From: Paul S on
Can't believe how difficult I've found finding a car privately.

B*****d illegal immigrant turned right into me when I was going straight
on on a main road, writing off my beloved old Peugeot 205, and has ruined
my life for the past few weeks.

Spent hours on Fri and Sat trawling through Autotrader, Loot and
Fishforcars, and had a list of about 20 to ring up, provided I could find
2 or 3 in roughly the same location to make it worthwhile. Ended up with 1
car out of the lot that was still unsold.

So I was wondering, has anyone had any success buying Part Exers from Main
Dealers. The idea being they just woant to get rid and wouldn't want to
retail them.

From: paul on

"Paul S" <anybody(a)anyone.plus.com> wrote in message
news:45abdacc$0$8718$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
> Can't believe how difficult I've found finding a car privately.
>
> B*****d illegal immigrant turned right into me when I was going straight
> on on a main road, writing off my beloved old Peugeot 205, and has ruined
> my life for the past few weeks.
>
> Spent hours on Fri and Sat trawling through Autotrader, Loot and
> Fishforcars, and had a list of about 20 to ring up, provided I could find
> 2 or 3 in roughly the same location to make it worthwhile. Ended up with 1
> car out of the lot that was still unsold.
>
> So I was wondering, has anyone had any success buying Part Exers from Main
> Dealers. The idea being they just woant to get rid and wouldn't want to
> retail them.
>
Mine was part-ex, 3 years old when I got it. There are others that are a
lot older for less. Go in to a garage and ask - you might get it for next
to nothing. It costs the garage to have cars taken away so they will jump
at the chance of a profit for nothing.
Top Gear once bought a Volvo for �1 although that was a stunt for the TV.


From: Paul S on
paul wrote:


> "Paul S" <anybody(a)anyone.plus.com> wrote in message
> news:45abdacc$0$8718$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
> > Can't believe how difficult I've found finding a car privately.
> >
> > B*****d illegal immigrant turned right into me when I was going straight
> > on on a main road, writing off my beloved old Peugeot 205, and has ruined
> > my life for the past few weeks.
> >
> > Spent hours on Fri and Sat trawling through Autotrader, Loot and
> > Fishforcars, and had a list of about 20 to ring up, provided I could find
> > 2 or 3 in roughly the same location to make it worthwhile. Ended up with 1
> > car out of the lot that was still unsold.
> >
> > So I was wondering, has anyone had any success buying Part Exers from Main
> > Dealers. The idea being they just woant to get rid and wouldn't want to
> > retail them.
> >
> Mine was part-ex, 3 years old when I got it. There are others that are a
> lot older for less. Go in to a garage and ask - you might get it for next
> to nothing. It costs the garage to have cars taken away so they will jump
> at the chance of a profit for nothing.
> Top Gear once bought a Volvo for �1 although that was a stunt for the TV.

Thanks Paul

Just some detail on what I've been looking for so far;

98-00 Astra
99-01 Rover 25
Mk 2 Peugeot 106
98> Clio 1.2/1.4
98> Peugeot 306 1.6/1.9TD
99-01 Ibiza 1.4/1.9TD
98-02 Megane 1.6
98> Saxo 1.1/1.4

I don't HAVE to be limited by a budget, but I've been searching between
�500 - �2000, up to 100k miles, and at least some service history, even if
it's been done by the owner.

Are there any other web sites for private cars.

For P/X's would I have to ring up every week, or would they ring/e-mail me.

From: Adrian on
Paul S (anybody(a)anyone.plus.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

> Just some detail on what I've been looking for so far;
>
> 98> Peugeot 306 1.6/1.9TD

Why 306 but not Xsara?
From: Paul S on
Adrian wrote:

> Paul S (anybody(a)anyone.plus.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like
> they were saying :

> > Just some detail on what I've been looking for so far;
> >
> > 98> Peugeot 306 1.6/1.9TD

> Why 306 but not Xsara?

Yes, Xsara as well Adrian. Wasn't an exhaustive list. Have you got/had a
Xsara Adrian ? An 00 X 1.4 Forte with 52K and FSH advertised at �1,499 was
Sold.