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2003 Citroen C5 estate.....the end


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8 hours ago, maxxo said:

i'll admit, i'm really really upset

not devastated, worse, truly sad about this

The cleverest thing to walk away though. Sad that it is, you've enjoyed it, you like cars and there's loads out there you haven't tried yet. Best of luck

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1 hour ago, Matty said:

The cleverest thing to walk away though. Sad that it is, you've enjoyed it, you like cars and there's loads out there you haven't tried yet. Best of luck

yeah, about that

i've put a deposit on another C5

this one has been so good, in fact, the perfect daily i've decided i need another

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3 hours ago, maxxo said:

yeah, about that

i've put a deposit on another C5

this one has been so good, in fact, the perfect daily i've decided i need another

Where's the harm? Despite popular belief, every car ever has been riddled with inbuilt faults, just some less than others (see how even w123 and 124 "granite mercs" rot like the preverbial). You've found a car you like and now know a shit more about them than you did. To paraphrase @djoptix above, use the knowledge and just buy a good one next 😁

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5 hours ago, Matty said:

Where's the harm? Despite popular belief, every car ever has been riddled with inbuilt faults, just some less than others (see how even w123 and 124 "granite mercs" rot like the preverbial). You've found a car you like and now know a shit more about them than you did. To paraphrase @djoptix above, use the knowledge and just buy a good one next 😁

basically

i really like them, they are literally the perfect car for my needs

so why not, i like them, they're reliable, quirky and comfortable...perfect

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17 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

I remember at shitefest you explaining your magic formula for buying cars:

* View ad

* Send full £ amount without seeing car

* ????

* Profit

Best of luck with the new car man. You made the right call to send that C5 off to the scrapyard in the sky

Is there another formula that I’m unaware of?

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33 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

I remember at shitefest you explaining your magic formula for buying cars:

* View ad

* Send full £ amount without seeing car

* ????

* Profit

Best of luck with the new car man. You made the right call to send that C5 off to the scrapyard in the sky

I’ve never actually test driven a car

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16 minutes ago, jonathan_dyane said:

Sad times 😿

Just avoid automatic Citroen's. Oh wait...

Laziness and the fact I’m a huge fan of the AL4 gearbox

ive spent thousands of hours on the internet researching them with the issues this one had, I’m an expert now

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On 8/12/2022 at 3:29 PM, Rocket88 said:

Is there another formula that I’m unaware of?

Look at car,  pleading poverty after finding 90% of the faults.

Wait for price to drop £800 as seller desperate not to pay next month's insurance. 

Plough as little of discount back into car as possible to rectify faults over several months

Drive on 

 

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29 minutes ago, SH1TE said:

Look at car,  pleading poverty after finding 90% of the faults.

Wait for price to drop £800 as seller desperate not to pay next month's insurance. 

Plough as little of discount back into car as possible to rectify faults over several months

Drive on 

 

Randomly think of a model of car I want

join the owners club on facebook

get drunk, put a post up saying you’re interested in one

or see one advertised that looks nice 

“accidentally” message the seller

turns out they’re hundreds of miles away

accidentally transfer full asking price to their bank account

go and pick car up

get it home and realise it’s way worse than you thought 

pour thousands into it

 

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When I picked up SuziQ, only ever looked at it on his drive, in York... Didn't open bonnet!

Returned with full asking price, 1k in cash, in Macdonald's bag 😱

Ate my sandwich lunch, parked on his drive...

Fired her up, drove to local petrol station, set off down to Lincoln to buy 5x Mizzie alloys, drove home.

Never missed a beat @75

l is madda than box-O-frogs 🚙💨

 

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