buying car over net

by frozz. • 10 Nov 2009, 01:20 • Journals
so my dad found some uber alfa for really low price, in berlin. uncle already bought 1 from munchen, everything went okay, so my dad wanted to go to berlin and pick it up. now i was reading mail and the seller said they can send the car, test it,blabla, and if you are not happy with it they ll send it back to the owner...sounds great and all, but seems like scam to me? car was found at mobile i think
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Darren 10 Nov 2009, 01:24
if i was you, i would go and see the car... at the very least give it the once over (check it out, test drive if possible)

buying cars online is a huge gamble...

also i would contact the driving agency in your country, give them the registration get them to check it out, the last thing u want for insurance is having a car thats reported stolen...
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zafoga 10 Nov 2009, 01:24
abwrackprämie --> no cheap used cars anymore on the market ---> cheap used car on the net -> scam
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ETNiES 10 Nov 2009, 01:48
what of course there is, there's an abundence of them they cant sell them.
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kReSti 10 Nov 2009, 01:26
i wouldnt do that tbh
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Lover 10 Nov 2009, 01:26
is it a gt coupe? :D

i know germany is cool and things when it comes to buying cars because they are in great shape,but dont trust nobody if ur not sure
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Vanderzwaag 10 Nov 2009, 01:27
Why not just download a car??
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LeJUiCE 10 Nov 2009, 01:30
illegal my aniki :p
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anyway here i send this to you since i think you like one piece too
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have fun with it but careful with tempolimits!
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Vanderzwaag 10 Nov 2009, 01:40
Downloading, hope I ain't caught.
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frozz. 10 Nov 2009, 01:40
Its alfa 156 giugiaro 2.5 v6. Looks awesome.well,i ll also tell him to go there.would never buy a car over net,but this seems suspicious so going there could be a waste too. And its pretty far away...will see
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beAsty 10 Nov 2009, 08:43
uh nice :)
well in germany and austria its pretty hard to get a car allowed for driving at the streets if there are any changes e.g. on the engine. So it might is modded or has some problem which wont let him allow to drive this car anymore in germany. But i guess that wont be a problem at all in croatia ?

ALot of people are selling rly tuned and awesome crx´s on ebay cause they just arent allowed to get this car allowed for the streets and no one in germany/austria would buy them.

i have seen some crx with 200bhp+ and rly nice painting , interior ,etc for 700€ (80k km). Cause there is no way u would EVER get such a car allowed for the streets in germany/austria.. but in italy,malta,uk,... its np to drive them -.-

@edit: some guy already wanted to import a car from austria. He asked for some infos about the company who is selling it. Is it a private deal or is it some car store which sells the car? you could get his adress and ask some german to check the car for u :)
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frozz. 10 Nov 2009, 11:19
nah,we talked about that already, it's allowed to import it, look at it, its a beauty. and nothing is modded. but it has 35000km, looks really new, and prices are for that car above 6500€ and more. (and this is quite less than that)

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beAsty 10 Nov 2009, 12:26
lol then tis rly strange..
maybe u find some german to check that car for you :)
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Panda 10 Nov 2009, 02:53
I've bought a few cars over the net, mainly ebay and auction sites, never had a problem. You can either trust them or go check it out for yourself first. Try get the reg plate and check the details out on it (HPI check etc)
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biggz 10 Nov 2009, 08:19
you sure the pick up point isn't in poland?
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schNee 10 Nov 2009, 09:58
berlin...? from some market place eh?

i wouldnt do that...
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frozz. 10 Nov 2009, 11:21
are u from berlin?
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schNee 10 Nov 2009, 11:27
living next to yes
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flR 10 Nov 2009, 10:24
dont do it!
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Pickelschwanz 10 Nov 2009, 10:46
Make sure the tyres are pumped up
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Notorious 10 Nov 2009, 12:08
ur gonna get fucked if u do it :)
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K3rv3r0s 10 Nov 2009, 14:38
Not strange at all.
Used cars lately are really at low prices because of the last measures taking the EU countries to promote new green cars.
Also the taxes for old cars, or cars more than 5 years old are too high and this makes them unprofitable.
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