Selling Your Vehicle, don't get duped?

[chopperpete]

Just read this in Practical Sports bike Mag ( I have an 1990 Ducati) that mentions an old trick has resurfaced (popular in Europe) for getting a price down when selling your bike, car or van...the buyer turns up with a friend or two, while you are discussing things at the front of the car, one of his mates squirts something into the exhaust using a squeezy bottle...may be a light oil?? so when the vehicle is started up and gets to temperature the exhaust starts to smoke. Looking like an engine/turbo problem, the buyer asks for a substantial discount...

 

Mind you, most Landrovers produce their own smoke!

Edited September 28, 2020 by chopperpete
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[chopperpete]

Just read they can also put oil in the water header tank too...ps may be while they are looking at your car you can shove a potato up their exhaust!

Edited September 29, 2020 by chopperpete

[woodwizzard]

Read the same article. I found it more worrying that people buy ghost vehicles and send complete strangers large deposits.

What Ducati do you have?

[chopperpete]

Its a red 906 PASO with 10,000 miles from new.... just has those stupid 16 inch tyres....yes, the ghost vehicle article was interesting...

[chopperpete]

What about speaking to your local stone mason for advice?

[chopperpete]

On 30/09/2020 at 16:29, chopperpete said:

What about speaking to your local stone mason for advice?

This is a reply to another posting, my error!

Edited October 5, 2020 by chopperpete

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, chopperpete said:

This is a reply to another posting, my error!

Actually Ive heard he knows quite a bit about  cars so not a bad shout in the end !?

[chopperpete]

Back to my original post, there was a feature on todays Rip off Britain....featured a couple of owners selling their cars who had oil put in their header tanks by Romanians...then asking for a huge discount! one fell for it, the other guy didn't.... Police stated such practices are connected to organised crime, however it was difficult to get evidence to convict individuals, so message is be aware and avoid face book to sell cars...

Edited October 5, 2020 by chopperpete