Well that's a bit random - somebody stole half my car... eBay nob content

[Jim Bell]

There's the small matter of a V5 (yeah yeah, I know that's for the keeper and not the owner, but still.... That's going to be an arse)

 

I'll be very surprised if there isn't a visit from the police over this, even if they can find nothing actually wrong.

 

Doesn't stop it being a great chain of events though!

Pull engine,

Chop shell.

Weigh as mixed metal.

[Dave_Q]

I'm with skattrd, I suspect keys were collected and the seller knows it's gone.

 

Probably this.

 

I'd imagine the seller either works at, owns, or is associated with the garage and either was there or gave instructions for the car to be released.

 

I'm sure the cabbage man will be home soon* and can give us the full story.

[rml2345]

I reckon with Will keys may not have been an issue. This is quite possibly the most ambitious shite collection for a while.

[skattrd]

 

.... I'm sure the cabbage man will be home soon* and can give us the full story.

 

I think he'll still be a while, he's got a bit of chore A-framing with a 205.

 

Now where was that picture "Wills first A-framing adventure"?

 

 

 

 

Found it ...

 

 

Sorry Will, I'm sure you'll get home without issue.

[KruJoe]

This 1.9 td intercooled pocket rocket is not to be sniffed at - don't forget it pulled half of a rusty Austin Princess up upcountry, out-dragging* Mike_Knight's Porsche as it went.

 

 

 

 

[londonm]

I once bought a greenhouse on eBay really cheap. The guy clearly didn't understand the way an auction worked because he ignored every attempt to contact him. Gather that is what happened here, it didn't make what he wanted for it. The concept that someone turned up on foot to oxy acetylene a gearbox out is laughable, are clapped out 306 gearboxes worth a bit in Rochdale?

Its a shame you couldn't track down the said MOT station and actually nick the gearbox.

Rochdale? Looking at the pic I bought it was downtown Baghdad.

[bub2006]

Just love the pic of the pug loaded with trailer vs Porsche and the haze of smoke! This guy is a hero through and through. And that's just for venturing into rochdale

[KruJoe]

Will's been on...
He's made it out of Lancashire intact! Yay. 

[srad34]

Sack it off and neg him.

Easier said and done, it seems like you have to go to 'relate' and hug before you can leave negative feedback on fleabay thesedays ffs

[beko1987]

I hope there's some pictures coming!

[eddyramrod]

Rochdale? Looking at the pic I bought it was downtown Baghdad.

I've worked in Rochdale.  Downtown Baghdad pretty-much sums it up!

[KruJoe]

Too right... in the meantime...

Earlier Will said the owner had told him he lived some distance away from where the car was, though this could well have been bullshit, as was so much else. All he did know for sure when he set off this afternoon was

• the location of the car when the pics were taken,
• the fact he won the auction for £62, and
• that the guy had, as of today, accepted the PayPal payment that Will sent him a few days back.

This last point was either his green light to go for it, or a red rag to a bull...

But it does mean he owns it.

[The Moog]

He needs a Shitehood...

[eddyramrod]

A tap on the shoulders from Queen Louise, using a leftover A40 wiper blade?

[explosive-cabbage]

So, I'm back home!

 

Grab a brew have a quick wank in the bath, and wait 30 mins for a full picture update!

[KruJoe]

Speak for yourself bro!

[Pillock]

It takes more than 29 minutes for a brew...

[lincolndanny]

This is definately worthy of my first post! Rather looking forward to a wank in the bath  the update!

[The Moog]

A tap on the shoulders from Queen Louise, using a leftover A40 wiper blade?

And the keys to Chester ( or a corsa of his choice) by Lord Cavcraft.

[Lankytim]

Had a wank earlier, if I have another i'll fall asleep half way through and get caught by the wife again.

[Danblez]

Jesus, the suspense is killing me

[Keymaster]

Hurry up man, the waters gone tepid & I'm going blind here!!

[maxpower]

DING-A-LING 30 mins up

[twosmoke300]

Come the fuck on Bridget !

[KruJoe]

You can stop wanking now. Wipe yourselves off and get your glasses on...

[KruJoe]

You too Louise!

 

(Sorry)

[explosive-cabbage]

So, as you all know by now I'm back home and I CAN HAZ 306 DISEISEL 
(complete with gearbox and all!)
 
Heres the full story - 
 
 
After leaving home at 2pm it took me a couple hours to get down to Crochdale. 
 
Armed with a fist-ful of Google Earth printouts I performed a quick drive-by of the garage and not suprisingly it had a plethora of Rochdale's finest gentlemen hanging around. Time to move on! I found a spot to park a couple streets away. 
 
Whilst walking down to the MOT garage I spotted a flicker of green down an alleyway a steet away from the garage and went to investigate.


 
There she was!
 
Lucky find!
 
A quick check underneath found that it was all complete.
 

 


I had a peak inside and found what looked like a court summons (half-torn up for Rizlers) in the name of the seller - on Autoshite, all private information goes out the window
 

 
Also, there was a 3 foot scaffolding pole under the broken drivers' seat. 


I was shaking like a shitting dog at this point, having not introduced myself to the lads in the backstreet garage, and not knowing what to expect. 
 
The garage is down this street on the right (recognise it from the eBay pics?)

 
I hung around gingerly for a couple minutes in the doorway of the garage until an old fat guy working on a clapped out Fabia in the street had finished and collared him with a question. I figured I could out-run him!
 
He pointed me to a young lad in the garage- probably the manager. I explained the situation, and though he was very plesant wasn't particularly helpful. He told me to ring the seller as he had no idea about the car and I asked him if he had a key so I could move it and he told me he didn't.
 
So I rang the seller. Again, and again and again. 
 
Nothing
 
I went back into the garage and showed the chap the Paypal transaction printout, and a printout of the winning eBay listing. He suggested texting the seller, explaining that as he had acepted the payment, the car was mine, and I would take the car if he did not reply. 
 
So I did. 
 

Hi, am I okay to take the car? I'm at the garage and the payment has gone through on Paypal. I dont need the keys to move it.

 
Suprisingly I got an immediate reply:
 

Yh of course you can, Was there not long ago. Just send me the details for the logbook and I'll send that off cheers

and

I think I left a key at the garage... Ask my mate he'll know where they are.

and

hopefully

 
I went and showed the keys text to the guy in the garage, and he tipped a rucksack of keys onto the floor. He picked it out immediately and handed it to me. 
 
I thanked him and went out to the car.
 
I couldn't belive my luck!
 
The battery was almost dead so I brought my car round from being hidden in a a backstreet and swapped the battery over. 
 
It cranked up first time and ran fine, then suddenly cut out. I re-started it again but someone had butchered all the wiring in the engine bay and under the dash so I had airbag lights and allsorts flashing at me. The little spring in the ignition lock had broken so when I turned the key it stayed in the 'Start' position without returning to 'Run'. This meant when I took the good battery off and replaced it with the bad battery the starter was already engaged and the thing fired up all by itself! Creepy!
 


Anyway I got it moving under its own steam and pulled it out of the alleyway and across the road onto another peice of waste ground.
 

 
Luckily I wasn't hassled by Yousaf and his mates, and managed to get the A frame on without any problems, but the engine cut out and would not re-start so I had no power steering....
 

 
A quick call to KruJoe advised me to remove the power steering pipes to allow the steering to move of its own accord, and so I did. It rode perfectly!

 

 
Obligatory Selfie
 
All the way home and only saw one cop van, and managed to out-run him from the lights. (Admittedly he was going the other way  )
 

 
I would have cracked more than 70 up Clitheroe bypass, if the bloody Espace would have got out my way...
 
A night-time picture of the 306, almost home, just one more hill to go!
 

 
Back home, safe and well. A last pull up the hill by Father-Cabbage's new RAV4

[The Moog]

Fucking legend

[Honey Badger]

Epic collection thread, hats off to Mr Cabbage.

 

They know where you live now though.......

[greengartside]

Literally amazing - 1538/10 for effort! Well done on not dying too.

 

What's the plan for the 306? Or have I missed that?