Would you buy a stolen recovered car?

yop

Lads,
Spotted this on Ebay, what you reckon, would you have bought it? Something was telling me to buy it, the other was telling me to avoid
http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320381637765&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:IE:1123

VolvoMan

If it all checks out and the car is in good order then I see no problem with it.

Buffman

Car looks pretty clean in the photos, no major damage visible. Probably stolen with the keys as the result of a house burglary. If the price was right I'd have no issues with buying it.

Johnboy Mac

If it's at the right money, yes I would.

yop

Its the "unknown" that was putting me off really! I left that one, nice motor though I have to say!

Thanks lads.

Henry Ford III

How much cheaper is it than a non stolen one? If it's on the register I'd be looking for 25% off the book at least.

yop

I know what your saying. Nice motor though, worth a fair few pound over here!!!!

smash

stolen recovered doesn't mean the car was treated badly or damaged.

mickdw

I would buy a stolen recovered if at the right price. If importing I would have to be sure I could convince revenue that it should have a lower omsp than normal. Now seeing as they dont reduce omsp for a damaged car, I cant see them doing it for a stolen recovered so importing one to ireland would probably end up costing you too much. Typically you would be able to buy stolen recovered in uk for 75% of market value. Thats fine. If you then pay full vrt, the car could end up costing you 85 to 90% of market value and that would be foolish

Saab Ed

Not a chance I'd buy a stolen >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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as he runs to computer to make a bid :P:D


Dont think it would bother me to be honest...Ah good car is a good car. Just check it out like you would any car.

robtri

Stolen recovered cars, can be a great way to get a good car a a great price, I wouldn't buy one off auction.. I would want to see it and have it checked out, to make sure it is all in order.
they are plenty of companies in the Uk that do a lot of stolen recovered units,
a friend of mine a few years ago bought a stolen recovered Aston Martin DB7
he got it for less than 50% of the open market selling price of similar aged cars... he has had it now for a few years and has been no problems to him.

if you are thinking of going down this road, check out some UK sites, make sure all the paperwork is in order, have the car throughly checked by a mechanic, do your car check for finance and other bits... if it is all good and the numbers work out, then no reason why not...

A lot of high end cars are stolen to order, so they are not damaged or abused in any way.... usually stolen, and stored for export or breaking...
these are the ones you want...

yop

Saab Ed - its sold ya cheeky fecker.

Thanks for the info lads, any sites which would sell these? maybe the bca group might?

Saab Ed

yop wrote: »

Saab Ed - its sold ya cheeky fecker.

Thanks for the info lads, any sites which would sell these? maybe the bca group might?

Autotrader is full of this stuff every week..............Mind you I dont need to look anymore:D:D

Henry Ford III

Reselling one here later might be problematic? A simple HPI check on the old reg. would reveal all.

yop

Saab Ed wrote: »

Autotrader is full of this stuff every week..............Mind you I dont need to look anymore:D:D

U get yourself a free one


Thats true Henry good point. It maybe hard enough to shift a 2.2 Diesel with 800 spots road tax, thats the only concern I have about the car full stop.

Maybe buying a blue one like that might be the only way of getting a sale in the future. Black or grey/silver wont cat the eye as much.

Big Nasty

Tell ya one thing - wouldn't mind that jag at €1.5k. Less than an hour left!