Aaaah, my Freelie was written off due to car accident last March. It looks like it's been fixed and listed on Ebay with the same licence plate.

Major difference is that roof rails, front grill and rims have been changed. Also they've added a badge that says 'HSE Luxury'. Also, the car had way more KM than what's showing on the clock!

Is this a dodgy ad or what? Or is it a different car assigned with a different licence plate?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LHD-Land-Rover-...fresh=true 2013 SE TD4 in Mauritius Blue [Written off]

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Presumably it has no MoT tests before it was written off (being abroad maybe?) so they have....er......taken advantage of the missing recorded mileage and massaged the miles a bit  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

Box brownie, so that they can get away with it? I feel sorry for the poor sod who's going to buy it. Chassis was bent and front right axle destroyed. I was quoted £16k to repair, so God only knows what parts have been thrown in... 2013 SE TD4 in Mauritius Blue [Written off]

Well they can get away with it if no body knows!

When you surrendered the V5 did you fill in the mileage request? (Not compulsory, but it should be). Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

Sadly, I couldn't recover from the glove compartment before it was towed back to the UK. 2013 SE TD4 in Mauritius Blue [Written off]

I would suggest letting your insurance company know, they all talk to each other and can flag the registration so when anyone goes to insure it they can ask some deep meaningful questions.....  MY2014 SD4 XS
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Perhaps ask the seller a few pertinent questions?

Scrimple - that's really useful, I still have the number. Doesn't help the chap who's going to buy it. However I thought I'd post it here as a warning to others to do their homework when buying off ebay. 2013 SE TD4 in Mauritius Blue [Written off]

Sidthecat wrote:

Perhaps ask the seller a few pertinent questions?

Remember most people will look at insurance before purchase just to get an idea on price so I would suggest they would be interested especially as they are big into fraud these days.

I dare say the old bill might be interested as well !!  MY2014 SD4 XS
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thanks, Scrimple. Will try and do tomorrow. 2013 SE TD4 in Mauritius Blue [Written off]

its not far from where i live, dont know them personally but i just wouldnt trust them as far i could throw them, lack of description, and other information on there would put me off.

as for the odometer reading... i wonder if it has been changed to miles rather than kilometres. So it should be 100,000km which is approx 60,000 miles

i would pretty much guarantee that if you started quizzing him too much then the car would be miraculously sold and the ad removed.

nick the greek wrote:

Sidthecat wrote:

Perhaps ask the seller a few pertinent questions?

I'm not really the confrontational type, although I'm contemplating calling them up or emailing them.

nick the greek wrote:

Sidthecat wrote:

Perhaps ask the seller a few pertinent questions?

I'm not really the confrontational type, although I'm contemplating calling them up or emailing them.

have you messaged the seller Ed ?

ive just sent this over via Ebay messages, told him i live down the road and planning to drop in to view it.

is the car still for sale please ?
do you have the current V5 registration for it as its LHD ?
do you know the history of it, for example where it was used as its LHD and the previous owner(s) details
does it have a current MOT?
does it have any history of accident damage ?
is there any finance or anything on HPI about it?

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