Buyer beware - prius on dd

zapata

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-prius-automatic/6359775




Now for the before photos:





Also seller is listed as a 'private seller' despite have 8 other motors listed for sale... :mad:

wotzgoingon

What's the problem?
It was fixed up pretty good.

shawnee

wotzgoingon wrote: »

What's the problem?
It was fixed up pretty good.

Grand , if that's what happens when "you" get your car serviced :P:P:P Maybe you should buy it yourself

keithsfleet

How did you come across those before hand pictures?
Wouldn't bother me but I would certainly give it a thorough inspection, saying that though I'd give any car I'm looking at a thorough inspection.
Might be a haggling point to get a bit more off but certainly wouldn't put me off the car.

Mycroft H

I see moss/green stuff growing on the boot lid, sitting idle for a while? Why would ya bother with a car that's been damaged and it's not madly cheap compared to other cars.

discombobulate

Presume it was a Cat C write off. Shame the law isn't the same as the UK where i believe they have to declare it.

Seen a post here where someone had their car wrote off and the insurance company wouldn't pay the full price as they deemed it worth less.

Possibility of structural damage under the skin that a standard buyer wouldn't see also.

pajo1981

wotzgoingon wrote: »

What's the problem?
It was fixed up pretty good.

How do you know?

dr.fuzzenstein

That right hand side front wheel in the ad looks to be sitting a bit too far back in the arch. I would be concerned about that.
In the before pic there isn't even a wheel in the arch. Could be some serious suspension or frame damage.



Front wheel to far back?



Other side look normal

zapata

keithsfleet wrote: »

How did you come across those before hand pictures?
Wouldn't bother me but I would certainly give it a thorough inspection, saying that though I'd give any car I'm looking at a thorough inspection.
Might be a haggling point to get a bit more off but certainly wouldn't put me off the car.

Twas up on DD before xmas and was sitting in that yard for a long time.

mickdw

Yes I would agree re the front wheel. Looks pretty rough even in its fixed condition. Might suit a certain type of hippy being a bit rough around the edges.

colm_mcm

Nct would have been done in 2012, would be concerned what it would throw up tbh.

dr.fuzzenstein

colm_mcm wrote: »

Nct would have been done in 2012, would be concerned what it would throw up tbh.

The new owner might throw up on receiving the report.

hoodrats

and they complain about uk imports being crashed clocked etc. at least they have a record of damaged cars over there.

coolbeans

Private seller selling cars as a nixer type business is what would put me right off that Prius. It's possible the car has been well repaired but the type of dealer screams jog on.

Edit. It's not been well repaired at all. The guy is definitely a scumbag no question.

650Ginge

You would think you would get the wheel trims to after doing all that work to it.

Good spot op. It's impossible to buy a car in ireland everything you look at is rubbish bodged, no servicing, neglect. Still going to be NI or uk for me again. 5 straight cars and 4 bikes I have bought there and everyone fairly described.

That's going to sting someone. I wil be ringing him later might just have a look see how bad it is.

Nixer Jim

hoodrats wrote: »

and they complain about uk imports being crashed clocked etc. at least they have a record of damaged cars over there.

Not always.

I've got to say, comments here about the seemingly utopian car buying conditions in the UK, are at the very least naive and at worst incredibly stupid.

There are far more elaborate scams and acts of deception in the UK, surrounding accident damage, stolen recovered, clocking and misrepresentation, than there ever was in Ireland. Both country's have their pitfalls.

mickdw

650Ginge wrote: »

It's impossible to buy a car in ireland everything you look at is rubbish bodged, no servicing, neglect. Still going to be NI or uk for me again. 5 straight cars and 4 bikes I have bought there and everyone fairly described.

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maybe you are looking in the wrong place. If you go looking at the cheap end of the market here you can expect nothing but rubbish including write offs, clocked etc. It's a bit rich to say that you cannot buy a proper car here.
In my opinion, you only have to move alittle bit upwards from the bottom of the market to find the decent stuff. Avoiding the dodgy traders and buying private off someone who had genuinely owned the car more than a week is half the battle.

corktina

It does seem to me that the prime reason the Irish sell a car is because something is wrong with it.

dr.fuzzenstein

corktina wrote: »

It does seem to me that the prime reason the Irish sell a car is because something is wrong with it.

Sometimes yes, but mostly they're selling it because the reg ran out and the Jones's next door just got a new car

5,950 get him down to 4.

Might be worth flogging it for spares.

1-2 k for battery.

5k for engine and box, motor etc.

Prius is aluminium, worth another few bob.

Inverter alone worth maybe 2 k +

Hmmmmm.

eBay the parts.

IMO Prius is worth a few bob even if it's dead !

I'd break it myself if I had the space for the parts.depends on price of course,

Just know what you're doing with the 450 volt doc battery and pull the safety plug on the battery .

corktina

a programme on the TV did just that...I can't recall the name of it

650Ginge

mickdw wrote: »

maybe you are looking in the wrong place. If you go looking at the cheap end of the market here you can expect nothing but rubbish including write offs, clocked etc. It's a bit rich to say that you cannot buy a proper car here.
In my opinion, you only have to move alittle bit upwards from the bottom of the market to find the decent stuff. Avoiding the dodgy traders and buying private off someone who had genuinely owned the car more than a week is half the battle.

Long history in motor trade, before I wised up we had a main dealership in the family. Thanks for the lecture.

mickdw

650Ginge wrote: »

Long history in motor trade, before I wised up we had a main dealership in the family. Thanks for the lecture.

Why are you talking bullsh1t then? You are saying its impossible to buy a decent car here. It's very possible to find very tidy cars here that have history and were looked after.
I can only assume from your comments that you were retailing written off scrap from your garage then?

BMJD

the phone number is from this place
http://hollystowncars.weebly.com/

is it just me or does the last entry on the service history say "144,xxx" km despite the ad saying there are 101,000 km on it?

colm_mcm

corktina wrote: »

a programme on the TV did just that...I can't recall the name of it

Strippers:cars for cash?

Stella Virgo

Deleted User wrote: »

5,950 get him down to 4.

Might be worth flogging it for spares.

1-2 k for battery.

5k for engine and box, motor etc.

Prius is aluminium, worth another few bob.

Inverter alone worth maybe 2 k +

Hmmmmm.

eBay the parts.

IMO Prius is worth a few bob even if it's dead !

I'd break it myself if I had the space for the parts.depends on price of course,

Just know what you're doing with the 450 volt doc battery and pull the safety plug on the battery .[/QUOTE]
well thought out bud,no panic attacks here...heres another tip....take a print / copy of the photos, knock on yer mans door ....offer 3k max(or less) tell him its all over the "net".....guaranteed he will pull the arm,and the cash off ya.

Patrickheg

[Deleted User] wrote: »

5,950 get him down to 4.

Might be worth flogging it for spares.

1-2 k for battery.

5k for engine and box, motor etc.

Prius is aluminium, worth another few bob.

Inverter alone worth maybe 2 k +

Hmmmmm.

eBay the parts.

IMO Prius is worth a few bob even if it's dead !

I'd break it myself if I had the space for the parts.depends on price of course,

Just know what you're doing with the 450 volt doc battery and pull the safety plug on the battery .

I can't take that post seriously, did you even research your assumptions? The maths are all over the place!

The well known statement of paper never refuses ink can easily be adapted for your post.

corktina

colm_mcm wrote: »

Strippers:cars for cash?

That's the one, they got surprising amounts for the technical bits,

colm_mcm

corktina wrote: »

That's the one, they got surprising amounts for the technical bits,

Couldn't stomach watching it with all the bad boy cockney gangsta nonsense.

BMJD

anyone wanna ring up and ask if it was ever in a crash?