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26-09-15, 07:28 AM | #31 | ||
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Car Dealers and Sellers, eih???
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https://www.gumtree.com/p/volkswagen...di-/1134810575 It's and SE. I am aware of the catalogue of faults from this make and model and the milage is high, but within my budget I very much liked what I found. It's been owned by 2, mum and son, son was a proppa petrol head so had a newer BMW too, and he really knew the car he was selling well which was a very refreshing touch in the Jungle of dubious private sellers! Words of encouragement are welcome, I try and tell myself that at that milage, the built in faults and teethng problems will have been caught and corrected? It was evidenlty really wel looked after, which the seller said his mum had always done, she works for Mariott hotels and did 30 miles daily in it. Seen how my 80TDI has served me, buying a used car is also a lot about luck! And NOT taking your car off road and leave it unattended on your driveway, either don't take it off road or get it into one of those indoor schemes that run them regularly, lesson learned! Other cars I viewed, that wasn't sold before I manage to get there, were Honda Accord, Toyota Avensis, Saab 9-5 2.2 TiD Vector, two A4s 2004/5 and a Volvo think it was a V50. My backup plan was the SAAB as the Dealer gave 3 months warantee, and I really wanted one of the A4s, if he had met me on my request on fixing the front, electric windows. Buttom line: The used car market is NOT for the faint-hearted! |
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26-09-15, 07:34 AM | #32 |
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the one I had sold straight away Tanni.
Shame you didn't come to view it as it was ideal, and cheap! We buy and sell cars at work as part of our business and every car we have gets a full service, fully diagnosed and everything done before it goes out the door. There are way too many dealers and even private sellers trying to pull the wool over buyers eyes, but I sell a lot of cars to people I know so always good to know that we've done everything we can to make sure it's a goodun' |
26-09-15, 09:37 AM | #33 | |
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26-09-15, 11:03 AM | #34 | |
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26-09-15, 01:23 PM | #35 | |
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05-03-19, 08:13 PM | #36 | ||||||
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Trawled through 'Which'
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Anyhow, very much to my surprise, as soon as I did my first insurance check on a price comparison website, got proper penalized on price! That was the end of me considering petrol estates! Quote:
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Tried a Passat estate '05 with tonnes of miles on it, never had any majoe problems with it, never learned to like it either. Got rid because of moving abroad. Tried a SEAT Altea 2.0 TDI Sports, semi-automatic. 2005 and high milage. MPV. First car I have ever driven with automatic. Absolutely LOVED how it drives. Million minor things went wrong with it but never left me stranded and I went to Scandinavia, and back, in it. Twice! Until one day d1xxhead at the traffic lights decided that giving 'Right of Way' to my Seat Altea is an optional. And you know the score with them thieving, barstewards insurance companies... This time round I gave up searching and "settled" with the first car I found, with the lowest insurance premium on comparison website and also looked at emission not being in the higher end. But, I really feel I have peace of mind with an Audi. And I can fit more flatpacks in it than any other car!
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05-03-19, 08:18 PM | #37 |
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And I would swap it for this any time of the day...
http://www.classic-audi.co.uk/forum/...ad.php?t=38757
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