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Schaefft Rank: Lancia Gamma

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4 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Presumably now that the Motors section has been added to the non-binding bids category, the seller is no longer legally obliged to sell the car to the high bidder?

Nope, unless the buyer is reporting things to ebay, which will probably be of little consequence, they can basically do what they want. At least a few times.

barrett Rank: Lancia Gamma

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20 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Presumably now that the Motors section has been added to the non-binding bids category, the seller is no longer legally obliged to sell the car to the high bidder?

I don't think a seller has ever been 'legally obliged' to do anything on ebay - I know that's what they say about 'entering into a contract' but have you heard of a single instance where a buyer challenged this and was awarded the car? I think that would be pretty big news if it had happened tbh.

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MisterH Rank: BL Wedge

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13 hours ago, wuvvum said:

It isn't the most precise shift in the world but I don't recall reverse being quite that far back or close to the driver's seat.

 

13 hours ago, barrett said:

Can any former Stanza owners on here confirm whether the gear lever should ever find itself in such a weird position?

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I think he has just left it in reverse when he parked it

Nullzwei Rank: Citroen Ami

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Honest looking w202 250 turbodiesel with rusty arches just itching to be doused in Vactan and a bit of touch up paint. Nice 5 cylinder om605 engine with decent power.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202111259930101?advertising-location=at_cars&make=Mercedes-Benz&price-to=4000&sort=price-asc&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&include-delivery-option=on&postcode=ne22te&radius=1500&page=2

 

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1 hour ago, barrett said:

I don't think a seller has ever been 'legally obliged' to do anything on ebay - I know that's what they say about 'entering into a contract' but have you heard of a single instance where a buyer challenged this and was awarded the car? I think that would be pretty big news if it had happened tbh.

Well I remember Mr Bickle telling a story years ago about how a friend of his bid on a Citroën Ami which the seller "forgot" to put a reserve on and subsequently tried to refuse to sell - the buyer went all legal on his ass and got the car, but the brake pipes had mysteriously been cut.  That story may or may not be apocryphal of course.

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36 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Nice and good for rust  Subaru L series coupe 1.8GL and with only 151,000km. 35,000 kr or about 2900 pounds.

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https://www.finn.no/car/used/ad.html?finnkode=240775026

This is one of my favourite cars of all time! How has it survived in such nice condition? I wish Sweden was still RHD then imports from there would be great

Dyslexic Viking Rank: Lancia Gamma

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11 minutes ago, MisterH said:

This is one of my favourite cars of all time! How has it survived in such nice condition? I wish Sweden was still RHD then imports from there would be great

It has lived in an area without road salt and with cold dry winters this is what makes it in such good condition. It needs some work but is not much. Is quite common here in Scandinavia that areas with stable cold through the winter do not get salt on the roads and this together with the winters being dry  the cars rust little there.

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1 hour ago, grogee said:

Does 216 mean Honda engine?

Well the 416 had the Honda engine so I believe so, yes. Honda D16A9, 1.6 twin cam 16v, but no V-TEC. Same engine as they put in the early CRXs before the B16A1 came out.

Garythesnail Rank: Citroen Ami

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4 hours ago, Soundwave said:

beginning to wonder how it'd look parked next to my post-facelift R8...

'Better'

I don't mind the grill but prefer the cleaner look of the early cars. 

Pre facelift grill with post facelift indicators and wings looked best - surprised to see this after 'repairing' my son's with what was available locally.

TheOtherStu Rank: BL Wedge

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2 hours ago, garethj said:

Looks mint and the MoT history is a gem, although I’m always suspicious of these really short auctions.

“Please only bid if your genuine. I ideally need the car to be picked up with a couple of days of the auction ending as this is the only time I have off, so please bare that in mind or message me first”

Sounds like he's been pissed about.

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10 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Side note. This is a list of websites owned by the company who owns E bay.

https://www.adevinta.com/our-brands

That's eBay classifieds - a German spin-off. It's complicated, but effectively eBay sold off their classifieds section to this Norwegian marketing company in return for 44% of its shares.

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What complicates even more is that because of the deal, eBay had to sell of gumtree (and motors.co.uk) and Adevinta had to sell off Shpock (another secondhand selling place) because the competitions and commissions lot said so.  Shpock was sold to some Russians in April. Gumtree and Motors was sold to O3  last week
https://www.adevinta.com/stories/articles/adevinta-sells-gumtree-uk-and-motors-co-uk-to-o3-industries-and-novum-capital

In fact, having got rid of StubHub, made PayPal independent and ditched most of the other stuff, I believe eBay don't actually own anything other than their own brand now. They own 44% of Adevinta (as above) and 25% of Craigslist (Basically a US Gumtree)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay#Acquisitions

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