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    440 turbo

    theres one on ebay.its 400 miles away and i want it how do you swing that?

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    have it deliverd? by a haulage firm got a car from manchester to belfast for 200 quid bargin as it would have cost me at least double that and a day of my time!
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    ok.how did you organise that?thanks by the way..

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    so if i go for this 440 i can get it delivered for about £200.the guy just asked if i could do a bank transfer instead of paypal.is that dodgy or am i just paranoid??

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    ebay gives you a degree of protection... be careful with a bank transfer

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    like t5 monkey says be wary of trading outside of ebay, if it was me and the car was road legal i would ring my insurance for cover and get the train and drive it home

    p.s make sure there is a v5 document etc

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    so it ended at £225 reserve not met.he says he wants £600 or its getting scrapped.seems a shame.it was going to cost £300 to get it delivered which is to much.

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    So he wants £600 or hes going to scrap it for about £100? that makes sense.

    I just picked up a 440 turbo that was 330 miles away, if u can drive and have the time i would suggest doing what i did; get the train there and drive it back. That way you can also look at it first before you hand over the cash.
    Cost me £40 for the train and about £60 in fuel on the way back. Plus £48 for 24hours worth of insurance if you dont wanna risk it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil B View Post
    So he wants £600 or hes going to scrap it for about £100? that makes sense.

    I just picked up a 440 turbo that was 330 miles away, if u can drive and have the time i would suggest doing what i did; get the train there and drive it back. That way you can also look at it first before you hand over the cash.
    Cost me £40 for the train and about £60 in fuel on the way back. Plus £48 for 24hours worth of insurance if you dont wanna risk it.
    48 quid for a days insurance? i paid 25 for my rover turbo, but thats what i do buy the car book a train in advance usually 5 days or more to get a cheap ticket, get your covers in place and enjoy the drive home. is this the blue one 2 mins from my house?
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    Hi all trading on or off eBay, if your buying a car and paying by paypal there ate some things which are not covered, I think off the top of my head its

    Custom made items.
    Non physical items.
    Tickets.
    Motor vehicles.
    Deposits / part payments. I.e I require a £100 deposit after auction ends, you would never get that back

    So essentially if you brought a wrong un, you would have no come back via Paypal, plus sale of goods act does not cover private sellers.

    I trade on eBay for my business and have found out the hard way several times but much more clues up now

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    Quote Originally Posted by t5frankie View Post
    48 quid for a days insurance? i paid 25 for my rover turbo, but thats what i do buy the car book a train in advance usually 5 days or more to get a cheap ticket, get your covers in place and enjoy the drive home. is this the blue one 2 mins from my house?
    Im only 21 so i thought that wasnt too bad really, but yeah thats what i did, found the cheapest train i could about a week before i was due to pick it up then drive it home. although it did take 10 hours to get back instead of 5 because of a massive jam on the M6.

    Mine is a blue one but at the moment its a non turbo and i live in north wales.

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    gave up on it and bought a bmw e46 325 sport instead just cos i fancied a change.not sure about it yet tho..

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevie69 View Post
    gave up on it and bought a bmw e46 325 sport instead just cos i fancied a change.not sure about it yet tho..
    not bad motors need at least a 3.0 litre though and with no turbo = boring (big towns lol)


 

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