Looking at autotrader website today (friend wants a Golf 1.4 tsi...... refuses to buy an octavia with the same engine depsite my protestations!).

 

Thought I'd see how much the f/l CR vrs is going for these days (I bought mine a year ago and the premium for a facelift was significant) - and found this:

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201309309033747/sort/default/usedcars/maximum-mileage/up_to_80000_miles/price-to/10000/model/octavia/make/skoda/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/radius/1500/postcode/so146se/keywords/2.0%20cr%20vrs/page/1?logcode=p

 

If its a genuine car then that's incredible value for an estate particularly! (Sadly the price and Frequent Capitalisation Of Words makes me think its probably not!)

 

 

 

Sounds too good to be true, especially the 'Angel Eye Lights'.

I bought a 59 plate vrs exactly the same as this one 2 weeks ago, from a dealer, 62k miles and paid £9990 that does seem a good car with only 49k on clock

Just noticed no badges on the rear. If it was someone who was interested in modifying then I would let it go but if you went to look at it and it was an old guy with an interest in model railways lol I'd want to know where the badges had gone. Could be a rear end repair

No badge on front too?

Could be anything. It has a dog fence at the back which could be an ex security car or cop vehicle. Frontal or rear impact which may give the reason for no badges....or an older person who had them removed..... To good to be true is top of my list....

Just ran the number plate plate through we buy any car .com it comes up with a valuation of £6750.00.

 

As its a private sale perhaps the price isn't too good to be true.

 

 Must admit the missing badges would need to be explained!

Nice looklng car, people often remove Vrs/GTI etc badges to deter car thiefs do they not?

If the mileage is correct it has too few miles to be an ex police car, the dash looks in too good condition too, no sign of any radio etc having ever been fitted.

If the mileage is correct it has too few miles to be an ex police car, the dash looks in too good condition too, no sign of any radio etc having ever been fitted.

 

Tis true.....some forces are making sure the vehicles are in good condition after usage and some forces dont use there vehicles as much (depending on location).....either way is more than likely not to be as there is a lack of holes all over the car, blacked out rear windows and not forgetting the advery not mentioning.

This is now the later part of 2013 and that vehicle would be classed as over 3 years old.... With regards to the price from we buy any car....not worth trusting them unless its a wreck. 

All I can see is £0??

Always amazes me how many people will part with tens of thousands for seemingly good deals

Only to find out they may have bought a stolen car...

IMHO I would never buy private unless I knew the seller personally or knew the car.

What come back have you got on a  private sale?

HPI checking is a start.....

Not a very good start if it's a ringer you're HPIing.....

All I can see is £0??

Always amazes me how many people will part with tens of thousands for seemingly good deals

Only to find out they may have bought a stolen car...

IMHO I would never buy private unless I knew the seller personally or knew the car.

What come back have you got on a private sale?

I've bought loads of cars over the years privately and got far better deals than dealers could offer. Never had any issues. In fact sometimes you get a better idea of how a car has been looked after by buying privately as your speaking directly to the owner as opposed to a car salesman. Do an hpi check and have a good look over the car. If in doubt get the car inspected by aa/rac. A lot of it is common sense and if in doubt walk away.

Can't see the ad now? Looks to have expired.

 

How much was it up for?

Not a very good start if it's a ringer you're HPIing.....

 

Well you wont know until you HPI it in the first place.... :evil:

It was around 8.5k. 

 

Slightly disagree with the comments re private sales - it seems to me the rise of PCP car finance has created a used supply of 3 year old cars that didn't really exist before - both privately and through dealers.

 

Those people that can be bothered with the hassle of selling privately, one can usually beat a trade in value and put the extra in against a new car. To me that is a "genuine reason for sale" of a car that should also have been serviced properly as its often free!   

 

Obviously you can still get caught out, and I wonder about the example above as I would've thought the trade in value is higher than that!

 

I guess we'll never know!

Well you wont know until you HPI it in the first place.... :evil:

You don't seem to understand what a ringer is. It has false plates, you hpi the plates displayed on the car (false ones) - hpi shows up clear. Hpi is worthless if the reg stuck on the front doesn't relate to the car! The quality of ringers these days including all documents will fool 99.99 percent of people. Best advice I can give with a private sale is to go into the seller's house (not just meet them outside somewhere else entirely), see id & utility bills corresponding with the v5 (don't tell them you want to see this in advance), check they have both keys AND that both work. Finally, as already stated by others, get a feel for the seller by talking to them and asking plenty of questions about the car, a ringer will almost always use a mule to physically sell the car who won't know detailed info about it

Total crap...it is a bogus advert!

As soon as you see any advert in auto trader with contact me by "email" as I'm very busy etc ignore it is car trawling people wanting your info to try and find a car for you....simples

You will find them against most marques and always contact via email.

You don't seem to understand what a ringer is. It has false plates, you hpi the plates displayed on the car (false ones) - hpi shows up clear. Hpi is worthless if the reg stuck on the front doesn't relate to the car! The quality of ringers these days including all documents will fool 99.99 percent of people. Best advice I can give with a private sale is to go into the seller's house (not just meet them outside somewhere else entirely), see id & utility bills corresponding with the v5 (don't tell them you want to see this in advance), check they have both keys AND that both work. Finally, as already stated by others, get a feel for the seller by talking to them and asking plenty of questions about the car, a ringer will almost always use a mule to physically sell the car who won't know detailed info about it

Absolutely Spot on ...

The crooks are very very clever at what they do, the only thing they cannot do is meet you at their legitimate home address ie one they live in

The majority choosing motorway service stations and  so called even friends rented houses, that they bung a few £££

Many people get greedy and even traders get burned...

I don`t think anyone on here would part with £10,000 for a private sale if they did not know the car or seller... all this "Well he seemed like a genuine chap"