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I am trying to get in touch with the owner of the Trophy n°177, is he around here ?
Is the owner here ?
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I don't know if he is still the owner or not ...
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He finally got back to me, thank you for your help 
I can’t imagine anyone who works in motoring journalism would use those pics to try and sell a car
Completely agree, whilst I am no perfectionist I noticed the caps on the wipers were missing and no floor mats, very odd.
I’m not sure if I’m reading too much in here but the advert says “owned“ by Jethro and him being the “last owner” almost in the past tense and there are other references in the description that seem to imply that ownership in the past tense. It certainly seems to be being sold by someone other than him, I can’t imagine him allowing EVO Magazxine to get passed. All a bit mute now anyway as the item has been withdrawn as “lost or broken” !
This is my comment on the FB Trophy link....I’ve been in trouble before on there for mild expletives so toned it down
“What a poor attempt at listing a car and then expecting to get top money. The photos are all over the place, low resolution junk. Zero effort in preparation, mud up the outer sill, mucky scuff across the inner sill and footwell looks like it’s not been hoovered since Jethro bought it back in May ‘18.
The dull condition of the plastics, state of interior and care taken in presentation give a fair indication as to what you will be getting for your money. “
Its a bit like where’s Wally, the more you look the more you see.......missing bonnet alarm switch, missing wiper spindle covers. I’ve been on the dealer website, carnatter or something similar.....scary front page
“What a poor attempt at listing a car and then expecting to get top money. The photos are all over the place, low resolution junk. Zero effort in preparation, mud up the outer sill, mucky scuff across the inner sill and footwell looks like it’s not been hoovered since Jethro bought it back in May ‘18.
The dull condition of the plastics, state of interior and care taken in presentation give a fair indication as to what you will be getting for your money. “
Its a bit like where’s Wally, the more you look the more you see.......missing bonnet alarm switch, missing wiper spindle covers. I’ve been on the dealer website, carnatter or something similar.....scary front page
I was under the impression that Jethro sold the Trophy on, and that it is now being sold again by whoever bought it from him...
(No proof of this, though - just a vague memory that may not be true at all! Useful, I know...)
(No proof of this, though - just a vague memory that may not be true at all! Useful, I know...)
Yep, pretty much what I was saying in my post above. Pretty lousy advert for a lousy car being sold by a company who are shamelessly using a previous owners name to inflate the price and help the sale. But anyway it’s been taken down now.I was under the impression that Jethro sold the Trophy on, and that it is now being sold again by whoever bought it from him...
(No proof of this, though - just a vague memory that may not be true at all! Useful, I know...)
Maybe they're just rammed and don't have time to clean the car for the sake of supporting the price it's listed for.
Though the car sold, so it worked. It's worth what someone's willing to pay for it, and they found someone willing.
And who are you I wonder? Being dirty was the bottom of a list of problems probably indicative of the general health of the car and if “finding someone willing to pay” over the top money for a pretty average car was top of the sellers priorities then fair enough, but it doesn’t say much about them to me.
Who am I? Just a guy with an opinion, like you. They've rode on Jethro's wave to sell the car, and ok they're clearly not as careful an owner as you. Well... each to their own.
I honestly don't think that a car garage / salesman or a private seller are that "Rammed" or busy they can't wipe the door sill with a wet rag or are still taking pictures with a Nokia 7650.
Like I said its strong money for a car that looks average IMO.