I bought my C63 without driving it on the same deal too in July from a indie in Bristol (i'm in Derbyshire). The garage simply weren't offering test drives which I thought was iffy to say the least, but luckily they suggested a refundable deposit and accepted that spending what I was about to on a car, you really do have to come down and look it over in person (they wanted to do click and collect only!).
Just over 1000 miles since last MOT in January 2020...... nice looking car!
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My wife still mentions the time we went from Guildford to Derby to look at an Alfa. I was there all of 5 minutes then we turned round and came home. To be honest staying 5 minutes was only out of courtesy, i knew as soon as i saw it up close. I also went from Guildford to the Lakes to look at Ginetta G27R. I at least drove that which was enough to convince me it wouldn't work as a daily. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and travel if it's a rare-ish car.
Even nicer than Lazurite then, diamond silver tones down the blue and is stunning in the metal; one of my neighbours owns a C350 CDI in it with light interior and I’ve told him that I want first refusal when he comes to sell!
Also keen to know this for obvious reasons.
I’m going to assume he’s one of those buyers that expect second hand cars to be brand new and works his way backward from there...
No I haven't been to see it, I just meant I would be hyper critical if I went for a look.
Very valid point, never view/purchase a wet car.
If you do go ahead and buy the Wakefield car, are you driving it back to London on Saturday?
