LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

mickdw

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Sure its no game changer, but AD says - how hard is it to hold onto a receipt!?

I saw a chap buy a vectra from a latvian fella with a full service history written on the air box in fresh tippex and poor spelling. Delighted with the purchase he was.

bear1

mickdw wrote: »

I saw a chap buy a vectra from a latvian fella with a full service history written on the air box in fresh tippex and poor spelling. Delighted with the purchase he was.

Says more about the buyer than the seller.

grogi

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Sure its no game changer, but AD says - how hard is it to hold onto a receipt!?

How hard is it to print a receipt?

bazz26

Receipts leave paper trails when your paying Joe the mechanic living across the road, in cash lads. A bottle of Tippex is cheaper and less traceable. :pac:

Bigus

bazz26 wrote: »

Receipts leave paper trails when your paying Joe the mechanic living across the road, in cash lads. A bottle of Tippex is cheaper and less traceable. :pac:

Did ye hear about the mechanic who swallowed a bottle of tippex and a viagra ?



He woke up with an enormous









....correction.

racso1975

bazz26 wrote: »

Receipts leave paper trails when your paying Joe the mechanic living across the road, in cash lads. A bottle of Tippex is cheaper and less traceable. :pac:

This....to a certain extent. My mechanic (who's a proper mechanic) does me a cash price on all work. If I was selling it I'd gladly supply his number for anybody to contact to talk about service history and work done

grogi

bazz26 wrote: »

Receipts leave paper trails when your paying Joe the mechanic living across the road, in cash lads. A bottle of Tippex is cheaper and less traceable. :pac:

Sure, but will Joe Spanner let you do cross-check his books?

Unless I can call a garage (or the owner - privacy issues of course) and independently get a printout of all the work done on the car, the receipt is worth only marginally more than tippex.

bazz26

grogi wrote: »

Sure, but will Joe Spanner let you do cross-check his books?

Unless I can call a garage (or the owner - privacy issues of course) and independently get a printout of all the work done on the car, the receipt is worth only marginally more than tippex.

You seem to be missing my point. The reason most people don't keep receipts from work done is because they get the work done as cheap as possible which usually means cash in hand, no VAT, etc. Of course someone could do up their own fake receipts instead of using Tippex but it's generally not the main reason people don't keep or get receipts for work done.

Big Nasty

grogi wrote: »

Sure, but will Joe Spanner let you do cross-check his books?

Unless I can call a garage (or the owner - privacy issues of course) and independently get a printout of all the work done on the car, the receipt is worth only marginally more than tippex.

These are pretty much end of life cars we're talking here.

eeguy

Big Nasty wrote: »

These are pretty much end of life cars we're talking here.

This conversation started on a 14 year old car selling for 2.5k, not some 2 year old still under warranty. My own car is 12 years old. I'm not paying main dealer money to get it serviced. I'll do that myself. And most of the maintenance and repairs myself.

mickdw

eeguy wrote: »

This conversation started on a 14 year old car selling for 2.5k, not some 2 year old still under warranty. My own car is 12 years old. I'm not paying main dealer money to get it serviced. I'll do that myself. And most of the maintenance and repairs myself.

Mine is approaching 10 years but i still have receipts for anything i buy. For example, receipt from main dealer oil filter and receipt for 5l of correct oil, marked up with date installed and mileage. All put together from new - makes for a very complete history file.

eeguy

mickdw wrote: »

Mine is approaching 10 years but i still have receipts for anything i buy. For example, receipt from main dealer oil filter and receipt for 5l of correct oil, marked up with date installed and mileage. All put together from new - makes for a very complete history file.

Id love to buy cars with such complete history, but you're a rarity. Most I've seen is a stack of tax and nct disks stuck in the window.

ArnieSilvia

Worse still, one Jag I viewed had a timing belt change tippex'd on the cover. On a chain cam driven engine!!!

acronym Chilli

ArnieSilvia wrote: »

Worse still, one Jag I viewed had a timing belt change tippex'd on the cover. On a chain cam driven engine!!!

Another version: I bought a saab before that had the service history recorded as follows.
The mechanic took the cardboard box for the oil filter and opened it out, and wrote on it the mileage and what was done on the car that service, and then put a hole in it, a string through it and attached it under the bonnet, near the strut. There was a dozen of these, different degrees of aging, different ink, different cardboard from different filters, etc.,

I thought it was actually a pretty decent way to do it (obviously folder is nicer but still it felt authentic and kept the information together)

Magic ]=)

Truckermal wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/lexus-gs-450-hybrid/17547775

08 Hybrid with Tax and Test just under budget but all it's worth realistically..

CharlieCroker wrote: »

That's lovely. I can't understand why people don't put mileage in. Only pisses potential buyers off

Mileage is on the photos. 279261km as per photo of of the dash board.

I have strange feeling this car was here already but with a faulty engine:
Post #6405

Truckermal wrote: »

A 08 GS 450H with lots of test and tax for the small sum of 2750 its for nothing..

https://www.donedeal.ie/damagedcars-for-sale/08-lexus-gs-450-hybrid-drive/16513412

Engine problem but still worth a punt.

I didn't see this ad. So I'm only guessing based on available information and dates.

More photos:
https://www.facebook.com/682591001921192/photos/pcb.777663115747313/777662979080660/?type=3&theater:



Headgasket gone ?

daRobot

Truckermal wrote: »

I was thinking about 8k....:P

The NCT is out nearly 2 years!

Yep, I rang them about that 600h also.

No documented service history and the guy claimed it had been driven about occasionally.

You would wonder then, why on earth no-one took it for an NCT in that period and got it sold?

I would have serious concerns over the hybrid battery, given that it's been sitting up that long.

Don't think I'd even want it at 8k.

What a waste of a fine car.....

commited

Furzy wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/genuine-lexus-ls-430-quick-sale/17583020

..... can’t see this one lasting long - asking €2.5k.

IIRC this guy flips a lot of GS450h & LS cars - must work for Lexus or similar!

Truckermal

daRobot wrote: »

Yep, I rang them about that 600h also.

No documented service history and the guy claimed it had been driven about occasionally.

You would wonder then, why on earth no-one took it for an NCT in that period and got it sold?

I would have serious concerns over the hybrid battery, given that it's been sitting up that long.

Don't think I'd even want it at 8k.

What a waste of a fine car.....

According to the guys on the Forums the 600H is a car to be driven in as opposed to a driver's car! Unfortunately the only time that happens is when the wife collects me in the pub!

The LS460 is just as quick as it's much lighter but yes I agree with everything you said above!

jharr100

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/cls-350-very-low-mileage-new-nct-01-19/17582531

CLS with only 59k miles up for a shade over 4k .

jayo26

jharr100 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/cls-350-very-low-mileage-new-nct-01-19/17582531

CLS with only 59k miles up for a shade over 4k .

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-cl500-new-nct-01-19/17406441



Risky..NCT 1/19 €2750

Same guy selling both.. using different accounts.. that cls is stunning.

daRobot

Truckermal wrote: »

According to the guys on the Forums the 600H is a car to be driven in as opposed to a driver's car! Unfortunately the only time that happens is when the wife collects me in the pub!

The LS460 is just as quick as it's much lighter but yes I agree with everything you said above!

Yep, and it's got a tiny boot too.

The only advantage is that the 08 LS600 is 1200 euro to tax a year, so it's a little bit more palatable than the full whack. And a little bit more kit, just.

If it weren't for that, the 600h would have not much upside at all.

Truckermal

daRobot wrote: »

Yep, and it's got a tiny boot too.

The only advantage is that the 08 LS600 is 1200 euro to tax a year, so it's a little bit more palatable than the full whack. And a little bit more kit, just.

If it weren't for that, the 600h would have not much upside at all.

If I was spending that much on a barge it would be something nice like a A8!

Dermot Hughes is looking for mad money for a 07 one.

Mickiemcfist

Might be slightly below luxobarge, but god do I love these:

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-s60-r-type/17427424

m17

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-730-diesel-2007/1756391523BMW 730d 2007 165,000 miles nct 10/18 €5,750

bidiots

m17 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-cls-320cdi-new-test/17566106232007 Mercedes cls 320 229,000kms nct 12/18 €6,850 it's a little over budget but it's not going to break the bank

For such a big car, sweet fa leg room in the back of those going by the pictures

jayo26

bidiots wrote: »

For such a big car, sweet fa leg room in the back of those going by the pictures

Infairness them seats are right back a local company use one for a taxi and I always thought they were big in back saying that I'm not anyway tall.

bidiots

bidiots wrote: »

For such a big car, sweet fa leg room in the back of those going by the pictures

Front seats are pushed right back though- saying that, it's not spacious in the way a Skoda Superb is spacious in the back.

frozenfrozen

S class is for rear leg room

m17

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/-gt-gtlpg-lt-lt-2008-gs300-2990/163489432008 lexus gs300 nct 10/17 220,000 miles €2,990 nct out a few month's but still a good price

Truckermal

LPG isn't supposed to work well in them as they are direct injection, that's for sale a long time now!