Car auctions - Is your car from one?

[T.E.D. Jordan]

Alainax just suggested to find out how many people have bought cars from Car auctions. Post The car, which car auction it was bought at Specifically and for how much. Thanks

P.S. Any Bought At Shotts Car Auctions in Scotland are extra special

 

[serin]

Car auctions - Is your car from one?

no....

next question

 

[AppleSei]

No but i do go to many car auctions in the north of england

 

[alainax]

lol yes shotts auction bout 2 years ago, full tax full mot , 56k miles immaculate, for ...... wait for it........ £300. but £400 inc auction fees. hehe! xxx

 

[chaos]

lol yes shotts auction bout 2 years ago, full tax full mot , 56k miles immaculate, for ...... wait for it........ £300. but £400 inc auction fees. hehe! xxx

the joys of buying at trade prices

Buying at auction can be pretty risky though.........some right sheds do pass through fairly regularly............

 

[The Negotiator]

My uno in erm, 2003? £335 as far as I can rememer. Manheim Mansfield.

 

[alainax]

the joys of buying at trade prices

Buying at auction can be pretty risky though.........some right sheds do pass through fairly regularly............

ah but thats why you take sum1 whos knows what to look for!! xxx

 

[gregit]

Not a fiat, but I brought a cavalier 2.0 SRI M-reg 80,000 full service history, blah blah blah

£320 notes, that was last year. Mate brought it from me for cost.

1 year later, we warned him to get cambelt done!

You can guess the rest!

 

[alainax]

i like the thrill of the auction , forget ebay!!
its the smell of the engines the noise of the crowd
n the going once, going twice.............
its just the best atmosphere . xxx

 

[chaos]

ah but thats why you take sum1 whos knows what to look for!! xxx

The problem I see is that a lot of the cheaper cars are sold without trial and you can't really make a full appraisal of potential problems. Still a bit of risk, even if you do know what you're doing. You can't test drive, for example. At least with horses, you can get in the pen, have a look and trot them up before they go in the ring

 

[chaos]

i like the thrill of the auction , forget ebay!!
its the smell of the engines the noise of the crowd
n the going once, going twice.............
its just the best atmosphere . xxx

It's an even bigger thrill when you're the one doing the bidding!

 

[AppleSei]

The problem I see is that a lot of the cheaper cars are sold without trial and you can't really make a full appraisal of potential problems. Still a bit of risk, even if you do know what you're doing. You can't test drive, for example. At least with horses, you can get in the pen, have a look and trot them up before they go in the ring

Nowadays though you can go to auctions days before it starts, view the vehicles on say a pre inspection and some auction houses are willing to pull vehicles from auction if you are seriously interesting then you get to view all documents etc and have a test drive, i know this is a policy at manheim auction houses and BCA auction houses

 

[arc]

no, not auction. Not a bad price on my car tbh though. 74k sporting bought october 2003 for £600 - came with stealth shelf, k&n, history and tweety pie mudflaps

 

[custard]

bought plenty from auction.some bargains and some dogs.

doubt you would get a high boost cinq in the auctions unless you were very lucky

 

[Trancendental]

been to an auction, some good motors go for 'so cheap its probably stolen' prices.

the one where I went in Milton Keynes near a dog track I think had a 7 day money back gauruntee. if it were sh!te you could bring it back.

 

[Gary]

Not from an Auction but a mate who worked at a Fiat dealers

Punto M- plate back in 2003 for 500 quid 1 lady owner

He took it as part ex for a new punto

 

[beau]

my mum did, for an old escort, for £300, in about 1998? after a few months she compared the car with the logbook, she realised the vin numbers didnt match! the car was a different colour! and a different engine size! and a different amount of doors! only thing that was correct was the number plates, she quickly gave it to a scrap yard :