Help please re legal action

[cslsuperfan]

Time waster.

Fuck him off, plaster the reg plate over here and cutters to help any future buyers.

Draw a line under it and move on. Life's too short.

Part of the pleasure of the buying process is securing a loved car from an enthusiast...not a chancer.

Be patient and procure the right car from the right guy (or gal). :beer:

Cosworth

Yanto has summarised your situation.

I know you want a csl yesterday but come September they'll be at least one or 2 forum members saying goodbye to their car's.

This spring saw a couple of cracking forum owned cars change hands.

Plan for Spring 2016......:thumbs:

[Mark CSL]

When buying a car go see it pay and drive home dont give them the chance to change there mind os sell to someone else :whistle:

The 1 for you will still be out there :thumbs:

[nw942]

Same thing happened to me earlier this year with a dealer SOR car and it was quite frustrating. One of the reasons given was that 'the new buyer doesn't insist on a inspection', so either they wanted to avoid the hassle or there was something to hide.

So I would assume in your case the new buyer is paying more and/or they do not want an inspection. If they are paying the same then perhaps they should get it inspected :whistle:

As others have said this happens all the time unfortunately. I'd sleep on it and I'm sure that tomorrow you won't want to spend any more time/money on this chap.

[Neil M]

Walk away and forget about it, (it didn't have your name on it) put it down to experience and save yourself the hassle and expense, not to mention the aggravation, frustration and headaches. :whistle:

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the seller was a closet car dealer.

[Neil M]

Has definitely had some serious money spent on it I don't know if that's a good thing or bad, by that I mean whether its had a harsh life which is why the money has had to be spent on it.

The car was Mr Sagmans aka Ian, who was completely OCD when it came to his CSL everything that didn't meet his expectation was replaced eg. Screws, bolts, clips, sill trims etc... It was polished more than it was driven, all the invoices illustrated will be his. I've met Ian (Smashing Lad even though he was from Liverpool) although he wasn't in his CSL (I was) and if he's reading these posts he will be more than a little annoyed.

[Cosworth50]

Hi all,

Spoke to new owner on here who left a deposit yesterday and I did the gentlemanly thing and let him have the car even though I put down the deposit first. Clearly he didn't know I had left a deposit so it's nothing to do with him.

At least I acted with honesty and integrity and I hope the new owner enjoys the car. Some of us still use our word as our bond although it is a dying concept.

My deposit has been refunded by the seller with a further £100 goodwill from him and I have deleted his name from the original post. I'm not happy with this outcome but I have helped another CSL register member get the car and he got it for £33k not the £33995 I had agreed in principle.

It looked a good car to be fair so I can't criticise that although it's not been inspected so thee could be bills lurking, there may not be, who knows.

If anyone has an SG car that they want to sell please PM me, I'd prefer grey to black but either will do.

Mods, you can close the thread now.

Thanks

[Cosworth50]

Same thing happened to me earlier this year with a dealer SOR car and it was quite frustrating. One of the reasons given was that 'the new buyer doesn't insist on a inspection', so either they wanted to avoid the hassle or there was something to hide.

So I would assume in your case the new buyer is paying more and/or they do not want an inspection. If they are paying the same then perhaps they should get it inspected :whistle:

As others have said this happens all the time unfortunately. I'd sleep on it and I'm sure that tomorrow you won't want to spend any more time/money on this chap.

The new buyer is paying £1,000 less but didn't want an inspection.

[LeinsCSL]

Fair play, there should hopefully be a bucketful of good car karma heading your way now - the right CSL for you will be out there

[AbidK]

The new buyer is paying £1,000 less but didn't want an inspection.

Seller took £995 less to avoid inspection after you agreed a deal, makes you wonder why. I just hope there isn't any issues with it.


I personally wouldn't buy one without a inspection but then maybe thats because I'm not very hands on.

[billyboysm3]

The new buyer is paying £1,000 less but didn't want an inspection.

Anyone who knows there stuff will not buy one of these without an inspection.

Car maybe fine but after that comment you might of got away lightly.

A simple pressure test is a must.

[cslsuperfan]

Anyone who knows there stuff will not buy one of these without an inspection.

Car maybe fine but after that comment you might of got away lightly.

A simple pressure test is a must.

CSL Bible references.

Gareth does the shake down.

Any genuine seller wold be more than happy for a potential new owner to have the car professionally inspected.

I would personally take the car to the garage of his/her choice. It's the best way to reassure the buyer that all is well and if something is not A1, a realistic and accurate costing is given.

[erdingtonjohn]

Always get someone to go through it before handing over the money.

They are not cheap motors to repair if something goes wrong and it could be off the road for a while if parts are on back order.

I have learn't the hard way...

[kman]

Ok guys, I was the "other buyer" in this situation. It was all going swimmingly until I saw the first post in this thread and realised I and Cosworth were being messed about and we've been chatting since.

I;ve had a think and decided not to buy the car - I've just put a deposit down on a 1M. Hopefully this all goes well!

Good luck to anyone interested in the car, it seems like a good one and a good price despite the antics.

[outnumbered]

Any genuine seller wold be more than happy for a potential new owner to have the car professionally inspected.

I'm not sure that I would be, given the current situation where there's a lot of demand for CSL and little supply.

Arranging an inspection is extra hassle, assuming the car has to go off somewhere to get looked at. If there are plenty of willing buyers out there, then why would a seller want to spend their time helping to get the car inspected ?

I'm not defending the original seller accepting a deposit and then reneging, but in his position, I'd probably have just said that I wasn't interested in any inspection that didn't take place on my drive.

[GregorFuk]

I'm not sure that I would be, given the current situation where there's a lot of demand for CSL and little supply.

Arranging an inspection is extra hassle, assuming the car has to go off somewhere to get looked at. If there are plenty of willing buyers out there, then why would a seller want to spend their time helping to get the car inspected ?

I'm not defending the original seller accepting a deposit and then reneging, but in his position, I'd probably have just said that I wasn't interested in any inspection that didn't take place on my drive.

I'm in agreement. It's just a load of hassle and there are a lot of time wasters out there.