Buyers beware: Sport 135 WP51UZE

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:03 am

Just in from NORLOG

There is a Sport 135 Reg: WP51UZE up for sale in Manchester that is a known write off, as one of NORLOG's members crashed it a few years back and got a full payout despite the car being worth £23,000.

Its actual state is unknown but it was comprehensibly smashed up. Its possible tat it is Cat C or even possibly Cat B but the seller does not appear to have been forthcoming with this info.

Buyer beware!

Rich

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:18 am

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/de ... 4297596030

gorrie · Post by **gorrie** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:58 pm

seller seems to have listed it as a 111... but has the non-111 diffuser, so guess it must be a 135 then

Edin430 · Post by **Edin430** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:11 pm

"WE RAC INSPECT ALL OUR CARS"

To be fair - its got a low low price on it - so they would probably mention it if you called and asked!

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:23 pm

Guy on Norlog enquired, no mention of its history...

Edin430 · Post by **Edin430** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:36 pm

Hmmm............................
Someone give him a call ask if its been in an accident and see what he says

Matelotman · Post by **Matelotman** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:10 pm

Surely anyone in their right mind would ask the dealer for a copy of the HPI report - if he can't produce it or refuses to do one for you.... you walk away (I don't know of any dealers who don't HPI the cars that they take in)

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:18 pm

'Innocent' Car Dealer wrote:Don't buy any New or Used Vehicle Until You've Called Us

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:46 pm

Someone on NORLOG did an HPI and it is clear!

The ex-owner is looking to see if he can find some paperwork but it is the right car. Got the same harness and snap-off steering wheel. Apparently pinballed it up a slip road in the wet and wrote it off!

gorrie · Post by **gorrie** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:49 pm

mmmm clerical error... in which case, you can't really blame the dealer as they probably took it in part-ex in good faith. Probably still oblivious.

I managed to lose an owner off one of my previous cars due to a clerical error.

Matelotman · Post by **Matelotman** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:11 pm

RICHARDHUMBLE wrote:Someone on NORLOG did an HPI and it is clear!

The ex-owner is looking to see if he can find some paperwork but it is the right car. Got the same harness and snap-off steering wheel. Apparently pinballed it up a slip road in the wet and wrote it off!

Hmm nice - that puts faith in the system, gorrie's right - if the car is clear then as far as the dealer knows - it's clear.

I wonder how many of our cars are as clear as we thought??