Author Topic: Oil in coolant car purchase scam!  (Read 2277 times)

Offline jezza16v

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Oil in coolant car purchase scam!
« on: 20 November 2019, 20:25 »
Hi all, haven't posted for a while as don't have a GTi anymore but just thought I would mention this scam if you haven't already heard of it. A couple of guys came to by my old Sharan today, I was only asking 1k, one of them distracted me around the back checking the spare, the other at the front must have put some dirty oil in the coolant. After a short test drive they checked the engine again and took the top off the coolant bottle only to reveal the black oil. They said the engine was knackered and offered to give me £300 and recover the car for free. I smelled a rat and refused to sell them the 'faulty' vehicle. They were very persuasive and raised their offer, I refused, they got a bit shirty, my wife saw something was going on and came out with the phone saying someone else was interested, good for her, they cleared off a bit smartish. It's taken me all afternoon to flush the oil out of the coolant but at least the buggers didn't get the Sharan. Beware!!  :angry: