Car for under a fiver ...

draiochtanois · 28-02-2017 5:13pm #1

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jimgoose · 28-02-2017 5:46pm

Now that's Shitheaping at international, professional standard. Well done, that man. :cool:

JohnBoy26 · 28-02-2017 5:53pm

They are a sh1tbox though and aren't really worth anything in the condition he got it in.

Ubbquittious · 28-02-2017 8:48pm

We are too spoilt these days with the sheer amount of cars available. Tons of early 2000's astras around, worth almost nothing, hapes of sh1te but still perfectly drivable. In times of yore these cars wouldn't have gone to waste, would be crammed full of youngsters going off gallivanting but now the youngsters can't even get insurance

I'd say they could stop producing cars for about 10 years before a real serious shortage of cars would arise

tayto lover · 28-02-2017 8:50pm

Cheap for a hen-house.

quadrifoglio verde · 28-02-2017 8:54pm

draiochtanois wrote: »

Interesting article :-

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/miscellaneous/2017-02/how-we-bought-a-car-for-under-a-fiver/

Awful risky buying a car unseen one guy says in the comments
It was 3 feckin pounds, the price of a pint

JohnBoy26 · 28-02-2017 9:08pm

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Awful risky buying a car unseen one guy says in the comments
It was 3 feckin pounds, the price of a pint

The purchase price was but if it turned out to be a non runner the price could of been a lot more and that is before any repair is taken into consideration.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly · 28-02-2017 9:41pm

That's brilliant.

CiniO · 28-02-2017 9:53pm

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Awful risky buying a car unseen one guy says in the comments
It was 3 feckin pounds, the price of a pint

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

The purchase price was but if it turned out to be a non runner the price could of been a lot more and that is before any repair is taken into consideration.

I purchased once car unseen.
Only because price was good, but it wasn't 3 pounds, rather €1k.
I thought it was a risk, but still decided to go for it.

Seller was boards.ie member though, and he offered to deliver the car to my parents garage which is 2500km away from Ireland.

Car turned up to be very good when I seen it 2 months later.

quadrifoglio verde · 28-02-2017 10:31pm

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

The purchase price was but if it turned out to be a non runner the price could of been a lot more and that is before any repair is taken into consideration.

If it turned out to be a non runner you scrap it. Worse case scenario, it cost you 3 pounds.
You'd need your head examined of you were to spend money on repairs if it didn't run

JohnBoy26 · 28-02-2017 10:35pm

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

If it turned out to be a non runner you scrap it. Worse case scenario, it cost you 3 pounds.
You'd need your head examined of you were to spend money on repairs if it didn't run

Towing charges and disposal charges will cost more than 3 pounds

Jack the Stripper · 01-03-2017 12:34am

I can't wait to meet honest john some night.

Dravokivich · 01-03-2017 9:27am

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

If it turned out to be a non runner you scrap it. Worse case scenario, it cost you 3 pounds.
You'd need your head examined of you were to spend money on repairs if it didn't run

His intention was to use it for parts anyway. so Win/Win for him.

Car for under a fiver ...

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