AS in the community: Cannock Motor Auctions

[Sloth in a bowl]

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[chaseracer]

^  Nicked!

 

[dollywobbler]

We've had snow, but not much, so I'll be making an attempt. In the XM. It is a chance to test those winter tyres after all. 

[Cavcraft]

I do wonder at which point we'll outnumber real punters and someone realises we're only there for a laugh.

 

 

Ellesmere Port auctions, last Sunday, my kids and I made up about a 5th of the audience. And it seems, about 9/10ths of the buying, and we didn't even have any money. Or even bid.

[Pillock]

LET'S DO THIS.

 

(after a cup of tea)

[dollywobbler]

Cafe business complete. To the halls of shame!

[outlaw118]

And.....

 

UPDATE PLZ

[dollywobbler]

A bloomin' marvellous day. I shall await the official report from the Scoremaster though. For now, you'll have to do with this exciting* scene from breakfast.

[Sloth in a bowl]

8 brave souls took on the challenge of the Autoshite Auction Game today, the headline results were:

 

1st Sloth in a Bowl £2545

2nd Pillock £2995

3rd Dollywobbler £3810

4th FPB7 £4730

5th Lord Stirling £5575

6th Andy18s £5630 - After penalty applied for not selecting a valid Dirty Diesel

7th Mrs Pillock £5635

8th Chaseracer £8620

 

Best car in each category:

For the Mrs : Suzuki Wagon R £180 Andy

Under the Thumb : Suzuki Wagon R £180 FPB7

Mr Luxury: Peugeot 206 Roland Garros £270 FPB7, Mrs Pillock, Pillock, Sloth

Sports Boy: Honda Accord Coupe £450 Chaseracer, how did nobody else notice that this was a 2 door!!

Motorway Monster: Mitsubshi Shogun (Jap import) £560, Pillock, Sloth, Dollywobbler

Workman's Wheels: Citroen Relay £340, Sloth, Chaseracer, Andy, Pillock

Dirty Diesel: Peugeot 406 £360, Sloth, Dollywobbler, Pillock, Lord Stirling, PFB7

 

Wooden spoon of the week goes to Chaseracer for selecting the BMW 525D which reached £4600

 

Full rundown of selections later....

What was it at the end that was doing the impression of a military grade smoke screen discharger?

[dollywobbler]

Great fun. I noticed the Accord was a coupe, but mistakenly thought it was quite nice and likely to fetch more money than that. The car that most tempted me into a flutter was that Rover 75 CDT Tourer auto Connoisseur. Was it £490 it made? Something feeble.

[Sloth in a bowl]

Great fun. I noticed the Accord was a coupe, but mistakenly thought it was quite nice and likely to fetch more money than that. The car that most tempted me into a flutter was that Rover 75 CDT Tourer auto Connoisseur. Was it £490 it made? Something feeble.

 

 

The hammer fell at £525 on the Rover which had 130k miles and was on a 52 plate.

[Pillock]

I noticed the Accord Koop but figured it was rare enough, and there were enough young lads in the crowd that it would make strong money. Seemingly they all wanted to bid a '57 307 HDI up to £2000 instead....

 

Smoke screen was provided by the Doblo with the gangsta lean on the flat tyre. I think there was a smokey MPV a few before it too.

 

I think had I had an empty lockup looking to find a soulmate for long nights and oilstains, I'd have been winking at that Honda for that price, or maybe the BINI purely for the chance of a massive markup.

[Pillock]

 

Cavette needs to get his arse down here. I've never seen so many Vectras, he'd have been nursing a chubby all day.

 

Also of note, the worlds largest collection of DECLARED TOTAL LOSS vehicles. I think three out of my six were on v-car which I reckon helps in this game, worked with the otherwise similar Xsaras.

 

Hey gang, anyone heard of a Fiat Idea? No? Well we had two through the block today, inexplicably. About five hundred each for 2004/2005 models.

[Sloth in a bowl]

The full list of runners and riders in this weeks Autoshite Auction Game is:

 

Sloth In A Bowl

For the Mrs: Ford Fiesta (02, 128k) £195 - knocking engine

Under the Thumb: Renault Scenic (51, 134k) £280

Mr Luxury: Peugeot 206 (Y, 59k) £270 - green leather ftw

Sports Boy: Vectra SRI (52, 184k) £550

Motorway Monster: Mitsubishi Pajero (1992, 240k km) £560 - Old Jap import

Workmans Wheels: Citroen Relay (X, 70k) £360 - Gently smoking

Dirty Diesel: Peugeot 406 (R, 100k) £340

 

Pillock

For the Mrs: Citroen Xsara (53, 75k) £290

Under the Thumb: Fiat Idea (04, 151k) £450

Mr Luxury: Peugeot 206 (Y, 59k) £270 - green leather ftw

Sports Boy: Megane Floppytop (05, 59k) £725 - a summer bargain if the mileage is true

Motorway Monster: Mitsubishi Pajero (1992, 240k km) £560 - Old Jap import

Workmans Wheels: Citroen Relay (X, 70k) £360 - Gently smoking

Dirty Diesel: Peugeot 406 (R, 100k) £340

 

Dollywobbler

For the Mrs: Citroen Xsara (53, 75k) £290

Under the Thumb: Vauxhall Zafira (55, 169k) £510 - LPG

Mr Luxury: Rover 75 (52, 131k) £525 - Very green, very nice

Sports Boy: Ford Ka (08, 61k) £860 - Not a street Ka, but had some spoiler tat on it

Motorway Monster: Mitsubishi Pajero (1992, 240k km) £560 - Old Jap import

Workmans wheels: LDV 400 convoy (53, 153k) £725 - Water gently pouring from the flatbed

Dirty Diesel: Peugeot 406 (R, 100k) £340

 

FPB7

For the Mrs: Ford Fiesta (02, 128k) £195 - knocking engine

Under the Thumb: Suzuki Wagon R (S, 101k) £180

Mr Luxury: Peugeot 206 (Y, 59k) £270 - green leather ftw

Sports Boy: Megane 225 (2004, 101k) £1600 - All things considered, the car I would most like to have driven away from the auction, if that squeaky noise was just a tensioner bearing

Motorway Monster: Landrover Disco TD5 (X, 153k) £1420 - Take to the country and double your money

Workmans wheels: LDV 400 convoy (53, 153k) £725 - Water gently pouring from the flatbed

Dirty Diesel: Peugeot 406 (R, 100k) £340

 

Lord Stirling

For the Mrs: Fiat Punto (03, 93k) £395 - Punto's normally make no money here at all, Mo was a bit unlucky with this

Under the Thumb: Renault Scenic (51, 134k) £280 - You can't lose with a tatty Scenic

Mr Luxury: Peugeot 206 (Y, 59k) £270 - green leather ftw

Sports Boy: Peugeot 206 Sport (55, 33k) £920 - If that mileage is genuine, then wow

Motorway Monster: Jeep Grand Chekokee (02, 96k) £1950

Workmans wheels: Landrover Disco TD5 (X, 153k) £1420 - Take to the country and double your money

Dirty Diesel: Peugeot 406 (R, 100k) £340

 

Andy18s

For the Mrs: Suzuki Wagon R (S, 101k) £180

Under the Thumb: Peugeot 206 SW (06, 93k) £950

Mr Luxury: Rover 75 (52, 131k) £525 - Very green, very nice

Sports Boy: Citroen C4 VTR (05, 67k) £925 - Possibly the bargain of the day for a normal, modern, nice car

Motorway Monster: Jeep Grand Chekokee (02, 96k) £1950

Workmans Wheels: Citroen Relay (X, 70k) £360 - Gently smoking

Dirty Diesel: The selected car here (Citroen Xsara 1.4) was not a diesel, the Judge will apply a penalty price as the section winners car plus £400 for a total of £740

 

Mrs Pillock

For the Mrs:Ford Fiesta (02, 116k) £220

Under the Thumb: Peugeot 206 SW (52, 114k) £210 - Cat C and no punters left kept the price well down, well spotted Mrs Pillock

Mr Luxury: Peugeot 206 (Y, 59k) £270 - green leather ftw

Sports Boy: Megane Floppytop (05, 59k) £725 - followed (or led?) Mr Pillock on this one

Motorway Monster: Jeep Grand Chekokee (02, 96k) £1950

Workmans wheels: Fiat Scudo (08, 260k km) £1250 - Flat left front

Dirty Diesel : Vauxhall Vectra (57, 160k) £1000 - too new too work in this game

 

Chaseracer

For the Mrs: Fiat Idea (04, 151k) £450 - Dave obviously likes his Mrs compared to the rest of us

Under the Thumb: Seat Alhambra (54, 219k) £575

Mr Luxury: Jag X-Type (55, 172k) £775

Sports Boy: Honda Accord Coupe (Y, 131k) £450 - I looked at this and didn't notice it was a 2 door, how?

Motorway Monster: BMW 525D (05, 130k) £4600 - Chaseracer does it again, finding the most expensive car in the auction

Workmans Wheels: Citroen Relay (X, 70k) £360 - Gently smoking

Dirty Diesel: Landrover Disco TD5 (X, 153k) £1420

[Pete-M]

None of you bought the 206? 

What's wrong with you?

[Sloth in a bowl]

None of you bought the 206? 

 

What's wrong with you?

 

 

I know, we all fail at life.

[Pillock]

X-Type estate for £775 was also an apparent bargain. I had a quick nosey around it and it looked fine.

[Sloth in a bowl]

Re: The 206 Roland Garros that went for £270

 

Honnest John reckons that private price average is £950 and trade is £1350 and I'm assuming based on their data layouts that that is based on stats of advertised prices, not made up figures.

 

Ouch

[r.welfare]

I don't think 206 RG's are that desirable as they're 1.6 so not so cheap to tax or insure for the youth.

[chaseracer]

Wooden spoon of the week goes to Chaseracer for selecting the BMW 525D which reached £4600...

 

I have a reputation to maintain!  

 

(At least it wasn't a Mercedes this time...)

[Inspector Morose]

Well, it's about time we had another. Usual rules apply (i.e. None). When shall we meet folks?

[Lord Sterling]

28th? Can't really do next weekend unless I can get a car straight away. Merc is booked in for fluids leak repairs. I might be able convince "Tinworm" Steve to lend me a car.

[Inspector Morose]

Working 28th but don't let me stop you all.

[Lord Sterling]

21st it could well be then, thinking about it I might be able to make it albeit a bit late.

[dugong]

28th? Can't really do next weekend unless I can get a car straight away. Merc is booked in for fluids leak repairs. I might be able convince "Tinworm" Steve to lend me a car.

 

If you can get down to Peebo there's a choice of several of my brilliant* cars!

[dugong]

If you can get down to Peebo there's a choice of several of my brilliant* cars!

 

I am deadly serious. If you're insured third party on other cars you could jump in and go. 

[Inspector Morose]

Could be* the launch of the new vehicle in the Midlands Massiv fleet too. (Might not be though)

[Inspector Morose]

DUGONG DELIVERY SERVICE AVAILABLE ON THIS THREAD TOO IF NEED BE!

[Pillock]

Potentially have family things happening that weekend but not sure when or where so might be able to make it for most of the chod-bothering.

[dollywobbler]

I think aaaahm ooot this month. Which is a shame as it was a proper giggle last time.