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how not to buy your elan

PostPost by: wolfchen » Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:04 pm

a real project
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PostPost by: berni29 » Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:35 pm

Haha, that really is a project. At least all the parts appear to be in one place and you can see what you are actually getting. So it could be worse!
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PostPost by: h20hamelan » Wed Jul 13, 2022 8:01 pm

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/news/ ... back-life/

It makes the Eastern USA rounds, has anyone seen it?
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PostPost by: 2cams70 » Wed Jul 13, 2022 11:14 pm

That’s called a divorce sale - when the ex changes the locks to the house.
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PostPost by: Andy8421 » Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:10 am

Tim Shaw (who presents Car:SOS) had a similar experience.

https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/angry-wife-sells-djs-25000-3995253

Frankly, I don't blame her. For an apparently bright guy (scholarship to Oxford to study engineering) I find his presentational style extremely irritating. My guess is that I am not his target audience.
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PostPost by: john.p.clegg » Thu Jul 14, 2022 10:09 am

Didn't know he was a DJ as well as obnoxious..

Edit , the plot thickens
Tim Shaw...Born: 9 June 1974 (age 48 years), United Kingdom
Height: 1.96 m
Children: 2
Spouse: Hayley Shaw (m. 1999),
Mrs Shaw, aged 27, said her husband's flirtatious interview with glamour model Jodie Marsh earlier that night had been the "last straw" in their relationship.

So that makes her 4 years old when she married??

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PostPost by: 2cams70 » Thu Jul 14, 2022 11:20 am

Oh well - I suggest that he too just try and make the best of a bad situation and advertise her for sale on one of those other kinds of websites. Might have more value than the car.
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PostPost by: Andy8421 » Thu Jul 14, 2022 11:31 am

john.p.clegg wrote:Didn't know he was a DJ as well as obnoxious..

Edit , the plot thickens
Tim Shaw...Born: 9 June 1974 (age 48 years), United Kingdom
Height: 1.96 m
Children: 2
Spouse: Hayley Shaw (m. 1999),
Mrs Shaw, aged 27, said her husband's flirtatious interview with glamour model Jodie Marsh earlier that night had been the "last straw" in their relationship.

So that makes her 4 years old when she married??

John ;-)

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PostPost by: john.p.clegg » Thu Jul 14, 2022 11:53 am

I knew I was missing something...

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PostPost by: The Veg » Thu Jul 14, 2022 3:40 pm

:shock: :shock: :shock:
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