bpsmith Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Just finished a massive detail on the Freelander I had planned to sell. Got it all done by Thursday last week after about a month of on/off detailing with the new PC and products I got. Stuck For Sale notes in the windows and parked on the corner of my street on Friday and today, Monday. Have received over a 15 calls regarding it and got the asking price of £3,500 for it this afternoon. The guy came back with a deposit and will be picking up on Friday! Just goes to show how much more saleable any motor is once properly detailed! The Freelander is in good shape mind you with only 45k on the clock, but it is a 98 R plate 1.8 petrol edition that are supposedly difficult to shift due to HGF issues with that engine. I had the work done to replace the gaskets, dowels and modified oil pump over 15 months ago mind you but still chuffed with the result from today. The people could not believe that it was a 98 model and insisted on seeing the log book before handing over the deposit! Cheers to all those who have answered my queries whilst getting it back to mint condition and look forward to the next challenge...a mint condition Flash Red 95 Golf Driver. At least the advert said mint... It soon will be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 I sold my A4 and MrsShark's A2 both within a day, I know what you mean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Time to change your sig' then young Shark! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bscott Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Great news that and I agree. I sold my 2003 audi TT at the end of last year and I detailed it before sale. The usual poker faced people who came to see it just ended up laughing and grinning between themselves because they just could not believe the condition it was in. Got the asking price too after 10 mins of them turning up! Mind you it did look better than a brand new one - was sorry to see it go. Cheers, Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsmith Posted April 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Will be sorry to see the Freelander go tbh. I know it is not as exotic as most motors on here but have enjoyed using it. They just could not stop grinning either as been looking for cars all day and from outside our area and only found ours because they got lost. They reckon that they must have seen and driven about 25 cars today in total and none were anywhere near the condition of ours even upto 3-4 years newer. I told them that they did not even come and clean as this when delivered new! It raised an eyebrow until they realised I was serious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelwind101 Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hi Ben Great to hear news!! Had any luck seeing if you had CC or SS on the Golf?? Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 There's no cruise but I'm looking into it at the moment It's late and I'm not sure what you mean by SS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsmith Posted April 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Hi Ben Great to hear news!! Had any luck seeing if you had CC or SS on the Golf?? Geoff [/ QUOTE ] Cheers Geoff, tbh I have not checked yet as not had a great deal of time and had to give the Freelander and the missus' A2 a good once over on the weekend, slotted in around the rest of my "list"! Have been determined that I was not going to touch the Golf until the Freelander sold as wanted to keep that looking pukka for people viewing. Will be taking a look on the weekend though, fingers crossed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Sounds like 2 Bens bought a Golf recently! I didn't think I was the right Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexc Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 It's true, I've actually bought and sold a couple of cars I saw had potential just purely to the condition of the paint and interior, two days hard graft and them up for sale again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsmith Posted April 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Was not quite sure what your reply meant! lol, typical that Geoff's post followed both of ours and understandable why you got confused as neither of us have our first name in the username too. Enjoy your new purchase fella! My Golf will only be a runabout but is a very nice 1 owner very clean car that has been dealer serviced its entire life and oil changed and serviced between every 6 and 12 months with a maximum of 6k miles done, sometimes only 3k! Got receipts and dealer sheets for things as small as a missing cap on a number plate screw!!! Had an A3 T Sport before with the same engine as your Golf though and it rocked. Was sorry I got rid of it for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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