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In need of some details on a car I went to see yesterday. Here is the link:
h t t p: / / w . w . w . ebay.co.uk/itm/2007-SEAT-IBIZA-FR-T-BLACK-244bhp-modifided-not-golf-type-r-cupra-s3-m3-evo-vrs/171350253209?_trksid=p5197.c100068.m2280&_trkparms=aid%3D222006%26algo%3DSIC.FITP%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140205155511%26meid%3D7891554536818863705%26pid%3D100068%26prg%3D20140205155511%26rkt%3D6%26clkid%3D7891557701803779641&_qi=RTM1793693
I know it’s done a few rounds on this forum hence I’m asking. I spoke to the seller who informed me to go to bath to view it, some questions asked over the phone:
Has the car got FSH? If so is the book fully stamped.
Yes
Is the car MOT’d and TAXED and when until?
MOT 11 Months
Tax 5 days
How long have you owned the car?
About 14 months
Are you a trader?
No
Is there any scratches/dents or issues mechanically or externally?
No, I was told the car was “mint” without a scratch on it and it was running without any problems what so ever.
So, I negotiated to go and see it, I was told that I would have to go to an address in Bath. This was weird? The car advert shows a location that’s not Bath but close enough.
We turned up there after a 2 and half hour drive, we saw the car in an abandoned car park behind a pub and called the “owner”.
First glance: *The car seemed to have a decal on the boot “pro diesel tuning” – this wasn’t in the pictures.
*The car had a scratch on the back bumper, about 5 inches long, had another scratch on the boot about the size of a 10p coin.
*Cracked number plate on front
*Rear number plate bulb was out
Went for a drive next, he took me down a 30 road and floored it, I won’t mention the speed but he was ragging the absolute sh!t out of the car and then mentioned he did double the national speed on the motorway the other day… great selling point?
Got back to the car park and started to hear the springs knocking on the front, he mentioned he had it looked at but couldn’t find the cause. Also noted that the exhaust was slightly loose. He mentioned something about a decat on it at this point.
Anyways, over to the paperwork. At a glance I noticed there was receipts, that was good. There was a service stamp missing, there was previous mot’s, the mileage advertised was 62k however on the dash showed 68k.
This is what got me the most, the v5 logbook only had the one page, the second half was missing. So I asked him again, are you a trader? His response was no. So then I checked the address, which showed an address in Bristol, not in Westbury (ebay) and not in Bath (where we were). At this point 2 and 2 didn’t make 4 anymore, I went on to speak to my friend privately, we came to the conclusion to ask for some ID.
Walked over the the seller again and without asking anything he held out the second part of the v5, with the yellow part missing. I know that yellow part is a traders slip, I asked him if that was his name/address on the v5, he said yes. I then asked him if he can show me proof of address/name, at this point he started to get very nervous and said he doesn’t have anything. We then asked for a bank card/letter/something/anything with his name on, we were told he doesn’t have anything at all and started to get aggressive.
We left.
Does anyone know the recent history of this car?
h t t p: / / w . w . w . ebay.co.uk/itm/2007-SEAT-IBIZA-FR-T-BLACK-244bhp-modifided-not-golf-type-r-cupra-s3-m3-evo-vrs/171350253209?_trksid=p5197.c100068.m2280&_trkparms=aid%3D222006%26algo%3DSIC.FITP%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140205155511%26meid%3D7891554536818863705%26pid%3D100068%26prg%3D20140205155511%26rkt%3D6%26clkid%3D7891557701803779641&_qi=RTM1793693
I know it’s done a few rounds on this forum hence I’m asking. I spoke to the seller who informed me to go to bath to view it, some questions asked over the phone:
Has the car got FSH? If so is the book fully stamped.
Yes
Is the car MOT’d and TAXED and when until?
MOT 11 Months
Tax 5 days
How long have you owned the car?
About 14 months
Are you a trader?
No
Is there any scratches/dents or issues mechanically or externally?
No, I was told the car was “mint” without a scratch on it and it was running without any problems what so ever.
So, I negotiated to go and see it, I was told that I would have to go to an address in Bath. This was weird? The car advert shows a location that’s not Bath but close enough.
We turned up there after a 2 and half hour drive, we saw the car in an abandoned car park behind a pub and called the “owner”.
First glance: *The car seemed to have a decal on the boot “pro diesel tuning” – this wasn’t in the pictures.
*The car had a scratch on the back bumper, about 5 inches long, had another scratch on the boot about the size of a 10p coin.
*Cracked number plate on front
*Rear number plate bulb was out
Went for a drive next, he took me down a 30 road and floored it, I won’t mention the speed but he was ragging the absolute sh!t out of the car and then mentioned he did double the national speed on the motorway the other day… great selling point?
Got back to the car park and started to hear the springs knocking on the front, he mentioned he had it looked at but couldn’t find the cause. Also noted that the exhaust was slightly loose. He mentioned something about a decat on it at this point.
Anyways, over to the paperwork. At a glance I noticed there was receipts, that was good. There was a service stamp missing, there was previous mot’s, the mileage advertised was 62k however on the dash showed 68k.
This is what got me the most, the v5 logbook only had the one page, the second half was missing. So I asked him again, are you a trader? His response was no. So then I checked the address, which showed an address in Bristol, not in Westbury (ebay) and not in Bath (where we were). At this point 2 and 2 didn’t make 4 anymore, I went on to speak to my friend privately, we came to the conclusion to ask for some ID.
Walked over the the seller again and without asking anything he held out the second part of the v5, with the yellow part missing. I know that yellow part is a traders slip, I asked him if that was his name/address on the v5, he said yes. I then asked him if he can show me proof of address/name, at this point he started to get very nervous and said he doesn’t have anything. We then asked for a bank card/letter/something/anything with his name on, we were told he doesn’t have anything at all and started to get aggressive.
We left.
Does anyone know the recent history of this car?
