Don't buy this dc5R!!! Warning to others interested =)

Hi guys, just wanted to give any1 whos looking at this car a heads up.

This fella told me car was immaculate, straight, no accidents, A1 engine and I told him I would fly to Adelaide from Sydney to buy this car with my friend as he wanted a white dc5R.

everything was false, and 100% misleading and wasted my friends money on airfares.

The car has had a front radiator support welded in, rear chassis has been welded in, and I don't see how this car is not recorded on revs, would have cost a fortune to fix.
All panels have ridiculously large gaps, some I could stick my thumb in between and the engine had a huge leak with blue smoke blowing out the black and a milky engine oil cap.


so if any1 is looking at this interstate becaues it is fairly cheap, just giving you a heads up :)

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/d...e=Year:Min,Max

What did you guys do when you saw its true condition?

LOL the photos look mint. Did you take any photos of your own while inspecting? Would be keen to see the difference.

Many many cars are not on revs because they have not been recorded to insurance , police or the Rta etc.

Luckily the one you viewed stood out ! I'm sure lots out there aren't as lucky.

Wow. Thanks for the heads up dude. There be hustlers out there.

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Originally Posted by bennjamin

Many many cars are not on revs because they have not been recorded to insurance , police or the Rta etc.

Luckily the one you viewed stood out ! I'm sure lots out there aren't as lucky.

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That's right, it's only a write off when insurance comes in.
Lots of cars go panel beaters for cash jobs coz of accidents

Yea, hence this car would've cost a fortune out of someones pocket to repair.

There was also signs of fire damage on some interior panels, and overspray resedue on trims, and in between panels etc.

Rubbish car!

Hope any1 whos looking at this sees this thread! Dont want others to lose out on money like my mate.
Flights aint cheap !

You should have kicked in the qtr panel or threw a brick on it...

These scummy lowlifes deserve it

What a scumbag :( How old was he? Can't believe he lied to you and made you go all the way from Syd!

SA plates maybe its listed on whatever revs sort of thing they have? sucks man looks clean in those pics

Yeh in the pics you can't see thumb size panel gaps

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Originally Posted by unl3a5h

SA plates maybe its listed on whatever revs sort of thing they have? sucks man looks clean in those pics

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We have PPSR which checks for ecumberance.

The check vehicle registation page comes up with ANY recorded stolen/wrecked/written off status.

South Australia doesn't require rwc to sell car

what?

y wud u travel that far.. it doesnt even look good.. theres more immaculate examples out there for the same price if not better.. look at the high kms. ew

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Originally Posted by integraR

South Australia doesn't require rwc to sell car

what?

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Because it gets checked by inspection before it can be registered on our roads.

My mate wanted to travel that far as the pics looked fairly clean, guy sounded genuine, provided licence etc..
and he negotiated to a price of $12k.

Too good to be true, really is too good to be true.
I did tell him that we were comin with some1 with panel beatin experience etc and he goes confirmed it was all sweet.
even asked specifics such as gaps, paint match etc.

oh well !

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Originally Posted by Lossehelin

My mate wanted to travel that far as the pics looked fairly clean, guy sounded genuine, provided licence etc..
and he negotiated to a price of $12k.

Too good to be true, really is too good to be true.
I did tell him that we were comin with some1 with panel beatin experience etc and he goes confirmed it was all sweet.
even asked specifics such as gaps, paint match etc.

oh well !

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What did he say after you pointed out all the defects?

He tried to tell me that he didn't know and that his mechanic said it was accident free.

Then he tried to tell me that the welds are factory and the cracks in the chassis were normal lol

Bad luck man, hard to see in pics

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Originally Posted by Lossehelin

He tried to tell me that he didn't know and that his mechanic said it was accident free.

Then he tried to tell me that the welds are factory and the cracks in the chassis were normal lol

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A seller will say anything to get you to buy the car. Why cares what he says, just get your panel beater to look at it.

Face it, it's an middle-aged car with about average Kms.

A car of this age and mileage is bound to have repairs done due to prangs. Looks like this one has had a bad hit that wasn't repaired well. Time to move along and look at another one. Don't settle for crap, even if it takes you a few months to find a clean one.

plenty of decent dc5r/s out there in better condition. keep your eye out at clubitr.

its also marked as sold.. some poor bloke might have bought it :(

Lol

sold :d

if hes giving you Championship White DC5R for 12k without even seeing the car, that should of raised some eyebrows there

everyone knows the honda fanboys championship white dc5 has honda fanboy tax that make it worth 10k more than any other colour

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Originally Posted by Zenki

What a scumbag :( How old was he? Can't believe he lied to you and made you go all the way from Syd!

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I think thats a little far fetched saying that ...Op sort of chose to take a gamble, although a calculated one by..

- trusting the sellers word (mistake)
- not asking for close up pictures
- seeing cheap price only but not asking why

Even if all the above checked out, its still a gamble as different in person vs pics. The gamble being air fair and time. Have to be prepared to lose both.

To say the seller made him fly out is a bit much. But yes of course seller is still a douche and sucks op had to go through it.

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Originally Posted by Rudy

I think thats a little far fetched saying that ...Op sort of chose to take a gamble, although a calculated one by..

- trusting the sellers word (mistake)
- not asking for close up pictures
- seeing cheap price only but not asking why

Even if all the above checked out, its still a gamble as different in person vs pics. The gamble being air fair and time. Have to be prepared to lose both.

To say the seller made him fly out is a bit much. But yes of course seller is still a douche and sucks op had to go through it.

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Yeah, but the guy would have known that his car wouldn't pass an inspection by a panel beater, and said to them "honestly, it may not hold up to inspection". By saying "yes, it's worth flying over for", he lied to them, and that lie swayed their decision to fly over. He didn't force them to, but he certainly influenced them to do so.

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Originally Posted by Indie

Yeah, but the guy would have known that his car wouldn't pass an inspection by a panel beater, and said to them "honestly, it may not hold up to inspection". By saying "yes, it's worth flying over for", he lied to them, and that lie swayed their decision to fly over. He didn't force them to, but he certainly influenced them to do so.

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No I agree with you, but what I said still applies imo. The seller was wrong and immoral, but no one 'made him' go as said before. He chose to on his own merit by trusting the sellers words, the 'too good to be true price' and the limited amount of objective info that he was given. There's nothing wrong with asking for a lot of detailed pics, explanations on price, and quizzing them till they are sick, especially when flying over!

I have a fair idea about cars and did question the guy as well as i could.

as mentioned, I also stated that we had panel beating experience and would tell straight away if any accidents, he confirmed there had been none at all and to fly down.

We didn't just fly down after seeing the carsales ad, this was a 3-4 day question/negotiation process to make sure we had no surprises. But the surprises were ridiculous

I am only posting this thread to warn others who are interested in this specific vehicle.

What I am thinking is, how can u seriously get a legit dc5r for $12k, let alone one in CW.

I mean, thanks for sharing to warn others, but commonsense would tell you there is no way you can get a clean CW dc5r for $12k

Normally, when someone says there's going to be a panel beater coming and there's no way that you could lie about it, you'd think they would not bother trying to sell the car to you, let alone make people fly interstate... And if you didn't negotiate prior, the car wasn't priced at 12k anyway so the OP may have saved a few people from checking out the car.

Yes, it was cheap, but sometimes people have money issues and need to sell a car quickly to clear bills, debts, or whatever and get desperate to sell. I think if I was the OP and the seller sounded fairly honest, I would go check out the car as well (and I would have been just as pissed).

this sounds too personal. car has already been taken out of the site or perhaps been sold. seller probably got his money and laughin, LOL. @OP what have you gained from it?

It's gone , closed