stunning vehicle let down by cream leather

[MangoMan]

I would be interested to see what he had to say.......

I see nothing wrong in it, he is selling it on a public platform after all.

 

[Howard]

there are a quite a few dings and dents in various places around the car anyone thinking to buy it would deffinatly need to fix them first.

I wouldn't say it should put you off buying the car , dings and dents dont affect the way it drives , you can get them fixed in due course ...

However, you would want to negotiate the price down a bit , lets not forget ladies and gentlemen , it is an old car , it's not a brand new one , where you wouldn't accept any imperfections ....

If and when i come to sell mine, the paintwork isn't perfect, and there are a few trolly dings here and there , it will be advertised accordingly and with a price to match .. you can't ask top dollar unless the car is top dollar.

My car gets looked after to the best of my ability and price bracket, i would rather it was sound mechanically , and the bodywork comes after. The car certainly passes the 5 yard test ....

If someone wants to come round and look at it and tells me that they won't be buying it unless i get the dings fixed, i'll say 'Fine, bye' ....

Sometimes i think we lose track of this ..... the very last german made w124 made is 10 years old now , you have to be a bit reasonable.

 

[gurpz]

I do agree with you Howard and consider your points completly valid. I was only pointing them out though

 

[Howard]

Hi Gurpz...

Although i quoted your post , it wasn't directed at you personally

Just a general observation ...

 

[gurpz]

No worrys Howard

 

[Rob77]

HE has refused my offer, with an explaination to all my coments.

I dont know if I'm allowed to post his coments here.

Regards,

Alex.

I can't see what possible problem there would be in you posting the seller's comments, provided they aren't in some way offensive. Unless you're thinking that maybe the forum would be held liable for the acuracy of those comments. I havent seen them but they could just be stated as being simply his comments (acuracy unchecked).

Or are you thinking of possible copyright on his comments? He's selling the car and freely gave the information to you, as a potential buyer, so again presumably he would be happy to say the same to any other potential buyer, unless he told you in confidence?

Maybe it would be better not to say what the refused offer was since that seems to be kept secret by Ebay, but other than that ...

 

[dougal74]

This one looks a lot like mine with maybe a few more nicks here and there. To be honest the only thing that would worry me is the mechanicals as the rest is easily righted. I paid a bit over the price of this one (on eBay as well) but I was pretty much certain the engine, gearbox etc. of mine were spot on (touches wood!).
As you guys have said it is an old car and therefore should be judged accordingly but something about how hard he is trying to "dress" the car sends me in caution mode and at that point I always tend to walk away when I'm looking at a car in the flesh.
Given the amount of interest it has raised on here, is anyone going to have a look-see?

 

[speedybiker]

This is what he had to say:

[FONT=Arial, Verdana]Hi Alex, your offers miles away sorry, price takes into account the above you mentioned, iv actually mentioned most of your points in the add, ping dents, kerbed wheels, but the discolouration on the cam cover is only engine lacquer fading away, iv just pealed the GB sticker slightly and theres what appears to be a old small filled hole from probably a phone kit or something, the dash was treated using a plastic treatment hence the shine, engine was wd40 coated for the pics as all the vehicles i list, those plastic bottom trims just need a better screw to fix them as they do push back on but when you shut the door it unsettles them, the car is 17 years old.

Regards,

Alex. [/FONT]

 

[Carrotchomper]

"jimless won this item with a Best Offer of £2,650.00."

Someone on here? I would probably have paid 2.5K...

 

[jaymanek]

WD40

 

[Carrotchomper]

WD40's like cheese or bacon, it makes ANYTHING better Jay!

 

[jaymanek]

and who the heck would attach a phone kit on the rear corner of the car...doesnt make sense that one!

 

[Carrotchomper]

Fair comment...

 

[jaymanek]

still a lovely car for £2650 though...

 

[Carrotchomper]

Definitely would have been worth a punt for that price- Even if all goes wrong and the engine blows up in style or something there's a fair amount of money in parts alone. And the plate has to be worth £750. Shame I didn't have a spare couple of grand really. Wouldn't have been my most sensible purchase though!

 

[Howard]

I bet that 'GB' sticker on the back is hiding a parking ding you just wouldn't put it there unless you have dinged it ....

It's exactly in the place that i dinged mine ..

Phone kit is BS .... i'm willing to bet a night of unbridled passion with myself ( women only no monsters either ) that this is whats lurking under the badge ...

 

[gurpz]

Rust ????

 

[jaymanek]

well he states there is a hole, if it was rust it would be a larger patch otherwise wouldnt be bad enough to make a hole...
Its probably some sort of past device but doubt its a phone aerial.....

 

[gurpz]

What about a mini cab antenna wire hole

 

[jaymanek]

nah not on a coupe surely, maybe its a HAM radio