crutch
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| posted on 27/4/07 at 07:11 PM |
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donor dilemma what to do
Hi Bought a sierra of ebay. The first very local one to come. A 91 1.8 lx. 143k miles very good condition otherwise. last owner 12 years .
i have got most of my donor parts already but dont have a v5 and little odds like steering shrowd and front calipers/discs.
paid £100 for it with HG gone. Very tidy othewise.
now the problem, i was so happy with the car that i rushed abit. When she emailed me she said she was waitinng for paperwork to come back. I said it
should not be too much of a problem they are very local. They were very genuine sadly missed the car as it was leaving and really wanted it to go to a
good home. They had given me the home number and i met them at there house, nice house and area. they seemed very very genuine.
Now when i drove it the few miles home everything worked great no noses knocks brilliant brakes. but when i got it back home and inspected it closer i
noticed a few things
It had a brand new battery good, brand new radiator good and front brakes also. BUT
The plate was missing off the front panel and a strip of metal with a punched one in its place. I immediatly checked the window etchings (rubbed off)
and the drivers side floor (different number).
Now i do have the bottom bit of the reg doc all tally up from what info i have. NUmber plate etc and last years VOSA mot doc which shows the end date
as a week or so ago and with the chasis number of the front and reg.
This car is so obvious not right but i only paid £100. The seller is genuine and honestly dont believe she is resposnsible and they say they have
owned the car for 12 years. Have they bought it 12 years ago as a ringer and not known? but iwould have thought when the MOT tester has looked he
would see the funny plate and check the other and may raise a concern. Maybe they do know but didnt say anything as not to loose the car.
Do i ring them and take it back.
Keep the genuine v5 for my kit and loose the ringed car bit. (although do i need to cut the number off?)
????
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britishtrident
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| posted on 27/4/07 at 07:16 PM |
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Yep take it back --- you don't need to store up trouble
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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crutch
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| posted on 27/4/07 at 09:18 PM |
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ringer
will ring them tommorow to see if they are still around
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