And the winner of dreamer of the year is...

grogi

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Happened to me too. From the east coast to Galway, the gentleman then didn't bother answering his phone. I gave the benefit of the doubt, then gave up when daylight gave in.

He was very much verbally abused periodically after that and was ousted as a twat on here too . All those years ago...

People will keep driving half the country to look at cars... Insanity...

fancy pigeon

grogi wrote: »

People will keep driving half the country to look at cars... Insanity...

If I find a car with the right spec I want that's in the backarse of nowhere about 300 miles away, that's reasonably priced and have only been burned once or twice over the years what's the problem?

It's certainly not affecting anyone else except me...?

James Bond Junior

grogi wrote: »

People will keep driving half the country to look at cars... Insanity...

It's a psychological thing. People like to travel to get their car as the neighbours wont know their business.

''Tis like anecdote a person in the trade for decades told me about selling cars to old farmers. Tell him to take it home for the weekend knowing that they will load the wife and kids into the new car to mass to show off. Come Monday morning they feel they can't return it as all the neighbours have seen them driving the new car and will have to buy it. Genius sales technique!

Gravelly

James Bond Junior wrote: »

It's a psychological thing. People like to travel to get their car as the neighbours wont know their business.

''Tis like anecdote a person in the trade for decades told me about selling cars to old farmers. Tell him to take it home for the weekend knowing that they will load the wife and kids into the new car to mass to show off. Come Monday morning they feel they can't return it as all the neighbours have seen them driving the new car and will have to buy it. Genius sales technique!

If you are looking for a well-specced car outside of the VW/Ford/Toyota range, buying privately, and you don't live in Dublin, you pretty much have to travel in Ireland to find one.

coolisin

Gravelly wrote: »

If you are looking for a well-specced car outside of the VW/Ford/Toyota range, buying privately, and you don't live in Dublin, you pretty much have to travel in Ireland to find one.

^^^this right here!

georgefalls

Putting 'collectors' at the start of an advert, doesn't warrant putting a '1' at the start of the price.

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/collectors-alfa-156-1750-1-owner-taxed-amp-tested/16015613#xtor=EPR-4-%5BsearchAlert%5D-20170711-%5BviewMatchingAd%5D-305869@1

OldMrBrennan83

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Gravelly

georgefalls wrote: »

Putting 'collectors' at the start of an advert, doesn't warrant putting a '1' at the start of the price.

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/collectors-alfa-156-1750-1-owner-taxed-amp-tested/16015613#xtor=EPR-4-%5BsearchAlert%5D-20170711-%5BviewMatchingAd%5D-305869@1

Wonder what kind of collector would be interested in a basic spec 2001 Alfa with over 100k miles on the clock? A scrap collector perhaps.

fancy pigeon

Gravelly wrote: »

Wonder what kind of collector would be interested in a basic spec 2001 Alfa with over 100k miles on the clock? A scrap collector perhaps.

Last one I sent to the scrapyard I got about €20 quid for. Was a V6 and all

A rare car in this condition, when did you last see one like this?

With rubber mats, the fake carbon trim, cloth seats and not even the 2nd generation 156 introduced in late 2001? I see one everyday, I have a sportwagon outside my house with the original mats (woot!) and an engine that resembles golf balls in a biscuit tin

"Nice simple spec with no air-con to worry about"

lol

Gravelly

BrownFinger wrote: »

"Nice simple spec with no air-con to worry about"

lol

Talk about accentuating the positives - he should have added "over 100k miles, so it's well run in at this stage" and "It's a 16 year old Alfa, so even if it's stolen, they probably won't get far"

Toyotafanboi

Let's not forget the inflatable tyres and illuminating headlights.

Toyotafanboi

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-3-series-325ci-m-sport-auto/14970883

€5950. You'd get into an e90 325i for that!

Toyotafanboi

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-147-1-9-jtdm-130ps-left-hand-drive-6-speed/16041988

Clean and a nice spec but it's not worth that, particularly being wrong hand drive.

bear1

Good luck registering an italian reg car here.
The amount of crap you need to do in Italy to actually de register it for export is horrible.

grogi

bear1 wrote: »

Good luck registering an italian reg car here.
The amount of crap you need to do in Italy to actually de register it for export is horrible.

Registering here is easy - have proof of ownership, book VRT and voila. It is just Italian bureaucracy that needs to be fought to unregistered it there.

166man

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-147-1-9-jtdm-130ps-left-hand-drive-6-speed/16041988

Clean and a nice spec but it's not worth that, particularly being wrong hand drive.

The seller picked that up for no more than €600 - probably less. I know this because I was offered (perhaps somewhat unsurprisingly ) that very car for that amount.

I wouldn't begrudge someone trying to make a few bob at all though tbh, just thought I'd mention that in the unlikely event someone was considering it.

bear1

grogi wrote: »

Registering here is easy - have proof of ownership, book VRT and voila. It is just Italian bureaucracy that needs to be fought to unregistered it there.

That was my point.
And strictly speaking you'd have to first do a transfer of ownership in Italy which isn't free, then advise that the car is being exported so the plates are then removed from the car for destruction which means it can't be driven.
I mean you could say screw that and register it in ireland but the seller would be in a spot of bother with the Italians.

grogi

bear1 wrote: »

I mean you could say screw that and register it in ireland but the seller would be in a spot of bother with the Italians.

You're a nice person - but why should you care?

bear1

grogi wrote: »

You're a nice person - but why should you care?

It happened once to me.
Bought a car off an italian without fully knowing the rules.
I then resold it after a few months.
A while later the seller contacted me in a panic as he received reminders of the annual tax payment which he had been ignoring until the department increased the fine for lack of payment.
I tried to help him but couldn't as it was simply a case of look this is the new reg number and that's all I can do.
Felt very bad though as i was partly at fault.

Cheensbo

Same lad selling that Alfa that had the 17k mazda up a few weeks ago.

And the beautiful red 159 wagon - which was also in dreamland.

mloc123

Cheensbo wrote: »

Same lad selling that Alfa that had the 17k mazda up a few weeks ago.

And the beautiful red 159 wagon - which was also in dreamland.

Same guy bought a 535d e60 from somebody on briskoda a few months back and had it listed +2k a day later..

Toyotafanboi

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/08-vw-passat-1-9-tdi-van-1000/16054733

I already though it was expensive before I read the bottom line of the ad and found out the engine didn't work.

colm_mcm

You thought €1000 was expensive?

Toyotafanboi

Forr a ten year old Passat "van conversion" in rag order with no tax or test and a quarter of a million miles on the clock, do you not :pac:

Edit: I suppose I didn't think it was expensive as such, but I thought it was a hard sell.

Gravelly

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/08-vw-passat-1-9-tdi-van-1000/16054733

I already though it was expensive before I read the bottom line of the ad and found out the engine didn't work.

It's basically a €1000 henhouse.

wotswattage

Ah lads. A clean car for sure but seriously...

€8000
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vw-golf-anniversary-16v/15541316

Top Dog

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Forr a ten year old Passat "van conversion" in rag order with no tax or test and a quarter of a million miles on the clock, do you not :pac:

Edit: I suppose I didn't think it was expensive as such, but I thought it was a hard sell.

Maybe my eyes aren't what they used to be, but doesn't it have valid DOE till the 1st of August, and another 4 months tax too? Not that they're much use on a non-runner, but they're valid none the less.

Top Dog

wotswattage wrote: »

Ah lads. A clean car for sure but seriously...

€8000
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vw-golf-anniversary-16v/15541316

1 of only 150? Seriously? Can someone familiar with VW's confirm or contradict this claim please?

Gravelly

Top Dog wrote: »

1 of only 150? Seriously? Can someone familiar with VW's confirm or contradict this claim please?

According to a friend, who is a VW mechanic and an expert in the brand, there were 1,000 of them made for the European market, though everyone that has one claims there was anything from 21 to 300 made!