Private message for second hand car buyers

[Troll]

Son just wrote off the Yaris with severe front damage by hitting a concrete bollard- the car is mine but bought so the kids could use it
I'd just fitted a new clutch and 4 new tyres (actually a garage fitted the tyres but you get my drift)
I'm looking for a donor vehicle to swap bits about and get a working vehicle

I've just seen on gum tree a Yaris with a seized engine that I could transplant and bonus it's just down the road and cheap as chips

Anyone bought off gum tree before? - the last time I used it was for renting a flat & it seemed to be full of Nigerian fraudsters.

Obviously do a HPI check and VIN numbers tally etc - any other checks to do?

TIA

[SupremeSpod]

Son just wrote off the Yaris with severe front damage by hitting a concrete bollard- the car is mine but bought so the kids could use it
I'd just fitted a new clutch and 4 new tyres (actually a garage fitted the tyres but you get my drift)
I'm looking for a donor vehicle to swap bits about and get a working vehicle

I've just seen on gum tree a Yaris with a seized engine that I could transplant and bonus it's just down the road and cheap as chips

Anyone bought off gum tree before? - the last time I used it was for renting a flat & it seemed to be full of Nigerian fraudsters.

Obviously do a HPI check and VIN numbers tally etc - any other checks to do?

TIA

You should've spent more money on the brakes.

Hth.

[Spacecadet]

Surely another second hand yaris that works can't cost that much, then you just need to get the old one scrapped or sold

[Troll]

Surely another second hand yaris that works can't cost that much, then you just need to get the old one scrapped or sold

They do hold their value quite well - comparable ones on Auto trader / Ebay are £1500- £2000 whereas the gumtree is £295

Given the likely hood of further incidents I don't really want to spend large amounts on a replacement

[SupremeSpod]

They do hold their value quite well - comparable ones on Auto trader / Ebay are £1500- £2000 whereas the gumtree is £295

Given the likely hood of further incidents I don't really want to spend large amounts on a replacement

Buy the car off gumtree, have it delivered and say to your kids, "right, you want a car? There's the bits, get it sorted!".

They may be a bit more careful next time.

[Troll]

Buy the car off gumtree, have it delivered and say to your kids, "right, you want a car? There's the bits, get it sorted!".

They may be a bit more careful next time.

I'd thought about an old school approach - tell em to fix it themselves or walk... seems a tad harsh - but they will definitely be assisting as they did most of the grunt work when dropping the gearbox to replace the clutch in the old Yaris - but I know who will have to sort it out if things go wrong

[SupremeSpod]

I'd thought about an old school approach - tell em to fix it themselves or walk... seems a tad harsh - but they will definitely be assisting as they did most of the grunt work when dropping the gearbox to replace the clutch in the old Yaris - but I know who will have to sort it out if things go wrong

The skills you impart will be worth their weight in gold. Seriously, do it.

Actually, scrub that.

Sell your yaris in autotrader for whatever you can get for it and buy a landrover with the proceeds.

Cheap insurance and easy to fix.