7 different individuals have called in the last month, wanting to know if it was for sale. Even had a note left on it with phone number to ring if I was selling. What do these guys do with the cars, would love to know, as there has to be money in it.


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  • #2
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    They send them abroad in parts. A lot go to Nigeria.


  • #3
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,631 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Petca4 wrote: »
    What do these guys do with the cars, would love to know, as there has to be money in it.

    Firstly, Probably drive them.
    Secondly, why do you need to keep money in it?


  • #4
    spank_inferno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭spank_inferno


    probably just to sell on at a small profit.

    aged golfs are popular among young gents & starter drivers.


  • #5
    mickrock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭mickrock


    Haven't you heard the news about '99 VW Golfs?


  • #6
    Casillas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭Casillas


    Petca4 wrote: »
    Have a 99 VW Golf outside of house and at least 7 different individuals have called in the last month, wanting to know if it was for sale. Even had a note left on it with phone number to ring if I was selling. What do these guys do with the cars, would love to know, as there has to be money in it.

    Take them up a mountain and wreck it, take the parts out and sell them online/use them to modify other cars etc.


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  • #7
    Cushie Butterfield
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭Cushie Butterfield


    Have there been any break-ins/burgalries in your area recently? Knocking at doors asking if a car is for sale is one trick used by nare-do-wells to see if a house is unoccupied.

    Might not be the case here of course.


  • #8
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    they strip them down and sell the parts and scrape metal.

    got a 150e for an old car of mine, the reckoned there 1500e/2000e worth of parts in it.

    so fair play to him


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