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Fabergé Greggs Rank: Renault 16

Fabergé Greggs

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I quite like the look of this as a ULEZ family wagon but the advisories and weird things wrong with it are sapping my enthusiasm. 

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This car is absolutely SOLID and original and has never been welded with only a scab or so in pics that can be treated. I brought this a basically rust free

Lies! 

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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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On 4/10/2023 at 12:25 PM, SiC said:

Looking at the sellers other profile, this smells of a scam. I think they've changed tact on how they do it. 

It is a scam. Messaged them, first reply pinged the radar, the next one set all the lights flashing.

One of those 'I'm away from home/secure delivery/Escrow/Paypal pay after delivery/yadda yadda yadda' things. 

 

SiC Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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31 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:
It is a scam. Messaged them, first reply pinged the radar, the next one set all the lights flashing.
One of those 'I'm away from home/secure delivery/Escrow/Paypal pay after delivery/yadda yadda yadda' things. 
 

They've gotten clever. It's legit looking enough that it'll fool people - fooled me for sure. But also hard for eBay to know to delete it. 

If you try contacting them, eBay asks for phone number and post code. I bet they'll reuse the post code on any future listing scams. 


On an Facebook scam, they used my surname on a listing a few days on with a new account. 

Problem is, there is a lot of sellers out there on eBay who say "10% deposit within 24hrs" or such bollocks. So people will be used to sending money before seeing cars. 

I wonder if eBay will clamp down with that in listings. 

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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4 minutes ago, SiC said:

They've gotten clever. It's legit looking enough that it'll fool people - fooled me for sure. But also hard for eBay to know to delete it. 

If you try contacting them, eBay asks for phone number and post code. I bet they'll reuse the post code on any future listing scams. 


On an Facebook scam, they used my surname on a listing a few days on with a new account. 

Problem is, there is a lot of sellers out there on eBay who say "10% deposit within 24hrs" or such bollocks. So people will be used to sending money before seeing cars. 

I wonder if eBay will clamp down with that in listings. 

Reporting it will probably do eff all, too, as to all intents and purposes it looks like a legit listing.

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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9 hours ago, BeEP said:

It may sound unlikely, but it's totally true!  I have known the seller for 25 years and can vouch for him, not that anyone on here is likely to want to buy it.  I was also at the Gaydon auction he mentions where one of the other prototypes sold; another friend wanted to buy it but it went above their budget.

That bootlid badge looks odd to me.  I didn't think the Allegro 3 was ever sold with the 1098 engine - I thought that was replaced with the 998cc A+ when the Allegro went plastic-bumpered?

outlaw118 Rank: Lancia Gamma

outlaw118

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You know when a vehicle's looks, on first glance, are "challenging" (XJS, Scorpio, Impreza Googlyeyes?) but you get used to them, and after a while, you think, "Yeah, that's not so bad"......

 

There's the exception. 

So ugly they've banned them from The Oval. (There are other reasons, but I prefer my explanation.)

GMcD Rank: Citroen Ami

GMcD

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3 hours ago, Volksy said:

Yeh, I'd say it's possibly one of the best - despite the mileage. Sadly I don't have £2600! 

I wonder if the mileage is actually still in KM. 

So 184k kilometers would be 114k miles.

Looks amazing in anycase.

Schaefft Rank: Lancia Gamma

Schaefft

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1 minute ago, GMcD said:

I wonder if the mileage is actually still in KM. 

So 184k kilometers would be 114k miles.

Looks amazing in anycase.

Probably a mix. If this was a 6-cylinder or manual I'd be on it right now.

BeEP Rank: Renault 16

BeEP

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13 hours ago, wuvvum said:

That bootlid badge looks odd to me.  I didn't think the Allegro 3 was ever sold with the 1098 engine - I thought that was replaced with the 998cc A+ when the Allegro went plastic-bumpered?

When Allegro 3 was launched in autumn 1979 the 1100 continued (the only engine change was the 1500 got twin carbs).  The 1100 was replaced with the 998 A+ when the series 3 was facelifted in March 1981.

goosey Rank: Renault 16

goosey

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25 minutes ago, cort16 said:

Nice colour and interior combo on this £500 range rover. The engine works but the advert says it doesn't drive so I presume the gearbox is borked. 

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If it’s just the xyz switch on the side of the gearbox that’s faulty, that could be a real bargain 

cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

cort16

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37 minutes ago, goosey said:

If it’s just the xyz switch on the side of the gearbox that’s faulty, that could be a real bargain 

it looks like there's some new is calipers fitted, good branded tyres etc. The issue with Dunoon is you either need to take a trailer on a small ferry or drive 14,000 miles via winding roads to get back to Glasgow. 

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