Somehow I dont think that THIS will be a thousand pounds for very long...

Also, as a note if anyone is after those shiney alloy wheel centre caps that every dealer seems to be out of, there's some bloke on ebay who seems to be selling sets in 57mm and 50mm quite regularly.

Warning though - I watched one auction for 57mm caps go up to

Already up to

Why is a Main Ford dealer "selling" a 53 Reg Octy RS on Ebay?

That thing would walk out of the door with a top price after a week or 2 on the forecourt.

Also, they have No Ebay history whatsoever..

Something not right about that ad...

We are a main franchise dealer and owned by the Ford Motor Company

Franchise dealers are NOT owned by Ford...that's a contradiction in terms..

I thought it was a little weird too... maybe worth a "ask seller a question?"

According to http://www.rac.co.uk/myrac/vehicle_data_check/ it's a:

Vehicle details 
Manufacturer Skoda 
Model OCTAVIA RS 
Body type 5 door hatchback 
Colour Red 
Fuel type Petrol 
Date manufactured 26 September 2003 
Number of previous owners  
Last owner change 

Still suspicious though.

The dealer seems genuine though, found them through the ford website

http://www.ford-dws.com/keycastdws/dealersites/wxw/?locationsetid=667&langid=2&nscref=4&mktid=77

Kingsbury Road

971 Kingsbury Road

Erdington

Birmingham

West Midlands

B24 9QB

United Kingdom

Tel: 0121 377 3000

edit. the tel number on the ebay site is for this man

Rob Stokes - Internet Specialist

Still a strange way of shifting a nice car....