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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Dubsdude on 14 November 2017, 20:17
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Not often you get a bargain these days but picked up 3 door PP GTi for £20k on 17 plates with only 1500 miles. The guy I bought it from said it was Cat D but I'm not too bothered about the exhaust emissions. I asked him if was to do with the scandal on the diesel issues but he didn't know?
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You do what Cat D means? :rolleyes:
Means it’s been crashed and repaired, or stolen recovered.
https://www.whatcar.com/advice/buying/cat-d-need-know/
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Not often you get a bargain these days but picked up 3 door PP GTi for £20k on 17 plates with only 1500 miles. The guy I bought it from said it was Cat D but I'm not too bothered about the exhaust emissions. I asked him if was to do with the scandal on the diesel issues but he didn't know?
Not a bargain if it's been repaired by a monkey :whistle:
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This has got to be a joke posting
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I read that what car article & now I know what I didn't. Do I have any come back with a private seller & he mentioned it? I'm only young so cut some slack, I should have jemmied up a bit & now I'm worried about my insurance & the loan I took.
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This has got to be a joke posting
It's probably just us laughing right now :grin:
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I read that what car article & now I know what I didn't. Do I have any come back with a private seller & he mentioned it? I'm only young so cut some slack, I should have jemmied up a bit & now I'm worried about my insurance & the loan I took.
You can try but it looks like you've no chance did you not do a hpi check on it
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Private sale, no come back, especially if he declared it was a cat d.
Where was the advert? Still online?
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As you say, not often you get a bargain these days...
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Gumtree, I'll have a look & see if it's still there, I saved no links etc. no, I didn't do hpi check? Eyes lit up when I saw it but I guess that was just the sellers.
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Gumtree, I'll have a look & see if it's still there, I saved no links etc. no, I didn't do hpi check? Eyes lit up when I saw it but I guess that was just the sellers.
Did you even check the chassis numbers matched what's on the logbook
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No? Ad gone, I met the guy halfway between Saltash & Exeter but his address will be on the car documents so I can trace?
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You didn’t even go to his house?
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No? Ad gone, I met the guy halfway between Saltash & Exeter but his address will be on the car documents so I can trace?
Did you pay him cash and never checked the chassis number or done a hpi check :cry: a feel sorry for you dude
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Cash from some savings & a loan I took. I didn't think there'd be these kind of issues, I'd heard of cut & shuts when buying my previous polo but nothing like this. None of the lads I drive with said anything about this either & we think we're petrol heads.
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The more I'm reading online now the more I'm in trouble.
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The more I'm reading online now the more I'm in trouble.
U still got mobile number for him
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The more I'm reading online now the more I'm in trouble.
If your not pulling our leg and this is real, you need to run a hpi to make sure it isnt stolen. This has got dodgy written all over it
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You are having a laugh???..... surely?????...... I hope!
What's the reg plate no?
May be able to see the prior damage, it could be a knock to the door, minor flooding or slid down flugplatz on it's roof?
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You are having a laugh???..... surely?????...... I hope!
What's the reg plate no?
May be able to see the prior damage, it could be a knock to the door, minor flooding or slid down flugplatz on it's roof?
Or the smashed car has been destroyed and replaced with a stolen car
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I tried the mobile & it's saying number not available - now I do know about ghost phones or sims & from what you guys are saying, it's highly likely he's used a PAYG & then microwaved it after taking my money. I'm guessing he's from Ireland as he had a thick accent, not as in dumb thick, but broad Irish.
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Definitely a wind up post :grin:
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I hope the op comes out of this okay. But, not looking good at all and suspect a stolen car as most likely. Get an hpi check done urgently!! Check the documents aren't fake and all numbers are as they should be. If that all checks out I'd get it professionally inspected.
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I tried the mobile & it's saying number not available - now I do know about ghost phones or sims & from what you guys are saying, it's highly likely he's used a PAYG & then microwaved it after taking my money. I'm guessing he's from Ireland as he had a thick accent, not as in dumb thick, but broad Irish.
Post the number up
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After requests for car reg and phone number, it may all go a little quiet?
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I'm sub'd for popcorn...
Whilst I don't like laughing at other peoples misfortune, as everyone can have trouble....
This though is like taking the list of things not to do & actually doing them....
Ever when I was way younger & got my first cars, I was never this naïve..
Cat D could be stolen recovered, damaged etc...freshly stolen more like reading what the OP has stated about the transaction...
£20,000 cash..really you got money to throw away that easy on a dodgy transaction...& how did you get the £20,000 cash out the bank as usually they ask questions for that amount.
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I'm still laughing at " said it was Cat D but I'm not too bothered about the exhaust emissions"
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I'm still laughing at " said it was Cat D but I'm not too bothered about the exhaust emissions"
That's the best one I've heard for a while :grin:
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Obvious troll is obvious
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Got busy worrying about Irish rain.
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Got busy worrying about Irish rain.
It's no wetter than UK rain, unless you're in the West of Ireland then it's wetter.