Chevy Chase 57 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Car auctions…. Thinking of buying a berlingo, for a bit of a weekend run around/camper for me and the youth/dog bus/fishing bus. Question is are the auctions and ex fleet vehicles a happy hunting ground? Are they any cheaper than buying one private/from a garage? Has anyone had any experience with them? What’s the dos and don’t? Are they worth bothering with? Cheers! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 13,931 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 (edited) I’ve bought from auction for a long time now, mainly to sell on, I normally buy salvage now because at least you know it’s fu*ked, you need to know what you are looking at and go and have a look, there’s still some good buys to be had on the ex fleet stuff but give them a good look over because where I used to work we’d take a fleet back in, make good motors by robbing bits off one to fix another then send the sh*te to auction Edited January 10 by Stavross 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 3,992 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Buyers fees, indemnity fee, vat all on top of hammer price normally . I not bought at a auction for years but they always say the fleet motors always get serviced right but on the other hand they are normally thrashed to death as the drivers don’t own them. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 19,713 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Stay clear of ex emergency services motors, they have spent their lives idling outside Greg's. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 25,221 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 8 hours ago, kanny said: Stay clear of ex emergency services motors, they have spent their lives idling outside Greg's. A bit like mchull then..... 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 3,992 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Nhs ambulances are probably the best buy drove at 30 mph by women , even your spines snapped, 30mph all the way Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eastcoast 3,807 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 It used to be common way for lads I grew up with of buying cheap knackered cars, give them a clean and do enough make sure they start before selling on to some poor naive soul for a quick profit. Sometimes back fired (no pun intended) as coppers would park outside and pull a likely looking suspect for a car insurance check in days before temporary insurance could be arranged quickly over a mobile phone or online. Seen some nice paint jobs using a brush and a tin of gloss Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 26,290 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 (edited) Not worth a wank since they went online people just bidding on a photo has ruined it, used to buy loads of motors in the ring and had some real good deals last few I went to ended up leaving empty handed and shocked at what people were willing to chuck on something they had never heard run better off buying private and just keep makin cheeky low offers until someone takes it that’s how I go nowadays bag of cash and offers of half the asking price, someone will always take it if your persistent but be prepared to get told to f**k off a few times Edited January 11 by Greyman 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chevy Chase 57 Posted January 11 Author Report Share Posted January 11 5 hours ago, Greyman said: Not worth a wank since they went online people just bidding on a photo has ruined it, used to buy loads of motors in the ring and had some real good deals last few I went to ended up leaving empty handed and shocked at what people were willing to chuck on something they had never heard run better off buying private and just keep makin cheeky low offers until someone takes it that’s how I go nowadays bag of cash and offers of half the asking price, someone will always take it if your persistent but be prepared to get told to f**k off a few times Think this is more likely the route I’ll go down! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Borr 4,737 Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 A mate of mine buys from auction, he tends to buy non runners ex police stuff think you got to have a grand down to bid. I nearly bought off there but got outbid as he gave me a limit as it was a box standard motor and they'd put it back in civvy state badly with sealant lol. They also put vehicles through with major engine problems after they've squashed the front with a digger bucket and call it accident damaged. So there are pitfalls. My Oldman always used to buy at auction his mate had a card as he was always buying motors, they had a Skoda go through and the auctioneer asked surely someone has some chickens they could keep in it, it went for £25 , probably late eighties. My second car I finished a night shift and the Oldman took me to an auction, my car never came up until 3pm I was shivering from sleep deprivation lol. A vauxhall cavalier LS maybe . Done me well for years. These days I buy private, currently got an XC90 with a few faults , knocked seller down hard , it's a gas guzzling beast but I do like it lol, goes off-road get all my welding kit in it and seats 7 when needed and it's auto . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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