AS in the community: Cannock Motor Auctions

[dollywobbler]

Ahm oot too. That 2CV isn't going to reassemble itself. Also, I've washed the Honda now. I daren't drive it again!

[Pillock]

More pens for me.

[bub2006]

Me and the real Bub2006 will be in attendance. Pens always welcome

[hairnet]

would

 

cant

 

i might if you order volvo bits (fowler)

 

then galway next weekend

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I have a family event tomorrow, but I'll be sure to tell them about the awesome Bosch built in kitchen appliances pen I'm missing out on.

[Pillock]

 

One.

Hundred.

Quid.

[Pillock]

 

Or you could have had a Scenic with 26,000 "yeah, right" miles.

[Pillock]

 

The cost of wafting is £900.

No warning lights.

Bring your own petrol station loyalty card

[Six-cylinder]

That turns out to be a lucky escape, I don't think I could have kept my hand down with that S500 on offer!

 

My excuse for not going is an am showing a welder my Visa GT in half an hour, fingers crossed he will take the job on.

[oldcars]

 

One.

Hundred.

Quid.

Mot until August as well. Winter beater material.

[hairnet]

mmmm merc

[Sloth in a bowl]

This week's catalog of what you could have won.

 

I was very tempted by the lovely red Alfa 147 with the 2.0 petrol motor for only £250

I should add that the RX-8 was fucked, the place tasted of petrol after it had passed by.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sloth in a bowl]

This weeks autoshite auction game results, short and sweet with only 3 players for the game.

 

 

Cat

Louie the Learner: lot 119, Ford Ka, £125

Eastern Ernie: lot 120, Nissan Almera, £245

Harry's clearing house: lot 500, Audi A4, £920

Nearly new Nigel: lot 100, Chevrolet Matiz, £700

Pot luck Paula: lot 20, MG ZR, £150

Leather suit Larry, lot 21 Vauxhall Corsa, £230

British Bertie, lot 41, Rover 75, £345

Total £2615

 

Pillock

Louie the Learner: lot 123, Peugeot 206, £150

Eastern Ernie: lot 502, Toyota Avensis, £400

Harry's clearing house: lot 17, Fiat Stilo, £130

Nearly new Nigel: lot 103, Vauxhall Corsa, £690

Pot luck Paula: lot 13, Reggie Clio, £130

Leather suit Larry, lot 22, Saab 9-5, £100

British Bertie, lot 41, Rover 75, £345

Total £1945

 

Sloth in a Bowl

Louie the Learner: lot 123, Peugeot 206, £150

Eastern Ernie: lot 18, Toyota Yaris, £195

Harry's clearing house: lot 17, Fiat Stilo, £130

Nearly new Nigel: lot 26, Ford Mondeo, £320

Pot luck Paula: lot 13, Reggie Clio, £130

Leather suit Larry, lot 22, Saab 9-5, £100

British Bertie, lot 126, Vauxhall Zafira, £330

Total £1355

[Pillock]

So really it was my last two hurried choices that messed my game up, the Avensis and Corsa.

 

The first rule of the Auction Game (along with all the other first rules) is that if there's a Ka there, find a category for it.

 

Highlights for me were the RX8 that made my eyes sting, the Matiz with a towbar, and this transit that I'm not sure was LEZ compliant....

 

[Junkman]

Tell me more about that Benz so I can better sulk.

[SiC]

Glad I didn't go. Otherwise I'd ended up with the S500, 9-5, Clio QS5 and a divorce.

[SiC]

Was the RX8 cold? If so, then they all do that. It's the reason why they flood if you start them, move a short distance and shutdown the engine. Mine on a cold run in the winter without getting warm did 14mpg...

[bub2006]

The sill on the matiz was a work of art. And what would you want to tow with 800cc? I'd have thought a garden waste trailer would be a struggle

[Kiltox]

I assume it's the older Matiz you're on about and not the 2009 one which for me seems to be the bargain on that sheet

[bub2006]

I don't know, it was a blue one!

[Sloth in a bowl]

I assume it's the older Matiz you're on about and not the 2009 one which for me seems to be the bargain on that sheet

 

It was the old one (lot 504) that had the towbar

[Sloth in a bowl]

Tell me more about that Benz so I can better sulk.

 

The Benz looked nice, and I don't want to think too hard about it, as I will sulk to.

[Pillock]

I don't know, it was a blue one!

Most of it was blue. Half the sills were black, apart from the rusty brown bits.

[Kiltox]

It was the old one (lot 504) that had the towbar

What kind of nick was lot 100 in? I know they're as desirable as chlamydia but £700 seems cheap!

[Sloth in a bowl]

What kind of nick was lot 100 in? I know they're as desirable as chlamydia but £700 seems cheap!

 

It was so ORANGE that anything about it's condition sort of faded into the background.

I suspect it was ok as I don't recall knackered paint or dodgy noises/smells.

 

Whatever the condition, you are still looking at a car where something potentially has passed it's rust by date given the normal Matiz build standards.  

[sporty-shite]

Some good buys in there. I really need to get myself down to one of these.

[Pillock]

If by good buys, you mean cheap cars, then yes.

 

If you hang about in the carpark afterwards, you'll see the difference between cheap and good. The gold 307 for example did a FTP before getting to the main road.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Gotta be honest there's not much temptation there for me, although i might lick a 53-plate astra van for 235, I am currently suffering a minor want for one of them actually. Good to see the continuing existence of a proper old banger auction though. What extra do you have to pay on the hammer price?

[SiC]

They sell for so cheap though, that it's worth a punt for a laugh. I mean if a £100 Saab shits itself out the gate, you're not going to be that bothered!

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