Dad looking at a car, need expert opinions
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all i have of the V5C is section 10 an onwards, the dealer kept everything before that.
to be honest, when we drove it, the car didn't feel like it had been clocked. everything was sharp and responsive and overall the car felt like it was fairly new.
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So your old man bought a "classic" car as a daily drive, paid £3300 for it when it's worth £1000 tops, didn't check out any of the documentation or do any sort of HPI check, not wonder why it has MINUS miles on it for the last TEN years and not think any of that is a little odd!
Has he ever heard of the old saying "A fool and his money are soon parted"
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Has he ever heard of the old saying "A fool and his money are soon parted"
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yes, i agree, very irresponsible of him. My Dad doesn't like to deal with paperwork. it was only at my insistence that we actually took any of the documentation home with us, otherwise he'd have left it with the car at the dealer.
Time to disown your dad
trust me, he's a damn sight better than my mother!
My dad really is very practical though, he's repaired his own car many times in the past. when we grew up in Zimbabwe he did all his own maintenance.
he wants to keep the car. that's what I would do though, yes.
The only thing left to do then is go back to the dealer, point out the milage and get some money back. At best its had a new cluster, at worst its been clocked. Just how many miles its done you may never know, but one thing is for sure its done more than the advertised 45k and is not worth 3k.
Someone, probably the dealer has made a heck of a lot of money selling this to your dad.
Jack
No we did not. i've never bought a car before and no-one told me i should - i did ask several times.
this sounds like a good plan - i'll try and talk my dad into it.
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Been reading this thread since the beginning and it just gets better and better...
Buying an E30 to be a reliable replacement for a Volvo S40? Lulz.
Paying £3K for a normal E30, not one of the particularly desirable ones? Lulz.
And then:
Lulz.
How much more fail is possible?
Buying an E30 to be a reliable replacement for a Volvo S40? Lulz.
Paying £3K for a normal E30, not one of the particularly desirable ones? Lulz.
And then:
Lulz.
How much more fail is possible?
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