[Closed] Sold my car to two guys and now I feel nervous!

yes

cash? you sent off the V5 and just gave them the little slip?

happy days.

already been posted recorded delivery

sod off

Did you put sold as seen on the receipt?
They spent 90 mins there they will know caveat emptor and all that being in the trade

offered a receipt they didnt want one !

i had a similar worry a few yrs ago selling a Golf GTI. A very Arthur Daly type gent, camel coat and everything and his large minder turned up at my house to 'view' - quick lookaround, daft offer, 5 mins discussion and deal...he says he will pay cash there and then...(over £15K and it's 7pm and dark)). I am crapping myself so agree to meet him following day, outside my bank in centre of Glasgow, we both go in, pay the cash into my account, do the V5 stuff there and then in the bank and I hand over teh keys - no problem at all. he was a charming guy, certainly a car dealer, but all hassle free

would you be nervous if they had been English?

yes !

ianic - did the bank teller need to see your passports? I though anti money laundering checks were required for large cash deposits?

Mugabe death squad for sure.

They don't like having their plans disrupted.

This thread is really confusing me.

IS there something wrong with the car?

nothing wrong with the car

did the bank teller need to see your passports? I though anti money laundering checks were required for large cash deposits?

This is what I can't understand. If the car is kosher/the money is banked (they don't check it after you know!)- then fine.

I've sold loads of cars privately. Never had anyone comeback. If they did and it was genuine I'd listen tbh.

ianic - did the bank teller need to see your passports? I though anti money laundering checks were required for large cash deposits?

I wouldn't worry because
1 Africans drive cars too you know
2 Cash doesn't bounce
3 if I went to buy a car with a large amount of cash, I'd take a [i]Mate[/i] along as well
Seems pretty normal to me...

10 quid says we'll see his Touran on Crimewatch next month.

money side is fine

just felt nervous by the way they handled business, one comment was ooo you could store a gun in there ! I said they can store what they like !

if they'd been green with orange spots Id have felt the same way...but lets not all be PC they are some dogey people out there... im not worried about the money thats in my account just if say something brakes on the car...

The car will already be at Tilbury dock waiting to be shipped to Africa for sale with a healthy profit. There will be all sorts of licensing an tax fraud going on, but that's not your problem. MTFU 😉

They paid you in cash.. I fail to see what you can possibly be worrying about.

if say the gear box falls out next week are they going to come knocking on my door ! not that it should fall out !

For a second I was expecting you to say they had left you a cheque / bankers draft...the cash is in your bank, stop fussing.

Talk of minders & heavies reminds me of an incident many years ago after I'd bought a house. 11pm one night theres a (firm) knock on the door. Two smart suited massive blokes stood there, big Merc with the engine still running behind them...

Thankfully after a "chat" it turned out they were after the previous owner. This chap (a builder) was in something of a financial pickle. I often wonder if they caught up with their man.

Calm down dear, it's a simple every day transaction. 🙂

How long have you had the car, just a short while?

Or

Taken it abroad recently?

Either way - notice any panel misalignment recently, plastic wrapping poking out or a trail of white powder behind you? Sounds like they knew what they were after!

Could even be mistaken identity on a cloned plate, and when they realise its not the mule, there'll be a knocking on your door.

Not that I want to worry you or anything

car was fully legit, owned since Jan this year, sold as a 1.6 auto touran is not the car for me !

40mpg has it, theres probably a floorpan full of diamonds and the chassis made of gold ala Goldfinger!

seems like a bargain for the african doods!

I know how the OP feels though, when i've sold stuff seamlessly i always feel as though it was a little toooooo easy.

still, have never had any comeback.

just if say something brakes on the car...

In that event I would expect them to pay you a visit. You don't think these geezers are going to hand cash over for a car you claimed was fine, and then not bother to do anything should something go wrong.

When did it last have a service ?

Have got some friends you could stay with for a while ?

Don't worry

But don't sleep either, that's when they'll come for you.

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In that event I would expect them to pay you a visit. You don't think these geezers are going to hand cash over for a car you claimed was fine, and then not bother to do anything should something go wrong.

When did it last have a service ?

Have got some friends you could stay with for a while ?
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yossarian - Member

Don't worry

But don't sleep either, that's when they'll come for you.
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last serviced jan 12

Almost 2 months then. Have you got a contact number ? If so phone them up and ask them if they would mind very much if you had the car service. Tell them customer satisfaction is important to you.

Basically there's something in the car they want. When it was serviced in Jan the mechanic probably discovered the stash of whatever and sold it on. That won't appease them however.

When they come for you, and they will, don't look them in the face. 😉

Hah, so a couple of African guys are buying a car from a white guy who looks a bit edgy about the whole deal. Look at it from their perspective - they are probably laughing with their mates in the pub about the 'gun' joke too!

I know what you mean though - I sold a wreck to a car dealer - honest description on ebay detailing every fault I knew of with the car though so nothing to worry about. Couldn't shake the feeling that there would be some comeback to it - 18months on, absolutely fine.

Enjoy shopping for a replacement car 🙂

So "I've had a car for a few weeks. Its not for me so I sold it but wierdly I'm really worried".

Could it be 'I'm' worried as I concealed an issue in a private sale but the buyers look like they could get pissed off if they think they've been ripped off?

If your home address is on the v5 and you think caveat empor protects you against all buyers wish on. If someone sold me a lemon I'd make sure they took back the keys. Bigger or smaller than me. Regardless of legality of the sale. I just don't buy the angle of this thread- its iffy fella.

Send me the cash to look after - they WILL come back..........

MTFU you absolute pussy

If your home address is on the v5 and you think caveat empor protects you against all buyers wish on. If someone sold me a lemon I'd make sure they took back the keys. Bigger or smaller than me. Regardless of legality of the sale. I just don't buy the angle of this thread- its iffy fella.

So in reality what does this mean?

[i]So "I've had a car for a few weeks. Its not for me so I sold it but wierdly I'm really worried".

Could it be 'I'm' worried as I concealed an issue in a private sale but the buyers look like they could get pissed off if they think they've been ripped off?

If your home address is on the v5 and you think caveat empor protects you against all buyers wish on. If someone sold me a lemon I'd make sure they took back the keys. Bigger or smaller than me. Regardless of legality of the sale. I just don't buy the angle of this thread- its iffy fella.[/i]

So you'd take the law into your own hands then ?
there is nothing wrong with the car to the best of my knowledge I am not a mechanic and dont confess to be one ! they spent 90 mins looking at the car !

there is nothing wrong with the car to the best of my knowledge I am not a mechanic

I suspect they won't be interested in whether you are a mechanic or not. If it turns out you sold them a dodgy car.

BTW, just out of interest - where did they think would be a good place to store a gun ?

Don't see why you should be nervous. Cash was deposited at bank, they'd have told you there and then if there was concerns or it was fake money. Banks are obliged by law to submit suspicious activity reports (SAR's) to SOCA on suspicious transactions but often don't. I'd not worry about it.

I've view cars before where someones replied 'I don't know mate I'm not a mechanic'.

I'm out of this thread.

I'd move.

I'm out of this thread.

Phew! I'm a lot bigger than Hora and I was starting to get worried in case I've inadvertently sold him something once. I'll just hide here for a while, bit scared to venture onto the rest of the forum.

My brother in law is from Zambia, and all he seems to do is buy people carriers and 4x4.s and stickin them in containers back to the old country.
I'd not worry in the slightest.

Anyones bigger than me seeing as I'm only 5ft5 😆

BTW, just out of interest - where did they think would be a good place to store a gun ?

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Roof mounted Ernie; van chassis means more accurate targeting of rebels unwilling to accept the fair and just rule of President-for-life. I wonder if the op will find himself fighting extradition to the US?

Caught in a sting of course not selling missile batteries to the Kenyans?

They bought the car just for the battery, well I never.

tonite me and my mate winston bought a touran the white guy seller was definatley dodgy very nervous me and winston was a bit threatened by his attitude tbh he had mountain biker written all over him and a dodgy 'i ve been to glentress ' sticker in the back window. most menacingly he had a pair of bombers under the drivers seat and a hand book on building your own wood burner stove. will he be coming looking for us or are we safe..

[i]tonite me and my mate winston bought a touran the white guy seller was definatley dodgy very nervous me and winston was a bit threatened by his attitude tbh he had mountain biker written all over him and a dodgy 'i ve been to glentress ' sticker in the back window. most menacingly he had a pair of bombers under the drivers seat and a hand book on building your own wood burner stove. will he be coming looking for us or are we safe.. [/i]

okay very funny...it really was !

thought you said it was an eastbourne sticker ?

Brighton sticker more like

A guy from my old town was selling a Renault 5 GTI turbo years ago.Two teenagers turned up at his house to buy it.They seemed nervous and he got scared and thought they were going to turn him over so wouldn't take them on a test drive.They watched him drive it up and down his street then gave him the asking price in cash from a holdall.Weeks later police knocked on his door saying they had recovered his car and would he come and collect it and did he know anything about the Uzi machine gun and handgun found under the front seat.Turns out they were members of a notorious armed gang responsible for dozens of armed robberies and shootings and had been using it as a getaway car. He explained he'd sold the car and the police took a statement and said that the cash they'd paid him was probably stolen too.

So...did he get to keep the car?

Nick it wasn't in the Manchester area circa 1992 was it?

In Hudds we witnessed a armed robbery on a off licence and the car headed back over to Manchester apparently.

I sold my last car on ebay to some [b]GYPSIES[/b]. Loveley pair of lads, prepaid via paypal but couldnt understand a word they were saying.

What was the registration number?

It'll probably drive through the town I'm living in a few weeks from now.

As skink2020 says, there's a big trade in shipping used cars from UK/Japan/Singapore to Anglophone Africa: they load them on a car transporter at Sheerness (for UK sourced...), collect them in Walvis Bay (Durban for Far East) and drive them through to Botswana/Zambia/Zimbabwe/Malawi.

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I bought my car this way - cost the same as buying similar age/spec/mileage from South Africa/local! (Y287 TOA in its previous life)

My gym has a fair few gypsy lads. Sat in the sauna with a few last week and I'm surprised we could fit in as one was bloody huge 😯 a few come across as angry for no reason. Steam sorted those out though 😆

Keep an eye on the news for the next few weeks - you'll probably see your Touran in some African civil uprising being driven around by a guerilla gang wielding AK47's and machete's ...

yeah, i'd stay away from Zim for a while if Ol' Bob gets picked off in a Touran-related manner.

For some reason, reading this thread brought this to mind...

and I got banned for calling people "mongs". This threads casual racism is far worse?

The OP basically thinks that because the buyers were black and 'obviously' straight outta Compton, that either drugs were stashed in the car or if something goes wrong Icecube is going to go crazy as ****.

Ditch Jockey, this thread reminds me of this video.

The OP said African's whereas you've lumped them all together as 'blacks'.

Racist! 😉

The OP basically thinks that because the buyers were black........

I think you'll find bwaarp, the fact that were carrying large amounts of cash and talking about guns had something to do with it.

I can't see any evidence which suggests that the OP would have been nervous had it been [i]any[/i] black person who had bought his car.

Still, it's always fun to accuse someone of being a racist because they've mentioned the colour of a person's skin, eh ?

EDIT : hora has it. There's no mention of colour, only of nationality.

If they were white ex colonials he would have called them Rhodesians and I don't see anything about guns in the OP.

EDIT: Ahhh wait, further down in another post. This has to be a good troll.

I don't see anything about guns in the OP

No, that's because it's not in the OP.

Your criticism is now based on the fact that all details of the situation weren't divulged in the first post ?

Actually of a lot of the replies as well, I don't care to much but if we're going to have a PC forum it's nice to apply the rules evenly isn't it?

If I'd made a joke about the OP watching his arse because he was uncomfortable meeting Wadham (what rhymes with wadham?) college students I'd be banned (again).

I don't care to much but if we're going to have a PC forum it's nice to apply the rules evenly isn't it?

So where has a rule been broken ?

Get over the fact that you were banned [i]" for calling people "mongs""[/i] ....you obviously haven't.

How long ago was it anyway ?

I also got banned for homophobia, I'm really not sure what that was about. I made a joke about a comment made about men saying that those men who like women in lingerie are rapists. I said they were potentially homosexual, BANNED. Post in a thread about "Africans making the OP feel uncomfortable" that Mugabe death squads might come for him....seems to be okay though. So when you accuse me of assuming they were black, plenty of others had already done so. I don't think there were many white Mugabe death squads.

I'm just saying I don't think the rules here are applied evenly.

I also got banned for homophobia,

no I said Zimbabweans !

and like I said they could have been any race color religion or animal they made me feel uncomfortable !

Okay okay, I admit you weren't being racist unfitgeezer but there were others.

Wow, a thread that is slowly going downhill and no real big hitters of note in sight, do we have a new breed of winging keyboard warriors, or should I say "big hitters"

Love you all

I also got banned for homophobia

So you're a serial offender then.

And now you come on here preaching morality concerning what is and what isn't acceptable ?

Get a room

Likewise Ernie, didn't you accuse me of being uncouth?

Now you are defending where this thread went? HARRR. Do you just favour the Etonian style of obnoxiousness as opposed to the swearey Northerner type?

Do you just favour the Etonian style of obnoxiousness as opposed to the swearey Northerner type?

Absolutely. I find the Etonian style much more fun than your course and vulgar fouled-mouth examples.

And yes, I find you frightfully uncouth.

Absolutely. I find the Etonian style much more fun than your course and vulgar fouled-mouth examples.

And yes, I find you frightfully uncouth.

I see

Post in a thread about "Africans making the OP feel uncomfortable" that Mugabe death squads might come for him....seems to be okay though.

Actually, I think the "Mugabe death squad" comments (of which mine is in the vein) are satirising the ludicrousness of the OP getting his panties damp about selling a car, for cash, to what sound like two perfectly reasonable and polite geezers apparently just because they happened to be Zimbabwean.

Open question, what is casual racism? Is it racismlight!(tm) or DietRacism(tm)?

On the likert scale is it mild dislike - Prejudice - tribalism - racismlight(!) - racism (watch out!) - out and dark racism, watch out Rodney King (reserved for people who drive at 100mph whilst off their faces)..