would you knock on a door and ask them to sell there car?

followed a man to his house the other day to ask if he wanted to sell his motor.

he said NO!. just wondered if anyone has ever followed someone or knoked on doors to ask the same.

and if they had any luck?

if you dnt ask you dnt get!!

iv bought some good cars that way mate,

When I was down in Cornwall I went to a door to ask about a mk2 escort - No.

Went to a door to ask about a cabby not far from me - No.

The Escort is used all the time and the cabby just sits there with a layer of moss over it.

did ask about a mk1 tin top just down the road, apparently he's restoring it.

it's in a hedge and doesn't move. do it a favour, SELL IT TO ME!!!

when i was 16 there was a 1986 mini cooper always sat in a drive that i saw on my way to collage so decided id post a letter making an offer and he accepted unfortunatly when it came to mot it its was rusted beyond belief just looked good on top lol

i got my mk2 by knocking on someones house. hadnt moved for a while so asked them if they wanted to sell it. said they were thinking of scrapping it told em il have it for a few hundred

no but had a few people knock on my door.
had a guy in mk2 scirrocco follow me to work a few years back to ask if i'd sell it.

Got the garage to store my golf in this way.  There is no harm in asking is there.

i followed a97 jce to its home one night,she knew i was following,her husband was waiting on the door step for her (and me) i knocked on the door,it flew open    i asked if i could buy the car,an amazed face invited me in and i swapped it for a F reg sierra 2.3D  :mrgreen:
Bert

8O Nothing quite like being stalked is there!  
I can imagine some people wouldn't appreciate strangers randomly knocking on their door about their car, 'if it's for sale there'd be a sign in the window' sort of thing. But nice to hear so many of you got the car you wanted!  

i got my mk1 by putting a note on the blokes windscreen while he was in my works car park.
he made it all the way home without noticing it ( 25 miles) and when he got home picked it up rang me and said he was going to be putting it on ebay lol
quick deal later and im still the owner of it  

I have done that for a Caddy when i met this old lady at a petrol station, asked her if she wanted to sell. She took my details down but never got back to me.

Followed another chap to his house, found out his contact details & wrote him a letter asking him he wanted to sell. He did call me back saying he will consider it in a few years time.

Like its said no harm in asking is there  

i seen a baja bug on a farm once so went down and knocked on the guys door turned out it was his sons and was lookin to sell just didn't have enough cash at the time  :cry: . shy bairns get nowt!!

I've been on the receiving end of such offers !  Once on my Citroen DS, the guy followed me from Colchester, overtaking me and giving the car the once over, and then followed me back.  I said no, and he tried for months on end !  And once in a TR6, but that had "stopped" working at the pumps ( like it always did ) and the guy offered me a lot more than it owed me …

It's spooky, don't do it !

smc2402 said

It's spooky, don't do it !

I guess if you speak to them nicely and ask genuinely there is no harm,
If they ask you can say you were passing by, saw it & wanted to ask.
They key is howerver not to freak them.

I've had this loads of time and I've done it myself too.

Don't see anything wrong with it.  Afew times I've said "Well if you do want to sell it in the future, can I have first refusal?" and left a phone number and in a couple of cases, received a call, even two years after seeing the car.

Ive never done it myself but have been on the recieving end, I used to drive to a digger grivers house and the pair of us went in his van to work.

Someone knocked on his wifes door for my golf Rallye and with my mk1 before i rebuilt it  8)

It would freak me out big time to be followed home as I would think I had a stalker and c**p myself bigtime!

And I would also phone the police (hands free of course) which would probably cause embarrassment all round! ops:

I have been, and don't mind, being approached when I have bene stationary.

Sharon

All the time ops:  thats how i got my car and have an eye on a few more..when it stops snowing 8)

ye dazzle when we goling to tow em up the breaking section?  :mrgreen:
Bert