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They are also an affiliate so obviously the committee has good things to say too. A reference in it own right? 
...........jimGTS wrote:a mate bought from there, i wasnt impressed for the money he payed for it.
draven, nice sig, pmsl.
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When I asked how long the the car had been up for sale he replied "What do you want to know that for?", I said "Well because if it's been up for sale for a while then it might not be in good condition", he then said "Well you don't want it then do you?", the phone call was then ended. I don't think I asked an un-reasonable question, and all I got was rude responses, due to this I stopped considering them.** Disclaimer ** Please do not get offended. Thought it would be better to buy from somewhere with a reputation but if thats there customer service. Well ...... He is a bit impatient if he thinks you are dissing his stock I suspect 
I found Tom a little condescending and some comments didn't ring true at all, eg 'MR2 Turbos are all handbuilt'; Of course not true. Seemed to change tune when I happened to mention I worked for Toyota.- probably not a good thing to say to a potential buyer. The car I was looking at was advertised as A1 condition & it was far from that, required a full front end respray which he wasn't willing to do within the price. Car advertised as A1 but requiring respray? Trading standards?! Yes, I do look long & hard at paintwork but I certainly wasn't being unreasonable, especially since as remarked above, he was asking top money. Not true and I've seen proof, just needs a decent paintshop. Why not put more photo's on the website then? I just didn't feel like buying following my visit. Sorry to be negative, just my honest opinion. £1000 too much on most of their cars. Admittedly I haven't checked out the quality of the stock but I'd expect almost show condition examples for what they charge. However I really think lukem deserves a response. The car he came to look at (twice) and test drive was in all respects a very nice example of a Sonic Shadow. 44,000 miles and full Japanese service history. No dents no previous repairs. Perfect interior condition perfect diamond polished alloys. My own Spider turbo is like it, as painted plastic and painted metal over time lose lustre differently. There was also a very small ding) about 2mm in dia) on one of the headlight covers, which I said would be repaired. Luke was of the opinion that this warranted a complete frontal respray which I didn't want to do as from previous experience, silver on a 9 year old car is very difficult to match exactly.What I said was that I couldn't/wouldn't guarantee a perfect colour match due to the fact that I felt Luke was going to be a hard man to please as he was/is picky. Now the rub. The reason he's peed off with me, which he hasn't mentioned, is that he rang and said he wanted the car DESPITE the above - re the paint and I gave him my best offer. He said he'd think about it and let me know. He called a couple of days later to say he'd have the car, however in the meantime I sold it (at the same deal as offered to Luke) and I could tell that he was racked off. He thought I was just saying it and asked if I had received a deposit and if the deal fell thru he'd have the car. If I'm such a bad/difficult and expensive guy to deal with why on earth come back for pics of another of my cars?? Now the real reason behind my reluctance to bend over backwards for Luke (even though he works for Toyota) is - I didn't want to sell him a car and didn't want to be rude and tell him so.lukem wrote:I found Tom a little condescending and some comments didn't ring true at all, eg
All MR2s were hand built by Toyota's Central Motor division. 
