Wack61
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Not worth starting a thread , just been reminded of something that happened a while back
Some years ago I sold a 4.0 S Type to an African guy
Got a call at 10am , deep African voice
Is the jaguar still for sale
Yes
give me your address
4 hours goes by , nothing so I call him back
Ah yes, the jaguar , where are you located
Warrington
Where is warrington
Between Manchester and Liverpool, where are you
Where am I, near the airport , expecting him to say Manchester or Liverpool
Which airport
London City Airport
FFS , that's 220 miles away
No no I am coming do not sell it
4 hours later a car pulls up , a couple in full African dress get out
They look round the car so I start talking to the guy that drove them here , after a minute it dawns on me it's a taxi , from london
We go for a test drive , he's happy so he pays
then we get to the V5c , he's exporting it to tanzania , not a clue how to do that so he gets on the phone and comes up with an address in milton Keynes , not my problem
Then he pulls out a roll of £50 notes , must've been 20k and reels off the asking price
I show him the controls, set the satnav to a hotel in manchester
He gets in the car and ******* boots it off the drive , I was amazed he didn't do a burnout , **** me
got about 50m , reverses almost as fast
Winds the window down
Do you have insurance for me to drive this vehicle
No, I've got insurance for me to drive it
It is of no matter , then he shot off down the close
I stood on the end of the drive for 5 minutes thinking what the **** has just happened
A month or so later it was showing as exported
Some years ago I sold a 4.0 S Type to an African guy
Got a call at 10am , deep African voice
Is the jaguar still for sale
Yes
give me your address
4 hours goes by , nothing so I call him back
Ah yes, the jaguar , where are you located
Warrington
Where is warrington
Between Manchester and Liverpool, where are you
Where am I, near the airport , expecting him to say Manchester or Liverpool
Which airport
London City Airport
FFS , that's 220 miles away
No no I am coming do not sell it
4 hours later a car pulls up , a couple in full African dress get out
They look round the car so I start talking to the guy that drove them here , after a minute it dawns on me it's a taxi , from london
We go for a test drive , he's happy so he pays
then we get to the V5c , he's exporting it to tanzania , not a clue how to do that so he gets on the phone and comes up with an address in milton Keynes , not my problem
Then he pulls out a roll of £50 notes , must've been 20k and reels off the asking price
I show him the controls, set the satnav to a hotel in manchester
He gets in the car and ******* boots it off the drive , I was amazed he didn't do a burnout , **** me
got about 50m , reverses almost as fast
Winds the window down
Do you have insurance for me to drive this vehicle
No, I've got insurance for me to drive it
It is of no matter , then he shot off down the close
I stood on the end of the drive for 5 minutes thinking what the **** has just happened
A month or so later it was showing as exported