Cat D cars

Whatwicklow

What's the gig with non desclosure of damage when advertising a car. i am after looking at 2 golf GTE and 3 golf GTD from mixed private and garage sales, all ex uk and all have recorded or lots of evidence of unrecorded damage ...

2 scenarios
"oh, i didn't know that was damaged
Or
"ill be honest with you.. bla bla"

Are these guys really hoping that you don't notice or you won't check.

bazz26

Cat D cars are substantially cheaper compared to non damaged cars in the UK so the chancers here who buy them can maximise their profit - buy cheap, sell high. There are plenty of people out there who will not spend a few euros on doing a history check yet are happy to take a punt with paying thousands for a car. This is their target market.

Atlantic Dawn

Whatwicklow wrote: »

Are these guys really hoping that you don't notice or you won't check.

Plenty of people don't, that keeps these people in business selling to suckers.

Whatwicklow

And i wonder how many people do they tell, "i never noticed that" - then sell to the first punter that stumps up..

How can an honest dealer even break even fighting for business with these cabbages. Or is there even such a thing

mickdw

The genuine trader won't price against done deal specials. To be honest, anyone who continually looks for the cheapest of any model on done deal is just looking to get scammed so no pity.

I'd be more worried about the dodgy garage charging top dollar and selling rubbish.

Whatwicklow

mickdw wrote: »

The genuine trader won't price against done deal specials. To be honest, anyone who continually looks for the cheapest of any model on done deal is just looking to get scammed so no pity.

I'd be more worried about the dodgy garage charging top dollar and selling rubbish.

There is some time lost filtering between the good the bad and the ugly in private sales.. why people can't just advertise the damage instead of wasting everyone's time

mickdw

Whatwicklow wrote: »

There is some time lost filtering between the good the bad and the ugly in private sales.. why people can't just advertise the damage instead of wasting everyone's time

True but the world doesn't work like that and they will get a customer.

George Dalton

Whatwicklow wrote: »

There is some time lost filtering between the good the bad and the ugly in private sales.. why people can't just advertise the damage instead of wasting everyone's time

There really isn’t any time lost once you follow the “if it seems too good to be true then it usually is” philosophy.

bazz26

OP, the type of sellers dealing in these type of cars are not going to be honest and list these things in their adverts. In an ideal world everyone would be upfront with each other and there would be no distrust or dishonesty. There would be no need to do any history checks or have a mechanic inspect a car and people wouldn't lie. Unfortunately we don't live in an ideal world.

Whatwicklow

bazz26 wrote: »

OP, the type of sellers dealing in these type of cars are not going to be honest and list these things in their adverts. In an ideal world everyone would be upfront with each other and there would be no distrust or dishonesty. There would be no need to do any history checks or have a mechanic inspect a car and people wouldn't lie. Unfortunately we don't live in an ideal world.

Eutopia and unicorns!

lalababa

Anybody have problems insuring cat c/d/s/n imported cars re to prices of insurance.
i.e. is it more costly, and how much ? Do insurance company.s ask/know? Do you need an engineer report. Or is it all hunky dory?
Only recent (last 2 years) experience s please!