The Saab has gone... for £500!!!

It has been a roller coaster ride!

The day after the eBay listing went live, I had a call from Dan at Paradise Club Classic Saabs asking if he could come and view the car.

He came that day, but as is often the case with experts, he found a couple of critical problems that I had missed, including 2 areas of rust and a previous bodywork repair. With this in mind I cancelled the auction as it was hardly as described!

However, Dan was not too put off by the work needed and estimated that he could sell the car once restored for £3-£4,000. We haggled a little, and agreed on £500! Yes, a car that was free, sold for £500!!!

Now things are getting serious, the next question being: What do I buy for £500 that is worth more? My initial response is that it needs to suit the current economic climate it should either be diesel powered or small and economical. Hhmmm....

Putting the Saab on eBay

Being a little bit of an eBay boffin I have written a very detailed listing and put the car up on eBay to start this Sunday night, and then end next Sunday night.

Once live, you will be able to see the listing at:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290283003699

I suspect that the eBay listing fees will total £29.75, plus I have ordered a new set of number plates for the car which cost £11.14 (the plate shown has been put on a retention certificate by John - the friend who donated the car to me). Finally, I ran a HPI Check on the car which costs £3.50.

This leaves a little over £5, and knowing me I will probably put £5 into the tank to turn off the 'low petrol' light.

As for what the car will sell for, I really have no idea! The auction has a 1p starting price and no reserve, so only time will tell...

And we have lift off... and a little cash!

The Metro has been sold, and I now have the first little bit of cash!

After calling around scrap yards and struggling to get the £30 needed to list the Saab on eBay, I decided to place an advert on the Pistonheads website:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/classifieds/814825.htm

That did the trick! I had 6 enquiries almost straight away, but it was lovely Leanne who promised to have it picked up the next day, and on Tuesday she sent her son up with his flat bed truck.

And now I have the money I need to eBay the Saab!

Cost of car = £ 0.00

Expenses = £ 0.00

Sale of car = £50.00

Cash for Ferrari = £50.00!

A 2nd Generous Donation

The only way to describe how I feel about being given this little Rover Metro is... very touched.

I have recently been taking an evening class in Car Mechanics. One of my fellow students, Claude (who I originally met on a previous course), has a 'thing' for Rover 100s. He has bought two recently, and has taken the course to learn how to fix them up... both of them are rather ropey, which is not good because they are his daily transport.

This is the first one he bought and it failed the MOT on emissions, lack of brake lights and a couple of other minor things. The tax ran out last weekend and so he was eager to move it on.

Claude - I cannot thank you enough for your generosity. Just giving me your car like that has really touched me. Thank you!

The new plan is to scrap the Metro in order to raise enough money to eBay the Saab 900 Turbo. It seems wasteful to scrap a car just to pay £29.75 for an eBay listing (£9.75 for the advert, £20 for the Final Valuation Fee), but the rules are that I must start from nothing... and right now all I have are two unusable cars and absolutely no money in the pot.

Now all I need to do is convince a scrap merchant to give me £30 or more for the car...