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People always ask

1.Do you want to sell it
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2.How much do you want for it
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3.I like your car
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4.I aways say do you see a for sale in the window
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5.Will i take a px
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:04 am

Hi all when ever i wash my car or if it still looks clean and tidy.1,2,3,4,5
Has any body else come across these questions.If so vote.Tony
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:23 am

Yep, I get 'I like your car a lot' quite often. Makes me proud to own an E30 :D

Just goes to show how good the E30 looks after all this time.
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:25 am

People just give me evils...
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:27 am

Every one else likes the Car - Except the Wife !!!
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:29 am

Most the time on mine , Get approched in the trafiic , petrol stations etc
Went into the local village in mine the other day and it was all polished up , I went away to grab some bits and my mate rang me and said theres a group of people around your car as he drove past it :?
Went back and there was about 7 people looking round it and 1 was taking pics , I was well chuffed as i could hear them saying , Thats bloody nice :cool:
I waited till they went till i got in and drove off :D
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:32 am

I had a bus driver coming the opp direction jump out as he saw me coming and stop me.... i said "sorry mate im not selling" he felt like a bit of a plum... :o:
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:09 am

I went ot Ace Cafe once, took my beloved Sport with me, tbh i wont lie i wasnt very fond of shopwing my car off that much, but when i went past Ace Cafe to turn around, three people took pictures....

At the end of the night i had two post it notes on my car, one offering a PX for a Mitsu FTO and another with a tel no.

I was quite chuffed


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Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:58 am

ive had a few offers on mine

it doesnt really bothe rme when i get asked tho as i left a note on it and thats how i bought it!! winkeye
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:57 am

I've had loads of offers, None are what it is worth hence I still have it!

One of my mates has told me the money is sitting there if I want to sell it, but he is not hassling me.
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:31 am

When the car is sitting outside the garage, schoolkids (younger than the car), comment " nice car, mister" and how much they like it.
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:32 am

munky30 wrote:People just give me evils...
Ya bert, no bert; Yoo gevin me evals???

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Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:34 am

siddiqi1 wrote:I went ot Ace Cafe once, took my beloved Sport with me, tbh i wont lie i wasnt very fond of shopwing my car off that much, but when i went past Ace Cafe to turn around, three people took pictures....

At the end of the night i had two post it notes on my car, one offering a PX for a Mitsu FTO and another with a tel no.

I was quite chuffed


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Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:42 am

when i was out the other night, the motor was all clean and i had a guy ask if i was selling, and ivwe had a couple of people say nice car mate. the joys of e30 ownership even if it only has a 1.6 :D
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:44 am

My mate was chuffed when some lads were taking pictures of his touring till his friend pointed out "oh yeah, those boys are big into cloning cars"

I was chuffed when my dad, whose cars include a few jags and porsches and a bentley continental gt, currently a carrera s, said of my turd touring "cool car" and then bought a brand new 330d touring for his missus

Had a few offers but thats only when it's parked up and they can't hear the mighty m40 err... roar
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:46 am

The local funeral directors keep staring at mine.
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:50 am

I've come back to my car a few times and had a few people standing around it, i love seeing their reaction when i hit the the alarm. But to be honest i dont feel comfortable with that kind of attention, you never know when someone might key it... :x
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:07 pm

I've had a few offers for mine buts either scare them off when i tell them how much i want for it or just say i aint interested.

Got a fw comments in petrol stations in my touring as well when i had that :cool:
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:13 pm

Have been asked a good few times if I'm selling, and the answer is always the same ! The lad who bought my old lachs touring wanted to buy my new one too !!
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:26 pm

been offered twice at local car wash but
when mines all polished up it looks unreal to think its nearly 18 years old
a also love the look of other drivers when i pull up at the lights you can see them looking at
17`s gleaming knowing they wish there missus would them av a motor like it bnot ye common run
of the mill (they all look the same cars of today). :wink: winkeye
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:28 pm

My track slag gets unwanted attention whilst sitting the drive, not keen on having complete strangers, most of them dodgy looking foookers, knocking on the door asking if its for sale.

Quite chuffed when I'm out and about in daily driver when people make nice comments though!
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:46 pm

i was filling up with petrol and got a comment saying how nice the car was,
Got in my car in a carpark to leave and i seen this bloke run! towards my car :? he came to my window and he asked if i would take a offer on her 8)
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:11 pm

JohnnyThunders wrote:The local funeral directors keep staring at mine.
:lol:
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:22 pm

The guy delivering our ruby, 2 days after picking it up!!! lol...........no ta.
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:46 pm

i get 1, 2 and 3 quite a bit and have been approached in supermarket carparks and in petrol stations.. and a few days ago had 4 local scallies stood looking at the car for a few minutes before i set the alarm off from inside the house!!
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:01 pm

Rosc0PColtrane wrote:
siddiqi1 wrote:I went ot Ace Cafe once, took my beloved Sport with me, tbh i wont lie i wasnt very fond of shopwing my car off that much, but when i went past Ace Cafe to turn around, three people took pictures....

At the end of the night i had two post it notes on my car, one offering a PX for a Mitsu FTO and another with a tel no.

I was quite chuffed


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Beat the c*nt who offered you the FTO within an inch of his life and tell him you're not into cross dressing.
In all fairness the FTO is not a bad car, especially in the GPX Mivec form with the manual box, and they handle likt they're on rails.
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:04 pm

But getting back to the point, I always get young kids 17,18 year olds asking if I wanna sell it, I say no thanks.
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:08 pm

theres a guy in the building my shop is in who sells prestige stuff, saw my rebuild and said ill have that when its finished, not for sale i said, ill convince you he said 8O

he always asks about it but hasnt offered a figure yet, not that i want to sell though. i love the beast
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:14 pm

JohnnyThunders wrote:The local funeral directors keep staring at mine.
Thats just class! :rofl:
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:21 pm

I get a lot of offers of the financial nature when i am in my sport never get any for the standard 325 which is the much better car just goes to show what people know.
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:13 pm

ive had a couple of old duffers ask to buy it when ive been at a petrol station filling up. usually its because they used to have one similar and miss it because it was a good car. once i tell them what ive done to it and how much ive spent on it they tend to change their minds winkeye
i regularly get people approaching me about the car as theyve heard about the conversion and want to see it. ive even had old men in suits (one in a new m5) come over to ask if its the one theyve heard about with the cossie engine? i get a lot of attention from younger boy racer types but its all been positive so far and good natured races winkeye
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:46 pm

I've had people come up to me and say how much they like the car.
Have had E36 drivers staring longingly and drooling at it as well.
Scooby drivers just stare as I outbrake them
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:47 pm

Few times. Which is a few times too often for me. I just tell people its a replica (1.6) or that its buggered underneath (rust, engine knocking and gearbox shagged) and not worth saving so Im running it into the ground.

Im not, but it puts them off sufficiently normally.

Had some bloke ask me whether I wanted to sell it. THEN proceeded to ask me lots of questions about it. :roll: I just sat there PRAYING the lights would change soon.

Dont mind the occassional "nice car mate" But I dont like it to be anywhere a) near my house or b) somewhere I cant escape from easily
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:48 pm

yep a mines now gone. im now the owner of a pug 206 gti 180. yuk :cry:
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:08 pm

i had a guy put a note thru the sunroof of mine a few years ago. he seemed really interested and said he had the money, so i had it valeted and serviced it as i thought it would help it along its way. the bloke was south african and seemed really dodgy on the test drive, i was driving about and all he kept doing was to look out the back window alot. seemed very on edge and that scared the crap out of me. i later decided that i was lucky not to have been forced out of the car or something. he kept bothering me afterwards for a while but seemed to get the message after i told him i wasnt interested in talking to him unless he had the cash to buy it.
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Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:14 pm

One of the best one's is when the driver literally hangs out the car from his/her window (both arm's out) to look at your ride :mad:. It's quite embarrassing really lol.

Any other weird/good experiences anyone? lol

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