Check out what this bloke is trying to sell:
cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=...1
He admits it has "no brakes" but reckons that's ok cause "he drive's home very early in the morning when there are no cars on the road" you can even see a child seat visable on the front seat...
does'nt bear thinking about.
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At least he gives his location, so we can avoid the area :-/
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and his number plate, so any police officers can look out for him...
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... and he's read the rules on not selling unroadworthy cars
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It must be a wind-up, surely. Probably a 'joke' putting a mate's car up for auction.
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Well just on the offchance I've slung Bedfordshire Police an email bringing this matter to their attention.
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Me too - unfortunately they've either not read it yet (15:38 yesterday) or declined to return receipt.
Might give em a call and ask for an opinion.
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Wouldn't it be a shame if someone informed the local plod that a clearly dangerous and unroadworthy car with no MOT was being driven around their patch?
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It'd be a joke to think they'd do something about it though.
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Re: selling the car - the chap's honest about its unroadworthiness, BUT what's he doing using it????
Cheers, B55
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Another quote from the write up "if you buy this car you will have to tow it away as theres no brakes."
Unless a solid tow rod is used, isn't it just gonna run into the back of the car that's towing it?
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Even better, use a towing dolly from a tow hitch of the towing car. These can be hired for around £30.
The guy is definitely an idiot if he really IS driving it!
Suppose he has an accident - this listing is going to shaft him for good!
H
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Do you think he meant trailer? (If not, he'd be guilty of selling an unroadworthy car.)
More interestingly, how much do you think he paid for it 12 months ago - that it's better for him to sell the car than have it serviced.
I presume he will take his £150 to the 'out the back' section of a dealer, and buy a FSH 12month MOT car for £150.
Free motoring. Who's stupid?
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"the car has not been serviced since i bought it and i have done 15,000 miles"
At least he's a bit more honest than your average seller.
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Try being so charitable when he's damaged your car and you then have to sue to recover costs (Cos any self-respecting insurance company would walk away if they found out the truth).
I'm not going to tax the edit filter with what my personal opinion of this guy is - given the glut of cheap cars there's simply no excuse for this.
P.S.
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I agree with you ML, it is inexcusable. i was just trying to be funny.(and failing as usual)
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It is advertised in "Parts" section rather than complete cars...
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>>It is advertised in "Parts" section rather than complete cars...
That's just to save money on eBay listing fees.
But then it can backfire, such as cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7910...1 which went for nearly nothing.
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Quite how he felt it qualified as a tuning chip or collectable card game is anyone's guess!
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I like his justified that, because he works nights, he travels home on quiet roads. How does he get to work?
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I often wonder how many cars pass me, or vice versa, which are in similar condition. You know, not serviced for 2 years, rice paper thin break discs, oil like tar (if there is any) etc etc. Not only do they risk their own safety, but what about the other innocent road users? Not only do I maintain my vehicle to keep me safe, but also other people, surely its a form of common courtesy.
Roberson
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This morning on Radio 2 that awful Sarah Kennedy said "I've got to get some oil on my way home, the orange light on BOT has just come on. No idea where it goes though".
If it was a dog, people like that would be banned from owning another one.
So in a few years' time, if you see a VW new beetle for sale with the registration "BOT" avoid it like the plague.
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Terry
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This morning on Radio 2 that awful Sarah Kennedy said "I've got to get some oil on my way home, the orange light on BOT has just come on. No idea where it goes though". If it was a dog, people like that would be banned from owning another one. So in a few years' time, if you see a VW new beetle for sale with the registration "BOT" avoid it like the plague. -- Terry
I hate that woman with a passion. If only the stupid radio in my punto would tune to any other station. It barely manages radio 2 but just fails completely to pick up anything else.
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I'm still traumatised by the memories of her in a blue jumpsuit, presenting the Living and Growing sex education videos we had to watch at school when I was nine or ten.
Knowing that she drives a new beetle ought to permanently remove it from Top Gear's cool wall, if it was ever on there in the first place.
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I'm still traumatised by the memories of her in a blue jumpsuit, presenting the Living and Growing sex education videos we had to watch at school when I was nine or ten.
Eeeep!
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I'm still traumatised by the memories of her in a blue jumpsuit, presenting the Living and Growing sex education videos we had to watch at school when I was nine or ten.
Thanks PG!
There goes my lunch....
JaB ;)
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I'm still traumatised by the memories of her in a blue jumpsuit, presenting the Living and Growing sex education videos we had to watch at school when I was nine or ten.
Just in case you don't find that disturbing enough, anyone remember Game for a Laugh??
Jeremy Beadle, Sarah Kennedy, Matther Kelly (no not the BR Member), and that chap that used to present that quiz show with guests from all over Europe during the day some 10 years ago(boy was I glad when I got a job then!).
SICK SICK SICK!!!!!!!!!!!
H
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and that chap that used to present that quiz show with guests from all over Europe during the day some 10 years ago(boy was I glad when I got a job then!).
Would that be Henry Kelly the Irishman?
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DD
You're right
I can tell we're of the same generation!
Hugo
PS have you passed that attachment onto the other moderators yet? I would have done but for some reason you're in my address book and they aren't.
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Erm, umm... a truly, umm... dreadful woman.
Quite why she still presents a show on the BBC is a mystery to me. I would never wish illness on any fellow human, but to hear the words "Sarah Kennedy is ill, so I'm (Alex Lester/Lynne Parsons) taking over" always cheer me up.
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Wow, Sarah Kennedy haters unite. And i thought Sara Cox was bad.....
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Be thankful they didn't pick Rantzen for the job.....
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