keithlard said:

Don't go near them!

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keithlard said:

Don't go near them!

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jonnyh5 said:

Thanks for the heads up Keith - but any more info would be good.

I am looking at a 110 they have imported from Ireland. seems like a good price, with reasnoble miles and comes with 1 years warrenty. Checks out in the background checks I have done (all be it missing a years Irish MOT).
Would really appreciate your input

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keithlard said:

I don't want to make defamatory remarks about them, but I will say this. I went to Gristhill and drove two or three of their cars and talked to the salesman. I also witnessed conversations between the salesman and a previous customer.

On the basis of that visit, would I deal with Gristhill or recommend them to others? No.

I think it's a general point when buying cars, and this has no specific relevance to Gristhill, that you should make a careful inspection and test drive of a vehicle before parting with any money. That might seem like common sense, but it's easy to assume that a nice-looking freshly-painted car with new trim, seats, and so forth, is in good mechanical condition when it may not be. I think some sellers rely on that to get inflated prices for vehicles which actually are in poor condition and likely to need potentially expensive repairs. There's nothing illegal about that - after all, it's the buyer's responsibility to know what he's buying - but if you don't have much buying experience, it would be easy to be misled by such practices.

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