End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had it...

[DHTiling]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

Or add a hayabusa engine..

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[Dan]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

You could turn it into a trailer for the scooby..:lol:

It'd never fit a scooby on it lol

Broke reverse gear in the scooby. And as the flywheel is warped from Nurburgring, it means I may as well take the opportunity to replace the flywheel, clutch AND gearbox. Boooo.

I've never made a penny on a car. They always cost me a damn fortune no matter what price I buy one for. lol

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i



Hillarious!!

Nooooooo dont do that too much!! We've already had people put their bids out! Can be a bit dangerous.
You might end up with a yellow smart on your doorstep!!!
Look at this bad Karma below!!

	Member Id: nsgolfer58 ( 8 )	Retracted: £350.00 Explanation:Entered wrong amount	Bid:13-Aug-11 1846 BST Retracted: 13-Aug-11 1827 BST
	Member Id: jsemedo11 ( 1 ) No longer registered with eBay	Cancelled: £511.00 Explanation:Administrative Cancellation	Bid:15-Aug-11 1156 BST Cancelled: 15-Aug-11 1311 BST

 

[Dan]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

Last time I did something like that for a friend I did win it!

Done that a few times myself but the friend can cancel the bids from you/me - but it normally takes the next winning price right back down. So I tend not to do it now.

A mate tried to get me bid on an old punto he was selling, I told him I'd not bother as he was looking for twice the cars value in my opinion. That upset him a bit. lol

 

[DHTiling]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

It'd never fit a scooby on it lol

Broke reverse gear in the scooby. And as the flywheel is warped from Nurburgring, it means I may as well take the opportunity to replace the flywheel, clutch AND gearbox. Boooo.

I've never made a penny on a car. They always cost me a damn fortune no matter what price I buy one for. lol

I meant a towing trailer not a car trailer..:lol:

 

[Dan]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

You can change your search settings to see completed listings and what they went for.

Click 'Advanced Search' and scroll down a bit until you see a check box for 'completed listings only' or something like that. Then do a search for Smart Car. And it shows you what they went for and which ones didn't reach their reserve price (where applicable) etc.

Gives you a good sense of what it may go for.

I always do this before listing anything to work out whether its worth the HUGE 20% fees (10% ebay and 10% paypal is a rip off IMO)

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

CURRENTLY AT £720
SO BAND E ALREADY !

LIVE AUCTION

 

[mikethetile]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

that will go over the 1k , even written and high mileage, its a cheap commuter car and very much sought after due to its mpg and tax/insurance bands. I know someone with several of these inc a convertable they keep at their villa in spain

 

[Gazzer]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

Almost 1K , nice little bonus though ?

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

Yeah not bad! The bloke is a mechanic and he strips cars down.

I ran it over to him on the trailer. He recons that all the issues are easy fixes for him and he plans to resell it for £1600 quid.

Good luck to him! - I know its not something we could do.

 

[Mike]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

is he going to leave the paintwork? free advertising for you

 

[mikethetile]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

I would have said 1600 is about right so if it needed work you did alright Richard

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

Yeah I think we did good. About the graphics I wish him luck getting the graphics off. We tried it ourselves when the car got smashed at the back.
We tried to redo the graphics. Took about an hour to remove the logo graphic. So its time consuming but not impossible.
So maybe he has another method. But as you say Mike we did alright and he got what he wanted.
As Theo Pathetis said on Dragons Den this week. Everybody wants to leave the party with a balloon...

 

[mikethetile]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

I use a hot air gun and then cutting compound to remove the glue but even with that method some vinyls are a pig to remove as they harden with age

 

[Colour Republic]

Re: End of an era. The 365Drills smart car is up for auction on ebay. Finally had i

Mr Muscle oven cleaner. Seems like far too much of a harsh chemical to use on paint work but I remember an 'uncle in law' who had a van resale business where all of his lads would use this to remove decals before resale.