Reply to: Odd SMS message re car I have advertised on gumtree

[KentPhilip]

Do you want me to ask if he's single?

He might want OP's car. Can't imagine him wanting my cleaner

[MaryPoppins]

It's a new Beetle not an old one. A VW Golf shaped like a clown's car. It was great for commuting but we can't really justify two cars anymore. I will miss the flower vase and won't have anywhere to play my Steeleye Span tapes anymore.

Oh, god. They are genuinely the most awful car on the road [IMO]. Bloody travesty. No, then.

My dad bought one new, before I was born. He saw it in the car park at work about 10 years after he sold it and tried to buy it back, but the guy said no.

Yes, my Dad sold my favourite one when I was about, I think, 12. I cried for days. Then about 6 months ago I saw it driving past me near where we used to live, so we're trying to find out who owns it.

[DimPrawn]

My dad bought one new, before I was born. He saw it in the car park at work about 10 years after he sold it and tried to buy it back, but the guy said no.

I still have a 60s era workshop manual for them somewhere.

I fancy an old car as a project now. I've always wanted a Lancia Beta for some reason.

I had a Lancia Beta 2.0 Coupe when I were a young un.

It were a red one.

Followed by a HF Turbo Delta. A red one.

Then an MR2 Turbo I imported from Japan. A red one.

[RedSauce]

VWOCGB | Cars For Sale

or similar?

Beetle's are still hot for Girls?

Not anymore.

About 10 years ago it was yellow Saxos that had the nicest women, then mini convetibles, then beetles and now it is the Fiat 500s (usually the ones with the red soft-top) that i leer at.

[vetran]

Of course, if you really really wanted to make it slower, you turned it into a beach buggy.

yes but if you did that you got laid, a lot!

[doodab]

My Dad used to do up Beetle's and show them. I love 'em, but perhaps not for commuting

My dad bought one new, before I was born. He saw it in the car park at work about 10 years after he sold it and tried to buy it back, but the guy said no.

I still have a 60s era workshop manual for them somewhere.

I fancy an old car as a project now. I've always wanted a Lancia Beta for some reason.

[Old Greg]

Sounds like a scammer to me.

Do you want me to ask if he's single?

[vetran]

WSS++

We are talking here about this

Volkswagen New Beetle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Basically a front engined front wheel drive beetle. Nothing to do with the original whatsoever.

PS.

The original beetle is even worse. That terrible engine, interior, performance, noise and soooooooooooooo sloooooooooooooooow

you driven an original Mini?

at least the VW's front wings or wheels didn't fall off.

They are clearly identifiable classics even the rev2. OK not as nice as a Mondeo but what is?

[DimPrawn]

F***ing pieces of tulip

WSS++

We are talking here about this

Volkswagen New Beetle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Basically a front engined front wheel drive beetle. Nothing to do with the original whatsoever.

PS.

The original beetle is even worse. That terrible engine, interior, performance, noise and soooooooooooooo sloooooooooooooooow

[Old Greg]

My Dad used to do up Beetle's and show them. I love 'em, but perhaps not for commuting

It's a new Beetle not an old one. A VW Golf shaped like a clown's car. It was great for commuting but we can't really justify two cars anymore. I will miss the flower vase and won't have anywhere to play my Steeleye Span tapes anymore.

[KentPhilip]

Have a car advertised on gumtree. Just got an SMS, which shows the recipient's name - let's say Fred, but it has no associated phone no. Message asks me to email them. It seems a bit odd. How do you send an SMS showing a name but no phone no.?

Sounds like a scammer to me.

[bless 'em all]

Thanks. I've had the text off webuyanycar but I'm hoping for the value of the car rather than up to the value.

Parker's value a 2003 @ £2500 - £3000. They hold their price well don't they?

[MaryPoppins]

Don't you find the hideous noise they make rattles your eyeballs so you start seeing things double?

Deffo. We drove home from Cornwall once without a clutch, too. But I loved the way they smelt and sounded, and I loved 'helping' my Dad fix them up!

[OwlHoot]

My Dad used to do up Beetle's and show them. I love 'em, but perhaps not for commuting

Don't you find the hideous noise they make rattles your eyeballs so you start seeing things double?

[MaryPoppins]

My Dad used to do up Beetle's and show them. I love 'em, but perhaps not for commuting