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Kujotk Grand Master

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Yes Terry anyone can register to bid even on their own car, but usually the repo ones arn't tarnished by fake bidders. Also the repo ones usually have a much lower reserve price because most private idiots think their car (which was massed produced in the hundreds of thousands) is worth more than others that are exactly the same.

Fungoolie it is ADM, but LC isn't the only way to stuff a car up, it does help though. Tyres were Pirelli somethings, no service history @ all other than a sticker that said 2000km ish service (think it was just an oil change from damelian) if that makes any sense? Still I wouldn't like to drive a twin turbo on the same oil for 18 000km with at least two sets of tyres going through the car?

I test drove that car in January and it had 10 000km and in as new condition @ damelian, I last noticed it was there still for sale @ the begining of feb this year, say the last owner had it for 60ish days, 200km/day, probably an interstate drug courier or someone who lived out @ newcastle and drove to syd for work???

But the car I drove a couple of months ago, and the car I saw @ more park on saturday and Monday were two very different looking cars.

Also the R35 sold @ damelian @ 10 500km for $150k include stamp duty and it was already registered. But to only own the car for under 2 months looks asif someone was taken to jail and wasn't worth him paying for a car that he couldn't use.... just a thought

N1GTR Grand Master

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If you're an interstate drug courier, why would you use an R35?

You want to go down the highways and through the small towns without anyone looking at you, so a late model commodore is the perfect car for this. Also people will be staring at it while you're filling up at servos, all the trips I've done in my commodore interstate, never had unwanted attention

More likely it's someone who had to commute for work

Marlin Grand Master

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Have you ever read through some of the cars that the police have impounded used for trafficking?

The dumb ones get caught remember, the smart ones don't and are more low-key.

Edit: I also know this particualr car wasn't selling via the police, but it still had an awful stench around it.

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Fungoolie it is ADM, but LC isn't the only way to stuff a car up, it does help though. Tyres were Pirelli somethings, no service history @ all other than a sticker that said 2000km ish service (think it was just an oil change from damelian) if that makes any sense? Still I wouldn't like to drive a twin turbo on the same oil for 18 000km with at least two sets of tyres going through the car?

I test drove that car in January and it had 10 000km and in as new condition @ damelian, I last noticed it was there still for sale @ the begining of feb this year, say the last owner had it for 60ish days, 200km/day, probably an interstate drug courier or someone who lived out @ newcastle and drove to syd for work???

But the car I drove a couple of months ago, and the car I saw @ more park on saturday and Monday were two very different looking cars.

Also the R35 sold @ damelian @ 10 500km for $150k include stamp duty and it was already registered. But to only own the car for under 2 months looks asif someone was taken to jail and wasn't worth him paying for a car that he couldn't use.... just a thought

So did it have its service history when you saw it last at Damelian? And if so Im surprised Damelian would sell it unserviced if it was sitting at 10500kms when they let it go after all it's just an oil change they would have needed to do on it. If he bought it for $150K including SD he, (his finance company), didnt do that badly really. SD would have been around $6K and overall it lost $15K so the car itself lost $9K which considering its "transformation" in the past couple months could have been a lot worse.

Kujotk Grand Master

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So did it have its service history when you saw it last at Damelian? And if so Im surprised Damelian would sell it unserviced if it was sitting at 10500kms when they let it go after all it's just an oil change they would have needed to do on it. If he bought it for $150K including SD he, (his finance company), didnt do that badly really. SD would have been around $6K and overall it lost $15K so the car itself lost $9K which considering its "transformation" in the past couple months could have been a lot worse.

had all its books when i was looking at it, didn't have them now.

Damelian did say he'll service it after someone deposited on it though, but from my experience with them I wouldn't believe a word Shaun says over there, they screwed me around bigtime but thats another story for the aussie exotics forum.

And N1GTR why wouldn't you use an R35? They don't stand out that much, theres a few of them around now and most people still wouldn't know what they are. Someone is more likely to notice a man of middle eastern appearance in tracksuits filling up and think it suspicious rather than a car being suspisious, Unless its a young guy in an Italian exotic car thats suspisious aswell.

Anyway its done stupid high km's in 2 months, hope there arn't any probs with it for the new owners sake

N1GTR Grand Master

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had all its books when i was looking at it, didn't have them now.

Damelian did say he'll service it after someone deposited on it though, but from my experience with them I wouldn't believe a word Shaun says over there, they screwed me around bigtime but thats another story for the aussie exotics forum.

And N1GTR why wouldn't you use an R35? They don't stand out that much, theres a few of them around now and most people still wouldn't know what they are. Someone is more likely to notice a man of middle eastern appearance in tracksuits filling up and think it suspicious rather than a car being suspisious, Unless its a young guy in an Italian exotic car thats suspisious aswell.

Anyway its done stupid high km's in 2 months, hope there arn't any probs with it for the new owners sake

Youre assuming the person doing the drive is middle eastern.

Also any attention is bad attention when there's anything illegal onboard.

Out of all the cool cars I've driven interstate, the only one that gets zero attention time after time is my own commodore.

So, that's why not an R35.

Kujotk Grand Master

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Too many people get excited at auctions. :P

Your answer for most cars being sold for ridiculous prices!

if only car auctions were exclusive for motor dealers lisence holders still.... oh well :(

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Kujotk, Carlins is South Melbourne are dealer only with monthly public clearings last time I was there with an LMCT.

The job of the auction is to sell the product/house/car for as much as possible, to the dumbest buyer.

This was accomplished so good on pickles and good on the buyer for being a dumb kent. $135k is a bargain all inclusive of all repairs and a fresh service, 135k + buyers fees + kebab repairs, not so much a bargain.

Having being in the motor trade, REPO cars are the WORST cars you can buy to keep or resell. They are never serviced, always thrashed and generally in very poor condition.

Mohsen Grand Master

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i bought one of those brain self cleaning shavers as soon as i started growing hair on my chin :P

biggest waste EVER

bahaha @ 135K auction fees

that's the demographic you get at auctions though

i once had a day off work when i was 19

went to one of those "police stolen goods" auctions with a mate - never before had i honestly felt like i was Ginger Meggs.

long story short -the stuff that happens at auctions in aust is crazy

at this auction peopole were paying about $300 for stolen mountain bikes - bikes- stolen and abused... and "repco" / "dunlop" brands

i was going to buy a brand new in box elec triple foil shaver - it was the at-the-time brand new phillips shaver that cleaned itself when on standby

i remember it went for $180

it retailed for $185 or 190 by recollection.

save 5 or 10 bucks on an impulse purchase for something you dont even need?

another thing that was there - jewellery. abundances of jewellery, recovered from theft. the purpose of jewellery is to show passers by that you are a person of wealth class and taste.

wearing jewellery that belonged to someone else that was once stolen, then recovered. then purchased at auction at a (what you beleive to be a) discounted price - - - - - - NOTHING is classy, wealthy or tasteful about that!

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