Caravelle carousel.

[abaddonxi]

I've been slowly in the process of buying a people mover.

Very slowly.

Slowly enough that they're coming around again.

I went to check one out on ebay a few weeks ago, real cheap, the bloke selling it turned out to be a Range Rover guy, so several hours of coffee later I reckon it's worth buying, even with the steam coming out of the oil cap hole, and the electrical problems and the small panel damage - it was very cheap.

He was selling on behalf of someone else, and by the time he got in contact with her to confirm our deal someone else had offered more and they'd decided to stick to the auction.

Bidding went higher than I was willing to pay, having seen the car.

All good, win some, lose some.

Today I saw some very familiar pictures on another car sales site, except the address has moved from one side of Sydney to the other. Went back through ebay and found the identical pictures on the Caravelle that I didn't buy. That is, except for the uglier pics. The blurb with the ad talked about how it comes with camping gear, and having taken the cd player out because it was a gift from his kids.

I couldn't resist, so I gave the bloke a call to see what the deal is. Owned it for a while. No, selling for wife's friend. Took the stereo out because it was a gift from his kids. No, no rust around the windscreen. No, never heard of Caravelles getting rust there. Did describe the panel damage from the picture that wasn't transferred over from the ebay ad.

I went on to ask if there was any engine trouble. No, might need a new radiator. He didn't mention the steam that'd put a kettle to shame. But no, no engine trouble, runs fine. I gave him the benefit of the doubt. When was the last service? Oh, it could do with one, definitely a few months ago, probably needs one soon.

I said thanks, and left him with it.

BTW, it had more than doubled in price.


And you'd think that was the low point in sales for the week.

But no. I spent Sunday driving down to a car yard in Sydney to look at a another one, low kilometres, price was reasonable. Rilka called them and quizzed them, all good nothing wrong.

An hour and a half later, it starts ****ing down the moment I pull up outside the yard. Go in, get the keys, dealer leaves me to it.

The dash is hanging out, the air-con isn't working, contrary to original conversation. The meter says 121K, but the upholstery says a lot more than that. Turn it on and the exciting lights come on. Under the hood there's no water in the reservoir, and the oil cap is looking rusty and full of condensation.

Three hours driving, five minutes shopping.

Still looking.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Shouldnt posts like this be in the soapbox?

[V8Ian]

You have to kiss a lot of frogs Simon.

[abaddonxi]

You have to kiss a lot of frogs Simon.

Apparently that's how you end up with lots of tadpoles.

And a peoplemover.

[V8Ian]

Apparently that's how you end up with lots of tadpoles.

And a peoplemover.

Lucky they're not toads, you'd end up with warts.

[SloMoBro]

G'day, I have a mate with a caravelle that he's planning to sell and get himself a defender. Will give you his number if you're interested.

[p38arover]

If he's near you, that would be better for Simon who is in Leura!

[Pedro_The_Swift]

straight swap Simon?????

[SloMoBro]

Easy then. Lives in the same street as me.

[LandyAndy]

FAIR SWAP
Get a D2 and get on with it
Andrew