Has anyone been to a car auction before?

[Timewaster]

I've been to loads of auctions and I reckon if you've got half a brain you can spot the dross from the decent cars..

Given some of the utter crap I have come home with in the past, I take that as a personal insult!

[chaseracer]

The AS Midlands Massiv is due back at the auctions soon.  Part of the fun is guessing who will weaken first and bid on something!

[Pillock]

Also, the hot dogs and burgers available from an auction snack bar are always awesome, and sometimes even contain meat.

[Negative Creep]

I remember going once when I was very young. I sat on my hands as I was scared I'd make a wrong move and buy a car

[purplebargeken]

I used to go to the BCA at Enfield quite a lot, sold a couple of cars there and vowed never to do so again, Mind you that Bluebird autobox was a bit shite. Sorry.

 

Bought a white Fiat Uno for a tenner and sold it for a stunning £50 profit a week later. I have bought stuff there for friends and have never had any problems.

[sporty-shite]

Can someone explain why all cars are in the auctions for a reason, i.e implying they're shit?

 

If you don't like it, go to CAVCRAFT  who's got the cars out of the auction himself and pay them a few hundred quid more for the same vehicle, only this time with a warranty that's not worth the paper it's written on.

 There, I fixed it!

[320touring]

I worked full time in a car auction for a while as a yoof.

 

all sorts of shenanigry, and a good laugh. most of the cars were ok- more likely us drivers that were the problem. Leads off 5 pot volvos etc so we could buy them cheap.

at the age of 19 I bought a 4.0 Xj40 SOV for £450, epic once we worked out to leave a full fuel can in the boot.

 

My favourite memory was when a shitty bright red Bentley turbo R (on a  D reg) cam e in. I drove it through, then left the rostrum in a cloud of tyresmoke, v8 howling and gearbox whining:)

[Cavcraft]

 There, I fixed it!

 

 

You'll be lucky, not only do my warranties not run out until you've got to the end of the road, they don't even start at all!

[gtd2000]

I've had some good deals at the Edinburgh car auction years ago on dealer trade in that were not considered popular or just slightly too old.

 

First one was a Nissan Sunny 1.6GLX Automatic, in immaculate condition, on a G plate (for my mother) in 1996 - the only problem was that the spare wheel was missing - but it was perfect in every way and it did not make reserve when I was the highest bidder, so I said I would pay the reserve price if I could test drive it - the dealer said no problem and the cash changed hands after a drive around the yard.

 

Second and final car was a 1999 Proton Persona 1.3 "10 Year Anniversay Edition" with only 32,000 miles on it and it was virtually as new. This was in 2005.

 

Got that for £550 and in some ways I wished I had kept it but sold it on for £1100 to a woman who had written off her Proton and been given far more that my asking price for it!