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Title: women buying cars
Post by: omegod on 22 March 2012, 21:50:50
SWMBO's friend has just put a deposit on a used 07 Fiesta 1.25 style with 40 k, guy mentioned it had had a bump on the wing and is a insurance category d repaired,  Price she is paying is £3300 and from the pics I have seen it looks good. Checked on Parkers and it looks to be worth £3500 max as private good but the guy is a home trader. I know that cat d's can be ok but are worth 25% less but the guy didn't mention this exactly. I can't find one the same for less than 4 grand at a dealer.

Question is do I let sleeping dogs lie as she seems over the moon with it or stick the boot in that she should get at least a couple of hundred off it?
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: Lazydocker on 22 March 2012, 22:01:39
If she's happy with the price then it's not a problem ;)
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: doz on 22 March 2012, 22:04:58
Aye not your problem. If she was very concerned she'd of ask you to go look first
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: Del Boy on 22 March 2012, 22:22:13
I struggle to help people with cars, even when they've asked for advice and you give them that advice, they still ignore you. As others have said, if she's happy, let her go along with it  :y
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: OOMV6 on 22 March 2012, 22:29:15
If she's happy with the price then it's not a problem ;)

Agreed.
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: Elite_L0ver on 22 March 2012, 23:13:52
I struggle to help people with cars, even when they've asked for advice and you give them that advice, they still ignore you. As others have said, if she's happy, let her go along with it  :y
Aye not your problem. If she was very concerned she'd of ask you to go look first

Agree with boththese bin sH•t on in the past "helping"
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: Vamps on 22 March 2012, 23:45:33
Women should not be allowed to buy cars...... After days of searching swmbo chose a new, to us, car and then a little over a week later said she hated it...... :o ::) ::) ::) She said it was it was the first time that she had chosen a new car... ::) ::) has had my hand me downs over the last 13 years and has never complained, I thought I was being nice letting her choose.... ::) ::) either way she is back in a Mig and is happy again...... :D :D :D
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: Rods2 on 23 March 2012, 00:26:32
Let them make the big decision, "makeup mirror ok", so we make the rest of the minor ones.  :y :y ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: Vamps on 23 March 2012, 00:38:42
Let them make the big decision, "makeup mirror ok", so we make the rest of the minor ones.  :y :y ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D

Whilst I might agree, I am not going to tell her that....... :D :D :D
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: omegod on 23 March 2012, 07:14:36
cheers for the reassurance, I have a habit of getting over involved and your right...... it's her problem :y Just don't like people getting taken for a ride ::)
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 23 March 2012, 12:37:14
Women should not be allowed to buy cars...... After days of searching swmbo chose a new, to us, car and then a little over a week later said she hated it...... :o ::) ::) ::) She said it was it was the first time that she had chosen a new car... ::) ::) has had my hand me downs over the last 13 years and has never complained, I thought I was being nice letting her choose.... ::) ::) either way she is back in a Mig and is happy again...... :D :D :D


.......or drive them. :)
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 23 March 2012, 15:16:17
Last time wifey was let loose to buy a car she brought a new smart car becuase she liked the red interior :o :o :D took just over a month for her to admit it drove like a pile of shite so up for sale it went, thankfully she got it on the scrapage scheme but will still lost a few hundred quid despite the 2k allowance :'( :'(
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: Rods2 on 23 March 2012, 15:41:05
Last time wifey was let loose to buy a car she brought a new smart car becuase she liked the red interior :o :o :D took just over a month for her to admit it drove like a pile of shite so up for sale it went, thankfully she got it on the scrapage scheme but will still lost a few hundred quid despite the 2k allowance :'( :'(

Seems a perfectly sensible reason to buy a car if you have "women's logic".  :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 23 March 2012, 16:54:19
 ;D ;D ;D ;D doggy was not impressed when he saw the size of the boot even i know there is no way a grey hound will fit in the boot of a smart car.........bless her she tried dog was well pissed off about it..little face wedged against the glass ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: sticka_v8_init on 23 March 2012, 17:59:07
I struggle to help people with cars, even when they've asked for advice and you give them that advice, they still ignore you. As others have said, if she's happy, let her go along with it  :y
Aye not your problem. If she was very concerned she'd of ask you to go look first

Agree with boththese bin sH•t on in the past "helping"

Agree with all above - let it be fella :y
Title: Re: women buying cars
Post by: Martian on 23 March 2012, 21:52:33
SWMBO's friend has just put a deposit on a used 07 Fiesta 1.25 style with 40 k, guy mentioned it had had a bump on the wing and is a insurance category d repaired,  Price she is paying is £3300 and from the pics I have seen it looks good. Checked on Parkers and it looks to be worth £3500 max as private good but the guy is a home trader. I know that cat d's can be ok but are worth 25% less but the guy didn't mention this exactly. I can't find one the same for less than 4 grand at a dealer.

Question is do I let sleeping dogs lie as she seems over the moon with it or stick the boot in that she should get at least a couple of hundred off it?
Would you tell any prospective buyer what the car (or whatever it is you are selling) is worth in real life?

He was honest enough to declare it was cat D, but if it's been repaired properly and she is happy then let it be.