Bren Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Lots of road trips on here to collect shite. Am I the only one finding you have to travel to get something decent? I live in Warrington - had to travel to brum to get our passat. Seen a nice V70 - it's in Llanelli though. I would have thought living in a populated area it would have been rich pickings - not the case though. stereotype 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereotype Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Seeing how people drive in my city makes me glad I'm travelling, at least then I can pretend like whatever I'm buying isn't going to be a stolen, pre crashed, write off Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk chodweaver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Travel anyway, even if it's to buy a shit example of a terrible car. Travel broadens the mind and you only really learn things from making terrible terrible mistakes. Go as far as you can to be disappointed and then you'll know not to next time. Cavcraft, 2MB, stereotype and 13 others 12 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted November 22, 2019 Author Share Posted November 22, 2019 I concur. Our passat has been ok but I had the trip back from brum to realise it was not as plush as the vectra. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 I have always found that anything I fancy buying is a long, long way away from me, but once I have bought something a better one turns up, cheaper, locally. And when I try to sell anything people, who may otherwise have been buyers, say I'm too far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRT22R Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 I think it depends on how fussy and/or specific your requirements are. For example, if I really want an early Mini-Metro with a paprika interior and factory mud-flaps, I know I'll have to travel. If I just want '£750 car-with-MOT', I can find it locally. Most of my friends and family think I'm completely mad when I tell them how far away my next potential purchase is... stereotype 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 for added excitement, make sure you only buy a one-way train ticket - this has definitely* never* let me down chodweaver, bangernomics and stereotype 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Buying cars in Scotland is largely hopeless, I travel south if it's something I actually like. Jim Bell, stereotype and big_al_granvia 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Of the cars I currently own, 2 of 4 have come from Scotland and the one I’ve just sold is going there. I know we aren’t what’s generally seen as normal people on here but travelling decent distances to collect a car are some of the best days of my life, major events notwithstanding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Bren said: Lots of road trips on here to collect shite. Am I the only one finding you have to travel to get something decent? I live in Warrington - had to travel to brum to get our passat. Seen a nice V70 - it's in Llanelli though. I would have thought living in a populated area it would have been rich pickings - not the case though. I live in Scotland, every nice car is basically in France Alusilber 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 4 minutes ago, SRi05 said: I live in Scotland, every nice car is basically in France Not true, I drove one last night and it came from outside your house Jim Bell, SRi05, BorniteIdentity and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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