http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Polo-mk4-G40-engine-surperchared-vr6-g40-/140562086946?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item20ba273c22#ht_678wt_1141
now maybe because i am getting old now, it annoys me this advert as he seems to think it is fine to tell his insurance it is a 1.4
the advert is piss poor, and the awful spelling makes me form a view of the guy already.
Also 178bhp is some high figures for a g40 engine, so im guessing that is bullshit too?
No MOT did it for me, and if it will fly frew then you would have mot'd it.
178bhp at the wheels?! utter horse shit.
That's pretty damn special!!! But i'd prob's still buy it haha!
I wonder if his RS turbo in his van is declared!
Quote from: DKnight on June 10, 2011, 11:49:48 PM
he seems to think it is fine to tell his insurance it is a 1.4
Isn't that illegal?
yeah if he has an accident, but who are we to preach, hopefully karma will sort him out
i can not see that car going for much as there is no mention of anything relevant in the advert, poly bushes all round? i bet there aint!
but like already said, print out for the bhp? there is no way (from my knowledge) he can be getting those figures without some hefty engine mods and even then it is still high
im resisting messaging him and asking questions...
Lol just seen this on my regular ebay searches i wanted to give him a piece of my mind what a dickhead he sounds like the kid i spoke at work yesterday telling me he was fitting a bam engine in his car with a budget of 2k. some people are just not real
178 at the wheels is about 205 at the flywheel. Lolage
i was getting approx 175bhp and that was with a lot of mods like cam and bvh.
And he hasnt mentioned anything about charger service.
i couldnt resist, i have messaged lol
Quote from: Jezza-7 on June 11, 2011, 01:38:49 PM
i was getting approx 175bhp and that was with a lot of mods like cam and bvh.
And he hasnt mentioned anything about charger service.
at the wheels though?
I think Jezza means at the flywheel.
Dear voodoowinston,
Not being horrible mate but come and have a look at the car and the papper work im not botherd about being insured as a 1.4 its down to someone else to change theres millions of cars built everyday insured as standerd cars ull never stop it.
- neil_escortrsturbovan
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From: voodoowinston
To: neil_escortrsturbovan
Subject: Other: voodoowinston sent a message about Polo mk4 with G40 engine surperchared!! , vr6 , g40 , #140562086946
Sent Date: 11-Jun-11 15:44:26 BST
Dear neil_escortrsturbovan,
hi mate
can you please show proof of the bhp claim? that is about 205bhp at the fly and in my 10 years of g40 ownership i have never seen it.
What is the spec and details of the engine? charger service? have the rear axle bushes been swapped for poly aswell?
Also sorry to preach a little but you do know your insurance is void if you have it down as a standard 1.4?
Also if it will fly through an mot then surely for the price of an mot it would boost the sale price much more? when did the current mot run out?
thanks
Dan
- voodoowinston
So i can say that when my car was rr'ed i made 191bhp? Using a crap rr then!
And i like the way he has avoided the charger service and engine spec. He must not know anything about it.
I might mail him too.
im being nice about my questions tbh, if it is packing that power then i am genuinely interested.
The insurance thing is fraud as he's directly lying when they ask if the car is standard. We've all done it from time to time, although if you have 7 cars I imagine you'd have the extra couple hundred quid for an accurate policy (my reason was always lack of money anway!).
178@ the fly would be realistic I'd have thought? Perhaps he had his Ford Kevscort hat on when writing the ad and thought he'd be a bit cheeky by saying it was at the wheels.
Does come across as a bit of a plumb to me.
As for the MOT thing, I just sold my 6n2 cheap as I really couldn't be arsed to insure it, drive it to an MOT place (when I'm always at work 40 miles away) organise transport back/ there, etc....... it's not always convenient and sometimes people (like myself) will just take less money for it as a result. My 6n2 had sat on the drive for 18 months and had about £700 spent on it (parts), plus the cost of the car, plus my time and effort and a trip to Liverpool and back to swap engines..........it sold for £500. I also gave him a mk2 8v golf engine as well as the original polo engine.......again because I can't be bothered/ haven't got time to sort everything and sell it for as much as poss.
i know what you are saying about the mot thing, but with a car like this if it will fly through, he would have done it, he does not have to worry about insuring it as outlined before lol
It got me thinking where insurance companies stand with things like this, he has given the cars reg on ebay, and admitted to fraudulent insurance. But where is he actually breaking the law in so far as action being taken?
Only when an accident occurs? Do his insurance company report it? do the police act on it?
I would have thought, just like the roadside mot checking, there would be at least a "report crook insurance" line somewhere?
I remember many moons ago a kid in Worcester had a daft engine in a corsa (calibra turbo i think). insured it as a std 1.4, then when he got pulled the copper rang up his insurance company and asked about the engine, they knew nowt about it and told them his insurance wasn't valid, he then got reported for having no insurance. I don't think they'd bother pursuing the fraud thing as it's not good PR for them to prosecute their own customers, lol.
also has anyone botherd telling insurers that thier cars are lowered, different exhaust or alloys. Just the simple stuff really. Is it worth telling them?
worth telling them if you want to claim after an accident ;)
Quote from: G40_andi on June 21, 2011, 10:34:07 PM
also has anyone botherd telling insurers that thier cars are lowered, different exhaust or alloys. Just the simple stuff really. Is it worth telling them?
to not tell them is insurance fraud.
Quote from: DKnight on June 22, 2011, 12:11:40 AM
worth telling them if you want to claim after an accident ;)
Even in a no faulter, the other guy's insurance will be wanting to look at yours.Either way you'll be un-insured.
Quote from: hayesey on June 22, 2011, 09:37:22 AM
Quote from: G40_andi on June 21, 2011, 10:34:07 PM
also has anyone botherd telling insurers that thier cars are lowered, different exhaust or alloys. Just the simple stuff really. Is it worth telling them?
to not tell them is insurance fraud.
I don't get people who don't tell insurers about their modifications, especially when you have insurers such as Brentacre, MSM and such like who actually give you discount for being a 'enthusiast' and bracket modification/or power levels together so you don't get penalised.
Its just unfortunately that Moron's are now in a financial position to get hold of these kind of cars, and it shows. :(
so did anyone buy it ?
It's easy to stereotype a person from an advert like this with spelling and grammatical errors. As for the insurance it gets on my tits because those who do good, pay their taxes, work hard and respectful of the laws of society seem to have very little, whilst those who do as they wish live like kings with 7 cars etc.
As mentioned with declaration of mods...for me I've always declared the absolute obvious, wheels and coilovers etc but I wouldn't or didn't tell them about charger porting, mapping etc...who would know? Swapping engines however and rampaging around the streets in something wildly different to what it's insured as makes a mockery of those who pay mega money to just get their standard car on the roads.
That's my thoughts to this.
Dan
Quote from: supercharged spaniel on June 25, 2011, 11:31:35 AM
It's easy to stereotype a person from an advert like this with spelling and grammatical errors.
Dan
"it would fly frew a mot if you know what your looking at"
;D
Sorry,
:P
about the insurance thing tho, a lad who turned up to a local meet in sheffield a couple month back got pulled in his mk1 golf (rabbit) lookalike because he had illegal numberplate's (american ones), anyway as the copper was walking around the vehicle he spotted the controls for the air ride kit and went back to his car.
after a couple of minutes he returned and said to the lad, if he didn't declare his alloy wheels and air ride to the insurance within something like 14 days they would recover his vehicle and have it crushed :o :o bit harsh i thought ???