Suspicious?

Delboy5

I went and looked at a car the other evening, the owner said it was his fathers and he has just transferred it into his own name before selling it on....i put €100 deposit on it and he gave me the Registration Cert.....

This is it...
http://www.donedeal.ie/sold/commercials/4514202

I also found this...
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4403188

To me they look the same car, with a few wee modifications....

Thoughts?

Alanstrainor

Who in their right mind would put the car in their own name before selling it for your dad!?

He's a seller trying to pull a fast one. Doesn't mean the car is bad, but keep your eyes open!

renofan

It is the same ad, just the older ad makes it look a pile o s**** with the stupid exhaust and illegal no plates which makes me think a boy racer has ragged it so he probably got no calls and then put up the second ad, in which the van looks more presentable. Probably cost him €200 to do the changes which he decided to add to the asking price! As for changing names its a stupid excuse. I'd walk.

smash

It's looks to be the same car. The tax disc holder is the same even. Looks like he just changed the plates and exhaust, which wouldn't make much sense if he was going to sell it anyway.

Kenny Logins

Maybe he knocked the price down a bit, tidied it up a little, and is now making a small profit?

pete4130

They are both Vauxhall which means its more rare than an Opel, they have the same year, same first letter on the county and same wheels. Chances are its the same car.

Wording style is similar in the ads too.

The 21 day old ad the car is badged and has a stupidly big exhaust where the 1 day old ad is debadged and has a regular exhaust which might mean they are different cars.


Adding an extra owner with the name change is odd.

Ronnie Beck

Mileage has gone down... sounds dodgy

BobBobBobBob

Ronnie Beck wrote: »

Mileage has gone down... sounds dodgy

Dodgy alright, walk away I'd say but it's your monies!

listermint

Looks to me like he bought it, name changed it took all the crap off it. and sold it on for profit.

Doing nothing wrong, but just be careful its all in order and the mileage etc matches.

skibum

Are they dents or reflections on the tailgate?
The rear bumper had a knock on the right hand side.

ahnowbrowncow

listermint wrote: »

Looks to me like he bought it, name changed it took all the crap off it. and sold it on for profit.

Doing nothing wrong, but just be careful its all in order and the mileage etc matches.

Looks like the mileage has gone down

dbrunson

yep looks like a skangermobile hope you didnt buy it dude.

Delboy5

Nah, i decided against it, will give him a bell tonight and tell him thanks but no thanks.......hopefully he'll return my €100 in exchange for his Reg. cert !!!!

Bpmull

Delboy5 wrote: »

Nah, i decided against it, will give him a bell tonight and tell him thanks but no thanks.......hopefully he'll return my €100 in exchange for his Reg. cert !!!!

That van looked abit rough. But if you could find a clean one they are nice and I have the 1.3cdti in my astra. It's a good engine once they are serviced with 5w30 fully synthetic Opel spec oil. People seem to have a tendency to throw in 10w40 oil as its cheaper and it ruins the engine. They are a seriously sensitive engine when it comes to oil. I know that is the case for the astra version and I assume the corsa takes the same oil you'd have to check. Did you have alook at any 1.3cdti astra vans I have one and i am happy with it and it does 52mpg with fairly mixed driving.

colm_mcm

On the doe, the name of the owner seems to be mc donagh, the test looks to have been done in November. Is that the same surname as the current seller?

Delboy5

colm_mcm wrote: »

On the doe, the name of the owner seems to be mc donagh, the test looks to have been done in November. Is that the same surname as the current seller?

Never noticed that before and no its not the same surname as the seller !!

He has it up for sale again now, looks like hes done about 1,200 miles since he sold it to me!!! Also the contact number is different to the one i used......

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/commercials/4532948

JohnBoy26

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Who in their right mind would put the car in their own name before selling it for your dad!?

And who in their right mind would give the buyer the vehicle registration certificate after only giving €100 deposit!!!!

JohnBoy26

Bpmull wrote: »

That van looked abit rough. But if you could find a clean one they are nice and I have the 1.3cdti in my astra. It's a good engine once they are serviced with 5w30 fully synthetic Opel spec oil. People seem to have a tendency to throw in 10w40 oil as its cheaper and it ruins the engine. They are a seriously sensitive engine when it comes to oil. I know that is the case for the astra version and I assume the corsa takes the same oil you'd have to check. Did you have alook at any 1.3cdti astra vans I have one and i am happy with it and it does 52mpg with fairly mixed driving.

They also give DMF issues which is expensive to put right.

homeless student

colm_mcm wrote: »

On the doe, the name of the owner seems to be mc donagh, the test looks to have been done in November. Is that the same surname as the current seller?

run dougal, quiet fast