This weeks Classic Irish bargains that I'm not buying

JabbaTheHut

kadman wrote: »

Gone. What was it?

URL says 280zx auto

Duke O Smiley

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

You didn't do too bad even back then for €250

I missed out on a half decent Cortina Starcraft from the same seller for about 8 or 900 quid! Ended up buying a 1985 Renault trafic from him instead

oceanman

kadman wrote: »

Gone. What was it?

a 1980 Datsun 280z. didn't look too bad. 2500 euro.

kadman

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/jaguar-xj8/24229611
Nct'd, class car.

kadman

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I missed out on a half decent Cortina Starcraft from the same seller for about 8 or 900 quid! Ended up buying a 1985 Renault trafic from him instead

Lucky you, its one Fugly yoke:D

TigerTim

That Fiesta brings back memories. My missus had one the same terracotta colour when we first met. I hated it with a vengeance. Would never start easily in the morning so she used to put an old coat or blanket over the engine at night in the winter. One morning she forgot to take off the blanket & a few miles out the road she saw the paint starting to bubble on the bonnet. Blanket caught fire & so did the car. Best thing that ever happened to it.

T.:)

RobAMerc

TigerTim wrote: »

That Fiesta brings back memories. My missus had one the same terracotta colour when we first met. I hated it with a vengeance. Would never start easily in the morning so she used to put an old coat or blanket over the engine at night in the winter. One morning she forgot to take off the blanket & a few miles out the road she saw the paint starting to bubble on the bonnet. Blanket caught fire & so did the car. Best thing that ever happened to it.

T.:)

Learned to drive in a light Blue fiesta - learned a few other things in the back seat too :pac:

My abiding memory was the catastrophic and pant browning understeer I used to get in wet conditions. How I never went front ways through a hedge with "losing my religion" blaring from the awful stereo is beyond me!

unkel

KevRossi wrote: »

1982 Fiesta 1.0, NCT 01/2021, €3,150

Another seller telling porky pies. He should have done a better job hiding the reg if he didn't want us to find out the car has no NCT and never had any :rolleyes:

Duke O Smiley

unkel wrote: »

Another seller telling porky pies. He should have done a better job hiding the reg if he didn't want us to find out the car has no NCT and never had any :rolleyes:

There’s a recent NCT cert in the window (going by the colours)

I’m guessing you have the wrong reg

unkel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I’m guessing you have the wrong reg

That could very well be the case of course.

I had to guess the reg as the seller is trying to disguise it. Why not just show the reg? Why the secrecy if you're not trying to hide anything? Every car I've ever had for sale has had the reg clearly visible in the pictures.

My guess was 287TZO



Anyone got another guess of the reg, that matches an entry in cartell? Anyone ask the seller?

elperello

unkel wrote: »

Another seller telling porky pies. He should have done a better job hiding the reg if he didn't want us to find out the car has no NCT and never had any :rolleyes:

He'd want to be a very poor salesman to tell such an untruth.

How would you think the conversation would go when someone rocks up to view the car?

RobAMerc

unkel wrote: »

Ad says "one owner from new"

This is a plain lie, the car is down as a 2 owner car, which is easily checked.

I recently emailed about a car on done deal, the seller told me it was 1 owner.
I asked the seller so was it yours in the UK (ZV plate).
The seller told me how he had brought the car in recently - making it a 1 plus 1 = 1 owner car

unkel

RobAMerc wrote: »

I recently emailed about a car on done deal, the seller told me it was 1 owner.
I asked the seller so was it yours in the UK (ZV plate).
The seller told me how he had brought the car in recently - making it a 1 plus 1 = 1 owner car

In the above case it was 1 plus 1 plus 1 = 1 owner car

1 owner in the UK, then the 1 (and only) owner in Ireland and then the seller who owns it now...

elperello

Surely if someone buys a one owner car and sells it on without using it then it's fair enough to describe it as one owner?

One person owned and looked after a car that survived from new to be a classic.

RobAMerc

elperello wrote: »

Surely if someone buys a one owner car and sells it on without using it then it's fair enough to describe it as one owner?

One person owned and looked after a car that survived from new to be a classic.

A dealer, no, but if your name is on the VLC or VRC - you are an owner. +1

BonnieSituation

TigerTim wrote: »

That Fiesta brings back memories. My missus had one the same terracotta colour when we first met. I hated it with a vengeance. Would never start easily in the morning so she used to put an old coat or blanket over the engine at night in the winter. One morning she forgot to take off the blanket & a few miles out the road she saw the paint starting to bubble on the bonnet. Blanket caught fire & so did the car. Best thing that ever happened to it.

T.:)

No temptation to pick it up so?

supervento

unkel wrote: »

Possible in theory. The car might very well have been owned by one person in Ireland for some time and maybe the car has been off the road for a long time, that could explain the lack of tax and test 10 years out

The seller is a trader though (see the stickers on the cars in the yard), and the car has 2 owners in Ireland plus an owner in the UK. If it really was a one owner car (before he bought it), he should have given us a reason to believe him

If anyone rings the seller or goes to see this car, please report back here

I always try to avoid jumping straight to a conclusion... a well learnt lesson during my teenage years....


I went on a date with a girl i had a crush on and she told me " I am bi... i hope you dont mind...." I had thought i had hit the jackpot.... endless possibility's ran through my mind..... which was very short lived when i realized she meant "bi polar"....

unkel

supervento wrote: »

I always try to avoid jumping straight to a conclusion...

Nobody has come up with an alternative yet for the reg I guessed. So it looks like it's pretty safe to assume I jumped straight to the right conclusion, don't you think?

Duke O Smiley

unkel wrote: »

Nobody has come up with an alternative yet for the reg I guessed. So it looks like it's pretty safe to assume I jumped straight to the right conclusion, don't you think?

There is clearly a new NCT cert in the window

oceanman

supervento wrote: »

I always try to avoid jumping straight to a conclusion... a well learnt lesson during my teenage years....


I went on a date with a girl i had a crush on and she told me " I am bi... i hope you dont mind...." I had thought i had hit the jackpot.... endless possibility's ran through my mind..... which was very short lived when i realized she meant "bi polar"....

unkel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

There is clearly a new NCT cert in the window

You have excellent eye sight. Could you tell from the cert what the reg of the car is?

RobAMerc

supervento wrote: »

I always try to avoid jumping straight to a conclusion... a well learnt lesson during my teenage years....


I went on a date with a girl i had a crush on and she told me " I am bi... i hope you dont mind...." I had thought i had hit the jackpot.... endless possibility's ran through my mind..... which was very short lived when i realized she meant "bi polar"....

Could be worse, she could have said she liked "trans", and you presumed she like smokie and the bandit !

Duke O Smiley

unkel wrote: »

You have excellent eye sight. Could you tell from the cert what the reg of the car is?

No

But I’ve been doing this buying and selling thing for a while, and after probably several hundred cars I can assure you, with confidence, that people don’t lie about NCTs like this.

supervento

unkel wrote: »

Nobody has come up with an alternative yet for the reg I guessed. So it looks like it's pretty safe to assume I jumped straight to the right conclusion, don't you think?

What I am trying to say is to try get all the information before you come to a conclusion...

I was actually referring to your previous comments...

I have had it before when buying a Lexus jeep from a private person the seller said its a one owner car I have had it from new, I did a motorcheck and it showed up as two owners... turned out he was M.D of a company and bought the vehicle from the company when he retired. People can easily mix up terminology.... one owner when he should of said one keeper from new...

In relation to the fiesta advert.. have you confirmed with the seller the reg number you have is correct?

elperello

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1969-daimler-sovereign/24114283

Time warp for not much money.

Duke O Smiley

elperello wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1969-daimler-sovereign/24114283

Time warp for not much money.

Seller occasionally posts here

I also spotted it in 2018, check out that old trade plate!

macplaxton

unkel wrote: »

My guess was 287TZO

unkel wrote: »

Nobody has come up with an alternative yet for the reg I guessed. So it looks like it's pretty safe to assume I jumped straight to the right conclusion, don't you think?

No. Never jump to conclusions. And get to Spec Savers, you can see the reg through the tape (well I can...)




It's 297 YZO

Anyway, NCT? Overrated

unkel

Fair play, well spotted!

So the car does indeed have a valid NCT. If only the owner wouldn't have done that dodgy job trying to hide the reg...

jcon1913

unkel wrote: »

Fair play, well spotted!

So the car does indeed have a valid NCT. If only the owner wouldn't have done that dodgy job trying to hide the reg...

If he's done that ...sure we'd have nothing to discuss here :pac::pac::pac:

unkel

Haha, yes that thought crossed my mind