Car sale dilema ?

[jimihendrix]

Right, i've been trying to flog my MK2 Granny for a wee while now, advertised on here, pistonheads and E-bay twice, had a few bites but no serious buyers.

 

Had a guy on the phone recently, potential buyer, sounds really keen, trouble is he's buying it to break it for spares for one he's restoring , i'm a bit of a conservationist when it comes to old cars, i'd rather see a car saved than broke for spares but to break up a decent solid running car seems a bit of a crime.

 

Previous owner refused to sell to a known banger racer who was going to pay him the £700 asking price to banger race it even though it was MOT'd for 11 months at the time, seems like this cars been living on borrowed time

 

Current MOT is due next month, checked it out the other day and found that it will need very little if anything at all to get a new ticket on it (i used to be a tester years ago)

 

Would you sell a car you like and have spent the best part of a year improving to someone who you know was going to strip it or banger race it ?

 

I really like the car and would love to keep it , but want to get on with my Capri, money from the Granny is going towards a respray, part of me is thinking of the sale and the money, as long as i'm paid the new owner can do whatever they want with it, other part of me is thinking it'd be a real shame to sentence it to death , one less MK2 Granny on the road.

[Rick]

will be a shame but at least it will see some acton before the end

[Stu_B]

I wouldn't.... but once the money's changed hands & they've gone it is their car to do what ever they want with

 

Toughie...

[Wessie]

to be honest all mk2 grannys are destined for the track, there just so well known for there banger talents ! its not a matter of 'if' they get raced its a matter of 'when' they get raced

[caprinerd]

as above

 

the banger boys know what they can do, racing wise, that they will and do pay top dollar for a shed of a motor but really its upto the seller if they really want it to get raced

[60ftman]

It's good that the guy is being honest with you. He could go along the "Oh yes mister, I love these and I want to restore it" route, and you'd be none-the wiser. It really comes down to how much you need the cash, as you never usually know what happens to a car you sell anyway.

 

Problem is with us OSFers is that we're too sentimental when it comes to our cars.

 

Mind you, I told the guy I bought my RS from that I was going to restore it......and I kind of did!

[jimihendrix]

Yeah, i would'nt mind so much if the car was a rotter/non runner or was going to need a fortune spent for the next mot but it's not .

 

It's not a minter by a long stretch but it's a very tidy example, could easily have five years left in it without major work.

 

I do get sentimental with cars and like to see them go to good homes when i sell them but sometimes that just does'nt happen.

 

Who know's, the guy might buy it then decide himself it's too good to break and decide to use the one he has for spares instead

[antz]

i wouldnt do it

[bronze4door]

i wouldnt do it

 

i wouldnt do it either

 

one day when there are none left people will be sorry they all got raced or scrapped

[JAY PS]

How much is it ?

[mk3cokebottle]

how much is it mate im looking for a mk2

 

i can get it mot'd aswell so no need to worry bout that

 

pm with details n pics please

[jimihendrix]

How much is it ?

 

Asking £700 for it as it is now, £750 with years ticket, here's the link to the Pistonheads add.

 

 

http://pistonheads.com/sales/376619.htm

[FredTransit]

i wouldnt do it

 

i wouldnt do it either

 

one day when there are none left people will be sorry they all got raced or scrapped

 

niether would I. All very well saying the bloke is being honest, but I wouldn't sell knowing it was going to be broken up.