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Update - car #2 - second time unlucky
OK I went to see my second W201 today.
It was better described by the seller - that was a plus.
There was a bit of discussion about the photographs - how old were they - how come your address is in the middle of town but the pictures show a nice place in the country (that probably isn't yours) - no direct answer...
...bloke turned up at the railway station at the time he said he would - good!
Got out of his car - a 50+ year old chap with terminator sun glasses on that never came off - me thinks => difficult to tell if he is telling truth.
Full of stories about how well the car has been looked after - no rust - everything is perfect and what a bargain - blah blah blah - electric this electric that - look how smooth it is and what it cost when it was new! Just look at the receipts...
...turns out he hadn't put any money into the car - that was someone else. He'd had the car for about 7 months. He had put it through a safety inspection.
Only had one key for the car.
The body work was in really good nick - and the inside had been cleaned - no noticeable problems - a lot better than yesterday's car if it wasn't for
Two 'ucking great big holes in the floor pan just next to the rear sub frame mounts.
I didn't bother driving it. This car had more holes in it than my W123 - I thought that that was bad...
...what a shame. It had obviously been looked after by someone (up to a point) who liked to drive in a clean car but the bonnet spring pockets were full of crud again and there had obviously been a leak somewhere to get two dinner plate holes in the floor pan.
The road noise must be pretty bad - I didn't bother driving it.
I pointed out the rust to him - and said bye bye.
I don't think that he had a valid test certificate - well it was half valid - just pushed through via a mate or even his own company. Answer to "are you a dealer then?" {pointing to key in ignition with no fob or other key attached} - "no not me mate" - hmmmmm...
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