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[UKspeedster]

Wasn't this Pete's number plate?

>Autotrader clicky<

£15k Although seem to remember that he was having a lot of trouble with it and it went back to the technical centre... Caveat Emptor...

Edited by UKspeedster, 26 October 2004 - 04:53 PM.

[jules_s]

15k though!!! edit: nice to see the liquidators doing their all for the creditors

Edited by jules_s, 26 October 2004 - 05:00 PM.

[2GOOD]

I couldn't get the picture to download,but for those of you who didn't notice.The advert reads that the car is on VCAR (Vehicle Condition Alert Register). This would lower the price,they've obviously not checked it out enough because they are getting it mixed up with Pete's old 2.2 which was an insurance pay out (now Katie's car). As jules has already said about the liquators not looking after the creditors. Sorry I'll get my coat again after pointing that out... ...

[UKspeedster]

I couldn't get the picture to download,but for those of you who didn't notice.The advert reads that the car is on VCAR (Vehicle Condition Alert Register). This would lower the price,they've obviously not checked it out enough because they are getting it mixed up with Pete's old 2.2 which was an insurance pay out (now Katie's car).

As jules has already said about the liquators not looking after the creditors.


Sorry I'll get my coat again after pointing that out...


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You're a mine of knowledge Steve TBH, there were so many typos in the advert, that I just skipped over the V CAR bit and put it down to another mistake

I take it that's a register you have access to then? Sounds fun...

[2GOOD]

You're a mine of knowledge Steve TBH, there were so many typos in the advert, that I just skipped over the V CAR bit and put it down to another mistake

I take it that's a register you have access to then? Sounds fun...

Actually it's part of an HPi check, nothing special, just shows how easy it is to catch people out, you would run a mile if it said Cat C or whatever instead, but this way everybody reads on.

So much information & am I worth a fortune? ...




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[BYD]

When my car was in the tech centre in June this one was as well, they replaced the rear clam etc so whoever buys it has got a bargin. BYD

[Pidgeon]

My guess is that this ad should read 'I have a car with outstanding finance for sale. I am hoping some mug will be fooled by the crazy price and I can vanish with his money leaving him to the finance repossession boys.'

[JimH]

It's almost certain being sold by the receivers rather than Pete.

[Pidgeon]

From what I have picked up car was on finance,so would not be an asset of the business passing to the receivers

[JimH]

in that case why does the advert look like it was written by someone who hasn't a clue about VXs and that is the J D Watson thing about?

[Jim_Cross]

I've e-mailed the advertiser to see what exactly they mean by "VCAR", and to see how many owners it has had, and any other info on it.

[Thorney]

From what I have picked up car was on finance,so would not be an asset of the business passing to the receivers

Doesn't that depend on how its financed? HP is owned by finance company but loan would not?

[2GOOD]

I've e-mailed the advertiser to see what exactly they mean by "VCAR", and to see how many owners it has had, and any other info on it.

I obviously didn't explain VCAR well enough, earlier in this thread. What do you need to know?

The other point that I'd tried to make, was that I think somebody has got the car mixed up with Pete's first VX which we know about (insurance company paid out).

A little bit of a Sherlock Holmes touch with HPi & this could be a cheap car from somebody who hasn't bothered checking out the HPi report.

[Camcar69]

B4DVX 1 previous registered keeper (2 in total) HPi report reads: Category C Insurance Loss. Vehicle Extensively Damaged But Repairable -Insurer Decided Not To Repair 26/08/04 Would I buy it? No, unless it was for a trackdays and I didn't want to win anything.

[Jim_Cross]

B4DVX 1 previous registered keeper (2 in total)
HPi report reads:
Category C Insurance Loss. Vehicle Extensively Damaged But Repairable -Insurer Decided Not To Repair 26/08/04
Would I buy it? No, unless it was for a trackdays and I didn't want to win anything.

But that was the ex-B4D VX, which was an NA!
The VXT has never, AFAIK, been in an accident

[2GOOD]

When did PVD go pop? Did Pete do something silly (for the insurance money perhaps?) again?

[Jim_Cross]

When did PVD go pop? Did Pete do something silly (for the insurance money perhaps?) again?

My guess is that it most likely is a genuine mix up, as the plate was obviously transferred from the old car to the new one

[2GOOD]

That's what I'd assumed all along, it was the date above 26/8/2004 that got me worried. That's long after Katie bought the original car.