Collection I didn't know would happen 20mins ago - Buying a car in Bradford

[J-T]

2 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

On the last leg now. Yes, we are going to Bradford to buy a very cheap complex car. Wish me luck!

My god, you really have gone maximum liability. Photo of some dodgy import against a block work wall in a multi storey car park for absolute peak danger

[Jim Bell]

9 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

On the last leg now. Yes, we are going to Bradford to buy a very cheap complex car. Wish me luck!

Good luck with Bradford!

I really hope you're not buying a Ford from a man called Brad. 

[dome]

28 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

 

Not quite but the engine in this was certainly available in various JLR products, including the Range Rover Sport.

Arriving in Leeds soon. One short train ride from there and we'll arrive at our destination.

Hmm, Citroen C6 or a Jag then?

[Six-cylinder]

My guess is a Bentley Continental. Scarily expensive to maintain and tax, but quite cheap now.

[Schaefft]

In Bradford now, 10mins walk to the car 

[tooSavvy]

.... Dooinn the Bradford Walk...

Bon Chance

🚙💨

[Nibbler]

I hope it’s a C6 Diesel. Every fibre in my body wants it to be that!

[bangernomics]

728 in triple brown.

[Schaefft]

Everybody who said Citroen C6, congratulations for seeing through me so easily! It's not just any C6 though, it's the cheapest C6 in the country, apparently with a *small* coolant leak, a dead battery and currently no V5 to be found lol.

[Sham]

A dead battery on a C6 is a particularly good sign, I feel. Exceptionally fine purchase! You obviously bought it, no matter what...

No V5 is the figurine on the wedding cake 🤣

[Rightnider]

Top buy! 

[Timewaster]

18 minutes ago, Sham said:

A dead battery on a C6 is a particularly good sign, I feel. Exceptionally fine purchase! You obviously bought it, no matter what...

No V5 is the urine on the wedding cake 🤣

Efa

[Schaefft]

No purchase yet, the problem is that I wouldn't be able to pick up the car anytime soon if not today so a v5 and change of ownership would at least give me some security.

[BorniteIdentity]

I saw one earlier today advertised for £555 that the guy had bought to break? I guess he was swapping all the best bits onto his own car before flogging it on.

I don't suppose it was this one, was it?!

[Jenson Velcro]

I suppose the next question is, as alluded to earlier, what other fine selection of vehicles does he have?

[wesacosa]

5 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

No purchase yet, the problem is that I wouldn't be able to pick up the car anytime soon if not today so a v5 and change of ownership would at least give me some security.

for that price though given the train fares and the like if he can show you some ID and proof of address and write a receipt might be worth taking a risk without the V5

I had guessed it was one of his C6s but had assumed it was the more expensive one with the private plate not the parts car!  fair play, man 😂

[wesacosa]

Just now, Jenson Velcro said:

I suppose the next question is, as alluded to earlier, what other fine selection of vehicles does he have?

there's a load on Facebook at the moment. Couple of Protons, another C6, a Galant and an Audi 80 with an easy fix* baulked gearbox from memory 

[Zelandeth]

Never understood sellers who would offer to sell a car to someone who's obviously travelling some considerable distance without first making bloody sure that the necessary paperwork was in hand.

1 minute ago, wesacosa said:

for that price though given the train fares and the like if he can show you some ID and proof of address and write a receipt might be worth taking a risk without the V5

I had guessed it was one of his C6s but had assumed it was the more expensive one with the private plate not the parts car!  fair play, man 😂

Problem is that it's showing as untaxed, so a drive home would be a bit risky.  Especially given the potential for a C6 to decide to disintegrate at the side of the road.

[Schaefft]

7 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

I saw one earlier today advertised for £555 that the guy had bought to break? I guess he was swapping all the best bits onto his own car before flogging it on.

I don't suppose it was this one, was it?!

It is indeed! I'm not sure if he had the chance to do anything with it, he's got a shite load of chod around here. And this isn't all of it:

[BorniteIdentity]

I take it you fetched off all of those black number plates as a decent service to the wider motoring community?

[jim89]

6 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

It is indeed! I'm not sure if he had the chance to do anything with it, he's got a shite load of chod around here. And this isn't all of it:

Loving the smoll repro AA lanterns 🤭

[Schaefft]

More of it, much of it for sale 

[Timewaster]

Interested to see how C6 ownership compares with a fleet of 80s Audis.

 

Comfort, style, reliability.  Pick 2.

[Six-cylinder]

28 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

 

I like the Audi 100.

[EspenO]

6 hours ago, Schaefft said:

I guess my justification is that usually these cars cannot depreciate any further so therefore wcpgw?

Exactly! Storage issues aside, I’d love to have a similar collection (and the skill set to keep them going). Hope you didn’t take it as a dig, it wasn’t meant as one

Congrats on the new ride, C6es are amazing!

[Pieman]

Good heavens, he could be the Yorkshire division of Retroshite.

Hope all goes well with the C6.

[Bren]

2 hours ago, Schaefft said:

Everybody who said Citroen C6, congratulations for seeing through me so easily! It's not just any C6 though, it's the cheapest C6 in the country, apparently with a *small* coolant leak, a dead battery and currently no V5 to be found lol.

Was the V5 misplaced?

[Schaefft]

And there we are, no air on one tyre, now sorted. Off we go!

[Marshall2810]

4 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

And there we are, no air on one tyre, now sorted. Off we go!

How's the handbrake? 🫣

[Timewaster]

7 minutes ago, Marshall2810 said:

How's the handbrake? 🫣

Should be OK.  That forecourt looks fairly flat.

 

Good luck wafting home.