citroen bx 1.7 tzd

JayW · Post by **JayW** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:38 pm

Dollywobbler wrote:I don't care about your motives - all I care about is that your 'giggles' make BX owners look like a bunch of petty-minded idiots who've all got it in for each other to the casual viewer.

That almost looked like it was pointing the finger at me... tut tut, a little off target conclusion jumping there... I said the highly accurate Wiki was me, never said anything about Adtrader...

Meh! You're all entitled to your opinions as i am mine.

You may all choose to agree to disagree...

I disagree to agree...

Motive... hmmmm, something all the bandwagon jumpers never considered before they hopped onboard...

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:03 am

What i've found funny about this, is the fact that Andy42 has junked a load of spares for nowt & is going to scrap his car

Just because he doesn't like what he think's someone's said, now that is pathetic to spite your own face & to stop others from benefiting from anything you had to offer

Who knows what really happened, i don't really care except for your attitude of getting rid of everything to make some sort of meaningless point. Oh & welcome to the club, you may actually be the shortest lived member seeing as your car is going to china shortly.....

mds141 · Post by **mds141** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:12 am

A sense of deja vu about all of this...ah yes primary school circa 1975.

scarecrow · Post by **scarecrow** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:27 am

MULLEY wrote:What i've found funny about this, is the fact that Andy42 has junked a load of spares for nowt & is going to scrap his car Just because he doesn't like what he think's someone's said, now that is pathetic to spite your own face & to stop others from benefiting from anything you had to offer

Who knows what really happened, i don't really care except for your attitude of getting rid of everything to make some sort of meaningless point. Oh & welcome to the club, you may actually be the shortest lived member seeing as your car is going to china shortly.....

There didn't appear to be many takers for the car anyway, only Richard and Jay showed interest so I don't really feel cheated out of any opportunity. Like you say cutting off your nose to spite your face has never been a particularly sensible policy.

This is the second time the VIC check has caused a problem recently and I suspect some sellers may be genuinely unaware of the need for a check... My own opinion is that DVLA should ensure that a vehicle can't be kept on the road without a VIC as soon as one is needed.

JayW · Post by **JayW** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:43 am

scarecrow wrote: My own opinion is that DVLA should ensure that a vehicle can't be kept on the road without a VIC as soon as one is needed.

I agree that would be a good policy.

Much better that sending out the lynch mob when someone points out a car LEGALLY REQUIRES one and saves you a whole load of hassle if you were the one to unwittingly buy it...

IIRC that was the same response I got both times I've pointed out the VIC issue recently... should just keep my mouth shut and then quietly chuckle to myself afterward really. I just have this thing about not being ripped-off, knowingly or otherwise...

Kevin B · Post by **Kevin B** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:07 pm

If you knew my motive you might not be so judgemental, but that would ruin the fun!

Seems like you have an axe to grind, have we had our fingers burnt in the past

Whilst it is true that the seller did not mention the VIC issue, as other posters have stated, there is a good chance he genuinely may not have known about this. There were certainly other more diplomatic ways of letting him know about his short comings.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:30 pm

I've re-read Jay's post & tbh i can't see anything that isn't factual, perhaps the way it was worded may have caused the seller to take it personally as i'm guessing he was totally unawares of the vic issue. Why didn't he just pm jay about the post & sort it out man to man, no he decided to get a face on thinking it was a personal attack, his loss tbh rather than ours, lets move on as nothing is going to change on this post....

Mickey taker · Post by **Mickey taker** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:10 pm

I think some people should buy washing machines then they wouldent have to keep doing there dirty laundry in public

JayW · Post by **JayW** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:54 am

In all reality, I asked the owner the question about VIC on 31st August having had quite a conversation. I arranged for another member (who lives closer) to go look at the car a couple of days later when the seller returned from his weekend away. But, having asked the VIC question I NEVER received ANY further communication.

Do the math.

2 weeks later on the 15th September I posted that the owner had neglected to mention the VIC. Pretty black & white to me!

On the 19th the owner returns to the site already having junked the spares with a chip and plans to scrap the motor.

Again, do the math.

Though it is nice to see the crew of the bandwagon are dispersing...

scarecrow · Post by **scarecrow** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:21 am

The wheel fell off my bandwagon a long time ago

Linegeist · Post by **Linegeist** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:45 am

scarecrow wrote:The wheel fell off my bandwagon a long time ago

I might have a spare in the workshop Steve. I'll take a look this afternoon for you.

Is it a MkI or a MkII?

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:37 pm

Susan Donym wrote:I think some people should buy washing machines then they wouldent have to keep doing there dirty laundry in public

I think Sue that you should go and re-read your earlier post. If I'm not mistaken you were doing some dirty washing too, dragging up a previous situation of a member that had been already "cleaned" and put-away!

scarecrow · Post by **scarecrow** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:34 pm

Linegeist wrote:
scarecrow wrote:The wheel fell off my bandwagon a long time ago
I might have a spare in the workshop Steve. I'll take a look this afternoon for you. Is it a MkI or a MkII?

Dunno if it's a mark1 or 2 but it's wooden - so I guess mark 1 then

Could we have photos of any dirty underwear please? I put mine on back-to-front today and that's the way they'll stay 'till they need to come off again!

Mickey taker · Post by **Mickey taker** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:11 pm

Way2go wrote: I think Sue that you should go and re-read your earlier post. If I'm not mistaken you were doing some dirty washing too, dragging up a previous situation of a member that had been already "cleaned" and put-away!

I dont think I was,

If you are refering to the post supporting Tim, I was refering to a situaition , I didnt once say it happenned to me or indeed it was anything to do with this forum did I ?

All I thought I was doing was pointing out how sometimes its not worth rising to the bait set by others as all it does is create bad feeling and achieves little else.

If a similar situation happenned here it was before I joined

Post by **Defender110** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:25 pm

I think this thread has been crossthreaded (pun intended) with another as I can't see anything wrong with what any forum member wrote on here before Andy42 threw his toys out of the pram, all I can read is a little advice to other forum members who may have been considering this car!