How someone ruined a Jetta:

[P304r5]

The compositional arrangement of the colourful houses in relation to the car in the first photo annoy me a little. Also the white reg plate screw head through the R.

It got me an A in my photography GCSE so I'm not complaining..............

[Tamworthbay]

The only agreement I have ever requested is that I get first refusal if the car comes back up for sale, it has always been honoured so far (4 times in twenty years) and I know my mate will if he sells my old mini. What that didn't mean was that the price would be the same, it's always been lower so far but if the market shifts and the car is worth more that's just one of those things and I can choose to buy or not.

[P304r5]

Hello, this was my Jetta and the person minimort is talking about. I'm not upset at the fact that they've lowered it and stuck some stupid plates on, but the fact they've had for about a month. I sold them a very good condition Jetta for £1450 which was rare due to be being completely original and they promised to keep it that way. Obviously I agreed to sell it to them and it's not my business as to what they do with it now, but just a shame to see what was my pride and joy being sold on eBay for far more than it's worth and probably attracting the wrong type of buyer.

 

I wouldn't go as far as they've 'ruined' it, but now it's just another modified Jetta.

 

Hopefully it finds a good home with someone who is going to keep it for longer than a month or two.

[P304r5]

Once you sell a car, whatever happens after that is no longer your call................................

I understand that, just a shame to see something I treasured so much fall into the wrong hands...........................................................

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I'm currently selling a potential pineapple magnet and have two people dithering over it, checking business insurance etc. They are both posh middle class middle aged men who want a "quirky" practical, usable modern classic. No doubt either of them would cherish it and fix the little problems to ensure this is one of the few survivors to last another 25 years.

 

If an undernourished ,Badly Drawn Boy lookin cunt smelling of weed and Nitromors turned up in a ruined Polo with a tricycle glued to the roof, offered me the asking price in cold hard cash.

You know what I'd do?

 

Yes, I'd say thank you very much, sign the V5C and put the money in the bank, I'd still make bitchy comments in a years time when it turns up in the eBay thread as an unfinished Ratluk project for less than scrap money , obvs.

[Laseraligningfoofooflanges]

Saying that NorfolkNWeigh i know exactly the car your on about.. And if dubwanks got their mitts on it.. Would be a crying shame mate

[dugong]

I understand that, just a shame to see something I treasured so much fall into the wrong hands...........................................................

If it was that important to you, why did you sell it?

[trigger]

Personally i can't see what the big fuss is about, you sold it, you agreed on the price that you was happy with and now it's someone elses car to enjoy, it least it's not been turned into a ratlook. Just get over it and move on.

[Hertz]

I was expecting to see a pic like this....

 

 

Loads of peeps try to make a buck or two out of a motor, what he advertises it for and what he actually gets are two different things.

[Sheefag]

If it was that important to you, why did you sell it?

 

Game, set & match.

[dugong]

Stunning click bait, I'll grant you that.

[Alexg]

Nice original car becomes typical Dub Scene porridge. It's all a rich tapestry.

[HillmanImp]

Why is everyone giving him so much grief? He is saying he realises that it is none of his business but he still has the right to be slightly miffed and where better to whinge about mild pineappling than here? Thats what we do.

 

I am sure I have seen people complaining when they have seen someone that has either:

 

bought a car from the ebay tat thread and listed it a week later after a wash (if its lucky) for twice as much or;

have 'tastefully' modded a car they used to own or;

bought an old BL car for Top Gear to drop pianos on.

 

Why is he getting bummed for it? I would understand a proper ripping if he had been caught doing 131 mph in his Golf or had a PU51 DRY number plate but this seems like a perfectly good moan.

[pshome]

what is wrong about doing 131 mph in a Golf?

[garbaldy]

Since I was singles out for agreeing with a previous poster then I shall reply again.

The title says one thing but they are really pissed about another, and as you rightly point out its a grump so why is it not in the grump

[Dave_Q]

Gah. I can agree with the entirely factual point that the car hasn't *really* been ruined (yet), but can we all just chill out a bit on griefing the OP.

 

As pointed out by HillmanImp, if this isn't the place to come and moan about this, where is?

 

I suppose it could have been in the grump thread, but otherwise, somewhat hyperbolic title aside, I can see why the seller/OP are annoyed about this turn of events. 

 

 

I would suggest chilling out and watching as it remains advertised indefinitely with the price ever dropping to slightly less than they paid you, guaranteed they will be inundated with "SWOP 4 A FCKD LUPO AND 180 BOXED ECIGS M7" messages and not many real buyers at that price.

[dieselassist]

its hardly 'ruined' - if anything those mods like the chavvey/Craut plates n severe lowering are diminishing his 'potential market' for a nice mk2 jetta - who wants to buy one that's been slammed on the deck, with a resultant hammered floorpan n sills, n scraped to nothing front sub frame for €3k?? ...fair enough its only been like that for a month, but a potential buyer might just look at the pics n go 'no thanks' n continue his/her search....

[holbeck]

Err, I don't actually dislike what's been done to that vento.  wouldn't do it myself mind.

[M'coli]

I think it's the mark-up that I find most offensive TBH, and that the original vendor was so blatently lied to.

[plasticvandan]

man sells vw to vw enthusiast

non story really.

like someone selling a Regal van and being suprised its been painted yellow.

[P304r5]

I wouldn't agree with the word 'ruined' so much. I sold it as I'm 16 and needed funds for a first car with power steering, airbags and all the boring safety equipment which the Jetta didn't provide. I don't understand the hate on me, I didn't say it has been ruined. My point is that how can someone buy a car, add some different numberplates and then sell it a month later for nearly £2000 more?

 

Thanks to the people who can understand why I'm upset.

[RoadworkUK]

 how can someone buy a car, add some different numberplates and then sell it a month later for nearly £2000 more?

 

 

Have you ever visited a "car dealership"?

 

 

[/sarky bastard] To be honest, if I sold my 825 and then saw it being resold for a grand more than I got, in a way I'd be pleased that it was heading upmarket.

[DeeJay]

"The Doctor" makes a living out of his mark ups apparently.

[scruff]

I sold it as I'm 16 and needed funds for a first car with power steering, airbags and all the boring safety equipment which the Jetta didn't provide.

 

Why?

Insurance?

[EssDeeWon]

It's what the next owner after the current one will do that I'd be worried about.

 

Yes this!

 

Its now on its way to being twatted by a surfer dude who cant actually surf.

[Pillock]

It's not been sold for £2k more, it's been advertised for £2k more. What he gets might be somewhat lower, or he might get full asking. Half of selling a car is how it's presented, where it's advertised and sheer bloody chance.

 

I liked it before, I still like it after. That's because it's the same bloody car.

 

Nothing wrong with chancing your luck with a big asking price though, it's how you make money. You already explained you needed to move it on for something "safer", maybe this guy has the luxury of storage and can wait a while. Quick sale almost always means cheap sale.

[HillmanImp]

what is wrong about doing 131 mph in a Golf?

 

Absolutely nothing, its actually 132mph that is the problem.

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/16715-legal-question-about-speeding/

[AlabamaShrimp]

I wouldn't agree with the word 'ruined' so much. I sold it as I'm 16 and needed funds for a first car with power steering, airbags and all the boring safety equipment which the Jetta didn't provide. I don't understand the hate on me, I didn't say it has been ruined. My point is that how can someone buy a car, add some different numberplates and then sell it a month later for nearly £2000 more?

 

Thanks to the people who can understand why I'm upset.

As scruff says why? None of that make you a better driver.

 

But this

Wow that's so original! I've never seen a car like that before. The owner must be so inspirational, exceptional and such a creative individual.

 

 

As for the Jetta, nothing that can't be undone

[Cheggers]

I don't think anybody's "hating" on the OP, and he did ask for comments...

 

I can understand the upset a bit more now I know it was the guy's first car, but ultimately if the new owner wanted to paint it mauve and convert it run it on unicorn shit, it's his car now.

[holbeck]

Hello, this was my Jetta and the person minimort is talking about. I'm not upset at the fact that they've lowered it and stuck some stupid plates on, but the fact they've had for about a month. I sold them a very good condition Jetta for £1450 which was rare due to be being completely original and they promised to keep it that way. Obviously I agreed to sell it to them and it's not my business as to what they do with it now, but just a shame to see what was my pride and joy being sold on eBay for far more than it's worth and probably attracting the wrong type of buyer.

 

I wouldn't go as far as they've 'ruined' it, but now it's just another modified Jetta.

 

Hopefully it finds a good home with someone who is going to keep it for longer than a month or two.

 

It's happened to me, I sold a BMW and the seller flipped it for several hundred quid more shortly afterwards, even using my photo's. You just gotta shrug and move on.

 

<<Real world>>  No-one put a gun to my head to sell it, and I was happy to get it sold and off my drive 'cos I'd bought something else.