French-plated LHD BX "Millesime" - London!

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:35 pm

Now now Ian thats not very PC!

DavidRutherford · Post by **DavidRutherford** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:36 pm

Probably the person bidding is someone who knows how much a BX is worth in France, so they're going to buy it here, take it back to france and sell it.

Did consider doing so myself, but I think that would be a right can of worms.

Post by **docchevron** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:42 am

tim leech wrote: Now now Ian thats not very PC!

Non PC it may be, but it's true.

mike st gilles · Post by **mike st gilles** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:34 am

David, thats the best thing to do with it.
Either that or do what the majority of these bidders are probably going to do and thats to run it in and out of the Congestion Zone every day (£8 a day soon adds up) speed everywhere as the cameras are useless and park it all over the place knowing they won't get a ticket.

Ian_Fearn · Post by **Ian_Fearn** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:14 am

tim leech wrote: Now now Ian thats not very PC!

Hey, i wasnt being NON PC!

I was just quoting the fact that lots of people from the EU are now working in Britain.

Post by **docchevron** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:17 am

tim leech wrote:According to the add it states "airconditioing blows cold"

Computer says no!

I've just had a much closer look at the under bonnet piccy. That car dont have aircon, it's a con!

cauchoiskev · Post by **cauchoiskev** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:29 pm

Maybe he means the heater blower is working

.

Don't touch this one with a bargepole, unless you want it for spares. That car has been sold by a French owner in due form : the "Carte grise" (car's papers) has the top corner cut off. The French police will have been informed of the sale and of the new owner's identity. Who knows whether that will correspond to the current seller's identity ?

It should have been re-registered in France by the buyer within a month, IIRC. In other words, it should not be on the road, and can't be normally insured. IMO there would be hellish problems getting it licensed in GB.

tom · Post by **tom** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:58 pm

Thought I'd ask him why he reckons the aircon works anyway. I'll be interested to get an answer but at £360 so far for a very dodgy BX, I doubt if I'll be bidding!

Post by **docchevron** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:05 pm

Maybe he puts ice cubes in the blower ducts???

mike st gilles · Post by **mike st gilles** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:17 pm

Maybe he puts ice cubes in the blower ducts???
Seen a few 'airconditioning' units like that for sale ........lol

tom · Post by **tom** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:52 am

His reply was "I meant there is a fan that blows cold air. I didn't mean to say it had air conditioning. Sorry if that is misleading"
Draw your own conclusions.

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:07 am

Wow, a fan that blows cold air! Must be worth quadruple the current price then? Or maybe not.

Post by **docchevron** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:34 pm

It was clearly intended to be misleading.
Thats like saying, "it has wheels, and they're round."
or "it has doors that open to make getting in and out easier"..
or "this is the limited edition with the steering wheel, it makes going round corners so much easier than the lesser models that didn't have steering wheels"...

Dear god, some people eh.......

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:17 pm

tom wrote:His reply was "I meant there is a fan that blows cold air. I didn't mean to say it had air conditioning. Sorry if that is misleading"
Draw your own conclusions.

Well.........yes..........it blows cold air when you don't want it in the middle of winter but what does he think it blows when you need it with an outside temperature of 24+ degrees?

What a wide boy!

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:52 pm

docchevron1472 wrote:It was clearly intended to be misleading.
Thats like saying, "it has wheels, and they're round."
or "it has doors that open to make getting in and out easier"..
or "this is the limited edition with the steering wheel, it makes going round corners so much easier than the lesser models that didn't have steering wheels"...

Dear god, some people eh.......

As oppose to the quartic wheeled All-agros which had a sort of square steering wheel and didn't go round corners then?