Mustbemental

Mustbemental

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Do not buy this land rover
LANDROVER DEFENDER 90 200 TDI | eBay

I went to look at it when it was originally listed as this
LANDROVER DEFENDER 90 200 TDI | eBay

Where in he forgot to mention it was a cat C write off, nor at any time when I was looking at it did he tell me that it was cat C.
He then relisted it after being informed (by a higher power?) that it was a cat C and sent me an email to inform me it was relisted to which I sent this reply

Hello chap
If it has been a cat C write off it you will needs to get a vehicle idenity check (VIC) done or find out if it already has had the check done, this removes the VIC marker with the DVLA.

Details can be found here
https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-identity-check/overview
and there are test centres at poole and southampton, the test costs £41 pounds and takes about twenty minutes.
If the vehicle passes the VIC or you can get a copy of the original VIC certificate from the DVLA I would be happy to make you an offer.
Many thanks
Pete

To which his reply this morning was
Dear pete

hello chap, its difficult being a decent bloke with people like you so please in (sic) and do one

Foxhallam

Now maybe I'm being harsh on the bloke but some thing here does not add up!

Cheers
Mental
 
If it is in as good condition as he says why not get the VIC done, as you said it makes no sense at all
 
Just sent him this

Hi

You say at the beginning of the ad that the chassis you assume was changed in May 2011 then after you say it was changed in 2012, which one was it?

Cheers

Will
 
i see what your saying but he also might not really know what he is on about in terms of cars and or land rovers.

If it was Cat C in may then it stands to reason then someone could have bought it and put it on a new chassis in 2012.

If he didnt know when he bought it then he wouldnt have been able to tell you about it would he? also, he has now listed it a second time with the addition of the fact it is a Cat C. Whats wrong with that?

Also, anyone with any sense who goes to buy it wil sit down in the chaps house with there cuppa and say "right, lets sign the V5" when the owner cant produce it you might then find out it needs a VIC.

What im saying is, you may have jumped down the guys throat when he either didnt know or didnt find out. m not sayin that isnt his fault.

But you need to be open to the option that he didnt set out to deliberately deceive you.
 
He bought it less than a year ago, and is now selling it because he has no use for a 4x4? So why did he buy it?
 
Got a reply


Dear defender_madness,

The honest answer is I don't know. When I bought the Landie I was informed it had a new chassis and therefor assumed it was changed in 2012.
It was only after it was advertised that someone ran a check and discovered it had been a Cat C.
I had the landie checked by a mechanic before I bought it and everything looked OK. I have no history and have mentioned this in the advert. I have put down everything I know and re-advertised when I found t had been a Cat C.

- foxhallm
 
TD5power said:
Got a reply


Dear defender_madness,

The honest answer is I don't know. When I bought the Landie I was informed it had a new chassis and therefor assumed it was changed in 2012.
It was only after it was advertised that someone ran a check and discovered it had been a Cat C.
I had the landie checked by a mechanic before I bought it and everything looked OK. I have no history and have mentioned this in the advert. I have put down everything I know and re-advertised when I found t had been a Cat C.

- foxhallm
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My point exactly.

He didnt do a text check thing or whatever.

Thats not his fault, a little naive but not wrong.

Im not saying he is a saint either mind. ;)
 
BIG_GINGA_BEARD said:
i see what your saying but he also might not really know what he is on about in terms of cars and or land rovers.

If it was Cat C in may then it stands to reason then someone could have bought it and put it on a new chassis in 2012.

If he didnt know when he bought it then he wouldnt have been able to tell you about it would he? also, he has now listed it a second time with the addition of the fact it is a Cat C. Whats wrong with that?

Also, anyone with any sense who goes to buy it wil sit down in the chaps house with there cuppa and say "right, lets sign the V5" when the owner cant produce it you might then find out it needs a VIC.

What im saying is, you may have jumped down the guys throat when he either didnt know or didnt find out. m not sayin that isnt his fault.

But you need to be open to the option that he didnt set out to deliberately deceive you.
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Kind if disagree with you on this one, look at the guys reply to MBM
 
Is it legal to sell it without a VIC? Or does he just need to make it clear that it ids a former Cat C wrote-off and no VIC exists?
 
MOT - 23-02-2014
Tax - 30-06-2013
Surely, if it has been taxed and tested, then the VIC must have been carried out otherwise wouldn't it show up on the MoT documentation?
 
When I bought an old Mondy, it was Cat C, it was only when we applied for a new V5 and tax they said "needs a VIC" -no notice on the old V5 the seller had (norty)

Forgot to ask the vendor if it was written-off at any time ... :eek: silly me

but you book the motor in for it's VIC, they do their stuff ...
 
As it had an MoT in February, wouldn't it have been flagged up on their system ... unless it was written off after then?
 
Well I don't know! Just had a reply of the bloke apologising for being rude to me!

I reckon he is selling it for some one else
 
doesnt look like a new chassis looking at the rear, if its been replaced with a second hand off another vehicle then its a ringer ....

cheers steve
 
The chassis still had the sticker on it when I looked at it and I'm pretty sure its new!

Thin that made me suspicious was the lack of any info, records or paper work for the vehicle and his almost total lack of reason for having or selling it!
 
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