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Grrrrrrraaaaaaaagggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh nooooooooooooooo A couple of months ago a car I liked was on eBay. A mid 1970s Buick in fact. I made a wee note of the appropriate details, but it was more money than I had to spend. A little later I decide (with wifely approval) to spend a "proper" amount of money on a car. So I dropped the chap an email to see if it were still available. Yes, says he, still here and very much in the way. Have bought a Hummer (!) and need the space. But common sense prevailed and I bought a Lexus instead. Even I now know better than to try run a 22 foot long 7.5 litre 30 year old car as a daily... And I do not regret the Lexus. Great car. Now today just got an email from the Buickdude offering me the car at more or less HALF what I was prepared to pay for it 3 weeks ago. "must go, need space". Only now I'm back in the "no money-no space wife-would-have-my-balls" position with it. but I *want* it. pah. Maybe if I make some effort towards fixing the Oldsmobile I will feel better. Buick looks like this Trying to think how I could sneak it home un noticed. Not going to happen is it?
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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You should sneak it home for sure!
If I had money I'd be asking you for details of that!
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Nathan
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With your bad luck matey I would say no.
Get your others fixed matey.
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Well, its for sale for half what you were prepared to pay.
That suggests other people would be willing to pay twice what you can get it for.
I say buy it, pretend/make futile attemps to, sell it and see how lonmg you can get away with it ;D
Worst comes to the worst you have to sell but make a nice profit.
If it turns out you like itmore than one of your others then sell something else.
Doesnt solve the 'not enough cash in the first place' thing though.
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Straight out of my latest book "Advice for other people (and not myself)" I say only go for it only if you can see something else getting sold and it replacing one of the current stocks. If you want it anyway on top and can get the monies, only then go for it if it will not get in the way generally of progress and stuff. As a bit of a hoarder I struggle with what to do on these puzzles when they arise! ;D
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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You've just got to get that and I reckon you know it. Euro Lottery tonight with £100M jackpot I think. If you can't win that I'd recommend a sneaky bank loan and when she finds out say you're going to advertise one of the other fleet to pay it back. Works in the HBF household and I get a double bonus as she doesn't speak to me for days.
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Corsa Apology Champion 2014.
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oooh, now that looks lovely, dunno what sort of money they fetch but i'd run it for the summer and sell it on if its cheap enough, in fact where is it? and how cheap?
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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DutyFreeSaviour
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If you can't sort the initial cash flow then its a moot point fella. Especially (as remarked up there ^^^) you seem to have 'em go wrong as soon as you look at 'em. If you raise the spondoolies - then I tend to leave the car at a friends / other / dumping etc... place, then it can show up later as 'payment for a loan/swap for work/equipment' etc... - but I'm in the re-an camp and hoard the damn rides If a profit can be made (BUT WILL YOU SELL) then go for it
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Back from the dead..... kind of
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If a profit can be made (BUT WILL YOU SELL) then go for it The GF and my conscience know this loophole/weakness/trick all to well with experience. doh! Thats despite using tricks like HBF suggested!
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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If the car hasn't already sold, even at a knock down price, maybe the car is too good to be true. Take a look and see what state it is in, see if it is a potential profit maker, no harm.
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tri
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I'm with these guys. You can leave it at my house if in doubt..
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I forgot how to retro...
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Quite. If he's had it over a month and is now willing to slash 50% off the price without any other consideration, then there's something not quite right about it - either no-one wants the thing (which isn't good for you if you want to sell it later), or it's not as good as it seems. Lexus FTMFW Play with the others and put your classic urges into working and fettling on those instead. Cheap, too - you already own them If you need to satisfy your curiousity though, go and have a look. It'll either be as good as you expected, or a total shed. Can't loose just by looking
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Last Edit: May 8, 2009 9:55:23 GMT by Lewis
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stick the lexus badges on it!!!!!!! thats gorgeous! bleddy cars ay akku!!
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yes ,it started badly ,petered off in the middle and the least said about the end the better!!!
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30psi
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It's pillarless. So you need to buy it. How cheap are we talking though?
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1962 Ford Thunderbird 6.4L
1981 Datsun Bluebird SSS CA18DET
1981 Datsun Bluebird SSS SR20DE
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Looks like the car that Kojak drove. wonder if Mrs Kojak scalped him when he took the car home?
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Seth
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Calling Hirst_Cabs US division! 1-800-H-I-R-S-T
Leave it alone Akku. Fix what you've got!
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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LOL. I'm leaving it. I like my balls where they are. I'm not borrowing to buy, that would be daft.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Mmmm ... POSITIVES Loan from mate (?) + lock-up garage a few miles from home = bargain Buick + wife need never know. NEGATIVE Frequent disappearances with hold-all (full of tools) = Affair suspected by 'er indoors! *mentally flips coin, heads it is!* Just do it!
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i also think you should do it. the price slash isn't a concern - I've took half the price off a car I'm trying to sell in the last month because nobody will buy it - and there aint nothing wrong with it! if it's properly cheap enough, buy it and sell another, or sell it on after a summer of use, or hey, just keep it. if its that cheap the wife shouldn't have an argument. FOOT: down.
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markbognor
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............ if its that cheap the wife shouldn't have an argument. FOOT: down. LOl, Do you have a wife?!
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