Ideal for the "inthusiast" (sic)
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I love browsing Ebay
...but you'd think people trying to make money would try their hardest to sell it well! It just looks half-arsed and retarded even! Lack of information is a big turn off
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DLM</i>
Don't they just not go together! Just spotted a BX14RE on ebay in that distinctive cream exterior and brown trim reeking of 1980s france, advertised as having an "IMPECABLE" interior.....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 87377&rd=1
While I like it, there are many others who have used more...erm....interesting language to describe this colour combination.
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I like the other items from the same seller. He has got a bit of a classy second hand motors trade going... a not so "IMPECABLE" old beige capri and a couple of rusty Fiat Stradas amongst his other aquisitions!
...but you'd think people trying to make money would try their hardest to sell it well! It just looks half-arsed and retarded even! Lack of information is a big turn off
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DLM</i>
Don't they just not go together! Just spotted a BX14RE on ebay in that distinctive cream exterior and brown trim reeking of 1980s france, advertised as having an "IMPECABLE" interior.....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 87377&rd=1
While I like it, there are many others who have used more...erm....interesting language to describe this colour combination.
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I like the other items from the same seller. He has got a bit of a classy second hand motors trade going... a not so "IMPECABLE" old beige capri and a couple of rusty Fiat Stradas amongst his other aquisitions!
Re the pic of the speedo on this add... Someones having a laugh.. Of the 6 digits shown only the 2nd one seems to be in the right place? heh heh [:D] I've seen some badly "clocked" cars but this is one of the most obvious so far! [:0] [8)]
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 87377&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 87377&rd=1
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DLM</i>
I've seen many (including genuine mileages), taken dead ones apart, and all seem to have the same trait: the numbers NEVER line up. Perhaps that's why so many BX diesels used to be "successfully" clocked.
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Absolutely, beware of any BX where the odometer digits DO line up properly. I owned a succession of BX's (one of which I knew to be genuine mileage cos we'd owned it from new) and the digits didn't line up on any of them from about 20k onwards.
However it was possible to make them line up by slapping the top of the instrument panel hard with the palm of your hand. As soon as the car was driven more than a mile they'd go back to being out of line again.
Nick
I've seen many (including genuine mileages), taken dead ones apart, and all seem to have the same trait: the numbers NEVER line up. Perhaps that's why so many BX diesels used to be "successfully" clocked.
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Absolutely, beware of any BX where the odometer digits DO line up properly. I owned a succession of BX's (one of which I knew to be genuine mileage cos we'd owned it from new) and the digits didn't line up on any of them from about 20k onwards.
However it was possible to make them line up by slapping the top of the instrument panel hard with the palm of your hand. As soon as the car was driven more than a mile they'd go back to being out of line again.
Nick