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Strange?????

Posted by Tonupdave <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Tonupdave' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 27, 2024, 10:04 am

Son Graham advertised the Volvo on the Web.
A chap in Northampton is interested and is coming down tonight to view and buy.. he's coming by train so goodness knows how as our nearest station though no far away will need interconnection and then how will he get from the station to me..Taxi??? I don't think so..( if you look online for Volvo 850 estates there are hundreds...
Sound a bit Dodgy to me..

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

Re: Strange?????

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 27, 2024, 10:34 am, in reply to "Strange?????"

Taxi Dave. Exeter to Woodbury is not too far. Taxi is outside the station. I often travel to buy used cars and drive back as often they are about 2000 pounds less than local. Your Volvo must be seen as low cost and i expect better than most. We had a buyer from London buy a restored VW Beetle and drove it back near 200 miles.
Usual rules apply on a sale, no test drive on his own, cash sale only although you might trust a telephone payment. I always sell cash and buy cash in bank notes.
No doubt the Volvo will drive home reliably but if its a bank transaction and it breaks, he might get the money back.
I have found most people are honest especially when coming from a distance.
He must be a serious buyer to come down by train as he now has only one way back in your car.
Maz is a strong Woman so i doubt she will get conned. Good luck and i am sure this will be alright especially if cash is handed over.
Buying from a dealer is entirely different as they cannot take real cash

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Posted by MadMike <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=MadMike' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 27, 2024, 10:45 am, in reply to "Strange?????"

Dave if you make the sale ensure that YOU do the change of ownership notification. If he says he will do when he gets home just insistbthatbyoundomit. If you let him do it and he conveniently "forgets" you could be getting his doe ending, parking and ULEZ tickets.

Other opinions may be available but this one is always correct.

Re: Strange?????

I would second Mikes advise on this Dave. Then, within 2 weeks of you posting your tear off part, a letter will arrive stating you no longer own the car

Re: Strange?????

Posted by Tonupdave <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Tonupdave' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 27, 2024, 11:03 am, in reply to "Re: Strange?????"

Ye we know that just seems strange the cars in no way perfect over 200 000 miles bodywork looks OK but replacement panels jus fitted and sprayed over ( Insurance claims for animal damage being on Dartmoor) so will need a lot of work to make it good ..We will see

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

Re: Strange?????

Posted by Lannis <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Lannis' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 27, 2024, 12:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Strange?????"

My sister in law commuted 220 miles a day for years in a Toyota Previa 4-cylinder turbo mid-engine van (long story).

They relocated and so put the van up for sale on a national classified site.

An Iranian fellow came down 500 miles from Indiana, paid $2500 cash, and drove it back. It had 410,000 miles on it. It's probably still running; a taxi or medical transport.

Lannis

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

Re: Strange?????

Posted by JERRY <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=JERRY' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 27, 2024, 11:01 am, in reply to "Re: Strange?????"

When I bought my Honda a few weeks back the owner asked me if I minded him doing the change of ownership on his computer as I was loading the bike. He had sold a bike before and the last owner didn't do it and as Mike say's he started getting tickets for speeding .

The oldest rocker in town!

Re: Strange?????

Just to reinforce the message, remember that only a few short years ago it was the buyers responsibility to record change of ownership. In many cases they did not do it, often deliberately, and so many complained to DVLA about getting fines imposed and so DVLA changed the rules.

Other opinions may be available but this one is always correct.

Re: Strange?????

Posted by spriddler <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=spriddler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 27, 2024, 1:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Strange?????"

A chap in Northampton is interested and is coming down tonight to view and buy..
Sound a bit Dodgy to me..

If the reg'n number was visible in the advert it might be the attraction.
A chap came 120 miles to buy my aged and MOT rust-failed Citroen Xantia reg no. L 305 HAK for £75 as he planned to repair it and fit new plates adjusted to L3O'5 HAK which had never ocurred to me.

'There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which taken at at the flood.....'

Re: Strange?????

Posted by 6TDen <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=6TDen' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 27, 2024, 3:01 pm, in reply to "Re: Strange?????"

It probably won't occur to him until he gets his first fine for sporting an illegal number plate.
Den

Re: Strange?????

It is a personal number plate to the car P 850 GBW..was changed when imported from Germany..

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

Re: Strange?????

The plate might be worth about 200 pounds Dave. I had P222 CMC on the Mercedes and let it go with the car. The buyer did pay a good sum for the car though as it was concours condition and is displayed at shows now. The car had nothing added or taken off and no rust. Shame to sell it but the tax and insurance were over 1000 per year

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