Hi All Ok, just to let you all know I am dealing with this now so please do not approach this car.
Sorry but I just can not say any more at this time, except to say I am on the case. Will update you all later Eddie On Jan 9, 2:14 pm, "Jim Hearne" <[email protected]> wrote: > This happens surprisingly often. > The garages are allowed to charge storage charges and allowed to keep the > car if the bill isn't paid. > If there's a dispute about the price of work that drags on the storage > charges soon build up to the point where the original owner gives up on the > car. > > I was given a Peugeot 205 GTI minus an engine for free after it had sat at a > friends garage for 10 years with the owner refusing to pay for performance > engine work that cost more than he expected. > I bought a s/h 50 standard engine off ebay and filled in the form at the > Post Office saying i had bought the car with no V5. > Used it with no problems until a year later when it was written off when it > hit a Ford Ka turning the wrong way down a dual carriageway. > > Another friend with an Audi garage has had a couple of cars with similar > stories, he's got one at the moment that they did work on, tried to contact > the owner to say it was done and couldn't get hold of him. > They've now had it around a year and there has been no contact from the > owner at all so they are just going to sell the car, as like the Quantum the > storage charges now outvalue the car. > > Jim > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "TonyV" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 1:32 PM > To: "Quantum Owners Group" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: Anyone here 'lost' their 2+2? > > > > > > > > > It does look to have a lot of potential to become a very nice car. > > > But it's a strange story. Who actually owns it - the "friend", the > > person who entrusted it to him, or the ebay seller? > > It's all very well to say "it belongs to me now", but does it? Could > > a buyer end up completing it, only to have a visit from the plod and > > the car repossessed and returned to its real owner. > > > The 32000 storage charge suggests to me that the "friend" isn't a > > very good person to be doing business with. > > I doubt that the cost of storage was mentioned up front, or agreed to > > by the original owner, or actually revealed until it had accrued quite > > a large sum in return for zero work. 5000 per year for storage > > sounds a lot. At that rate, completion probably became financially > > impractical after just a few months, even if the work could be done > > for free. > > > I also wouldn't underestimate the cost of completing it. He hasn't > > mentioned whether it would need an IVA test, for example. > > I think it probably would - so add at least another 500 to the costs. > > > TonyV. > > > On Jan 8, 10:02 pm, jin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> looks pretty well finished too, you'd think they'd have missed it? > > >> On Jan 8, 9:15 am, "MattWilson(Q2-412)" <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >> > Just came across this: > > >> >http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/QUANTUM-2-2-KIT-CAR-UNFINISHED-PROJECT-LIKE... > > >> > Item no140677363872on Ebay if the link doesn't work for any reason. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Quantum Owners Group" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/quantumowners?hl=en > > > IMPORTANT NOTE: All information presented herewith is provided on an "As > > Is" basis, without warranty or the implication thereof. Neither the > > Quantum Owners Club nor the individuals associated with the Quantum Owners > > Club or in the preparation of the above information shall have any > > liability to any person or entity with respect to liability, loss, or > > damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the > > instructions contained within this or related message(s). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/quantumowners?hl=en IMPORTANT NOTE: All information presented herewith is provided on an "As Is" basis, without warranty or the implication thereof. Neither the Quantum Owners Club nor the individuals associated with the Quantum Owners Club or in the preparation of the above information shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained within this or related message(s).
