Used car shopping

[rick540]

I've been looking at this and that as regards used cars.

I cannot tell you just how much time and petrol I've wasted when a guy calls a car "very clean" or "Immaculate", I get there and it's trashed. Since when is a wrecked drivers seat or a 30cm tear in the upholstery and a peeling steering wheel (not to metion a golfball sized dent in the bootlid) an immaculate car?

I will not even begin to talk about "needs minor attention" cases.

"one owner" seems to mean one poepehol did all the damage you see.

"lady driver" Seems to mean there is makeup and perfume all over the interior and it's been overheated twice, the car will look good but the undercarrage will not.

"needs TLC" Seems to mean "I've killed it now and nobody is getting this back together"

"Full dealer service history" Only means that it ran up to 30000Km on a single oil change and the inside of the engine is filthy.

I also do not give a continental what it was when new and how much it cost then and how much fun you had breaking it, how does it look NOW?

Advertisers.....sheesh!

 

[Pr0PheT]

Its the same when ur looking for parts they say like new or spotless... when you get there its a pirate part thats been scratched or its genuine part that looks worse than the part you're replacing. People need to start being honest or just using the correct adjectives to describe their products.

 

[gconry18]

Saw an ad for an 1992 E36 325i Motorsport yesterday. The seller recons its a 168kw version where the standard was 141kw.

BMW made this to compete with the M3 apparently.

Couldnt find anything about a 168kw 325i on the Google. So I :roflol:

 

[rick540]

Saw an ad for an 1992 E36 325i Motorsport yesterday. The seller recons its a 168kw version where the standard was 141kw.

BMW made this to compete with the M3 apparently.

Couldnt find anything about a 168kw 325i on the Google. So I :roflol:

I saw that ad a 325i to "compete" with the M3 yeah riiiiight. As far as I know there is no such thing. Where they pick this "info" up I really don't know but probably from a crack pipe or something.

 

[Jandre]

I really don't know what these guys smoke.

I feel like going to view one of these cars one day, and then giving the guy such attitude about his misinformation.

Won't do any good though, but at least I can get rid of my frustrations.

 

[Hellas]

Quote from the tree:

Car needs fuel relay, which Iam looking for.
Interior very neat, seats always covered, sunroof.
Exhaust needed, car starts.
Price negotiable, urgent sale.

 

[zaleonardz]

I once saw a Golf 5 GTI in the autotrader at a dealer.

I phone this person up, say is the car clean, guy says ya.

I get there, EVERY SINGLE panel on the car has had work done, with EVERY warning light being on...... dude says well... car is priced accordingly, take it or fsck off... so guess what id did.

 

[///MALCOLM325]

I will not even begin to talk about "needs minor attention" cases.

+1..............that usually means that the car has fallen apart, but because it started up, its ready to change owners!

Stepped in a 740i E38 recently that guy advertised with 'needs minor attention' still being a face lift and R65K seemed worthy for a test drive after the owner said it had a FSH just the interior needed cleaning.

Got there, service books lost, no spare keys, grey leather looks tan, sunroof works half way, and worst of all........AAPV numbers :argh:

No mention of stolen and recovered in the ad...

Can't find the ad anymore lol :nonono:

 

[Roundal]

What you been looking at Rick?

I love it when the advert says "needs slight TLC - got quote for R1200", so why the hell not then spend the R1200 to get it right to sell?

 

[Sith]

Lot of false advertising out there by people who are either unethical chancers, have very low standards, or are just plain stupid. Have been excited by many ads, only to be bitterly disapointed when seeing the car in the flesh. Best car I ever bought, in terms of value? My rusty old 1975 520 five years ago for R4000. Used purely as an emergency car, so sits under mountains of dust at work, it has never let me down.

 

[rick540]

What you been looking at Rick?

E34 525's, M3's, E38's, a few Alfas out of curiosity

 

[Sankekur]

Out of my experience the terminology used means this:
Mint = The engine doesn't leak oil, into the driver's compartment.

Immaculate = It looks good for a 20 year old car (its less than 10 years old)

Stock standard (factory original) = There is at least one part on the car that was on it when it left the factory or 2. the stock stuff was glued back on after an attempt to fit aftermarket parts resulted in a large number of plastic clips to be broken or 3. No holes were drilled in the boot lid to a fit a spoiler that he got from a friend with a scooby (the guy in the scooby got rid of it because it was to big)

Old lady/ lady driver = The clutch has been burned more times than the furnaces at a steel works.

German spec = The owner heard or read somewhere that Germany is awesome.

Full house = It has no real extras

Recently had a very comprehensive service at the dealers = The problem where the engine would catch fire has pretty much been sorted out.

 

[MikeR]

:rollsmile: heard them all...

 

[Roundal]

What you been looking at Rick?

E34 525's, M3's, E38's, a few Alfas out of curiosity

I am also on the look out for E34.