Well......yes - it had had 14 owners and had been written off - hence was worth less.
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Nov 05, 2003
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Which would be a valid argument - if he'd try to claim it was good at any point in his post. At least he'd didn't pay over the odds (or indeed anything) for a knackered old Escort that had had 14 owners and had been written off, and wasn't too stupid as to check for things like that when it didn't come with a V5.
Not doing too well tonight are you :) ?
"Dan405" wrote ;
It goes up everytime you tell this story, if it was worthless how come I traded it in for £600 quid less than I paid for it?? And this was still over a £1000, before anyone tries that old gag.
Steve.
"Dan405" wrote
Well as I stick to facts its hard to keep up.
There's muppets everywhere that'll buy s**te cars for over the odds money, like you.
-- Chet
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I didn't say it was worthless, i said it was worth less. And you're right, i did mis quote the number of owners, sorry, it only had 11, and had been a total write off in the summer of '94.
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Because when you trade a car, the dealer will 'over value' your trade-in whilst also charging over the odds for your new car.... this way a stupid punter thinks they're getting a good deal.
So you fell for that one, then.
You're right, 11 owners isn't nearly as bad as 14.
Yea my bad - it was only 11 owners, completely different ballpark to 13...
F*ck me..... even 11 is high.
That's more owners than the total number of previous owners of everything on my drive!
Only on me mrs :)
Heh.
The 164 would eat it for breakfast. Not to mention the Golf......
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Causes crabs to what?
?!?!?!
How exactly do you think they'll get away with clocking a car down to 10,000 miles ?
Whilst you can take 30,000 miles from a 100,000 mile car without anyone noticing, *ANY* wear whatsoever is gonna stand out like a sore thumb on
10,000 mile car !
I drive a 205 XS, not a great car, but it does alright for me and is plenty fast enough for what i use it for. And besides, i've never claimed its a great car, unlike you with your dodgy RST.
Assuming there's plenty more out there like our resident f****it Steven, it'll be quite easy.
If someone can't spot a written-off 11 owner shed of an RS Turbo, they'll fall for anything.
Acutally - thinking about this one.....
Fords only have 5-number odometers, so it's more likely to be 110k miles.
"Cheater2k" wrote;
Yes cos I'm going drive hundreds of miles to have a fight with you, and I'm the child? FFS...
Steve.
"SteveH" wrote;
I guess so, I got the car for £200 quid less than book, plus a service and timing belt change (which had been done 15,000 miles previously). Oh and 12 months tax for the price of 6, a mistake on his behalf to be honest.
Guess I got 'burnt' on that one too hey!
Steve.
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