L355CTY - Ever regretted selling a car?

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auzzam
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L355CTY - Ever regretted selling a car?

Post by auzzam »

Well its only been 3 months since I sold mine and its gone from this:

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to this wonderful ebay listing!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/toyota-mr2-re ... Sw67lZrS0C

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what makes it worse (besides the obvious molestation is the fact the seller is now hiding the overheating issues, which I was very open and transparent about)

His reply back to me when I mentioned I've seen the car for sale a few months ago and whether he fixed the overheating issues was "I dont know what your on about, theres no overheating" - little did he know he was talking to me!

Anyway I'm sure the price and body kit alone is enough to put any one from here off this purchase. But I thought I would flag that the seller is not be honest (especially as he is asking for 3k more, not fixed the overheating which is likely a knackered water pump e and talked down the gearbox issues)

Grr dishonest sellers really wind me up! even more so when its your old car.

Rant over... :roll:
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Re: L355CTY - Ever regretted selling a car?

Post by Hez »

How much worse could it have got in 3 months though really? I wouldnt worry about it anyway if he gets 6.5k for it ill show my ar$e in Woolworths.
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Re: L355CTY - Ever regretted selling a car?

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Hez wrote:How much worse could it have got in 3 months though really? I wouldnt worry about it anyway if he gets 6.5k for it ill show my ar$e in Woolworths.

you still have an open Woolworths? :shock:
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Re: L355CTY - Ever regretted selling a car?

Post by androo007 »

Bet the overheating on boost is caused by a cracked block.
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Post by Dale_V »

raptor95GTS wrote:
Hez wrote:How much worse could it have got in 3 months though really? I wouldnt worry about it anyway if he gets 6.5k for it ill show my ar$e in Woolworths.

you still have an open Woolworths? :shock:


whoooooooosh
auzzam
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androo007 wrote:Bet the overheating on boost is caused by a cracked block.


to be honest the overheating only ever took place on idle, and went away if the car was revved. I thought it was probably the water pump as whilst I was moving and boosting the car was happy. lots of traffic was another story.
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Just after I sold my beloved first white SW, it was crashed. Major heart ache!
auzzam
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Re: L355CTY - Ever regretted selling a car?

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Sheez! Maybe a horrible bodykit isn't the worst thing in the world
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he still hasnt fixed the lights.....

:eye: :thumleft:
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Post by androo007 »

Dale_V wrote:
raptor95GTS wrote:
Hez wrote:How much worse could it have got in 3 months though really? I wouldnt worry about it anyway if he gets 6.5k for it ill show my ar$e in Woolworths.

you still have an open Woolworths? :shock:


whoooooooosh


:lol:
Truzo
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Re: L355CTY - Ever regretted selling a car?

Post by Truzo »

I had the same thing when i sold my yellow rev2 tubby.

The bloke scuffed the front bumper and added £1000 to the price.

He even used the pictures i took to sell it ! [-X
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Re: L355CTY - Ever regretted selling a car?

Post by Tsia »

It's a damn shame as I'm looking for a white or yellow MR2 at the minute. Came across this one, quick google of the reg plate.... and here we are!
auzzam
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Re: L355CTY - Ever regretted selling a car?

Post by auzzam »

Glad the thread served its purpose! Just wanted to highlight the dishonesty of the current seller.
Tsia
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Post by Tsia »

Would you mind telling us how much you sold it to him for? No worries if not :)
auzzam
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Tsia wrote:Would you mind telling us how much you sold it to him for? No worries if not :)


sure thing not a problem, I've never seen the logic behind hiding a price - at the end of the day it helps us all realistically value our cars. Not the silly prices people stick them up for!

I put it up for £3250, and took £2700 for it. Bare in mind it had overheating issues, a dodgy handbrake and crunching gearbox.
Tsia
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Daaaamn, that's quite the markup.
auzzam
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Post by auzzam »

Tsia wrote:Daaaamn, that's quite the markup.


Snap! Just found your supra for sale on mkivsupra.net good luck with it!

I went the other way round! Currently got a jspec TT auto fully bpu'd
Tsia
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Post by Tsia »

Haha, it's a lovely car but I've always missed my MR2 since I did the swap - not to mention missed having disposable income... the Supra certainly eats all of that! :(
Truzo
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Re: L355CTY - Ever regretted selling a car?

Post by Truzo »

Hey auzzam, this is NOT my advert but i spotted it for sale again. Didn't mention the over heating at all.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/toyota-mr2-r ... Swj99Z-tpI
auzzam
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Re: L355CTY - Ever regretted selling a car?

Post by auzzam »

Hey bud,

I noticed his old seller account had been suspended, so is probably trying his luck with a new one!

Hopefully people check before hand, would hate them to be sold something unjustly.
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