Hi all,
First up a big thank you to you all for the help over the last few months. I first started a thread back in April asking for advice on where to look for a car and since then you have been super helpful with my many questions.
When I first started my research in April I had a few people get in touch but it was too early to know what I was looking for.
I eventually naively posted a lengthy wanted ad in the forum WTB and expected to get a few matches but now reckon I was expecting too much given the few C4S cars around. I didn't get the response I was expecting.
Since then I have had a few near misses with cars being sold privately via FB groups but I have been stung twice by cars with scoring issues (one minor and one major). This has been annoying because I'm keen to get driving.
So what has changed in the last couple of months?
- Prices have gone up! The pool of cars in my price range seems to be less and less and dealer prices show no sign of slowing down. I find myself pondering the wisdom of buying now.
- I have learned a lot about the cars despite not yet owning one!
- I am no longer looking for my dream spec - I am open to the full spectrum of C4S cars available with middle mileage. This is disappointing but I guess you have to look at what becomes available.
- I'd love to find one of these mythical Hatech rebuilt cars I have heard about. I see a few 2S cars pop up but nothing much on the C4S side.
- I have a million tabs open in my web browser for all the big search sites and dealers. This has become a morning ritual for me. Not sure what I'll do with my time when one day I actually find a car!
- I see the summer fun being had by you all and want to be a part of this.
- I go through nervous phases of worrying about scoring on non-rebuilt cars. I know this doesn't affect all cars by any means but based on my own experience of getting to a point of having PPIs done on 2 cars has left me with a (hopefully) skewed view on the issue.
- In hindsight I regret not pouncing on several cars that I ruled out for probably silly reasons at the time.
- I do occasionally flirt with the idea of switching focus for the many more readily available 2S cars out there but still have my heart set on a wide body C4S.
I am not totally sure why I am writing this post or if this will be of interest. It has just been good having your support on this journey so far. :thumb:
I am disheartened but still fortunately an optimist. For now my hunt continues...
First up a big thank you to you all for the help over the last few months. I first started a thread back in April asking for advice on where to look for a car and since then you have been super helpful with my many questions.
When I first started my research in April I had a few people get in touch but it was too early to know what I was looking for.
I eventually naively posted a lengthy wanted ad in the forum WTB and expected to get a few matches but now reckon I was expecting too much given the few C4S cars around. I didn't get the response I was expecting.
Since then I have had a few near misses with cars being sold privately via FB groups but I have been stung twice by cars with scoring issues (one minor and one major). This has been annoying because I'm keen to get driving.
So what has changed in the last couple of months?
- Prices have gone up! The pool of cars in my price range seems to be less and less and dealer prices show no sign of slowing down. I find myself pondering the wisdom of buying now.
- I have learned a lot about the cars despite not yet owning one!
- I am no longer looking for my dream spec - I am open to the full spectrum of C4S cars available with middle mileage. This is disappointing but I guess you have to look at what becomes available.
- I'd love to find one of these mythical Hatech rebuilt cars I have heard about. I see a few 2S cars pop up but nothing much on the C4S side.
- I have a million tabs open in my web browser for all the big search sites and dealers. This has become a morning ritual for me. Not sure what I'll do with my time when one day I actually find a car!
- I see the summer fun being had by you all and want to be a part of this.
- I go through nervous phases of worrying about scoring on non-rebuilt cars. I know this doesn't affect all cars by any means but based on my own experience of getting to a point of having PPIs done on 2 cars has left me with a (hopefully) skewed view on the issue.
- In hindsight I regret not pouncing on several cars that I ruled out for probably silly reasons at the time.
- I do occasionally flirt with the idea of switching focus for the many more readily available 2S cars out there but still have my heart set on a wide body C4S.
I am not totally sure why I am writing this post or if this will be of interest. It has just been good having your support on this journey so far. :thumb:
I am disheartened but still fortunately an optimist. For now my hunt continues...
