TRW Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 A mates mum had one the same year just in white (javelin Ltd edition) when we were teenagers. Had zero maintenance in the 10 years she owned it, but it just kept going and going. Only thing it ever needed was a battery. That's my useless information update of the day. LightBulbFun and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 Fucksake. I could actually cry. He let it go for 200, 'didn't see my message' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 bugger! Thats a real shame mate. What does he mean left on the burnout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 The new owner was either dead keen on getting it home, or dead keen on killing it. stonedagain and sierraman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, EssDeeWon said: bugger! Thats a real shame mate. What does he mean left on the burnout? Wheelspun it up the road apparently BlankFrank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Only just read through this, saw where it was and realised that's (or rather was) about ten miles away. Ah well. It might well resurface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, Amishtat said: Only just read through this, saw where it was and realised that's (or rather was) about ten miles away. Ah well. It might well resurface No it really won't. It's a £200 car which has been purchased by a chav. The end is inevitably nigh. Such a shame. BlankFrank, BorniteIdentity, Vince70 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlankFrank Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 You might be able to get it for 300 if you get the seller to put you through to the chav who bought it. He'll probably love to get 300 for something he just bought. "Made a kwik hundred innit fam" Kringle and Brodders 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 Apparently 'its running rough now, will probably go round the oval'. Trying to get buyer's contact info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Sigh... The burn out means it’s probably been bought by some fool the size of a baboon that sounds like his mouth is full of bread when he talks. I’d not bother approaching him to buy it mind, the text based interaction conducted entirely in semaphore will make you lose your mind. In any case after it’s spent an afternoon doing handbrake turns outside a flat roof pub will mean it’s bollocksed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 Typically he's taken it further away from where it was, and nowhere near a train station. He's asking 250 for it, or 300 delivered. Do I just give up on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 I really like this, and the previous generation of 323's. Sadly, apart from turbos, values still seem to be low, despite them being Jap and increasingly rare. That means you need to save it, obviously. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Offer him £225 for it and get a lift over to collect it today? Everybody wins! Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Offer him £200 plus 6 litres of Frosty Jacks Cider, a microwave mixed grill and a gateaux for 10 from Iceland. clayts450, Kringle, 500tops and 7 others 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, sierraman said: Offer him £200 plus 6 litres of Frosty Jacks Cider, a microwave mixed grill and a gateaux for 10 from Iceland. Why has no one offered me a gateaux for 10 when buying one of my cars? That would be a deal breaker right there. Mmmmmmmm gateau brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 If there’s any argy bargy then raise him to a pack of Blue Ribbon biscuits IF he can deliver it. I used to deliver for Iceland years ago, sometimes you’d go to some particularly impoverished places and the entire delivery consisted of those microwave steak slices, sausage rolls, gateaux for 10, microwave meals and gallons of Frosty Jacks Cider. Apparently a £4 gateaux is a thrifty way to feed a family of 5 at tea time when you’ve blown all your money at the bookies. Sometimes you’d be delivering the snap in an afternoon and you’d get there and they’d be fast asleep pissed as a fart in the living room, you had to get the neighbours to knock them up, then they’d be that inebriated they’d got no idea what they’d ordered earlier on. Anyway as you were... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Offer him his money back - maybe £20 extra so he’s bad free fun. If not, accept that you really have to move fast on cheap stuff and deal with the financial fall out later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 It's looking like this is probably going ahead - thanks to a 'kindly benefactor' on here who wishes to remain nameless. Just got the fun of dealing with the seller. It's not working out as cheap as I'd hoped, but if it saves it from being raced, it's worth it. It's going to be a hard task getting it back to scratch again, will definitely be needing some helpful advice from you knowledgeable lot. Jerzy Woking, LightBulbFun, Amishtat and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Only just realised that was about 5 miles from my gaff. Had I been in the UK I'd have had that to keep it away from those intent on ovalling/killing it, so that I could offer out to someone on here. DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Jerzy Woking said: Only just realised that was about 5 miles from my gaff. Had I been in the UK I'd have had that to keep it away from those intent on ovalling/killing it, so that I could offer out to someone on here. That's kind of my plan. Although current 'owner' has gone quiet. Hope that's not a bad sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Good work TheDoc, hope it can be saved. LightBulbFun, DoctorRetro and jumpingjehovahs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Any news yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 Just now, Amishtat said: Any news yet? No, still silence... Last I heard the delivery bloke could drop it off tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Thank goodness it’s been potentially saved from the hands of a complete knuckle dragger. I’ve seen this happen to a couple of cars that I had my eye on, sold within moments of getting funds or the time to go and view and then find out it’s been ragged to death within a month or two. Hope it all goes well on the collection. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpower Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 just don't ask him how quick can he deliver ffs... or there won't be any rubber left on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmatt Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Just saw this on my f'book posted last night, now for sale for £250. It's on a closed group but I can add people to it if they send me a request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Hope people don't join that page and bombard the seller with offers of £80/£90/swap for BMX so he gets so pissed off with it all he lets the Doc have it for £200. Vince70, rantingYoof and DoctorRetro 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Hang on I thought he’d agreed to sell it you? You can tell he’s big time though, flipping cars to make £50. EssDeeWon and Vince70 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Looks like you might need to collect it, he probably doesn't want the agg of delivering a car he stands to make £50 on. Just a shame its been taken even further away in the wrong direction. Good luck, hope you get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 Still happening as far as I can tell, fingers crossed. I'm not going to stress about it any more. If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. I'll return the money to the benefactor and chalk it down to a lesson learned. But if it does turn up this evening as promised, happy days. EssDeeWon, TrabbieRonnie, clayts450 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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