Re: buying/selling

[Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@huntnet.net>]

I guess I should add my story.  When I bought a TR8 from a lister last year
I flew in and he and a friend met me at the airport.  I set out to test
drive the car in the airport garage and was promptly directed out of the
garage and away from the airport by local constabulary(sub-human).  It took
me many miles and some time to find my way back and then got lost in the
garage.  I'm still embarassed.  they had to think that I had made off with
the car.  John

Brian Johnson wrote:

> This talk about buying/selling reminds me of what my (then) boss and his
> brother did a few years ago.   They went to look at an E Type Jaguar
> which was advertised at £26000, and was in immaculate condition.   My
> boss's brother took the car for an unaccompanied test drive with my
> boss.     After about five miles they stopped in a factory turn in and
> my boss took over the driving.  The turn in was in a bend. A mini came
> around the bend just as my boss was edging the E Type out on to the
> road.   The ensuing crash wrote off the bonnet of the Jag. They had the
> audacity to take the car back to the seller and NOT buy it or offer to
> pay for the repairs (about £6 - 8000 worth) He had driven the car less
> then ten feet.....   My boss's brother is a solicitor and there was a
> court case.  Apparently my boss (who has since left the company) and his
> brother fell out over the incident and no longer speak to each other.
> They had to pay up for the repairs of course (and they could afford it).
> The seller was lucky I guess !
>
> Personally I would never let anyone drive a car that I was selling
> unaccompanied - I hate letting anyone drive my TR4 anyway !!