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[jereboam]

Would you buy a M-reg XR3i convertible off eBay?

[albitz]

if the price was right.they are probably getting a bit collectable now.

[Vamps]

View it frst and then decide.

[jereboam]

OK, put it another way:

1. You don't know a lot about car maintenance
2. You want something to get you to work and back reliably every day
3. The eBay car is 90 miles away
4. Your last car fell apart and failed it's MOT six months after you bought it from a garage that has now gone out of business

[Dazzler]

Ask someone else to look at it with you then

[HolyCount]

Might buy it at the right price to play with -- but not to use as an everyday reliable runner

[Marks DTM Calib]

Might buy it at the right price to play with -- but not to use as an everyday reliable runner

Yes, they were not exactly that when new....

[jereboam]

[size=14]Let me make this quite clear!  It's not me who is considering buying a 15-year old boy racer style rustbucket![/size]

 


...actually, I should have said "It is not I", but it didn't seem to convey the correct degree of displeasure.  

[Admin]

I would guess from the tone of the message that one of your offspring has had the bright idea of buying this apology for a car (sorry they were cr@p when new, let alone so many years later)?

Buying a car blind is risky enough when you know something about maintenance.

Good luck to them, I suspect they will need it.

[Marks DTM Calib]

[size=14]Let me make this quite clear!  It's not me who is considering buying a 15-year old boy racer style rustbucket![/size]

 


...actually, I should have said "It is not I", but it didn't seem to convey the correct degree of displeasure.  

Well, lets make this clear then.

These have a number of known issues as the engines are not the strongest and the floor pans tend to rot out so buying it without seeing it is a tad on the risky side I would say.

It might be a perfect example (although I suspect it would be sold for more money via a more appropriate route if that was the case), it might also be an absolute nail (its ebay so bank on the latter!!)

[jereboam]

Not my offspring - son-in-law!

He bought it a week ago.  I saw it on Saturday.  Rust everywhere.  Couldn't see what the interior was like - the windows were either very heavily tinted or extremely dirty or both.  The hood looks like it will work three times then jam halfway and stay that way.

I remarked that there was a smell of petrol.  "Oh, that may explain why we only got 200 miles from a full tank".  

He has been persuaded to get it looked at before he drives it any further.  

Not a happy daddy.

[HolyCount]

Not my offspring - son-in-law!

He bought it a week ago.  I saw it on Saturday.  Rust everywhere.  Couldn't see what the interior was like - the windows were either very heavily tinted or extremely dirty or both.  The hood looks like it will work three times then jam halfway and stay that way.

I remarked that there was a smell of petrol.  "Oh, that may explain why we only got 200 miles from a full tank".  

He has been persuaded to get it looked at before he drives it any further.  

Not a happy daddy.

I can see you point -- may I ask -- what did he part with for it ?

[jereboam]

I can see you point -- may I ask -- what did he part with for it ?

I have no idea - I couldn't bring myself to ask.  Anything over £5 would have been daylight robbery.  

I'm particularly irritated because the wreck that my daughter drives is currently off the road because the coolant reservoir has cracked (again) and it somewhat overheated on the way home on Friday.  The poor girl has no way of getting to work today, and that ain't going to go down well with her bosses.

It's not like they're particularly short of money at the moment - they're just both crap at buying and looking after cars.  

[dad1uk]

Oh the joys of children!
be warnes.... they will always find Daddy when there is trouble! mine do...lol  

[Grumpy]

Hee Hee.  

I know what you mean, Jereboam. But you have to let the youngsters
make their own mistakes and learn from their experiences.

To us Grumpy old Gits, stuff looks kind of obvious when we're
looking through the rear view mirror with hindsight and experience.
But you have to remember that the youngsters are peering forward
through a grimy windscreen where the washers don't work.  

How does the old saying go? Something like:
"He who does not learn from his mistakes is destined to repeat them."

If they keep making the same mistakes, or said son in law starts
to exhibit a flat forehead from continually banging it against the
same bit of wall, then, maybe, it'll be time to start stepping in.

Let 'em make their mistakes. It's part of life. Just be there, with a nice
avuncular type attitude, to  pick up the pieces and to sometimes
offer offer a bit of advice.

Just don't expect any thanks. Nobody likes a smart **se.