dgmx5
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Where do you find that?
Ebay GT for sale £12750!
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Where do you find that?
I agree but loads of people will buy them without knowing this/and or doing it. The outcome is that a number of early leggy 4.2 Granturismos are getting close to being scrapped/broken up. We saw it with the 3200 and then the 4200 and here we go again.
In between my 3200 and 4200 I had a BMW 645i coupe - great car BTW. These are now worth chicken feed and the pre Sport GranTurismo is going the same way if they are used. I know as I’ve got one.
A more expensive one will need most of this too....
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Yes that is the age old argument of buying the best car you can for an allocated budget vs getting a tired one and making it good again.
There are pros and cons to both sides, and there are definitely times where someone bought a ‘clean’ car that ended up needing lots of TLC.
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It might be cheap but it looks like it needs some TLC and some of the bills and effort might make a more sorted higher price car better value over time
outrun
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You forgot subframe rot. And subframe mount rot. Which it will have.
midlifecrisis
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They'll buy in for 10k, spend 5k and two weeks doing it up and flip it for 16k to some mug who's 'holding out his hand'
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And conveniently not mention that Edd spent 3k in man hours doing the work!
dgmx5
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Or how much they have sunk into tools etc. which they would need to factor into overheads. They certainly could not make a business doing it, but it makes entertaining television.
Gazcw
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Vinyl worms got to it. The little blighters.
UlstermanAbroad
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Should anyone be interested, I'll go have a look and do a walk around video with commentary.
As well as take a forensic look at the history. Might be able to have its VIN etc run through the
police databases on both sides of the border also.
However, I'd be extremely wary of buying any car from this neck of the woods. By that I mean
the area around the town where the seller is. Never mind a GT. There are far too many very dodgy
characters on both sides of this part of the border and the border is less than five minutes drive away.
Personally, I wouldn't even buy an ice cream in this area.
As well as take a forensic look at the history. Might be able to have its VIN etc run through the
police databases on both sides of the border also.
However, I'd be extremely wary of buying any car from this neck of the woods. By that I mean
the area around the town where the seller is. Never mind a GT. There are far too many very dodgy
characters on both sides of this part of the border and the border is less than five minutes drive away.
Personally, I wouldn't even buy an ice cream in this area.
Wanderer
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I bought my car from Newry!
UlstermanAbroad
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Aye, but from a reputable source, I'd guess?
Obviously there are exceptions to every rule.
However, speaking generally, I stand over my
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Wanderer
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Warrenpoint, they had a McLaren and several other Maseratis - car checked out fine, one previous owner serviced at Charles Hurst even though it was a Southern car so ivm happy with it, 3.5 years so far...Aye, but from a reputable source, I'd guess?
Obviously there are exceptions to every rule.
However, speaking generally, I stand over my
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UlstermanAbroad
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I think I know of that guy. Sells from his house. Usually about £1m of metal eye candy sitting about?